Finetuning MolluscaBase

In the week of 3-7 February 2020, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) – host of Aphia, the online platform behind WoRMS and its many subregisters – welcomed 14 Mollusca experts for 5 days, to further expand the content of MolluscaBase.

Rare European pine marten captured by the camera trap network

The camera trap network CATREIN recently captured a European pine marten on image in Heverleebos, a forest south of the city of Leuven, Belgium.

Complete: EMODnet Biology workshop on data formatting, QC & publishing

Our (EMODnet Biology’s) first ever, completely online workshop has ended! During the past two weeks, around 50 people have dedicated their time to learning everything about formatting and quality controlling datasets for EMODnet Biology ingestion.

The tripod frame: mooring acoustic receivers on the seabed

A new design to overcome the challenges of installing acoustic receivers on the seabed.

World Oceans Day: LifeWatch contributions to the World Ocean Assessment Report

On this World Oceans Day 2020, we are happy to announce that LifeWatch is contributing to the upcoming UN World Ocean Assessment Report.

UPDATE: EMODnet Biology workshop on data formatting QC & publishing

Due to the current pandemic and the travel restrictions, the EMODnet Biology team will provide the workshop as an online event.

Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) expands its content with traits

From 25-28th November 2019, 12 thematic editors of the Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) and the Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) met in Ostend to discuss the application of trait data in the Aphia platform in the context of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic region. A mixture of terrestrial and marine expertise was represented from various countries around the world. In addition, 2 experts provided input through remote participation.

LifeWatch Species Information Backbone: two major milestones reached

The data rescue and secured continuation of the Global Compositae Database and the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) into the Aphia platform has become a fact.

Awardees for the 2020 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researchers Award known

This year, the WoRMS Achievement Award goes to Serge Gofas, and the WoRMS Early Career Researchers Award was granted to Thomas A. Neubauer.

OBIS celebrates 20 years and changes name to Ocean Biodiversity Information System

OBIS celebrates 20 years and changes name to Ocean Biodiversity Information System