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Site Page: ALA dives deeper into the marine realm – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 17th August 2011 The ALA is diving deeper into the marine realm with more than 900 new images of Australian coral species from ‘Charlie’ Veron. To see this amazing collection, go to http://morphbank.ala.org.au/MyManager/ and type veron into the search box. Most of the photos were taken in Australia but some of the rarer species were photographed in neighbouring countries. Data coming soon includes species and location records for corals in all Australian waters...

Site Page: World Parks Congress BioBlitz in Sydney’s Olympic Park – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 30th April 2015 In November 2014 (during the World Parks Congress Public Festival ‘Planetfest‘) over 500 children, scientists, naturalists, and World Parks Congress participants from Australia and around the globe, gathered at Cathy Freeman Park to take part in the largest species audit of Sydney’s Olympic Park. The BioBlitz proved a success as one of the first major public facing citizen science events run by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage...

Site Page: Spotlight on ALA users: Aquatic Microfaunal Ecologist Russell Shiel – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 14th June 2016 Dr Russell Shiel is an aquatic microfaunal ecologist at the University of Adelaide and he loves his job. “What other job would let you sit for 16 hours a day sifting mud, peering at fragments of inscrutables in the guts of tiny fish, dismantling weird stygofauna, doing forensic dentistry of 150 µm rotifers, or inspecting the private parts of copepods?” Dr Shiel has come to our attention at the ALA, because he uploads beautiful images of his microscopic subjects...

Biodiversity Science project: The Three Mosquiteers

The Three Mosquiteers is a pilot citizen scientist initiative aimed at raising awareness regarding vector borne diseases, vector ecology and management of native and non-native mosquitoes in Cyprus. For more information please contact: thethreemosquiteers@gmail.com and check out our webpage at https://martinoulab.weebly.com/ You can send us mosquito photos from Cyprus for validation @ thethreemosquiteers@gmail...

Biodiversity Science project: Urban food gardening

The long term research goal of this project is to understand the changing structure and function of the varied forms of agriculture, and the services it provides in the rapidly urbanizing Central-Arizona Phoenix (CAP) region. The specific goal for this citizen science component is to collect data on the diversity of home and community gardens in Maricopa County, which roughly covers the Phoenix metropolitan region. Recently there has been a lot of enthusiasm around “growing your own food...

Biodiversity Science project: Kinsey Reporter

Kinsey Reporter is a global mobile survey platform to share, explore, and visualize anonymous data about sex. Reports are submitted via smartphone, then explored at http://KinseyReporter.org or downloaded for off-line analysis. The Kinsey Institute is exploring new ways to record and describe people's sexual experiences worldwide. We are also exploring new ways for people to be connected while protecting their privacy...

Site Page: PhyloJive – Integrating biodiversity data with phylogenies – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 23rd October 2012 PhyloJive (Phylogeny Javascript Information Visualiser and Explorer) is a web based application that places biodiversity information aggregated from many sources onto compact phylogenetic trees...

Site Page: Spatial Portal Components – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 30th January 2012 The Spatial Portal has five components: Main Menu tabs are used to add layers, perform analyses and access to the help system. Map Window and the Map Interaction Tools enable zoom, pan and interrogation of the map. Layers List displays all the layers applied to the map. The Map Options layer is always present, offering […] The Spatial Portal has five components: Main Menu tabs are used to add layers, perform analyses and access to the help system...

Site Page: Biogeographic patterns and climate change – a teaching resource for university lecturers – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 18th July 2014 A Case Study Simon Connor School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University This case study describes a practical exercise developed for students in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at Monash University. The exercise is based around simple bioclimatic modelling techniques and designed for first-year university students of biogeography, ecology and climatology...

Support article: Scatterplot case study

Exploring patterns in biodiversity data Author: Dr Ben Raymond, Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart Dr Ben Raymond, Australian Antarctic Division The Atlas of Living Australia provides access to a wealth of biodiversity data, as well as a suite of analysis tools that allow users to explore patterns in species occurrences and their relationships to environmental conditions...