Presentation given by Bruno Danis (SCAR-MarBIN) on the Antarctic Field Guides project.

1. Antarctic Field Guides
Project

2. What is a field guide?
A field guide is a book designed to
help the reader identify wildlife. It
is generally designed to be brought
into the 'field' or local area where
such objects exist to help
distinguish between similar objects.

3. Objectives
• Build an online, collaborative, interactive, custumizable
Field Guide (FG) for the Antarctic wildlife
• Feed EoL with the information
• Web application dedicated to manage and offer public
access to a database of Antarctic field guide entries
• Possibility to build custom FG by browsing and selecting
AFG entries.
• DL printable version of the FG
• Attract a new audience

4. Collaboration
• BAS
• U Genoa
• NIWA
• Vizzuality.com
• SCAR-MarBIN
• EoL
• Total Foundation

5. Technology
• Database and Backoffice: done
• CMS: done
• REST Webservices: done
• Talks with SCAR-MarBIN
• chocolate sexy Frontoffice to be developed
by Vizzuality.com

6. Backoffice
• Private part, managed by editors
• Content management system
• Add life history information (text)
• Link with Pictures from Maridas and/or
Flickr
• Link with occurrence and taxonomy
information

7. Frontoffice
• Public part
• Search and consult AFG entries
• build custom field guides
• manage a custom selection of AFG entries
• download it as a PDF file
• mobile application

8. Content
• A title (taxon scientific name – short text) *
• a description* (text)
• feeding behavior description (text)
• reproductive behavior description (text)
• ecology description (text)
• habitat information (text)
• taxonomic information
• morphologic information
• distribution information
• an ordered set of pictures
• sets of literature references
• further readings
• key references
• metadata

9. Material available
• BAS: texts and georeferenced HQ images on
600+ invertebrates taxa
• UGenoa: georeferenced HQ ROV images
on ?? taxa
• NIWA: texts and georeferenced HQ images
on ?? taxa
• AADC: field guide already available

10. Arthropoda

11. Ascidians

12. Brachiopods

13. Bryozoa

14. Cnidaria

15. Echinodermata

16. Echiura

17. Entoprocta

18. Mollusca

19. Nemertea

20. Platyhelminthes

21. Porifera

22. Priapula

23. Sipuncula