RCN: Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network (DIPnet): A collaborative research network and database for advancing marine biodiversity research

RCN：印度-太平洋网络多样性 (DIPnet)：促进海洋生物多样性研究的协作研究网络和数据库

• 批准号: 1457848
• 负责人: Robert Toonen
• 金额: $ 49.95万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1457848&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; Diversity; Indo; Pacific; Network

The objective of this Research Coordination Network project is to develop an international network of researchers who use genetic methodologies to study the ecology and evolution of marine organisms in the Indo-Pacific to share data, ideas and methods. The tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans encompass the largest biogeographic region on the planet, the Indo-Pacific. It spans over half of the Earth's circumference and includes the exclusive economic zones of over 50 nations and territories. The Indo-Pacific is also home to our world's most diverse marine environments. The enormity and diversity of the Indo-Pacific poses tremendous logistical, political and financial obstacles to individual researchers and laboratories attempting to study the marine biology of the region. Genetic methods can provide invaluable information for our understanding of processes ranging from individual dispersal to the composition and assembly of entire marine communities. The project will: (1) assemble a unique, open access database of population genetic data and associated metadata that is compatible with the developing genomic and biological diversity standards for data archiving, (2) facilitate open communication and collaboration among researchers from across the region through international workshops, virtual communication and a collaborative website, (3) promote training in the use of genetic methodologies in ecology and evolution for researchers from developing countries through these same venues, and (4) use the assembled database to address fundamental questions about the evolution of species and the reservoirs of genetic diversity in the Indo-Pacific. The network will provide a model for international collaborative networks and genetic databasing in biodiversity research that extends beyond the results of this Research Coordination Network effort.

该研究协调网络项目的目的是开发一个国际研究人员网络，他们使用遗传学方法来研究印度太平洋中海洋生物的生态和进化，以共享数据，思想和方法。热带印度和太平洋涵盖了地球上最大的生物地理区域，即印度太平洋。它跨越了地球周长的一半以上，其中包括50多个国家和地区的独家经济区。印度太平洋也是我们世界上最多样化的海洋环境的所在地。印度太平洋的巨大性和多样性为试图研究该地区海洋生物学的个体研究人员和实验室构成了巨大的后勤，政治和财务障碍。遗传方法可以提供宝贵的信息，以了解我们对从个人分散到整个海洋社区组成和组装的过程的理解。该项目将：（1）组装人口遗传数据和相关元数据的独特，开放访问数据库，与发展的基因组和生物学多样性标准相吻合，以进行数据归档，（2）促进整个地区的研究人员之间通过国际研讨会，虚拟沟通和培训在属性的研究中，（3）培训在整个地区的研究人员之间的开放沟通和协作，（3） （4）使用组装数据库来解决有关物种进化和印度太平洋遗传多样性储层的基本问题。该网络将为生物多样性研究中的国际协作网络和遗传数据库提供一个模型，该模型超出了该研究协调网络工作的结果。