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Managing troubled data: Coastal data partnerships smooth data integration
Understanding the ecology, condition, and changes of coastal areas requires data from many sources. Broad-scale and long-term ecological questions, such as global climate change, biodiversity, and cumulative impacts of human activities, must be addressed with databases that integrate data from several different research and monitoring programs. Various barriers, including widely differing data for
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S.S. Hale, Miglarese A. Hale, M.P. Bradley, T.J. Belton, L.D. Cooper, M.T. Frame, C.A. Friel, L.M. Harwell, R.E. King, W.K. Michener, D.T. Nicolson, B.G. Peterjohn
Information technology challenges of biodiversity and ecosystems informatics
Computer scientists, biologists, and natural resource managers recently met to examine the prospects for advancing computer science and information technology research by focusing on the complex and often-unique challenges found in the biodiversity and ecosystem domain. The workshop and its final report reveal that the biodiversity and ecosystem sciences are fundamentally information sciences and
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J.L. Schnase, J. Cushing, Mike Frame, Anne F. Frondorf, E. Landis, K.L. Maier, A. Silberschatz
Information science and technology developments within the National Biological Information Infrastructure
Whether your vantage point is that of an office window or a national park, your view undoubtedly encompasses a rich diversity of life forms, all carefully studied or managed by some scientist, resource manager, or planner. A few simple calculations-the number of species, their interrelationships, and the many researchers studying them-and you can easily see the tremendous challenges that the resul
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Mike Frame, Gladys Cotter, Lisa Zolly, Janice Little
The National Biological Information Infrastructure as an E-Government tool
Coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. Although it was begun in 1993, predating any formal E-Government initiative, the NBII typifies the E-Government concepts outlined in the President's Management Agenda, as well as in the p
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R. Sepic, K. Kase
Evaluation of the location and recency of faulting near prospective surface facilities in Midway Valley, Nye County, Nevada
Evaluation of surface faulting that may pose a hazard to prospective surface facilities is an important element of the tectonic studies for the potential Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository in southwestern Nevada. For this purpose, a program of detailed geologic mapping and trenching was done to obtain surface and near-surface geologic data that are essential for determining the
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F. H. Swan, J. R. Wesling, M. M. Angell, A. P. Thomas, J. W. Whitney, J. D. Gibson
Access to bird population data
Access to bird population data is critical for effective conservation planning and implementation. Although a tremendous volume of baseline data exists, it is often diffusely distributed and inaccessible to the resource manager and decision maker. A mechanism that facilitates assembly, documentation and delivery of avian data in a user-friendly manner is needed in order to integrate bird-related
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E. Martin, B.G. Peterjohn, M.D. Koneff
Records and history of the United States Geological Survey
This publication contains two presentations in Portable Document Format (PDF). The first is Renee M. Jaussaud's inventory of the documents accessioned by the end of 1997 into Record Group 57 (Geological Survey) at the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Archives II facility in College Park, Md., but not the materials in NARA's regional archives. The second is Mary C. Rabbitt's 'T
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Clifford M. Nelson
Information technology developments within the national biological information infrastructure
Looking out an office window or exploring a community park, one can easily see the tremendous challenges that biological information presents the computer science community. Biological information varies in format and content depending whether or not it is information pertaining to a particular species (i.e. Brown Tree Snake), or a specific ecosystem, which often includes multiple species, land us
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Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame
The National Biological Information Infrastructure: Coming of age
Coordinated by the US Geological Survey, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII can be viewed from a variety of perspectives. This article - an individual case study and not a broad survey with extensive references to the literature - addresses the structur
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Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame, Ron Sepic, Lisa Zolly