{"id":2808,"date":"2023-11-08T17:57:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T09:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/bio\/?page_id=2808"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:55:46","slug":"database","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/bio\/en\/database\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio-Ocean Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2808\" class=\"elementor elementor-2808\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ed0664e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ed0664e\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"title\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a04acf6\" data-id=\"6a04acf6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3acbc957 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3acbc957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Database<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3cf3d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"e3cf3d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60405a7\" data-id=\"60405a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b7135d\" data-id=\"5b7135d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8181020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8181020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\" class=\"translation-block\">We compiles <b>biological<\/b> and <b>microplastic<\/b> data in the waters surrounding Taiwan. For the diverse sources and varying content, we have established a standardized data curation process and provided different data acquisition approaches for each data type. If you are interested in our data and related informatics services, please read the following introduction and feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/bio\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b65b869\" data-id=\"b65b869\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14557b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"14557b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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tabindex=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;fas fa-chevron-circle-right&quot;&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;\" data-close-icon=\"&lt;i aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; tabindex=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;far fa-window-close&quot;&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;\" data-full-width=\"yes\"><\/nav>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23e7f49\" data-id=\"23e7f49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-524557e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"524557e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbbba14\" data-id=\"fbbba14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4bf123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b4bf123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"biodata\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f7705d elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5f7705d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9e7b0d\" data-id=\"e9e7b0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dddcfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dddcfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biological Data<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13736ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13736ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0d41c0\" data-id=\"a0d41c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee1b02b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ee1b02b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bio-type\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1830d8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1830d8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11c42f3\" data-id=\"11c42f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb4f478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb4f478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u25b6Data Type<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329610d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"329610d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Due to the completeness of the raw data and\nthe data release policies of NSTC, our data is categorized into two types - <b>occurrence<\/b> and <b>abundance<\/b> data. These types offer different data fields, and you can query\/access each type through the corresponding channels; also, the survey topics and data sources they cover are slightly different, as shown below:<\/span><\/p><ul><li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Occurrence<\/b>: Include information on sampling time, geographic coordinates, taxon, and data source.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Abundance<\/b>: Include information on sampling time, geographic coordinates, taxon, <b>sampling  protocol<\/b>, <b>abundance<\/b>, and data source.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><!-- notionvc: 8b0df476-7823-4084-a9df-1c9354f38442 --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f2f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"61f2f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t  <div style=\"width: 100%\">\r\n    <table style=\"text-align: center;min-width: 1000px\">\r\n      <tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\">\r\n        <th><\/th>\r\n        <th>Data field<\/th>\r\n        <th>Data Topic<\/th>\r\n        <th>Data Source*<\/th>\r\n        <th>Interactive Map<\/th>\r\n        <th>Data Access<\/th>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Occurrence<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>samping date<br>\r\n          geographic coordinates<br>\r\n          taxon<br>\r\n          data Source\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td>zooplankton<br>\r\n          larval fish<br>\r\n          demersal fish<br>\r\n          benthos<br>\r\n          <b>benthic foraminifera<\/b><br>\r\n          <b>fish eDNA<\/b><br>\r\n          <b>mammals eDNA<\/b>\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td>Projects of the National Science and Technology Council<br>\r\n          Data provided by researchers<br>\r\n          Published papers and dissertations<br>\r\n          International open database<br>\r\n          <b><b>Collaboration projects with OCA<\/b><\/b>\r\n        <\/td>\r\n\r\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/odbview.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/hidy\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n            Hidy Viewer<\/a>\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/api.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/ecoapi\/doc\/static\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eco API<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bio.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/viewer\/\" target=\"_blank\">BioViewer<\/a>\r\n        <\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Abundance<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td class=\"translation-block\">sampling date<br>\ngeographic coordinates<br>\n<b>sampling protocol<\/b><br>\ntaxon<br>\n<b>abundance<\/b><br>\ndata source<\/td>\r\n        <td>zooplankton<br>\r\n          larval fish<br>\r\n          demersal fish<br>\r\n          benthos\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td>Projects of the National Science and Technology Council<br>Data provided by researchers<br>Published papers and dissertations<br>International open database\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/odbview.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/hidy\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n            Hidy Viewer<\/a>**\r\n        <\/td>\r\n        <td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/bio\/en\/application\/\" target=\"_blank\">Data Application<\/a><\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n    <\/table>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9458c47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9458c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">*The complete data source description can be found in the following section <a href=\"#bio-source\" target=\"_self\">Data Source<\/a>.<br>\n**Switch on the button \"Data available for application only\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-353d37b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"353d37b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec11c25\" data-id=\"ec11c25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df19fe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"df19fe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bio-source\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06e1063 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"06e1063\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec18767\" data-id=\"ec18767\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d0f732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d0f732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u25b6Data Source<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc4ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adc4ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Unlike many ocean exploration technologies using instruments or probes that can directly get quantitative data, biological trawling samples must be brought back to the laboratory and identified\/quantified by professional researchers. These taxonomic abundance data are thus scattered in each research laboratory, and we collect such data from the following sources:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Projects of the National Science and Technology Council<\/b>: Survey data from the projects funded by the National Science and Technology Council.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Published papers and dissertations<\/b>: ODB technicians compiled open data of journal papers or doctoral and master dissertations in related fields.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b> Data provided by researchers<\/b>: Researchers proactively contribute their research data to ODB.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>International open database<\/b>: International zooplankton database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov\/copepod\/atlas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COPEPOD<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Collaboration projects<\/b>: Survey data from projects collaborated with OCA (project reports for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oca.gov.tw\/ch\/home.jsp?id=394&amp;parentpath=0,299&amp;mcustomize=research_view.jsp&amp;dataserno=202201110005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oca.gov.tw\/ch\/home.jsp?id=394&amp;parentpath=0,299&amp;mcustomize=research_view.jsp&amp;dataserno=202301030002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c89cd65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c89cd65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a277fab\" data-id=\"a277fab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe3e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"efe3e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bio-curation\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11b4617 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"11b4617\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3883264\" data-id=\"3883264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eebe298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eebe298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u25b6Data Curation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2693017 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2693017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px\" class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/dwc.tdwg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darwin Core Standard<\/a> (hereafter DwC) is adopted in the Bio-Ocean Database to integrate the diverse formats of the raw data that come from different research teams. The DwC standardizes the field names and corresponding data content commonly used in biodiversity data, making it compatible with a variety of biological survey data. Before import into the database, all information undergoes the following data cleaning and quality control processes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\" class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Spatial and temporal attributes check<\/b>: If the data were collected by the R\/V - OR\u2160, OR\u2161, OR\u2162, NOR\u2160, NOR\u2161, or NOR\u2162, the cruise-related information would be verified with the cruise database and cruise reports of ODB.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\" class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Scientific name check<\/b>: The scientific name of the taxon would be verified with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WoRMS<\/a>  to ensure that all imported records use unified and accepted scientific names.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\" class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Sampling and experimental method<\/b>: Information on sampling or experiment protocols would be recorded in the corresponding column according to DwC standard and try to keep its integrity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px\" class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Standardization of numerical units<\/b>: Numerical data, such as species abundance, mesh size, and trawl depth, are standardized by using the most commonly used units.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50f587b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50f587b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42ba84a\" data-id=\"42ba84a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9da95f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e9da95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"microplastic\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a581dd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5a581dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53c8c5d\" data-id=\"53c8c5d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70c07b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d70c07b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microplastic Data<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08a4f45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"08a4f45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46208ac\" data-id=\"46208ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48c6815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48c6815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u25b6Data Source, Curation, and Access<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b7ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7b7ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In addition to biological data, we also collect marine microplastic data. Sources include the microplastic survey from the collaborative project with OCA, published papers and dissertations, and the international open database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/products\/microplastics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCEI Marine Microplastics<\/a>. We follow the NCEI Marine Microplastics standards to categorize microplastic concentrations in different media into five levels (see Table below). As for the database fields design, we opted for naming conventions close to those used in biological data fields, facilitating data retrieval in our informatics services. If you are interested in ODB microplastic data, you can find it through <a href=\"https:\/\/odbview.oc.ntu.edu.tw\/hidy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidy Viewer<\/a> (in the section \"Microplastics\") and <a href=\"https:\/\/api.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/ecoapi\/doc\/static\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eco API<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de33c19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"de33c19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t  <div style=\"width: 99%\">\r\n    <table style=\"text-align: center;min-width: 900px\">\r\n      <tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\">\r\n        <th>Level<\/th>\r\n        <th>pieces kg-1 d.w. (Sediment)<\/th>\r\n        <th>pieces\/m3 (Ocean)<\/th>\r\n        <th>pieces\/m3 (Beach)<\/th>\r\n        <th>pieces\/10 mins (Beach)<\/th>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Very Low<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>0-2<\/td>\r\n        <td>0-0.0005<\/td>\r\n        <td>0-100<\/td>\r\n        <td>0<\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Low<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>2-20<\/td>\r\n        <td>0.0005-0.005<\/td>\r\n        <td>100-500<\/td>\r\n        <td>1-2<\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Medium<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>20-150<\/td>\r\n        <td>0.005-1<\/td>\r\n        <td>500-30000<\/td>\r\n        <td>2-40<\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>High<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>150-200<\/td>\r\n        <td>1-10<\/td>\r\n        <td>30000-40000<\/td>\r\n        <td>40-200<\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2\"><b>Very High<\/b><\/td>\r\n        <td>&gt;200<\/td>\r\n        <td>&gt;10<\/td>\r\n        <td>&gt;40000<\/td>\r\n        <td>&gt;200<\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n    <\/table>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1bb611 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1bb611\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4db6a73\" data-id=\"4db6a73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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