Project:BB|1463

Title
Compilation of a database on Antarctic Amphipoda (Crustacea)
Acronym
 
URL
http://www.belspo.be/antar/pa4b02.htm
StartDate
1997-06-01
EndDate
2000-11-30
Amount
 

Abstract

Part of the "Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Reference Centre" (in progress). Development of a database compiling all available information on the biodiversity of Antarctic Amphipods (taxonomy, identification keys, biogeography, ecology and bibliography) and a GIS ad hoc. The database offers the possibility to manage collection data and pictures related to expeditions. Establishment for Admiralty Bay (in collaboration with others) of a database containing existing information on the biodiversity of benthos, in particular the sublittoral, and monitoring changes.

Keywords

carcinology, marine, shallow water, deep sea, distribution, taxonomy, metadatabase, monitoring, bibliography, benthos, biogeography, ecology, GIS, identification keys, Bioinformatics and databases, Systematics and taxonomy, Deep sea, Marine and coastal habitats, 3. Systematics, Inventorying and Classification, 7. Marine Biodiversity, Antarctica, Antarctic islands, Southern Ocean, Crustacea, Amphipoda, Peracarida

Classifications

Subantarctic Islands {Geographical scope}
Antarctica {Geographical scope}
Antarctica (marine) {Geographical scope}
Marine and Coastal {Habitat type}

People

Name Role Start End
Duchesne, Paul-André promotor 2000-03-01 2000-12-01

Orgunits

Name Role Start End
Recent invertebrates unknown

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