Description
The dataset shows a global map of Hurlbert’s index of biodiversity, calculated based on data held in the Ocean Biogeograhic Information System (OBIS). OBIS (www.iobis.org) is a global network that integrates marine species distribution data from various sources. OBIS was the data integration component of the Census of Marine Life project (www.coml.org), and is the marine sister-network of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; www.gbif.org), and the biodiversity data management component of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC; http://ioc-unesco.org).
Citation
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (2014). Global map of Hurlbert’s index of biodiversity. Oostende (Belgium): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). URLs: www.iobis.org/node/214, http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/16
Use constraints
Data use conditions can be accessed at www.iobis.org/data/policy/disclaimer. Data and maps must be cited as per www.iobis.org/about/citation.
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