Transcript FishBase Recent Advances

FishBase
Recent Advances
Rainer Froese
IfM-GEOMAR
[email protected]
August 2004
Overview
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Recent additions to the Search Page
New on Species Summary Page
Some statistics on usage
Future plans
New on Search Page
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More content
More languages and scripts
Information by Ecosystem
New tools (keys; graphs; match names;
disease diagnosis; MyFish; catch analysis;
new photos; Top 100)
New on Summary Page
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Resilience
Gaps in black
L-F Wizard expanded
E-book
Invasive species (guppy)
SAUP maps (e.g. cod)
Public aquariums
FishBase Usage over Time
14
900
700
Hits (millions)
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600
8
500
6
400
300
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200
2
100
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A 98
A 99
A 00
A 01
Years (August)
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A 03
A 04
User sessions (thousands)
800
12
Information Downloaded from FishBase
300
Bandwidth (GB)
250
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100
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0
A 98
A 99
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A 01
Years (August)
A 02
A 03
A 04
1.6
14
1.4
12
1.2
10
1.0
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Percent of all Hits
0.8
6
0.6
4
0.4
0.2
DC Hits
2
0.0
2000
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2001
2002
Years (July)
2003
2004
Percent DC Hits
DC Hits (Millions)
FishBase Usage by Developing Countries
FishBase Users by Continent
Oceania
Australia
Africa
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
Based on 2122 entries in the FishBase Guestbook , June 2004
FishBase Usage Compared with Internet Usage by
Country, in 2001
FishBase Sessions (% of all Sessions)
100
USA
10
Japan
1
Qatar
Taiwan
Russia
0.1
Fr Polynesia
India
South Korea
0.01
Venezuela
Brunei
China
Lebanon
0.001
0.0001
0.0001
0.001
0.01
0.1
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Internet Users (% of all Users)
10
100
100
FishBase usage by country (%)
(July 2004)
USA
10
Brazil
Australia
Greece
1
0.1
Germany
Japan
South Korea
China
India Russia
Peru
Luxembourg
Saudi Arabia
0.01
PNG
Pakistan
Kenya
Belarus
Cuba
0.001
Ghana
0.0001
0.0001
0.001
0.01
0.1
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Internet usage by country (%)
10
100
FishBase Web Users
Int. Research
Centres
Museums
NGOs
Governments
Individuals
Universities
Private sector
Based on 2122 entries in the FishBase Guestbook, June 2004
FishBase Web Usage by Topic May-July 2003
Specialist
Topics
Common
Names
Fish Quiz
Scientific
Names
Photos
Direct Links
Species
Summaries
Based on hits by directory on CGNET server
FishBase Usage by Topic July 2004
Specialist
topics
Fish Quiz
Common
names
Scientific
names
Photos
Direct links
Species
summaries
Based on AW Hits by directory on Kiel server
Frequency of FishBase Usage by Topic
Species Summaries
Common Names
Photos
Country information
References
Glossary
Eschmeyer
Museum collections
Scientific Names
LarvalBase
Identification
Trophic ecology
Population dynamics
Physiology
FB book
Maps
Reproduction
About 10,000 visitors per month
FishQuiz
Diseases
Genetics
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Percent of total page views (July 2004)
60
Future Plans
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Complete coverage and content
Improve mapping
Add more analytical tools
Move to mobile devices >>
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Thanks to the FishBase Team
Thanks to the FishBase Consortium
Thanks to our Donors
Thanks for Listening
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