Webpage Citation

Last updated on Fri, 2011-02-18 14:34. Originally submitted by julio on 2010-05-21 20:06.

Text on the OBIS website has been developed over several years by several people, and continues to be edited with updates and to answer questions we receive. It may be cited as: 

Vanden Berghe, E. (editor)(2007). The Ocean Biogeographic Information System: web pages. Available on http://www.iobis.org. Consulted on [date].

When using OBIS data, please cite the relevant data sources. A suggested datacitation is included in the metadata for most datasets. We are working with the OBIS data providers to make sure these suggested citations are available for each and every dataset.

Census of Marine LifeIODE&IOC Universidad Simón BolívarRutgers

OBIS strives to document the ocean's diversity, distribution and abundance of life. Created by the Census of Marine Life, OBIS is now part of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, under its International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme