GIS in Marine Biology (1)

After a stimulating interview with Han Lindeboom, head of the scientific department of IMARES (Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies) at Texel, and his GIS-coordinator, Elze Dijkman we are happy to announce the release of our first article in the series on GIS in science in VI Matrix, about the application of GIS and spatial information in Marine Biology.

An English translation of the article and an overview of relevant sources can be found here.

We would like to invite you to have a critical look at our article and to share with us your experiences with or views on GIS applications in marine biology. Your feedback and suggestions are most welcome. You can leave your comments with this posting.We are specifically looking for examples of research which resulted in surprising outcomes, thanks to GIS. But we are also interested in cases which shed light on the limitations of the current GIS systems or on the obstacles on the way to a futher integration of location information in the field.