twelve years of fishbase status quo and future directions rainer froese institute of marine research...
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Twelve Years of FishBaseStatus Quo and Future Directions
Rainer FroeseInstitute of Marine Research
Kiel, [email protected]
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Overview
• What is FishBase?
• Who uses FishBase?
• Constraints to usage
• Important Partners
• Lessons learned
• Where is FishBase going?
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What is FishBase?
• www.fishbase.de >>• Species summary information >>• Common names >>• Synonyms >>• Population dynamics >> • Life history tool >>• Wizards >>• Biogeographic modelling >>
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Who Uses FishBase?
• Hits and Visitor Sessions
• Types of Users
• Where Do They Come From?
• What Do They Want? >>
• > 1000 pages link to www.fishbase.org
• Where is the Science?
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Where is the Science?85 ISI Citations, 3 in Nature, 2 in Science
Fisheries
Ecology
Parasitology
Conservation
Genetics
PalaeontologyTaxonomy
IT
June 2002
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Constraints to UsageFishBase Usage Compared with Internet Usage by
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Important Partners
• Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
• FAO Databases (SIDP, FIGIS, Catch)
• IUCN’s Red List
• National Fish Databases
• Genbank
• ECOTOX
• Bibliographies (ZR, NISC, ASFA)
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Lessons Learned
• ‘Science first’ attitude
• ‘Yes’ attitude towards suggestions
• Invite, accept and act on criticism
• Data quantity and quality first
• Keep it simple, software keeps changing
• Invest in people
• Give more credit than expected
• What is not used is useless
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Future Directions
• Play leading role in biodiversity research
• Participate in relevant initiatives (GBIF, ENBI, Species 2000, OBIS, MARBEF, EVBL, PBI, ECOFISH)
• From FishBase to SpeciesBase
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FishBase am IfM
• FishBase Idee 1987
• LarvalBase seit 1998
• FishBase Koordinierung seit 2001– IfM nimmt Teil an Biodiversitätsinitiativen– Insgesamt €1.2 Millionen Drittmittel– 12 Veröffentlichungen, 14 Konferenzen– Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit
• Verbleib am IfM nach 2003 unklar
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Thank You
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FishBase Web Usage over Time
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FishBase vs Internet Usage
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Source for Internet growth: NUA Internet Services
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FishBase Web Users
Individuals
Private sector
Universities
Governments
NGOs
Museums
Int. Research Centres
Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002
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FishBase Users by Continent
North America
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Australia
Oceania
Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002
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FishBase Web Usage by Topic
Common Names
Scientific NamesSpecies
Summaries
Photos
FishBase Book
Fish Quiz
Specialist Topics
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Traditional Map of Esox lucius
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Lifemapper Map
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