Promoting FAIRness in marine data at Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía

The Spanish Institute of Oceanography is responsible, among other aspects, for scienti c and technical advice for the Government's sheries policy as well as for the protection and sustainability of the marine environment. In this task, it generates a large amount of oceanographic data characterized by its spatial dispersion during acquisition as well as by its di erent typology. The purpose of both the National Oceanographic Data Center and the GIS team is to safeguard data and to disclose what data exists and where, how and when it has been acquired and, in addition, to provide access to that data through the collaboration with di erent international data infrastructures like EMODnet or SeaDataNet. To this end, the data and metadata are subjected to quality control and formatted for integration into a national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). This SDI has a GeoNetwork catalogue with ~ 1750 oceanographic campaigns, together with (meta)data and services that are continuously being revised and incorporated. All this with the ultimate goal of making the data increasingly FAIR

Database of spatial distribution of non indigenous species in Spanish marine waters

Research in marine Spanish waters are focused on several actions to achieve an effectively management on protected areas, with the active participation of the stakeholders and research as basic tools for decision-making. Among these actions, there is one about the knowledge and control on NIS. One of its objectives is the creation of NIS factsheets, which are going to be added to the National Marine Biodiversity Geographical System (GIS) providing complementary information about taxonomic classification, common names, taxonomic synonyms, species illustrations, identification morphological characters, habitat in the native and introduced regions, biological and ecological traits, GenBank DNA sequences, world distribution, first record and evolution in the introduced areas, likely pathways of introduction, effects in the habitats and interaction with native species, and potential management measures to apply. The database will also provide data for (1) the European online platforms, (2) the environmental assessment for the Descriptor 2 (D2-NIS) of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), as well as (3) supporting decisions made by stakeholders. It is the result of extensive collaboration among scientist, manager’s and citizen science in the Spanish North-Atlantic, South-Atlantic, Gibraltar Strait-Alboran, Levantine-Balearic and Canary Islands marine divisions, providing an updated overview of the spatial distribution of relevant extended and invasive NIS of recent and established NIS introduced by maritime transport and aquaculture pathways, as well as on cryptogenic or native species in expansion due to the climatic water warming trend

Identification of a large anguimorph lizard (Reptilia, Squamata) by an articulated hindlimb from the upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Basturs-1 (Lleida, Spain)

Appendicular remains of squamate reptiles are barely described in the fossil record due to their low preservational potential and generally poor diagnostic information. Not many squamate fossil individuals preserve appendicular bony elements, these being mainly restricted to the rare articulated specimens found in a limited number of localities with specific conditions that favor exceptional preservation. Detailed descriptions of these bones, especially tarsals and metatarsals, are thus scarce in the literature due to the lesser relevance given to these elements in most anatomical descriptions. In this study we analyze an unpublished fossil specimen from the Maastrichtian of Basturs-1 (Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) corresponding to several articulated appendicular pes bones of a possible member of Varaniformes. We also provide detailed insights on the anatomy of the tarsalia and metatarsalia, particularly in anguimorphs. The fossil specimen here described, with an estimated snout-vent length (SVL) of ∼581 mm, reveals the putative varaniform from Basturs-1 as one of the largest Mesozoic terrestrial lizards, and possibly the largest from the European fossil record. Previous observations of an association between large lizards and dinosaur nesting sites are further supported by the find of this giant form in a locality known for the presence of numerous dinosaur eggs

Servicio WMS Programas seguimiento EEMM Demarcación Noratlantica

A través de este servicio WMS se puede acceder a la visualización y consulta de los datos obtenidos en los programas de seguimiento del segundo ciclo de las Estrategias Marinas, llevados a cabo por el IEO en la demarcación marina del Atlántico Norte. Los datos se refieren fundamentalmente a basuras marinas, contaminación, eutrofización, especies alóctonas invasoras, peces y cefalópodos

Servicio WMS Programas seguimiento EEMM Demarcación Sudatlántica

A través de este servicio WMS se puede acceder a la visualización y consulta de los datos obtenidos en los programas de seguimiento del segundo ciclo de las Estrategias Marinas, llevados a cabo por el IEO en la demarcación marina Sudatlantica. Los datos se refieren fundamentalmente a basuras marinas, contaminación, eutrofización, especies alóctonas invasoras, peces y cefalópodos

Servicio WMS Programas seguimiento EEMM Demarcación Canaria

A través de este servicio WMS se puede acceder a la visualización y consulta de los datos obtenidos en los programas de seguimiento del segundo ciclo de las Estrategias Marinas, llevados a cabo por el IEO en la demarcación marina Canaria. Los datos se refieren fundamentalmente a basuras marinas, contaminación, eutrofización, especies alóctonas invasoras, peces y cefalópodos

Servicio WMS Programas seguimiento EEMM Demarcación Levantino - Balear

A través de este servicio WMS se puede acceder a la visualización y consulta de los datos obtenidos en los programas de seguimiento del segundo ciclo de las Estrategias Marinas, llevados a cabo por el IEO en la demarcación marina Levantino-Balear. Los datos se refieren fundamentalmente a basuras marinas, contaminación, eutrofización, especies alóctonas invasoras, peces y cefalópodos

Servicio WMS Programas seguimiento EEMM Demarcación Estrecho - Alborán

A través de este servicio WMS se puede acceder a la visualización y consulta de los datos obtenidos en los programas de seguimiento del segundo ciclo de las Estrategias Marinas, llevados a cabo por el IEO en la demarcación marina del Estrecho y Alborán. Los datos se refieren fundamentalmente a eutrofización, especies alóctonas invasoras, peces y cefalópodos