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.

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)

Vemco Telemetry Workshop

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

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.

Chinese Register of Marine Species - ChaRMS - launched!

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

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.

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

Amphipoda editors meet in Oostende

On April 4-5, 22 of the 32 Amphipoda editors met in Oostende, to further complete the World Amphipoda Database (WAD).

Launch of the Hong-Kong Register of Marine Species – HKRMS -, a new regional list within WoRMS.

Upon request of Terence Ng - researcher at the Swire Institute of Marine Science in Hong-Kong – a regional register for Hong-Kong has been created within WoRMS.

What are the ecological Implications of the drought in July and August in the Ain (France)?

Read all about it in the next issue of the Bulletin of Land Surface Dynamics (second half of 2015)!