Data Paper on Antarctic Macrobenthic Biodiversity Publicly Available

Hydrocorals also known as sea fan in the Antarctic.
Credit: Julian Gutt, Alfred Wegener Institute

A data paper on Antarctic macrobenthic communities from approximately 90 different expeditions in the region published in the open access journal Nature Conservation is now openly available to the public under a Creative Commons By license. Macrobenthic organisms are organisms that live at the bottom of a water column and are can be seen by the naked eye.

Data papers are journal publications that describe a dataset or a group of datasets. It contains facts about the group that the data is representing, much similar to a data table. It does not contain any opinions, hypothesis or arguments.

Data papers are used to provide a citable journal publication that brings scholarly credit to data publishers; to describe the data in a structured human-readable form; and to bring the existence of the data to the attention of the scholarly community.

Dog Database Set Up To Help Quantify Health, Illness, and Care of Dogs

A database for dogs was set up to help veterinarians study patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions of dogs in a defined population.

One obstacle in the research and advancements in treating dog conditions and diseases is the lack of studies and data regarding these. Most dog owners call on veterinary doctors only when their pets are already sick.

Having a database of dogs would extremely help in quantifying and keep track of dogs and their health conditions within a geographic and time based period.

Also for pet owners, a reliable dog database can allow owners to compare their pet's development to other pets within the project. For researchers and veterinarians, a database would help them improve the lives of all dogs the world over.