Quantifying Antarctic marine biodiversity: The SCAR-MarBIN data portal

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Griffiths, H.J., Danis, B., Clarke, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: [mammals]; Aves [Birds]; Pisces [Fish]; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Amundsen Sea; The Portal; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=210819

The documentation and analysis of broad-scale biological diversity requires modern databases. Here we describe the SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR-MarBIN) and demonstrate its value with a preliminary analysis of geographic patterns in species richness for a variety of marine taxa....