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Twelve Years of FishBaseStatus Quo and Future Directions
Rainer FroeseInstitute of Marine Research
Kiel, [email protected]
Overview
• What is FishBase?
• Who uses FishBase?
• Constraints to usage
• Important Partners
• Lessons learned
• Where is FishBase going?
What is FishBase?
• www.fishbase.de >>• Species summary information >>• Common names >>• Synonyms >>• Population dynamics >> • Life history tool >>• Wizards >>• Biogeographic modelling >>
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?
Where is the Science?85 ISI Citations, 3 in Nature, 2 in Science
Fisheries
Ecology
Parasitology
Conservation
Genetics
PalaeontologyTaxonomy
IT
June 2002
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)
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
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
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
Thank You
FishBase Web Usage over Time
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Internet: 254,299,000FishBase: 20,948
Internet: 566,000,000FishBase: 114,385
FishBase
Internet
Source for Internet growth: NUA Internet Services
FishBase Web Users
Individuals
Private sector
Universities
Governments
NGOs
Museums
Int. Research Centres
Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002
FishBase Users by Continent
North America
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Australia
Oceania
Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002
FishBase Web Usage by Topic
Common Names
Scientific NamesSpecies
Summaries
Photos
FishBase Book
Fish Quiz
Specialist Topics
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Lifemapper Map
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