scholarly journals Taxonomic identification keys on the web: tools for better knowledge of biodiversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (0) ◽  
pp. 923592
Author(s):  
Miguel Murguía-Romero ◽  
Bernardo Serrano-Estrada ◽  
Enrique Ortiz ◽  
José Luis Villaseñor
2013 ◽  
pp. 1769-1783
Author(s):  
Shailendra Singh ◽  
Amardeep Singh

Bioinformatics is an emerging area of interest for many researchers and scientists. It has unlimited applications in many areas. The most important application of this is to know about genes, et cetera. But nowadays, research has also started in the emerging areas of network security and threats using bioinformatics. In the present scenario, we are highly dependent on Internet. The Web has invited different people from different backgrounds to work together sitting at far places. And to fulfill the needs of the interested and involved people, lots of Web based tools have been developed, and many others are being developed. In this chapter, the area of bioinformatics has been introduced along with its applications, Web, developed Web based tools, and a case study of one such tool.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1162
Author(s):  
Raianna Oliveira Araujo ◽  
Eliseu Marlônio Pereira de Lucena ◽  
Valéria Da Silva Sampaio ◽  
Oriel Herrera Bonilla ◽  
Lucas Farias Pinheiro

A Restinga está relacionada a qualquer ambiente arenoso litorâneo brasileiro, e geralmente apresentam espécies vindas de outros ecossistemas. Entretanto, existe uma carência em levantamentos florísticos nestes ambientes. Sendo necessário estudos para o aprofundamento no conhecimento da biodiversidade destes locais. O presente trabalho objetivou levantar as espécies presentes no Jardim Botânico de São Gonçalo do Amarante, no município de São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE. As coletas foram realizadas entre o período de outubro/2017 à abril/2019, através de caminhadas em períodos de seca e chuva por toda a extensão do Jardim, onde foram coletadas todas as plantas com estruturas férteis para a posterior identificação taxonômica das espécies vegetais. O material coletado foi herborizado e posteriormente depositado no Herbário Prisco Bezerra (EAC) da Universidade Federal do Ceará. A identificação ocorreu a partir de chaves de identificação, bibliografia especializada, consulta aos especialistas, comparação com espécimes de herbário e espécimes-tipo. Foram inventariadas 158 espécies vegetais, pertencentes a 121 gêneros, distribuídas em 58 famílias. As famílias mais representativas foram Fabaceae (29 espécies), Rubiaceae (12 spp.), Asteraceae (sete spp.), Euphorbiaceae (seis spp.), Myrtaceae (seis spp.), Convolvulaceae (cinco spp.), Malvaceae (cinco spp.), Turneraceae (cinco spp.) e Verbenaceae (cinco spp.), as quais somam 50,63% da flora amostrada. O hábito mais representativo na área de estudo foi herbáceo, representado por 53 espécies, seguido por árvore com 35 espécies, arbusto com 34 espécies, subarbusto com 20 espécies e trepadeira com 16 espécies. Podemos concluir com o presente estudo a grande heterogeneidade do local estudado, além da grande diversidade de famílias presentes. Floristic Composition of the São Gonçalo do Amarante Botanical Garden, Ceará, Northeast Brazil A B S T R A C TRestinga is related to any Brazilian coastal sandy environment, and generally presents species from other ecosystems. However, there is a shortage of floristic surveys in these environments. It is necessary studies to deepen the knowledge of the biodiversity of these places. The present work aims to survey the species present in the São Gonçalo do Amarante Botanical Garden, in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante. The collections were carried out from October/2017 to April/2019, through walks in periods of drought and rain throughout the Garden, where all plants with fertile structures were collected for later taxonomic identification of plant species. The collected material was herborized and later deposited in the Herbarium Prisco Bezerra (EAC) of the Ceará Federal University. Identification was based on identification keys, specialized bibliography, expert consultation, comparison with herbarium specimens and standard specimens. A total of 158 plant species, belonging to 121 genera, were distributed in 58 families. The most representative families were Fabaceae (29 species), Rubiaceae (12 spp.), Asteraceae (seven spp.), Euphorbiaceae (six spp.), Myrtaceae (six spp.), Convolvulaceae (five spp.), Malvaceae (five spp.), Turneraceae (five spp.) which account for 50.63% of the sampled flora. The most representative habit in the study area was herbaceous, represented by 53 species, followed by tree with 35 species, bush with 34 species, sub-shrub with 20 species and creeper with 16 species. We can conclude with the present study the great heterogeneity of the studied place, besides the great diversity of families present.Keywords: Restinga, inventory, flora.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Conesa Mingo ◽  
José Gutierrez ◽  
Adrián Quintana ◽  
José Miguel de la Rosa Trevín ◽  
Airén Zaldívar-Peraza ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Amaral

The proposal of this study, with an exploratory and descriptive approach, was to identify the use of Web Tools 2.0 of production, circulation, sharing, storage and access to electronic health records (RES) by the organisms producers of Health care Services (OPSAS) in Bahia. The immersion of OPSAS in cyberspace requires the competencies of health agents to produce, receive, accumulate, access, use and migrate electronic health records (RES) directed to digital repositories. The adoption of the Web 2.0 philosophy allows the expansion of the OPSAS relationship with health agents and stakeholders and extends to the participation of citizens. As a result of this research, from a questionnaire applied in 26 hospitals in the state of Bahia (linked to a network of innovation and learning in hospital management), it was found that OPSAS use the Web Tools 1.0 well more than the Web 2.0. We opted to conduct a direct and systematic observation on the websites of 38 bodies producing health care services, in order to verify the incorporation or not of the devices of the Web 2.0 and the possible advances and/or setbacks on the incorporation of the Web 2.0 Philosophy in the OPSAS.


2011 ◽  
pp. 160-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Pfeifer ◽  
Conrad Parker ◽  
André Pang

The Continuous Media Web project has developed a technology to extend the Web to time-continuously sampled data enabling seamless searching and surfing with existing Web tools. This chapter discusses requirements for such an extension of the Web, contrasts existing technologies and presents the Annodex technology, which enables the creation of Webs of audio and video documents. To encourage uptake, the specifications of the Annodex technology have been submitted to the IETF for standardisation and open source software is made available freely. The Annodex technology permits an integrated means of searching, surfing, and managing a World Wide Web of textual and media resources.


Author(s):  
David Karger

The evolving Web has seen ever-growing use of structured data, thanks to the way it enhances information authoring, querying, visualization and sharing. To date, however, most structured data authoring and management tools have been oriented towards programmers and Web developers. End users have been left behind, unable to leverage structured data for information management and communication as well as professionals. In this paper, I will argue that many of the benefits of structured data management can be provided to end users as well. I will describe an approach and tools that allow end users to define their own schemas (without knowing what a schema is), manage data and author (not program) interactive Web visualizations of that data using the Web tools with which they are already familiar, such as plain Web pages, blogs, wikis and WYSIWYG document editors. I will describe our experience deploying these tools and some lessons relevant to their future evolution.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. ec01004
Author(s):  
Ana Dal Molin ◽  
Marcelo T. Tavares ◽  
Gustavo E. Monjardim

The scarcity of easily accessible high-quality, up-to-date information about certain taxa and difficulties using dichotomous taxonomic keys have long been issues raised by the scientific community. This problem is especially evident regarding resources in Portuguese. This article introduces the Chalcidoidea Biodiversity Portal (Portal de Biodiversidade de Chalcidoidea), a web resource which aims to provide researchers, educators and other members of the community with tools to aid in the taxonomic identification of chalcid wasps, as well as a continuously updated texts with recent advancements in the area. The main differential of the portal is a section including freely accessible multiple-entry keys. The interface for multiple-entry keys are desktop- and mobile-friendly, allowing the user to select illustrated features by clicking, progressively eliminating alternative results until only one is left. The researcher interface allows them to easily update information and to upload developed keys using the Structured Descriptive Data (SDD 1.1) format. Our main objective is to foster communication for research groups focusing on Chalcidoidea in the Neotropical region, including sectors focused on biological control. The web site is hosted at http://chalcidoidea.ufes.br.


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