Azores cetaceans updated checklist

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Azevedo J, Barreiros J P (2019): Azores cetaceans updated checklist. v1.1. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=azores_cetaceans_updated_checklist_vs1&v=1.1

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Universidade dos Açores. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2a24e436-e4af-4820-89c1-656c283760a8.  Universidade dos Açores publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional

Contacts

José Azevedo

• Author ●
• Originator ●
• Point Of Contact

Assistant Professor

Universidade dos Açores

Rua da Mãe de Deus

9600 Ponta Delgada

string:Portugal

PT

jose.mn.azevedo@uac.pt

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2573-1371

João Pedro Barreiros

• Metadata Provider ●
• Author ●
• Originator ●
• Point Of Contact

Aggregate Professor

Universidade dos Açores

Rua Capitao Joao D'Avila

9701-042 Angra do Heroismo

string:Portugal

PT

joao.ps.barreiros@uac.pt

+3519656916

https://ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/member/joaopedrobarreiros

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-6685

Geographic Coverage

Azores EEZ limits.

Taxonomic Coverage

Class Mammalia: Order Cetacea

Project Data

Summary: The Azorean Biodiversity Portal E-Infrastructure was approved by FCT for the National Research Infrastructure in the Roadmap. The approval of Azorean Biodiversity Portal by the Portuguese E-Infrastructure Roadmap, will guarantee financial support between 2019 and 2021 and the improvement of the Portal and new products. This is quite an important achievement for this regional Biodiversity Portal. The Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP) is a key e-infrastructure for the integrated management of biodiversity data of the Azores, providing a large number of specialized services supporting research, policy and education. The evaluators considered that the submitted proposal lists some significant policy integration opportunities with Azorean government using the portal as part of its conservation activities for protected areas, as well as for the sustainable management of biodiversity relating to agriculture, forestry and fisheries. This was the first Biodiversity Portal in Portugal, starting in 2008, and the only one which provides easy access to island biodiversity data. ABP is currently recognized as a valuable outreach, management and conservation tool for all who work in science and protection of biodiversity. The 3000 visits per day, the numerous international scientific collaborations, resulting in publications and academic thesis, and the connection with other prestigious databases demonstrate the Portal’s scientific quality as well as its general appeal. This project initiated in 2008 under the leadership of researchers from the Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA_A) based in the Dep. of Agrarian Sciences in Terceira Island and included also the collaboration with researchers from the CIBIO-Azores based in the Dep. Biology of the Univ of Azores and more recently researchers from IMAR-DOP in Horta. In this moment the Portal is being funded by Azorean Science Ministry (project ATLANTISMAR). The main ABP action lines are to: - improve the informatics system of the e-infrastructure to allow complex queries and improve user-friendliness - guarantee a rigorous classification for every species, providing updated comprehensive checklists, ensuring accuracy on the compilation of biogeographical information; this is the backbone of the Portal and all its products and services - provide innovative biodiversity analytical tools for both researchers and community members and invite them to contribute data to the Portal, establishing effective science communication.

The personnel involved in the project:

Paulo Borges

• Principal Investigator

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-7623

Bibliographic Citations

1. Prieto R., Silva M. 2010. Marine Mammals (Mammalia). Pp. 344-345. In: Borges P.A.V., Costa A., Cunha R., Gabriel R., Gonçalves V., Martins A. F., Melo I., Parente M., Raposeiro P., Rodrigues P., Santos R.S., Silva L., Vieira P, Vieira V. (eds.) A List of the Terrestrial and Marine Biota from the Azores. Principia, Cascais;
2. Perrin, W.F. (2019). World Cetacea Database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea on 2019-10-04

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