BIOCEAN, A BIOLOGICAL DATA BASE ON DEEP OCEAN FAUNA
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Ifremer, Deep Environment Laboratory |
| Country | France  |
| Time period | 1967 - present |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Couverture mondiale - World wide coverage |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Temperature of the water column; Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts |
| Instruments | Underwater cameras; pelagic trawl nets; benthos samplers; unconsolidated sediment corers; sediment traps; sediment grabs |
| Description | |
| Summary | Taxonomy, Biogeography, Ecology, Biodiversity of the deep ocean. |
| Originators | Ifremer, Deep Environment Laboratory |
| References | SEGONZAC M., GALERON J., LAGADEC C. (1988) La base de donnees biologiques BIOCEAN. In "Premieres journees d'etude des producteurs francais de banques de donnees biologiques factuelles", 1988., 1988; FABRI M, GALERON J, LAROUR M, MAUDIRE G (2006) Combining the Biocean database for deep-sea benthic data and online Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 316:215-224., 2006 |
| Data web site | http://www.ifremer.fr/isi/biocean/ |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Ifremer, Deep Environment Laboratory |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | FABRI Marie-Claire |
| Address | Ifremer, Deep Environment Laboratory |
| Telephone | +33(0)2 98 22 42 00 |
| Facsimile | +33 (0)2 98.22.47.57 |
| marie.claire.fabri@ifremer.fr | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Local identifier | EPCIAN |
| Global identifier | 4700 |
| Last revised | 2011-01-24 |
