Plankton Biodiversity and Biovariability in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

This is a collaborative project involving local institutes (two in
Ukriane, one in Panama and one in Kenya) and the host country (UK) and
focusing on work to implement the Biodiversity Convention of 1992.

The macroscale variability of biodiversity of the ocean are the
most poorly studied ranges in the ecological conituum of
spatial-temporal scales. There is a need to understand and quantify
changes of biodiversity in marine ecosystems, throughout a wide range
of spatial-temporal scales.

The project has set up co-operation between the 5 institutes to
rescue and compile oceanographic data sets and release them on CD-ROM.
It aims to focus international attention on the biodiversity and
biovariability of the tropical zones of the world's oceans and improve
the information base at the genus and species levels. The project
focus' on providing archival data for further analysis where it may
have wider impact.

Data taken from Ukraine GLOBEC website:
"http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/project/8251/"