The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) — Dallas et al. (2022)

Dallas, H.F. et al. (2022). The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) — an online platform for sharing freshwater biodiversity data in Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(3), 291-306.

This paper describes the development, architecture, and functionality of FBIS, an open-source, web-based platform designed to collate, manage, and share freshwater biodiversity data across Africa. FBIS hosts over 800,000 occurrence records and provides tools for data exploration, visualisation, and download.