How aphia-the platform behind several online and taxonomically oriented databases-can serve both the taxonomic community and the field of biodiversity informatics

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1448-1473

  Vandepitte, Leen ^a   Vanhoorne, Bart ^a   Decock, Wim ^a   Dekeyzer, Stefanie ^a   Verbeeck, Aina Trias ^a   Bovit, Lorenzo ^a   Hernandez, Francisco ^a   Mees, Jan ^a,b  

^a FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aphia; Biodiversity informatics; Data rescue; Online database; Online editing environment; Taxonomy; Web services; World Register of Marine Species

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014081637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse3041448     Document Type: Review

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