Awardees for the 2022 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researchers Award known
Awardees for the 2022 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researchers Award known

Awardees for the 2022 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researchers Award known

This year, the WoRMS Achievement Award goes to Nicole Boury-Esnault, and the WoRMS Early Career Researchers Award was granted to Virág Venekey. Exceptionally, the WoRMS Award Committee has decided to also grant an Achievement Award posthumously to Jim Lowry.
How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?
How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?

How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?

Flanders manages a large amount of marine data. To get an idea of the use and social value of this data, EWI (Science, Technology and Innovation in Flanders) launches a survey in cooperation with OECD.
The LifeWatch Data Cloud is launched!
The LifeWatch Data Cloud is launched!

The LifeWatch Data Cloud is launched!

This summer the LifeWatch Data Cloud was launched as a user-friendly platform for researchers who are looking for data to perform biodiversity and ecosystem research. In the background, the LifeWatch Data Cloud is using the Flemish Supercomputer Center (VSC) resources to provide the users with a performant infrastructure. Let’s try it out immediately at https://datacloudmi.lifewatch.be!
Searching synergies between IMEV and LifeWatch VLIZ
Searching synergies between IMEV and LifeWatch VLIZ

Searching synergies between IMEV and LifeWatch VLIZ

Plankton imagery experts from l’Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) visited over 3 days the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) to discuss the way forward in plankton imagery. It turned out as an inspiring cross-fertilisation!
WoRMS starring in season 3 of the LifeWatch ERIC podcast
WoRMS starring in season 3 of the LifeWatch ERIC podcast

WoRMS starring in season 3 of the LifeWatch ERIC podcast

The first of a new LifeWatch ERIC podcast series launched today, 20 July 2022, focuses on the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) database.
Taxonomy and beyond: ecological trait information in Aphia and WoRMS
Taxonomy and beyond: ecological trait information in Aphia and WoRMS

Taxonomy and beyond: ecological trait information in Aphia and WoRMS

In recent years, the WoRMS editors and Data Management Team have made collective efforts towards documenting the following species traits information in Aphia and WoRMS: environment (99,5% complete), functional group (76% complete), qualitative (45% complete) and quantitative body size (9% complete) (percentages are for accepted species in Aphia). The availability of these traits greatly enhances the usability and utility of WoRMS towards ecologists and the public at large.