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World’s largest open access, online data
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OBIS
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Around 500 institutions in 56 countries are providing data to OBIS.
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Sponsors
FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab at Duke
University, Flanders Marine Institute and Simon Bolivar University and the
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technical developments, and encourages international cooperation to foster the group
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OBIS Secretariat - UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7/61 - 8400 Oostende - Belgium
Phone: +32-59-340176 - Email: [email protected]
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