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EMODnet Launch EUSeaMap pilot portal
EMODnet have launched their prototype marine biological data portal for EU seas.
European Intercalibration Exercise for grain size
European intercalibration exercise for grain size analyses in sediments - click to view the brochure.
Guardian article on new deep sea species
10 new deep sea marine species
Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI)
The Marine Biological Association are currently involved in the PESI project which aims to standardise and harmonise taxonomic information systems across Europe and across the marine and terrestrial environments. WoRMS is the standard being used for the marine community, but part of the PESI work is to create and harmonise a UK species list with tagged taxonomic and additional information (protected status, biological traits etc) to the WoRMS list.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
The World Register of Marine Species is an online resource which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. WoRMS is now endorsed by the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG), and all marine taxonomic data collected by UK government agencies are expected to be WoRMS compliant.
National Environment Research Council Launches UK Taxonomy & Systematics Review consultation
Closing date: 15 May 2010.
CCW tackles invasive sea squirt in Holyhead harbour
CCW lead the fight to eradicate the sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum) in Holyhead harbour which is threatening to smother native marine life in Wales.
The Honeycomb worm Sabellaria alveolata returns to north Wales after 60 years
WalesOnline, 18 March 2008
SEPA Marine Survey reveals new Creatures from the Deep
Myles O'Reilly & Stephen Nowacki - East Kilbride Marine Ecology Team. June 2006.
Scottish Marine Atlas published in March 2011
An up-to-date assessment of the current state of Scotland's seas

NMBAQC

The National Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control Scheme

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