OceanExpert: directory of marine and freshwater professionals and events including training courses..

Abstract

The OceanExpert system, formerly known as Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals, is a database containing information on individuals active on issues related to the marine (and freshwater environment).

OceanExpert was developed in 1997 under the auspices of the IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM). OceanExpert is a free product but can be used only for non-profit purposes.

As an individual professional you are welcome to add your information to the database. If you would like to collaborate with the OceanExpert project by coordinating input for your institution or country then please contact us. In order to improve global coverage of the database we are constantly looking for national or regional input coordinators.

(1) OceanExpert contains detailed information on individual experts. (2) OceanExpert contains also detailed information on institutions, including address, subjects covered etc. (3) OceanExpert also contains detailed information on IODE events. This includes: Type of event: conference, training, internship, meeting, workshop.