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Name of RON: |
South Western Pacific OBIS |
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Website: |
nzobis.niwa.co.nz/ Launched June 27, 2007. |
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Host Organization: |
NIWA (National Institute of water & Atmospheric Research) |
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Partner Institutions: |
University of South Pacific (to be confirmed) |
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Funding Source: |
Alfred P Sloan Foundation via Rutgers University, plus NIWA |
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Mission and Objectives: |
To serve marine species location and environmental data to OBIS and to serve more detailed data
(e.g. abundance and environmental etc) via webmaps to local users |
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Datasets included: |
New Zealand and Ross Sea marine algae, invertebrate and fish, Fijian marine algae, invertebrate and fish data (to be confirmed) |
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Spatial Coverage: |
Ross Sea, New Zealand EEZ, and surrounding ocean, Fijian EEZ (to be confirmed). |
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Temporal Coverage: | 1960’s to present |
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Taxonomic coverage: | Marine algae, invertebrate and fish to begin with. |
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Services offered： | On regional site - detailed web map display including bathymetry, environmental datasets, other tools to be decided. |
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RON Manager: | Don Robertson |
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Email: | d.robertson(at)niwa.co.nz |
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Technical Manager: | Steve Massey |
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Email: | s.massey(at)niwa.co.nz |
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Team Composition: | Don Robertson, Steve Massey, Mark Costello, Kevin Mackay, Brent Wood, Neil Bagley, Helen Sui, Roy Britten,
Fred Wei, Latika Martin, Elango Perumal, Helen Hurran [Leon Zaan University of South Pacific to be confirmed] and others. |
