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NEWS
2024/07/18
New data (12,060 records) have been added to the dataset "Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay: Results of surveys". These data originates from the surveys conducted from 1986 to 1990.
2024/06/20
The dataset of "Endangered Species Listed in the Toba city Marine Red Data Book 2023" has been published on BISMaL.
This dataset is based on the Red Data Book listing 429 endangered marine species inhabiting the coastal and estuarine areas around Toba City.
Learn more about the dataset, here (in Japanese).
Access the data, here.
2024/05/30
The dataset of "Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay: Results of surveys" has been published on BISMaL.
This dataset contains data of floral and faunal surveys of intertidal zone along the rocky coast of the southeastern part of Osaka Bay by Association for the Research of Littoral Organisms in Osaka Bay (OKKJP).
Learn more about the survey, here (in Japanese)
Access the data, here.
2024/05/17
The dataset of "Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae" has been published on BISMaL. The dataset contains the occurrence record from 1971 to 2004. It is one of the survey results from the Monitoring Sites 1000 Projects conducted by the Biodiversity Center of Japan.
Access the dataset, here.
2024/02/08
The dataset of "Specimen collection of Japanese mud shrimp (Upogebia major) in Japan" has been published on BISMaL. The dataset is based on specimens collected from June 2020 to July 2022, and published as Kitabatake et al. (2023).
Kitabatake, K., K. Izumi, N. I. Kondo and K. Okoshi (2023) Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Japanese mud shrimp Upogebia major (Crustacea, Decapoda, Upogebiidae): natural or anthropogenic dispersal? ZooKeys, 1182, 259-287, doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1182.105030.
Access the dataset, here.
BISMaL data at a glance
Number of registered taxon on BISMaL
Last Updated:2024/07/19
Total number of registered taxon:41,556
taxon with occurrence record(s):16,120
taxon with no occurrence record(s):25,436
Number of occurrences records in kingdom Animalia
Last Updated:2024/07/19
Number of occurrence records:3,821,942
Last Updated:2024/04/01
Data Map
Total of 3,821,942 records in BISMaL (April 1, 2024).
In FY2023, nine new datasets were published in BISMaL:
- Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on megafauna occurrence obtained from the 2022 cruise.
- Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on 18S rRNA gene obtained from the 2022 cruise.
- Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on physicochemical parameters and meiofauna community obtained from the 2022 cruise.
- Large benthic foraminifers around Japanese Islands.
- Marine decapod crustaceans of the San'in District.
- Decline in the Acropora population due to repeated moderate disturbances in Okinotorishima Island, Japan.
- Marine benthic animal data along Yokohama City Coast.
- Simultaneous surveys of littoral organisms in Osaka Bay.
- Specimen collection of Japanese mud shrimp (Upogebia major) in Japan.