How Aphia—The Platform behind Several Online and Taxonomically Oriented Databases—Can Serve Both the Taxonomic Community and the Field of Biodiversity Informatics

by Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Wim Decock, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Aina Trias Verbeeck, Lorenzo Bovit, Francisco Hernandez, Jan Mees
Published 2015-12-01

A decade of the World Register of Marine Species - General insights and experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned and how can we continue?

by Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Wim Decock, Sofie Vranken, Thomas Lanssens, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Kevin Verfaille, Tammy Horton, Andreas Kroh, Francisco Hernandez, Jan Mees
Published 2018-01-01

Global diversity of sponges (Porifera).

by Rob W M Van Soest, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Jean Vacelet, Martin Dohrmann, Dirk Erpenbeck, Nicole J De Voogd, Nadiezhda Santodomingo, Bart Vanhoorne, Michelle Kelly, John N A Hooper
Published 2012-01-01

Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases.

by Mark J Costello, Philippe Bouchet, Geoff Boxshall, Kristian Fauchald, Dennis Gordon, Bert W Hoeksema, Gary C B Poore, Rob W M van Soest, Sabine Stöhr, T Chad Walter, Bart Vanhoorne, Wim Decock, Ward Appeltans
Published 2013-01-01

World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a new Thematic Species Database for marine and anchialine cave biodiversity

by Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Alejandro Martínez, Fernando Álvarez, Geoff Boxshall, William F. Humphreys, Damià Jaume, Leontine E. Becking, Guilherme Muricy, Peter J. van Hengstum, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Wim Decock, Bart Vanhoorne, Leen Vandepitte, Nicolas Bailly, Thomas M. Iliffe
Published 2016-09-01

Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

by Tammy Horton, Serge Gofas, Andreas Kroh, Gary C.B. Poore, Geoffrey Read, Gary Rosenberg, Sabine Stöhr, Nicolas Bailly, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Simone N. Brandão, Mark J. Costello, Wim Decock, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Francisco Hernandez, Jan Mees, Gustav Paulay, Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Sofie Vranken
Published 2017-12-01

Toward a new data standard for combined marine biological and environmental datasets - expanding OBIS beyond species occurrences

by Daphnis De Pooter, Ward Appeltans, Nicolas Bailly, Sky Bristol, Klaas Deneudt, Menashè Eliezer, Ei Fujioka, Alessandra Giorgetti, Philip Goldstein, Mirtha Lewis, Marina Lipizer, Kevin Mackay, Maria Marin, Gwenaëlle Moncoiffé, Stamatina Nikolopoulou, Pieter Provoost, Shannon Rauch, Andres Roubicek, Carlos Torres, Anton van de Putte, Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Matteo Vinci, Nina Wambiji, David Watts, Eduardo Klein Salas, Francisco Hernandez
Published 2017-01-01