BaMBa: towards the integrated management of Brazilian marine environmental data
Author(s) -
Pedro Milet Meirelles,
Luiz Gadelha,
Ronaldo B. FranciniFilho,
Rodrigo L. Moura,
Gilberto M. AmadoFilho,
Alex Cardoso Bastos,
Rodolfo Paranhos,
Carlos Eduardo de Rezende,
Jean Swings,
Eduardo Siegle,
E. Nils,
Sigrid NeumannLeitão,
Ricardo Coutinho,
Marta Mattoso,
Paulo S. Salomon,
R.A.B. Valle,
Renato Crespo Pereira,
Ricardo Henrique Krüger,
Cristiane Thompson,
Fabiano L. Thompson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
database
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.406
H-Index - 62
ISSN - 1758-0463
DOI - 10.1093/database/bav088
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , certification , resource (disambiguation) , business , environmental resource management , corporate governance , database , biodiversity , marine conservation , world wide web , computer science , environmental science , ecology , political science , biology , computer network , philosophy , linguistics , finance , law
A new open access database, Brazilian Marine Biodiversity (BaMBa) (https://marinebiodiversity.lncc.br), was developed in order to maintain large datasets from the Brazilian marine environment. Essentially, any environmental information can be added to BaMBa. Certified datasets obtained from integrated holistic studies, comprising physical-chemical parameters, -omics, microbiology, benthic and fish surveys can be deposited in the new database, enabling scientific, industrial and governmental policies and actions to be undertaken on marine resources. There is a significant number of databases, however BaMBa is the only integrated database resource both supported by a government initiative and exclusive for marine data. BaMBa is linked to the Information System on Brazilian Biodiversity (SiBBr, http://www.sibbr.gov.br/) and will offer opportunities for improved governance of marine resources and scientists' integration. Database URL: http://marinebiodiversity.lncc.br.
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