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Submit BioEco Metadata

Fill the form below, ensuring required fields are populated, and then submit. Examples are provided in placeholders. Forms can also be saved as drafts and updated for submission later using the "Update entry" button on the previous page. The "Print JSON" button will display the current form data in JSON-LD format.


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General Information

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Data producers may include monitoring programs, projects, institutions, etc.




Identifier Type:
If your desired type is not listed, please contact us to have it added. To generate a DOI for your entry, click the button and fill the form below, ten copy the generated DOI into the field above. Some fields may have been prepopulated for you using information in the form. Please confirm data is correct before creating your DOI. Contact helpdesk@obis.org to correct or update information.
Name:
URL:


Type in the box above to search for a keyword from a controlled vocabulary collection. This will query both The Environment Ontology (ENVO) and the BODC NERC Vocabulary Server. Please confirm a keyword is relevant by clicking the associated link and reading its definition. Selected keywords will be populated in the box below.

Selected Keywords:


Please select which Creative Commons license you expect the data produced by your entry to adhere to. Select as many as applicable. If none of the licenses above apply, and/or you would like to provide the link to an organizational policy, please optionally fill in the fields below.
Policy Name:
Description:
Policy URL:

Contact Information

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Coverage

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Start date:
End date:

Use the search box above to search for a marine location. Names are obtained from Marine Regions Gazetteer.
Auto-populated fields:
Name:
MRGID:


Draw Bounding Area
Note: this map is currently only meant for rectangular shapes to capture the broad area of a location. For specific geoemtry strings, please provide a WKT string below.

WKT String: ⓘ
Well-Known Text (WKT) strings are a text format to respresent spatial geometries (e.g. points, lines, polygons). For help generating WKT strings, see https://wktmap.com/

EOV Information

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EOV Informationⓘ

In this section, please provide information all EOVs, sub-variables, etc. that are monitored, measured, or relevant for your entry. Please also include information on which observing approaches, platforms, and/or technologies are used. EOVs are defined by GOOS, and sub-variables are listed in corresponding specification sheets. See here.
Benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution
Coral cover and composition
Fish abundance and distribution
Macroalgal canopy cover and composition
Mangrove cover and composition
Marine mammal abundance and distribution
Microbe biomass and diversity
Phytoplankton biomass and diversity
Sea turtles abundance and distribution
Seabirds abundance and distribution
Seagrass cover and composition
Zooplankton biomass and diversity
Dissolved organic carbon
Inorganic carbon
Nitrous oxide
Nutrients
Ocean bottom pressure
Ocean colour
Ocean sound
Ocean surface heat flux
Ocean surface stress
Oxygen
Particulate matter
Sea ice
Sea state
Sea surface height
Sea surface salinity
Sea surface temperature
Stable carbon isotopes
Subsurface currents
Subsurface salinity
Subsurface temperature
Surface currents
Transient tracers
Turbulent diapycnal fluxes
Benthic invertebrates - % living cover
Benthic invertebrates - Biomass per unit area
Benthic invertebrates - Number of individuals per unit area
Benthic invertebrates - Presence/absence
Coral - Coral condition and health
Coral - Coral diversity
Coral - Live coral cover and areal extent
Coral - Total habitable substrate
Fish - Fish abundance (number of individuals)
Fish - Fish biomass (total weight)
Fish - Fish ID / Species composition
Fish - Fish length frequency distribution
Macroalgae - Areal extent
Macroalgae - Canopy percent cover
Macroalgae - Canopy species diversity
Macroalgae - Macroalgal stipe density
Mangrove - Canopy cover
Mangrove - Mangrove areal extent
Mangrove - Mangrove species composition
Mangrove - Mangrove species zonation
Marine mammal - Count data
Marine mammal - Presence/absence (living or dead)
Marine mammal - Repeated individual presence (tracking/resights)
Marine turtle - Nesting success
Microbe - Diversity
Microbe - Functional diversity
Microbe - Genomic and genetic diversity
Microbe - Microbial concentration (biomass / abundance)
Microbe - Phenotypic diversity
Microbe - Presence of fecal indicator bacteria
Phytoplankton - Composition
Phytoplankton - Number of HAB Events
Phytoplankton biomass (concentration)
Sea turtle - Number of individuals in foraging habitats
Sea turtle - Number of stranding records
Sea turtle - Start, peak, and end week of the nesting season
Seabirds - Repeated individual presence
Seabirds - Species population census or count data
Seabirds - Species presence/absence
Seagrass - Areal extent
Seagrass - Percent cover
Seagrass - Species composition
Zooplankton - Abundance by taxon
Zooplankton - Biomass, total and/or by taxon
Zooplankton - Species composition
Community composition Community abundance
Community composition Interaction diversity
Community composition Taxonomic/phylogenetic diversity
Community composition Trait diversity
Ecosystem functioning Ecosystem disturbances
Ecosystem functioning Ecosystem phenology
Ecosystem functioning Primary productivity
Ecosystem structure Ecosystem distribution
Ecosystem structure Ecosystem Vertical Profile
Ecosystem structure Live cover fraction
Genetic composition Effective population size
Genetic composition Genetic differentiation
Genetic composition Genetic diversity
Genetic composition Inbreeding
Species populations Species abundances
Species populations Species distributions
Species traits Morphology
Species traits Movement
Species traits Phenology
Species traits Physiology

Sampling Information

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Sampling approach ⓘ

Autonomous vehicles: sub-surface
Autonomous vehicles: surface
Autonomous vehicles: surface - profilers
Autonomous: animal based
Autonomous floats
Autonomous: other
Fixed point: Fixed station
Fixed point: Human based
Fixed point: other
Ship-based: acoustics
Ship-based: time series
Ship-based: bottom/demersal surveys
Ship-based: other
Remote sensing: satellite
Remote sensing: aerial
Remote sensing: other

Technical Readiness

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Please select the current technical readiness level for each category.




Outputs

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Please optionally provide the link to any relevant outputs that are associated with your entry. This may include products, portals, etc. If you have already linked any such outputs with ODIS or the BioEco Portal, you can provide them again here if you wish. Note that datasets published to OBIS would not need to be added here, and you can use the same data producer ID in OBIS metadata to ensure your entry is linked with OBIS data.


Funding Information

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Funding Information ⓘ

Please provide information about the funding that supports your entry.