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2006 Reports, Publications and works "in Press"

Arvanitidis C, Valavanis VD, Eleftheriou A, Costello MJ, Faulwetter S, Gotsis P, Kitsos MS, Kirmtzoglou I, Zenetos A, Petrov A, Galil B, Papageorgiou N. (in press). MedOBIS: Biogeographic Information System for the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Costello, M.J., Emblow C.S., Bouchet P. and Legakis A. (in press). European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: state of the art and gaps in knowledge. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Costello, M.J., Vanden Berghe E. (in press) 'Ocean Biodiversity Informatics' enabling a new era in marine biology research and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Mora, C., Andréfouët S., Costello M.J., Kranenburg C., Rollo A., Veron J., Gaston K.J., Myers R.A. (in press) Conservation of coral reefs by the global network of marine protected areas. Science

Bethge, P. 2006. Volkzahlung im Meer. Der Spiegel 7, 132-147

Schelp, D. O inventário do mar, Veja 22 Feb 2006

Grassle F J, Costello M J, Zhang Y 2006. Analysis of geographic and taxonomic gaps in marine biological data using the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS34G-01.

Wood J.B., Zhang P.Y., Costello M.J., Grassle J.F. 2006. An introduction to OBIS, www.iobis.org. In: Miloslavich P. and Klein E. (eds), Caribbean marine biodiversity: the known and the unknown. DEStech Publications Inc., Lancaster Pennsylvania USA, p. 253-254.

2005 Publications and Reports
Costello, M.J. and Grassle, J.F. 2005. A criação do sistema de informção biogeográfica Oceânica. Mar Salgado No. 2 2005, pp 5-7.

Costello, M. J. and Emblow C. 2005. A classification of inshore marine biotopes. In: Wilson J. G. (ed.), The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland?s shores. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 25-35.

Mark J. Costello, J. Frederick Grassle, Yunqing Zhang, Karen Stocks, Edward Vanden Berghe . 2005. Where is what and what is where? Online mapping of marine species. MarBEF Newsletter. Spring 2005, pp 20-22. download pdf

Wilson, S. P. and Costello, M.J. 2005. Predicting future discoveries of European marine species by using a non-homogeneous renewal process. Applied Statistics 54 (5), 897-918.

2005 OBIS Annual Report

2004 Publications and Reports
2004 OBIS Annual Report
OBIS Implementation Plan
Kiel Report

Martin A., Van Guelpen L., Pohle G. and Costello, M.J. 2004. Development of an Atlantic Canada marine species information system based on a museum collection: a case study. In: Vanden Berghe E., Brown, M., Costello, M.J., Heip C. and Pissierssens P. (eds), Proceedings of ‘The Colour of Ocean Data’ Symposium, Brussels 25-27 November 2002, IOC Workshop Report 188 (UNESCO), Paris), [and VLIZ Special Publication 16], pp 71-76.

Vanden Berghe E., M. Brown, M. J. Costello, C. Heip, S. Levitus, P. Pissierssens (editors). 2004. Proceedings of 'The Colour of Ocean Data' Symposium, Brussels, 25-27 November 2002. VLIZ Special Publication No. 16, IOC Workshop Reports 188 (UNESCO, Paris), x + 308 pp.

Costello, M.J. 2004. A new infrastructure for marine biology in Europe: Marine biodiversity informatics. MARBEF Newsletter No. 1, 22-24.

2003 Reports
2002-2003 Progress Report to the Sloan Foundation

2003 Publications
Bergstad, O. A., Godo, O. R. 2003 The pilot project "Patterns and processes of the ecosystems of the northern Mid-Atlantic": aims, strategy and status. Oceanologica Acta. 25 (5): pp. 219-226.

Costello, M.J. 2003. Role of on-line species information systems in taxonomy and biodiversity. In: Heip C.H.R., Hummel H. and Avesaath P. H. van (Eds), Biodiversity of coastal marine ecosystems. Patterns and process: a Euroconference. NIOO-CEME, Yerseke, Netherlands, pp. 54-55.

Costello, M.J. 2003. Marine Biodiversity Metrics. In: Zwanenburg, K.C.T., Querbach K., Kenchington E. and Frank K. (eds), Development of a science plan for marine biodiversity in Canada, Proceedings of the CoML/DFO workshop held at White Point Beach Lodge, Nova Scotia. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 2432 (viii + 72 p), p. 48-49.

Heip, C., Costello M., Hummel H., Avesaath Pim van, Arvanitidis C. and Eleftheriou A. 2003. The status of marine biodiversity in Europe. International conference on the sustainable development of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Environment, Thessaloniki, Greece, 28- 31 May 2003, Extended Abstract: http://www.iasonnet.gr/abstracts/arvanitidis.html ..

Decker, C. J., O’Dor, R. 2003. A Census of marine life: unknowable or just unknown? Oceanologica Acta. 25 (5): pp. 179-186.

Malakoff D. 2003 Scientists counting on census to reveal marine biodiversity. Science. 302: pp 773

in-link Pierrot-Bults, Annelies C., 2003. A perspective on the Census of marine Life. The role of natural history institutions in this program. Oceanologica Acta 25(5):197-191.

Tsontos, V. M., Kiefer, D. A. 2003. The Gulf of Maine biogeographical information system project: developing a spatial data management framework in support of OBIS. Oceanologica Acta. 25 (5): pp. 199-206.

Zhang, Y., Grassle, J. F. 2003. A portal for the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Oceanologica Acta. 25 (5): pp. 193-197.


2002 Publications
Leslie M. (ed) 2002 Confluence of ocean info. Science. 298: pp 1685


2001 Publications
in-linkSteinberg, D.K., Carlson, C.A., Bates, N.B., Johnson, R.J., Michales, A.F., and A.H. Knap., 2001. Overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): a decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry. Deep-Sea Research II. 48(8-9) :1405-1447

Piatkowski U. and Wood J.B. 2001. Cephalopods: What makes them an ideal group for an Internet database. ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report No. 8, ACP-EU Fisheries Research Initiative, ISSN 1025-3971, 39-43.

Wood J.B., O'Dor R.K. and U. Piatkowski. 2001. Introduction to CephBase www.cephbase.utmb.edu ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report No. 8, ACP-EU Fisheries Research Initiative, ISSN 1025-3971, 44-49.


2000 Publications
Costello, M. J. 2000. Developing species information systems: the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS). Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 48-55.

Fautin, D. G. 2000. Electronic atlas of sea anemones: an OBIS pilot project. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 66-69.

Fornwall, M. 2000. Planning for OBIS: examining relationships with existing national and international biodiversity information systems. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 31-38.

Glossary of Term. 2000. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 8-9.

Gordon, D. P. 2000. The Pacific Ocean and global OBIS: a New Zealand perspective. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 41-47.

Grassle, J. F. 2000.The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS): an on-line, worldwide atlas for accessing, modeling and mapping marine biological data in a multidimensional geographic context. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 5-7.

Myers, R. A. 2000. The synthesis of dynamic and historical data on marine populations and communities; putting dynamics into the Ocean Biogeographical Information System (OBIS). Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 56-59.

Mickevich, M. F., Collette, B. B. 2000. MARBID: NOAA/NMFS's (US) marine biodiversity database. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 75-78.

Paterson, G., Boxshall, G., Thomson, N., Hussey, C. 2000. Where are all the data. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 21-24.

Rees, T. Finney, K. 2000. Biological data and metadata initiatives at CSIRO Marine Research, Australia with implications for the design of OBIS. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 60-65.

Smart, J. H. 2000. World-wide ocean optics database (WOOD). Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 70-74.

Starkey, D. J., Holm, P., Smith, T., Francis, R., Rozwadowski, H. 2000. H-OBIS: A historical dimension to the ocean biogeographic information system. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 39-40.

Tsontos, V. M., Kiefer, D. A. 2000. Development of a dynamic biographic information system for the Gulf of Maine. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 25-30.

Vieglais, D., Wiley, E. O., Robins, C. R., Peterson, A. T. 2000. Harnessing museum resources for the Census of Marine Life: the FISHNET project. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 10-13.

Wood, J.W., Day, C.L., Lee, P., O'Dor, R.K. 2000. CephBase: testing ideas for cephalopod and other species-level databases. Oceanography. 13 (3): pp. 14-20.


2002 Work Shop
Washington Workshop Minutes and Abstracts Natural History Museum September.3th - 5th, 2002


2001 Meeting
OBIS International Committee Meeting. New Brunswick, NJ. August 29-30, 2001. Workshop Report.


2001 Work Shop
in-linkFirst OBIS Technical Workshop. Lawrence, KS. December 4-5, 2001. Workshop Report.


2000 Work Shop
NOPP-OBIS Workshop. Narragansett, RI. September 13-14, 2000. Workshop report.

NOPP-OBIS Workshop. Narragansett, RI. September 13-14, 2000. Appendices.


1999 Work Shop
Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) First Workshop. Washington, D. C. November 3-4, 1999. Final report.

Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) First Workshop. Washington, D. C. November 3-4, 1999. Working Group 1: System design and management of OBIS.

Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) First Workshop. Washington, D. C. November 3-4, 1999. Working Group 2: Content of OBIS.

Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) First Workshop. Washington, D. C. November 3-4, 1999. Working Group 3: Governance and financing of OBIS.

Ocean Biogeographic Information Systems (OBIS) First Workshop. Washington, D. C. November 3-4, 1999. Concluding remarks.
 

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