Description - this site provides a set of links to a variety of sites relating to the broad field of biological informatics (datasharing, analysis, and visualization in ecology, taxonomy, conservation biology, evolutionary biology, and related "macro" areas of biology). Each linked site contains raw information, databases, and / or links to other pertinent sites.
Any recommended additions to this list are welcome.
Digital Archives http://esa.sdsc.edu/Archive/
TIEE Web - Teaching Issues andExperiments in Ecology http://www.science.widener.edu/~grant/esa/tiee/tiee.html
CEED: 'Caveat Emptor' Ecological Data Repository http://ceed.sdsc.edu/
US Geological Survey Efforts
USGS Center for Biological Informatics http://biology.usgs.gov/cbi/
USGS National Biological Information Infrasturcture (NBII) http://www.nbii.gov/
Federal Geographic Data Committee, Biological Data Working Group http://biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.bio/
Taxonomic Resources and Expertise Directory (TRED) http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/syscollect/tred/index.html
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
Descriptions of Selected Biological Data Programs and Activities of Individual Member Agencies and Organizations http://biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.bio/member.html
Ecoinformatics.org
An online data and information management resource for ecologists http://www.ecoinformatics.org/
EcoPort: The Consilience Engine
An ecological datasharing website developed under the auspices of the University of Florida, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. www.ecoport.org
NSF - Directorate for Biological Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics 1998 program announcement. http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/pda/being_a_postdoc/funding/bioinformaticNSF.html
Biological Databases and Informatics, 1999 Program Announcement, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf9991/nsf9991.htm
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) http://www.daac.ornl.gov
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network
Informatics http://www.lternet.edu/informatics/
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/
Automation of Ecological Data Management Using Structured Metadata
US Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/
University of Kansas GEMLAB Projects (includes Ecoinformatics Projects) http://www.gemlab.ukans.edu/gemlab/projects.htm
Taxonomic and Biodiversity sites
Integrated Taxonomic Information System http://www.itis.usda.gov
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) http://www.gbif.org/
International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases http://www.tdwg.org/
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History http://nmnhwww.si.edu/msw/
European Register of Marine Species http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) Taxonomic databases http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server http://www.biodiversity.uno.edu/
Ecological Society of America Committee on the future of long-term ecological data (1995) Final report
Ellison, A.M. 1998. Data: the tapestry of nature. EcoEssay Series Number 2. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Santa Barbara, CA.
Frondorf, et. al. 1999. Linking the FGDC Geospatial Metadata Content Standard to the Biological/Ecological Sciences
Joy, B. et. al. 1999. Report to the President - Information Technology Research: Investing in Our Future. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee.
Kendall, B. 1998. An Individual-Based Model of Data Sharing. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Santa Barbara, CA.
Young, J.A. 1998. Teaming with Life: Investing in Science to Understand and Use America's Living Capital. About the President's Committee of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Curricula:
Rensselaer Poltyechnic Institute. Ecoinformatics Program
Sites pertaining to Geosciences
NOAA National Data Centers
Access to Distributed NOAA Data and Information - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/NOAAServer?stype=home
Data Access Technologies and SoftWare Applications Team - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/dataswat/dataswat.shtml
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
Digital Earth Web Viewer http://viewer.digitalearth.gov/