Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

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From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

The preparation of taxonomic list for the Black Sea phytoplankton species with the agreed geometric shapes and other relevant information is very important task. Within the EU project Black Sea SCENE, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IBSS) together with Institute of Marine Sciences Middle East Technical University Turkey (IMS METU), developed the tool to manage Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist.

The species description is stored in the form of wiki text in mediawiki content management system (MediaWiki is free server-based software which is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)). The key species information like taxonomy, distribution, biovolume etc. is stored in the form of templates. All other necessary information and media (images, films etc.) can be added by registered editors to the species page using simple wiki text markup.

Species pattern:
Each species included in the Black Sea phytoplankton checklist has the special description pattern where the following parts are included:

• Taxonomy* mandatory
• Description,
• Help:Formula,
• Images(media)

The only mandatory part is the filled taxonomy template. All other parts can be skipped and filled later when appropriate information is available.

The preliminary list of species and formulas was taken (not fully) from: Yu.V.Bryantseva,A.M.Lyakh, O.V.Sergeyeva. Calculation of biovolumes and surface areas of Black Sea microalae. - Sevastopol, 2005. - 25 p. (Preprint. / NAS Ukraine. Institute of Biology of the Southern Sea).

If you are interested in the project and you would like to become an editor please contact list administrator: o.sergeyeva@ibss.org.ua