Nannotax: a web taxonomy resource for nannoplankton research, training and reference

Nannotax：用于微浮游生物研究、培训和参考的网络分类资源

• 批准号: NE/J006416/1
• 负责人: Paul Bown
• 金额: $ 12.76万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FJ006416%2F1
• 关键词: Nannotax; web; taxonomy; resource; nannoplankton

Coccolithophores are single-celled, marine algae (phytoplankton), which produce elaborate calcite scales (coccoliths) that form a protective covering around their delicate cell walls. They are an important part of the modern marine ecosystem, but also have a long fossil record (nannofossils) stretching back 225 million years (Triassic). Both living and fossil coccolithophores provide valuable information about ocean environments and changing climate. The fossils also provide a simple and quick means of age-dating the rocks in which they are found. For these reasons, coccolithophores are of interest to a very wide range of scientists, including marine biologists, palaeoceanographers and geologists (stratigraphers). The effective use of coccolithophores is dependent upon the availability of up to date and reliable information concerning their classification (taxonomy - which species is which, and why?), their ecology (which species live where, when and why?) and their geological history (which species lived when and where?). However, this information is frequently difficult to find because it is dispersed throughout specialist publications. In order to widen access to this crucial information, we have started work on a web resource called Nannotax (www.nannotax.org) that we hope will become the online reference source for anyone needing to obtain basic to specialist information on coccolithophores and nannofossils. Our pilot version focused on the relatively recent, Neogene, fossil record (0-23 million years ago) and has already proved popular, registering 670,000 page views and 275 registered users. We now aim to build on this, and will add more species (the older fossil record, plus all the living species), add more types of data (age, ecology and, where appropriate, biology), expand the content (glossary, guides to identification and methods of study) and bring the site to the attention of those who will most benefit from it. The end-product Nannotax website will provide a complete listing of living and fossil coccolithophore and nannofossil taxa, with short descriptions, age data, multiple illustrations, bibliographic references and original descriptions. There will be identification keys and linked pages providing information on study methods. In parallel, we will provide hands-on training in the use and potential of the system, and respond to requests from those who have 'test-driven' the system at workshops and conferences. We think that the development of this system is essential to the hydrocarbon industry and to academics and educators involved in nannoplankton research, training and learning. By removing the barriers to learning nannoplankton taxonomy, identifying specimens and obtaining accurate information about species, existing users will be enabled to expand their expertise, and we believe it will also attract a range of new users. To ensure that we are providing the right kind of information for this wide range of scientists, we have enlisted the support of project partners who represent international biologists, oceanographers, geologists and oil company stratigraphers, who will both provide us with data, and also review and comment upon our progress and product.

颗石藻是单细胞海洋藻类（浮游植物），它们产生精致的方解石鳞片（颗石石），在其脆弱的细胞壁周围形成保护层。它们是现代海洋生态系统的重要组成部分，而且还拥有可追溯到 2.25 亿年前（三叠纪）的悠久化石记录（超微化石）。现存的和化石的颗石藻都提供了有关海洋环境和气候变化的宝贵信息。这些化石还提供了一种简单而快速的方法来测定发现它们的岩石的年龄。由于这些原因，颗石藻引起了广泛的科学家的兴趣，包括海洋生物学家、古海洋学家和地质学家（地层学家）。颗石藻的有效利用取决于有关其分类（分类学 - 哪个物种是哪个，为什么？）、其生态学（哪个物种生活在何处、何时以及为什么？）及其地质历史的最新可靠信息的可用性（哪个物种生活在何时何地？）。然而，这些信息通常很难找到，因为它分散在专业出版物中。为了扩大对这一重要信息的获取，我们开始开发一个名为 Nannotax (www.nannotax.org) 的网络资源，我们希望该资源能够成为任何需要获取关于颗石藻和纳米化石的基础到专业信息的人的在线参考来源。我们的试点版本侧重于相对较新的新近纪化石记录（0-2300 万年前），并且已经证明很受欢迎，注册了 670,000 次页面浏览量和 275 名注册用户。我们现在的目标是在此基础上增加更多的物种（更古老的化石记录，加上所有现存物种），添加更多类型的数据（年龄、生态以及适当的生物学），扩展内容（术语表、指南）识别和研究方法）并使该网站引起那些将从中受益最多的人的注意。最终产品 Nannotax 网站将提供活体和化石颗石藻和超微化石类群的完整列表，包括简短描述、年龄数据、多个插图、参考书目和原始描述。将有识别键和链接页面提供有关研究方法的信息。与此同时，我们将提供有关系统的使用和潜力的实践培训，并响应研讨会和会议上“测试驱动”系统的人员的请求。我们认为该系统的开发对于碳氢化合物行业以及参与纳米浮游生物研究、培训和学习的学者和教育工作者至关重要。通过消除学习微浮游生物分类学、识别标本和获取有关物种的准确信息的障碍，现有用户将能够扩展他们的专业知识，我们相信它也将吸引一系列新用户。为了确保我们为广大科学家提供正确的信息，我们获得了代表国际生物学家、海洋学家、地质学家和石油公司地层学家的项目合作伙伴的支持，他们将为我们提供数据，并审查并对我们的进展和产品发表评论。

项目成果

Some emendments to calcareous nannoplankton taxonomy.

对钙质超小型浮游生物分类学的一些修正。

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Journal of Nannoplankton Research
• 作者: Young; J.R.
• 通讯作者: J.R.

Mikrotax: Developing a Genuinely Effective Platform for Palaeontological Geoinformatics

Mikrotax：开发真正有效的古生物地理信息学平台

• DOI: http://dx.10.1111/1755-6724.14249
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
• 作者: YOUNG J

On the Cretaceous origin of the Order Syracosphaerales and the genus Syracosphaera

论Syracosphaerales目和Syracosphaera属的白垩纪起源

• DOI: http://dx.10.1144/jmpaleo2016-001
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Journal of Micropalaeontology
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: Bown P

Mikrotax: developing a genuinely effective platform for palaeontological geoinformatics

Mikrotax：为古生物学地理信息学开发真正有效的平台

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Acta Geologica Sinica
• 作者: Young; J.R.
• 通讯作者: J.R.

The future of the past in the present: biodiversity informatics and geological time.

过去的未来现在：生物多样性信息学和地质时间。

• DOI: http://dx.10.3897/zookeys.150.2350
• 发表时间: 2011
• 期刊: ZooKeys
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: Baker E