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Bocas del Toro environmental monitoring station

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The MarineGEO program values collaboration and open sharing of our collective knowledge. Acquiring, curating, sharing, and analyzing data are central functions of our network’s research. The following data products are available for public download and use. They require acceptance of the license associated with that data type; use of MarineGEO data always requires proper attribution and generally may be used only for non-commercial purposes. We are working to make more datasets public. Many of these datasets are available to MarineGEO partners. Data inquiries can be made to marinegeo-data@si.edu.

Chemical and Physical Observation Program

MarineGEO's Chemical and Physical Observation Program (CPOP) collects water quality, water level, and meteorological data at multiple MarineGEO sites. Data is available on figshare:

  • MarineGEO Bocas del Toro Observatory Data
  • MarineGEO Indian River Lagoon Observatory Data
  • MarineGEO Upper Chesapeake Bay Observatory Data

A graph showing the difference in water temperature between the Bocas del Toro, Indian River Lagoon, and Upper Chesapeake Bay observatories

 

Bioblitzes

MarineGEO conducts biodiversity assessments, or bioblitzes, at observatories to establish the biodiversity baseline to frame future monitoring and experiments. Each bioblitz involves many participants who bring a variety of expertise in taxonomy, field research, management, and traditional ecological knowledge. Collections cross taxa for fishes, meiofauna, macroinvertebrates, and algae.  Bioblitzes have documented the continued presence of some species and hundreds of new species, even from a very well described area.  Metadata for each bioblitz is available for British Columbia (2017), Hong Kong (2017), Kane’ohe Bay, Oahu, (2017), and the Texas Gulf Coast (2019). 

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The Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO), directed by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON), is a network of partners researching biodiversity as the heart of healthy, productive, coastal ecosystems, where marine life and people are concentrated and interact most. MarineGEO marshals the Smithsonian’s leadership in discovery and convening power to advance knowledge useful to decision-makers in supporting innovative management and protection of marine life.