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Twelve Years of FishBase: Lessons Learned

Twelve Years of FishBase: Lessons Learned. Rainer Froese Institute of Marine Research Kiel, Germany rfroese@ifm.uni-kiel.de. Overview. What is FishBase? Who uses FishBase? Constraints to usage Duplication of effort Lessons learned Where is FishBase going?. What is FishBase?.

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Twelve Years of FishBase: Lessons Learned

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  1. Twelve Years of FishBase:Lessons Learned Rainer Froese Institute of Marine Research Kiel, Germany rfroese@ifm.uni-kiel.de

  2. Overview • What is FishBase? • Who uses FishBase? • Constraints to usage • Duplication of effort • Lessons learned • Where is FishBase going?

  3. What is FishBase? • www.fishbase.org>> • Species summary information >> • Common names >> • Synonyms >>>>>> • Population dynamics >>>> • Life history tool >> • Biogeographic modelling >>

  4. Who Uses FishBase? • Hits and Visitor Sessions • Types of Users • Where Do They Come From? • What Do They Want? >> • 660 pages link to www.fishbase.org • Where is the Science?

  5. Where is the Science?85 ISI Citations, 3 in Nature, 2 in Science IT << June 2002

  6. Constraints to Usage

  7. Duplication of Effort • Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes • FAO Databases (SIDP, FIGIS, Catch) • IUCN’s Red List • National Fish Databases • Genbank • Bibliographies (ZR, NISC, ASFA)

  8. Lessons Learned • ‘Science first’ attitude • ‘Yes’ attitude towards people • 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

  9. Rainer’s Vision 100 years from now…

  10. Credit • FishBase Consortium and Donors >> • FishBase Team and Partners >>

  11. Thank You

  12. FishBase vs Internet Usage Source for Internet growth: NUA Internet Services

  13. Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002

  14. Based on 1391 entries in the FishBase Guest Book, June 2002

  15. FishBase on CD-ROM: Countries

  16. FishBase on CD-ROM: User Types <<

  17. DesktopGarp Modelling of Nile Tilapia Distribution in Africa

  18. Point Map Exocoetus volitans

  19. WhyWhere MapMinimum Monthly Sea Surface Temperature (Min SST)

  20. WhyWhere MapMin SST + Primary Production

  21. WhyWhere MapMin SST + Tidal Range

  22. WhyWhere MapMean SST + Coastal Salinity Gradient <<

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