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US-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living Resource Development in Oman

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Oman’s marine biota is distinctive HEXACORALS and OMAN 8 February 2004 Daphne G. Fautin University of Kansas, Lawrence

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National Science Foundation grants OCE 00-03970 (NOPP), DEB 95-21819 andamp; DEB 99-78106 (PEET), and supplements

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http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

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Full synonymies are displayed – the they are linked so all records for a species are found regardless of the name used for the species SYNONYMY

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illustrations from original descriptions original photomicrographs of type material original photos of type specimens

Occurrence records displayed on a map use symbols of a different color for each synonymous name. This function can be used for investigating whether a synonymy is justified.: 

Occurrence records displayed on a map use symbols of a different color for each synonymous name. This function can be used for investigating whether a synonymy is justified.

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All 10 records for Oman are of corals in the genus Acropora -- courtesy of Carden Wallace

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Values for 13 environmental variables are displayed (from a dynamic search) FOR THE PLACES WHERE THE SPECIES OCCURS

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to predict where else a species (Acropora glauca) may occur or habitats vulnerable to invasion

http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm: 

http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http:// www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html

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At present, a hit on common holdings requires visiting each one separately -- we are working on a common combined report form

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An On-line Atlas of Marine Diversity An aid to natural resource management An international research program A network of expertise A federation of distributed, heterogeneous, interoperable databases The information component of the Census of Marine Life

The Ocean Biogeographic Information System: 

The Ocean Biogeographic Information System www.iobis.org

http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm: 

http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http://www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html http://www.iobis.org

http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm: 

http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/index.html

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