BaMBa: towards the integrated management of Brazilian marine environmental data.

Pedro Milet Meirelles ,Eduardo Siegle,Paulo S Salomon,Jean Swings,Marta Mattoso,Renato Crespo Pereira,Alex Cardoso Bastos,Luiz M R Gadelha,Ricardo Coutinho,Fabiano L Thompson,Carlos Eduardo De Rezende ,Rogério Valle ,Ronaldo B Francini‐Filho ,Rodolfo Paranhos ,Cristiane Thompson ,Ricardo Henrique Krüger ,E Nils ,Sigrid Neumann Leitão ,Gilberto M Amado‐Filho ,Rodrigo L Moura

doi:10.1093/database/bav088

Abstract

A new open access database, Brazilian Marine Biodiversity (BaMBa) (https://marinebiodiversity.lncc.br), was developed in order to maintain large datasets from the Brazilian marine environment. Essentially, any environmental information can be added to BaMBa. Certified datasets obtained from integrated holistic studies, comprising physical–chemical parameters, -omics, microbiology, benthic and fish surveys can be deposited in the new database, enabling scientific, industrial and governmental policies and actions to be undertaken on marine resources. There is a significant number of databases, however BaMBa is the only integrated database resource both supported by a government initiative and exclusive for marine data. BaMBa is linked to the Information System on Brazilian Biodiversity (SiBBr, http://www.sibbr.gov.br/) and will offer opportunities for improved governance of marine resources and scientists’ integration.Database URL: http://marinebiodiversity.lncc.br

Highlights

Marine sciences are increasingly supported by advanced computational infrastructures both in terms of processing power [1] and data management and storage capabilities [2]
Techniques and data models developed in previous works involving ecological data management, such as the Brazilian Information System on Antarctic Environmental Research [14] and the Guanabara Bay Long Term Ecological Research Database [15], were utilized in the development of Brazilian Marine Biodiversity Database (BaMBa)
It was our aim was to develop a new integrated database, the Brazilian Marine Biodiversity Database (BaMBa), which allows integrated views of different data types concerning Brazilian marine environment, and is a potential tool to be used for improving governance of marine resources

Summary

Introduction

Marine sciences are increasingly supported by advanced computational infrastructures both in terms of processing power [1] and data management and storage capabilities [2]. Despite a significant existing number of databases, an integrative database exclusive for marine environments does not exist yet Current databases such as IMG [11], the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) [12] and the Metagenomic Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology (MG-RAST) [13] allow -omics and metadata deposition, but lack important data from other compartments of the system, for the sustainable maintenance of the marine realm (e.g. macroorganismal and plankton data). The Brazilian Marine Biodiversity Database (BaMBa) was developed to allow for the publication and exploration of marine biodiversity data, including biotic, abiotic, and -omic sample analyses and species distributions It provides dataset repositories for publishing data in standardized formats and an integrated database that harvest these datasets to provide an integrated view of marine biodiversity. These previous systems did not consider, the management of -omics data, which is contemplated by BaMBa

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