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Genomics & eDNA
Environmental DNA extracted from water and sediment samples reveals the full community of organisms present — from bacteria to whales — with a speed and breadth impossible through visual surveys alone.
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Acoustics
Passive acoustic monitoring listens to the soundscape of the sea; active acoustics enumerates fish and zooplankton. Together they cover the water column continuously, day and night.
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A STAC extension that describes species distribution models (range, habitat-suitability or density) — what the value means, how it was modeled, which taxon, and the month or season it predicts.
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One STAC catalog of marine place layers (sanctuaries, MPAs, EEZs, leases, planning areas) as GeoParquet and PMTiles, with stable place ids, per-feature licence and H3 membership for joining hexagon data by place.
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Recorded sessions from the OBON FAIR eDNA Workshop 2026 on findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) practices for ocean environmental DNA data.
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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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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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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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