Repository details
Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal
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Name of repository
Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal
Additional name(s)
- BIOFRESH
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<<This repository is closed. The Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal was initiated under the EU FP7 BioFresh project and continued through the Freshwater Information Platform, further information http://www.freshwaterplatform.eu.>>>!!!>>>
Contact(s)
- administrative: data@freshwaterplatform.eu
- administrative: info@freshwaterplatform.eu
- administrative: http://www.freshwaterplatform.eu/index.php/contact.html
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- serviceProvider
Dates
Started
2012
Offline
2025-09-03
Institutions (10)
Additional name(s)
- Biodiversity.be
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2009
End date of responsibility
2014
Additional name(s)
- FP7
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2009
End date of responsibility
2014
Additional name(s)
- FIP
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2014
Additional name(s)
- GBIF
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- IGB
- Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- RBINS
- Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen
- Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique
- Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- UDE
- Universität Duisburg-Essen, Aquatische Ökologie
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- BOKU
- Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Hydrobiologie, Gewässermanagement
- IHG
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (3)
Policy name
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (4)
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced publication
yes
Metadata standards (2)
Metadata standard
Metadata standard
Alerting services (1)
Type of alerting service
Remarks
Remarks
The aim of the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal is to integrate and provide open and free access to freshwater biodiversity data from all possible sources. To this end, we offer tools and support for scientists interested in documenting/advertising their dataset in the metadatabase, in submitting or publishing their primary biodiversity data (i.e. species occurrence records) or having their dataset linked to the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal. This information portal serves as a data discovery tool, and allows scientists and managers to complement, integrate, and analyse distribution data to elucidate patterns in freshwater biodiversity. The Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal was initiated under the EU FP7 BioFresh project and continued through the Freshwater Information Platform (http://www.freshwaterplatform.eu). To ensure the broad availability of biodiversity data and integration in the global GBIF index, we strongly encourages scientists to submit any primary biodiversity data published in a scientific paper to national nodes of GBIF or to thematic initiatives such as the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal. Numerous EU funded projects addressing freshwater ecology and water management have generated websites, tools, databases and other products, which are intended for long-term use. However, many of them are not maintained after the project has ended and, moreover, they are dispersed across several project websites. For freshwater researchers and other users, it is challenging to gain an overview of projects and their products. The EU funded project BioFresh was the first to establish a platform — the Global Freshwater Biodiversity Information Platform — bringing together information and data on freshwater biodiversity in a clearly arranged and easily explorable way. We now continue these efforts and extend the platform, widening its scope from biodiversity issues to all kinds of freshwater ecology, management and research topics. Our mission is to bring together the results of many projects dealing with freshwater ecosystems in one a single platform.
Entry date
2015-08-25
Last update
2026-10-02
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