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BioTrack Telemetry Portal
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Portal N. Atlantic Conservation Fisheries

BioTrack Telemetry Portal

Interactive map of satellite and acoustic marine animal tracks that identifies biodiversity hotspots and their overlap with human-use areas.

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Seascapes Viewer
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App Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries Global Seascapes

Seascapes Viewer

Interactive Shiny application for visualizing global Seascape Classes in time and space across U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries.

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MBON Data Portal
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Portal Global Data publishing Interoperability

MBON Data Portal

Search, download, visualize, and analyze real-time, delayed-mode, and historical MBON biological observations alongside physical and chemical data.

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Sanctuary Watch
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Portal Infographic Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries U.S.

Sanctuary Watch

Web-based interactive tools for tracking ecosystem conditions, human connections, and management impacts across U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Florida Keys NMS Alert Dashboard
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App Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries South FL Early detection

Florida Keys NMS Alert Dashboard

Early-warning dashboard combining satellite and buoy data to detect harmful algal blooms and anoxic conditions in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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OBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System
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Portal Global OBIS Data publishing

OBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System

The global open-access database for marine biodiversity — search, map, and download tens of millions of species occurrence records standardized to Darwin Core.

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GBIF — Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Portal Global Data publishing Interoperability

GBIF — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility — an international network aggregating open species occurrence data across all of life, including the full OBIS marine network.

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MBON Pole to Pole Data Atlas
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Protocol Benthic Americas OBIS

MBON Pole to Pole Data Atlas

Harmonized rocky-shore and sandy-beach biodiversity observations from Canada to Patagonia, standardized for cross-regional comparison and open access via OBIS.

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CINMS Infographics
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Infographic Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries U.S. Ecosystem assessment

CINMS Infographics

Interactive ecosystem infographics for Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

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EDI — Environmental Data Initiative
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Portal U.S. Data publishing

EDI — Environmental Data Initiative

The Environmental Data Initiative archives long-term ecological datasets — including MBON kelp-forest and nearshore monitoring — with citable DOIs and rich EML metadata.

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Infographiq
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Package Global

Infographiq

JavaScript and R method for producing clickable scientific art that acts as an interface for users to explore marine biodiversity data.

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CoastWatch OBIS Indicator Explorer
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App Global Seascapes Ecosystem assessment

CoastWatch OBIS Indicator Explorer

Server-side tool that co-locates satellite remote sensing products, gridded model outputs, and OBIS field observations to generate biodiversity indicators for any polygon.

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ERDDAP — Environmental Research Data Server
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Portal Global Interoperability Data publishing

ERDDAP — Environmental Research Data Server

ERDDAP data servers stream gridded and tabular ocean datasets — satellite seascapes, sensor time series, and MBON biodiversity tables — in a consistent, scriptable format.

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Florida Keys ESR Infographic
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Infographic U.S. South FL NOAA IEA

Florida Keys ESR Infographic

Conceptual diagram as interactive infographic for the Florida Keys Sanctuary associated with Ecosystem Status Report (ESR).

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Alaska IEA Infographics
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Infographic U.S. NOAA IEA Ecosystem assessment

Alaska IEA Infographics

Through an integrated science approach, the NOAA Integrated Ecosystem Assessment program balances the needs of nature and society, supporting diverse marine resource management objectives in an ecosystem context.

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Olympic Coast NMS Infographics
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Infographic Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries U.S. Ecosystem assessment

Olympic Coast NMS Infographics

Interactive ecosystem infographics for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

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seascapeR
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Package Global Seascapes

seascapeR

An R package and prototype interface to explore Seascapes in different marine regions, including U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries.

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FWRI FK Water Quality Story Map
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Infographic U.S. South FL FWRI

FWRI FK Water Quality Story Map

ArcGIS Story Map for water quality in the Florida Keys, developed by FWRI.

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Sanctuaries Climate Dashboard
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App Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries U.S. Climate change

Sanctuaries Climate Dashboard

Static flexdashboard rendering climate indicators — sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a, pH, sea-level rise — for each U.S. National Marine Sanctuary.

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Climate Change for Sanctuaries
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App Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries U.S. Climate change

Climate Change for Sanctuaries

Shiny application with a swipeable "then vs. now" map comparing climatological reference periods to the present for each U.S. National Marine Sanctuary.

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SanctSound
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Infographic Acoustics Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries Marine Protected Areas

SanctSound

Sanctuary Soundscape Monitoring Project — explore underwater sound across U.S. national marine sanctuaries through illustrated question-and-answer panels.

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MBON Map of Activities
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App Global

MBON Map of Activities

Interactive global map of MBON programs, partners, and activities.

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extractr
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Package Remote Sensing

extractr

R package providing a common interface to extract and summarize gridded environmental data (ERDDAP, DataONE, and more) over a place.

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ecoidx
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Package Indicators NOAA IEA Ecosystem assessment

ecoidx

R package implementing NOAA Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) indicator standards — workflows and visualizations for marine ecological indicators.

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obisindicators
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Package Indicators OBIS Ecosystem assessment

obisindicators

R package for generating biodiversity indicators — including ES(50) estimated species richness — from OBIS occurrence data.

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dismapr
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Package Traditional U.S. Fisheries

dismapr

R package with functions to interact with NOAA's Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal (DisMAP) APIs for species distribution and range-shift data.

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onmsR
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Package Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries Marine Protected Areas

onmsR

R package providing spatial data and boundaries for the U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Sanctuary Eco-Indicators
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Workflow Indicators Nat'l Marine Sanctuaries Ecosystem assessment

Sanctuary Eco-Indicators

Multivariate ordination workflows summarizing ecological indicators across the U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries (in development).

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California Current ESR Infographic
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Infographic NOAA IEA Ecosystem assessment

California Current ESR Infographic

Illustrated California Current Ecosystem Status Report — an interactive infographic summarizing ecosystem indicators for the U.S. West Coast.

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eDNA Visualization
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App Genomics eDNA

eDNA Visualization

Interactive visualization of environmental DNA (eDNA) detections across taxa and sites.

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AquaMaps Downscaled
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Workflow Remote Sensing Species distribution modeling

AquaMaps Downscaled

Downscaled AquaMaps modeled species distributions for finer-resolution marine biodiversity mapping.

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Fisher Water Quality Monitoring
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App NOAA IEA South FL Monitoring

Fisher Water Quality Monitoring

Interactive dashboard of fisher-collected water-quality profiles (chlorophyll, oxygen, salinity, temperature) by date and location, for the Florida Commercial Watermen's Conservation program.

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MarineSDMs
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Protocol Remote Sensing Species distribution modeling

MarineSDMs

Materials and code for building marine species distribution models (SDMs) from open occurrence and environmental data.

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py-dwc-viz
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Package Indicators OBIS

py-dwc-viz

Python tool for visualizing Darwin Core biodiversity occurrence data.

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Global Marine Biodiversity Indicators
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Package Indicators Ecosystem assessment

Global Marine Biodiversity Indicators

Prototype global marine biodiversity indicators derived from open occurrence data.

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Intertidal Temperatures
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Workflow Benthic Rocky shore Monitoring

Intertidal Temperatures

Visualization of intertidal temperature logger records along rocky shores.

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MBON Data Reports
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Infographic Indicators

MBON Data Reports

Automated, reproducible data summary reports for MBON datasets.

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Bio Data Guide
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Protocol Training OBIS Global

Bio Data Guide

Community guide and standards for mobilizing marine biological data to Darwin Core and OBIS, from the IOOS Standardizing Marine Biological Data Working Group.

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Bio Data Mobilization Workshop
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Training OBIS Global Capacity development

Bio Data Mobilization Workshop

Marine biological data mobilization workshop for Biology & Ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables (Bio-Eco EOV) — a UN Ocean Decade contribution covering Darwin Core formatting and publishing to OBIS/GBIF.

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USF Moore Taxa Data Mobilization Workshop (2026)
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Training OBIS Capacity development Data publishing

USF Moore Taxa Data Mobilization Workshop (2026)

Workshop materials for mobilizing taxonomic occurrence data to Darwin Core and OBIS (USF, June 2026).

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MBON AIR Mobilization Workshop
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Training OBIS Capacity development Data publishing

MBON AIR Mobilization Workshop

Training materials from the MBON / AIR Centre biological data mobilization workshop.

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Reproducible Reporting with R (R3)
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Training NOAA IEA Indicators Capacity development

Reproducible Reporting with R (R3)

Training materials for Reproducible Reporting with R (R3) — building reproducible marine ecosystem indicator reports.

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Pole to Pole Workshop — Mexico
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Training Americas Capacity development Rocky shore

Pole to Pole Workshop — Mexico

MBON Pole to Pole rocky-shore and sandy-beach biodiversity monitoring training (Mexico).

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Pole to Pole Workshop — Brazil
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Training Americas Capacity development Rocky shore

Pole to Pole Workshop — Brazil

MBON Pole to Pole rocky-shore and sandy-beach biodiversity monitoring training (Brazil).

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Pole to Pole Workshop — Colombia
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Training Americas Capacity development Rocky shore

Pole to Pole Workshop — Colombia

MBON Pole to Pole rocky-shore and sandy-beach biodiversity monitoring training (Colombia).

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R Shiny Dashboard Workshop
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Training Capacity development

R Shiny Dashboard Workshop

Hands-on materials for building interactive R Shiny dashboards, from the CERF 2023 workshop (Tampa Bay Estuary Program).

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Sampling protocol for monitoring marine biodiversity on rocky shores
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Protocol Americas Benthic Benthic survey

Sampling protocol for monitoring marine biodiversity on rocky shores

Third edition

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