ChEssBase: an online information system on biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Ramirez-Llodra, E., Freitga, K., Blanco, M. & Baker, C.

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: ChEssBase: an online information system on biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems

Edition: Version 2

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: SQL-server

Series_Information:

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Southampton, UK

Publisher: University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanography Centre, School of Ocean and Earth Science; World Wide Web electronic publications

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/chess/

Description:

Abstract:

ChEssBase is a dynamic relational database available online since early 2005. The aim of ChEssBase is to provide taxonomic, biological, ecological and distributional data for all species described from deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems, as well as information on available samples, images, bibliography and information on the habitats. These habitats include hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls, sunken wood and areas of minimum oxygen that intersect with the continental margin or seamounts. Since the discovery of hydrothermal vents in 1977 and of cold seep communities in 1984, over 590 species from vents and over 230 species from seeps have been described (Van Dover et al., 2002. Science 295: 1253-1257). Chemosynthetically fuelled communities have now also been found on large organic falls to the deep-sea floor such as whale falls and sunken wood, as well as on benthic zones of oxygen minimum. The data gathered in the last 30 years has shown that some species are shared amongst these ecosystems and our knowledge of their phylogeography improves with every new discovery. New species are continuously being discovered and described from research programmes around the globe and therefore ChEssBase is in active development and new data are being entered regularly. At present, ChEssBase includes data on 642 species from 421 genera from 76 chemosynthetic sites around the globe. These data contain information (when available) on the taxonomy, morphology, trophic level, reproduction, endemicity, habitat type and distribution. There are now 953 papers in our reference database. In summer 2005, ChEssBase and the InterRidge biological database ("http://www.interridge.org") were fused into a single source of information for biological data from chemosynthetic ecosystems (Ramirez-Llodra et al., 2005 IR News, 14). This second version of ChEssBase is available online since August 2005, with new records as well as new search and download options. Taxonomically these data comprise all species living on deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems: hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls and sunken wood. SCAR-MarBIN (http://www.scarmarbin.be/) serves a subset of the data described here for Southern-Ocean locations.

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Ramirez-Llodra, E., Freitga, K., Blanco, M. & Baker, C., 2005. ChEssBase: a central source of information for species from deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems - fusion with the InterRidge biological database and integration with OBIS. InterRidge News 14: 32-33.

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Beginning_Date: 19770101

Ending_Date: 20060430

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.45

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.7

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -55.1

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > SHARKS/RAYS/CHIMAERAS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH > LAMPREYS/HAGFISHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > BRYOZOANS/MOSS ANIMALS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ROUNDWORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ACORN WORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > PEANUT WORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPINY-HEADED WORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > LAMP SHELLS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > GASTROPODS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS)

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPONGES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)

Theme_Keyword: SUBMARINE

Theme_Keyword: OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

Theme_Keyword: SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR MARINE BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION NETWORK

Theme_Keyword: CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE

Theme_Keyword: COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

Theme_Keyword: EBA > EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE ANTARCTIC

Theme_Keyword: CHESS > BIOGEOGRAPHY OF DEEP-WATER CHEMOSYNTHETIC ECOSYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: Habitat: Cold Seeps, Whale Falls And Sunken Wood

Theme_Keyword: Remotely Operated Vehicle

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility. For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS. Also see SCAR-MarBIN data policy at http://www.scarmarbin.be/datapolicy.php

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DANIEL PERRY

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dvp@noc.soton.ac.uk

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Contact_Organization: IOBIS > International Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Contact_Person: EDWARD VANDEN BERGHE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Address: Rutgers University

Address: 71 Dudley Road

City: New Brunswick

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08901-8521

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (732) 932-6555 x 565

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (732) 932-8578

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: evberghe@marine.rutgers.edu, evberghe@iobis.org

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Contact_Organization: ICSU/SCAR/SCAR-MARBIN > Marine Biodiversity Information Network, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, International Council for Science

Contact_Person: BRUNO DANIS

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Address: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Address: 29 Rue Vautier

City: Brussels

Postal_Code: 1000

Country: BELGIUM

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +32(0)2 6274139

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +32(0)2 6274277

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bruno.danis@scarmarbin.be

Resource_Description: ChEssBase

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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Online_Option:

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http://www.iobis.org/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.scarmarbin.be/

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OBIS Advanced Search Data Extent Map and related functions

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http://iobis-gis.marine.rutgers.edu/utilities/acon...

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Acon Map

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http://www.scarmarbin.be/

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Southern Ocean data is downloadable from the SCAR-MarBIN web portal

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Online_Option:

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http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess

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ChEssBase home page

Fees: None

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Metadata_Date: 20051125

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090213

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Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time