Data & Information

The FBA collection of information on freshwater science, built up over 70 years, is one of the finest in the world, covering all aspects of freshwater ecology, as well as pollution, phycology, microbiology, invertebrate taxonomy and ecology, sediment and water chemistry, aquaculture and fisheries management, and hydrology. In recent years digital services have also been added to the FBA's portfolio of information assets and the FBA is now an expert in digital data curation and management.

Some of the data and information services provided by the FBA are:

 Literature searches/bibliographies

 Subject reviews

 Document supply (including copyright fees)

 Current awareness service

 Library visits to our Windermere and Dorset libraries

 FBA Museum and Collections access

 Digital curation consultancy

 Dataset storage, management and curation services

 Design and hosting of freshwater related websites and web services

 Development of new semantic web technologies for exploring using and managing freshwater data