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Welcome to OBIS-USA

OBIS-USA, a program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Core Science Analytics and Synthesis (CSAS), is the US national node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). Meant to serve research and natural resource management needs, OBIS-USA brings together marine biological occurrence data in a standard format, with metadata, web-based discovery and download, and web service access for users and applications.

Data sources are US government (including Federal, State and local) agencies, academic, and non-governmental organizations. The data represent species name, location and date, plus additional detail as available. OBIS-USA partners with several federal agencies to play a role in the full life cycle of marine data, from origination, through discovery, dissemination and applications, to archiving at National Ocean Data Center.

OBIS-USA goes beyond the limits traditionally encountered in biodiversity data. It configures the data and web services to enable integration with other data types, such as physical oceanography, water chemistry, climate, and other types. It can integrate application-critical details such as absence, abundance, effort, method, and tracking. Over time, OBIS-USA aims to further identify and innovate yet more categories of important biological observations and details.

For a more in-depth description of OBIS-USA see the OBIS-USA FGDC metadata record.

Partners & Affliates

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program http://marine.usgs.gov/index.php

Ocean Biogeographic Information System http://www.iobis.org/

OBIS SEAMAP http://seamap.env.duke.edu/

NOAA Nation Ocean Data Center http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System http://www.ioos.gov/

Navy http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil/home/

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management http://boem.gov/

Subcommittee Ocean Science and Technology, National Ocean Partnership Program, Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships http://www.nopp.org/committees/iwg-op/

Marine Mammal Commission http://mmc.gov/



 

OBIS-USA Summary Statistics

Total Records 7,178,729
Total Unique Taxa 84,220
Participants 39
Datasets 149


Contact Us

Dr. Mark Fornwall
Core Science Analytics & Synthesis
Phone: 808-984-3724
Fax: 808-242-1128
E-mail: mark_fornwall@usgs.gov

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