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Occurrence records in map view

Last Updated : 2024/04/01
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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.
Last Updated : 2023/04/05
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Total 3,699,530 records in BISMaL (April 5, 2023).
In 2022, about 1.3 million records were added to BISMaL from the Monitoring Sites 1000 project, the cruise surveys of the Development of Innovative Technologies for Exploration of Deep-Sea Resources project, and other four projects.
Last Updated : 2022/04/11
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Total 2,303,997 records in BISMaL (April 11, 2022).
In 2021, observation records from research results by Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University (Hatakejima, Wakayama), observations in training cruise of Tokai University (from Shizuoka to Ogasawara Islands), and a product of Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated Marine Sciences project (off Sanriku) were published in BISMaL.
Last Updated : 2021/04/05
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Total 2,303,997 records in BISMaL (April 05, 2021).
In 2020, many observation data from coastal studies and citizen activities have been published.
Last Updated : 2020/04/11
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Total 1,681,433 records in BISMaL (April 02, 2020).
In 2019, BISMaL published the macro algae distribution dataset around Japan and the longtime monitoring dataset on plankton community in the Northwestern Pacific.
Last Updated : 2019/04/02
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Total 567,230 records in BISMaL (April 02, 2019).
Last Updated : 2018/04/05
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Total 454,227 records in BISMaL (right panel; April 05, 2018).
In 2017, data set on seagrass in Southeast Asian coast was published (left panel).
Sano, M., Sakamoto, S., Komatsu, T. (2016) Occurrence data of seagrasses in Southeast Asia extracted from literature. Available at https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/e/S9-5_SG-SEA. Accessed on 2018-04-05.
Last Updated : 2017/04/01
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Total 443,357 records in BISMaL (April 01, 2017).
Many data covering Southeast Asia region were added to BISMaL in 2016.
Last Updated : 2016/04/01
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Total 358,828 records in BISMaL (April 01, 2016)