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IRMNG transfer to VLIZ now complete, 2016 release now available

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) now hosted at VLIZ, plus new data available in 2016 release

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Call for applications - LifeWatch funding available to organize editor workshops

Through LifeWatch, The Flanders Marine Institute – host of the WoRMS database – has a budget available to financially support editors to address a number of priority gaps within WoRMS. This can be done through the organization of an editor-workshop.

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A DOI for WoRMS

The WoRMS Steering Committee decided that the WoRMS database should receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), identical to the DOIs that get assigned to scientific publications.

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Fourth EMODnet Biology Workshop

On June 17th, 17 experts met in Oostende to further develop a framework for the description, collation and dissemination of traits information relating to marine species.

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WoRCS in the 16th International Meiofauna Conference (IsIMCo)

Last week (3-8 July 2016) the WoRCS initiative was presented to the 16th International Meiofauna Conference (IsIMCo)

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Vemco Telemetry Workshop

On Friday May 27th 2016, a telemetry workshop was organized by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and Vemco.

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LifeWatch Belgium, a very active research community!

On Monday May 23rd, the second LifeWatch.be Infrastructure User Meeting was organized at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend. During this full-day event, users of the LifeWatch.be infrastructure were given the chance to present their ongoing research and first results. This event was also the perfect networking opportunity for the Belgian LifeWatch partners, researchers, PhD students, LifeWatch Belgium supporters, etc.

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Chinese Register of Marine Species - ChaRMS - launched!

WoRMS is pleased to announce the launch of the Chinese Register of Marine Species (ChARMS).

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GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names updated in Marine Regions

The GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN), which operates under IHO and IOC, maintains and makes available a digital gazetteer of the names and geographic position of features on the sea floor. The gazetteer is linked to Marine Regions, using OGC web services. In April 2016 the list was updated: 122 records were added and coordinates of 185 features have been updated.

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New: EMODnet Biology Data Download Tool

The data download tool guides the user through a step-wise workflow where one can select datasets, perform predefined geographic and temporal selections, can add specific taxonomic or functional filters, and select for data with a certain quality and precision. The tool is available at: www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox