Status of FishBasein 2009

Rainer FroeseIFM-GEOMAR, Kiel

rfroese@ifm-geomar.de

FishBase Mini-SymposiumFAO, Rome, 9 September 2009

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Maps

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Species summary

Species / Records (n)

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49,564

46,571

Based on FishBase 01/2009

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What is Used?

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Fish Quiz

Ecology

Tools

Physiology

Reproduction

Population dynamics

FishBase Book

Trophic ecology

Fish collections

Identification

Glossary

Eschmeyer

Info by Country

References

Scientific names

Common names

Photos

Percent of visitors accessing this topic Based on Kiel server, June – August 2009

Citations

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1386 registered FishBase citations

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Google Scholar, April 2006: 1610 citations, including 5 in Nature and 7

in Science

Fisheries

EcologyConservation

Aquaculture

Taxonomy

GeneticsParasitology

ITPalaeontology

Who is Using it?Who is Using it?FishBase Web Users

Individuals

Private sector

Universities

Governments

NGOs

Museums

Int. Research Centres

Based on 2787 entries in the FishBase Guestbook, March 2007

How did they find us?How did they find us?

Where From?Where From?

FishBase Users by Continent

North America

Europe

Asia

South America

Africa

Australia

Oceania

Based on 2408 entries in the FishBase Guestbook , September 2005

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Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)

Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)

Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)

Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (preliminary 2050)

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Maldives

Galapagos

Marshall I. Howland/Baker

Sumatra

Borneo

Celebes/Halmahera

Somalia

EcuadorSeamount

Tools:Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific

Tools :Where to Place an MPA

Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)

Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)

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