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  • New EMODnet Biology Blog
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    New EMODnet Biology Blog

    A new EMODnet biology blog has been launched. The blog will be used to share thoughts and ideas on the products EMODnet biology is developing. The first post is about the gridded zooplankton time series of the North Atlantic.
  • LifeWatch support in 2015-2016 made it possible to make WoRMS more complete
    LifeWatch support in 2015-2016 made it possible to make WoRMS more complete

    LifeWatch support in 2015-2016 made it possible to make WoRMS more complete

    In 2015-2016, LifeWatch funded several activities directly leading to the improvement and further completion of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). LifeWatch has invested in data grants, meetings and workshops, leading to the addition of thousands of new names to WoRMS, a revision of (tens of) thousands already available names, and the development of new portals and tools, helping the user and editor community in accessing and utilizing WoRMS.
  • LifeWatch Summer Students 2016
    LifeWatch Summer Students 2016

    LifeWatch Summer Students 2016

    During July and August 2016, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) employed several summer students, of which 11 were assigned to the Flemish LifeWatch infrastructure.
  • New in the Belgian LifeWatch Marine Observatory: Cetacean Passive Acoustic Network
    New in the Belgian LifeWatch Marine Observatory: Cetacean Passive Acoustic Network

    New in the Belgian LifeWatch Marine Observatory: Cetacean Passive Acoustic Network

    Recently, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) started with the construction of a permanent Cetacean Passive Acoustic Network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS), as part of the Belgian LifeWatch Marine Observatory, to record the presence of harbour porpoises and dolphins.
  • Call for applications - LifeWatch funding available to organize editor workshops
    Call for applications - LifeWatch funding available to organize editor workshops

    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.
  • A DOI for WoRMS
    A DOI for WoRMS

    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.