Chordates – iBOL Europe

PolBOL – Polish Barcode of Life

Gabriela Dankova — Fri, 31 May 2024 12:08:23 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Poland, Mediterranean Basin, Balkan Peninsula, Carpathian Arch
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods, Chordates, Other metazoa
Host institute(s): Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology & Environmental Protection, University of Lodz
Time span: Ongoing
Description: PoLBOL is a national iBOL-BIOSCAN node and an initiative coordinated at UniLodz, aiming to (i) document the biodiversity in Poland at a molecular level and provide reliable, comprehensive DNA barcode libraries for biomonitoring activities, (ii) improve, at an international scale, the DNA barcode libraries and document biodiversity in understudied European biodiversity hotspots (e.g. Carpathian Arch, Balkan Peninsula, Mediterranean Basin), (ii) promote DNA (meta)barcoding as a handy tool in biodiversity studies and conservation activities.

Gabriela Dankova — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:28:08 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Italy
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): All
Institute(s): Bringing together over 1,500 researchers belonging to 48 partner organisations (Universities and Research institutes) working on biodiversity topics.
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Builds a genetic/genomic platform that will also include DNA barcoding data from all the flora and fauna of Italy.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:56 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Turkey
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa
Host institute(s): Ankara University (Turkey)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: DNA barcoding and eDNA metabarcoding of terrestrial and aquatic species from microorganisms to mammals.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:55 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Trans boundary
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa, Protista, Others
Host institute(s): CETAF
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Provision of new mechanisms and tools to transfer taxonomic fundamental knowledge to other societal and scientific actors.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:52 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Malta
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Others
Host institute(s): University of Malta (Malta)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: The IOIKIDS Spot the Jellyfish initiative aims to increase awareness, especially among the younger generations, about the local diversity of jellyfish species, through a hands-on exercise involving the reporting of sightings of jellyfish that often swarm close to our shores and beaches. In so doing the initiative would be supplying useful data for local marine scientists and tourist authorities, through a citizen science approach… and aid to avoid those stinging jellies!

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:51 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Malta
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Others
Host institute(s): University of Malta (Malta)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: The Spot the Alien citizen science campaign was launched in 2019 and is the third national citizen science campaign coordinated by Prof. Alan Deidun, Dr. Adam Gauci, Mr. Johann Galdies and Mr. Martin Galea De Giovanni. It aims to promote the submission of reports of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS), commonly known as ‘alien species’, spotted within Maltese waters by citizen scientists. Whilst the Spot the Alien Fish campaign (launched in 2017) focuses on alien fish species, the Spot the Alien campaign focuses on all other alien species. This campaign is supported financially by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) through annual grants and is providing an unparalleled contribution to Malta’s international alien species monitoring obligations as well as alien species scientific monitoring efforts.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:49 +0000

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Geographical region(s): North East Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Macaronesia Iberian Peninsula
Ecosystem coverage: Marine
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Other metazoa
Host institute(s): University of Minho (Portugal)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: Building DNA barcode reference libraries for marine life (mostly fish, crustaceans, annelids and molluscs).

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:42 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Norway, Trans boundary
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa, Protista
Host institute(s): Norwegian institute for nature research – NINA (Norway)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: NINA conducts a general monitoring of terrestrial insects in Norway since 2020, on behalf of the Norwegian Environmental Agency (https://www.miljodirektoratet.no/). As of 2021, the monitoring is limited to the ecosystems “Forest” and “Semi-natural land”.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:39 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Trans boundary
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates, Plants, Fungi & lichens, Other metazoa
Time span: Ongoing
Description: iBOL is working to establish an earth observation system that will reveal species, their dynamics, and interactions using DNA barcoding.

iBOL Europe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:08:36 +0000

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Geographical region(s): Africa
Ecosystem coverage: Freshwater, Terrestrial
Taxonomic group(s): Arthropods (insects), Arthropods (non insects), Chordates
Host institute(s): BIOPOLIS, CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (Portugal)
Time span: Ongoing
Description: The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) makes use of Next Generation Sequencing technologies (NGS) to develop a reference collection of DNA barcoding sequences, focusing on African taxa. Within the project, a special focus is afforded to insects, given their relevance to food webs and ecosystems functioning.