Workshop: Enhancing marine biodiversity data collection and publishing
Date: 10–14 November 2025
Location: Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal
Instructors: Carolina Peralta, Tylar Murray, Nuno Álvaro, Jacqueline Dearborn
The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) and the AIR Centre will host a small, hands-on, interactive workshop focused on mobilising marine biological observation datasets to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS ). The objective is to help data holders understand the value of following good practices for standardising biological data, using widely accepted biodiversity standards like Darwin Core.
A complementary activity of the workshop will contemplate a field workday in which participants will receive training on the collection and processing of benthic photo-quadrat imagery and their analysis following MBON Pole to Pole monitoring protocols, aiming to enhance capacity for long-term monitoring of rocky intertidal communities.
By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear understanding of the process of mobilising biological data to OBIS and will have brought one of their datasets to a final maturity state that aligns with best practices for data sharing and biodiversity documentation.
