US-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences

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US-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living
Resource Development in Oman
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HEXACORALS and OMAN 8 February 2004
Daphne G. Fautin University of Kansas, Lawrence
Omans marine biota is distinctive
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National Science Foundation grants OCE 00-03970
(NOPP), DEB 95-21819 DEB 99-78106 (PEET),
and supplements
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http//hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/inde
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SYNONYMY
Full synonymies are displayed the they are
linked so all records for a species are found
regardless of the name used for the species
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illustrations from original descriptions origin
al photomicrographs of type material original pho
tos of type specimens
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Occurrence records displayed on a map use symbols
of a different color for each synonymous name.
This function can be used for investigating
whether a synonymy is justified.
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All 10 records for Oman are of corals in the
genus Acropora -- courtesy of Carden Wallace
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Values for 13 environmental variables
are displayed (from a dynamic search) FOR THE
PLACES WHERE THE SPECIES OCCURS
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to predict where else a species (Acropora glauca)
may occur or habitats vulnerable to invasion
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http//hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/in
dex.cfm
http// www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html
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At present, a hit on common holdings requires
visiting each one separately -- we are working on
a common combined report form
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An On-line Atlas of Marine Diversity

• An aid to natural resource management
• An international research program
• A network of expertise
• A federation of distributed, heterogeneous,
  interoperable databases
• The information component of the Census of Marine
  Life

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The Ocean Biogeographic Information System
www.iobis.org
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http//hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/in
dex.cfm
http//www.iobis.org
http//www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html
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http//hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/in
dex.cfm
http//www.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/index.html
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