US-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living Resource Development in Oman

Oman’s marine biota is distinctive

Three audiences:

>biogeographers>developers>conservationists

HEXACORALS and OMAN8 February 2004

Daphne G. FautinUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence

National Science Foundation grants

OCE 00-03970 (NOPP), DEB 95-21819 &

DEB 99-78106 (PEET), and supplements

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Full synonymies are displayed – the they are linked so all records for a species are found regardless of the name used for the species

SYNONYMY

illustrationsfrom originaldescriptions

originalphotomicrographs of type material

originalphotos of type specimens

Occurrence records displayed on a map use symbols of a different color for each synonymous name. This function can be used for investigating whether a synonymy is justified.

All 10recordsfor Omanare of corals in the genusAcropora --courtesy of CardenWallace

Values for 13environmentalvariables aredisplayed (from a dynamic search) FORTHE PLACESWHERE THESPECIES OCCURS

to predict where else a species (Acropora glauca) may occur or habitats vulnerable to invasion

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1960-1999

At present, a hit on common holdings requires visiting each one separately -- we are working on a common combined report form

An On-line Atlas of Marine Diversity

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Marine Life

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