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The amount of biological data available in online repositories is increasing at an exponential rate. However, data on marine invertebrate biodiversity resources from Mozambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe are still sparse and scattered. Online repositories are useful instruments for biodiversity research, as they provide a fast access to data from different sources. The use of interactive platforms comprising web mapping are becoming more important, not only for the scientific community, but also for conservation managers, decision-makers and the general public as they allow data presentation in simple and understandable visual schemes. The main goal of this study was to create an interactive online digital map (hosted and available at MARINBIODIV Atlas), through the collection of data from various sources, to visualise marine invertebrate occurrences and distribution across different habitats, namely mangroves, seagrasses, corals and other coastal areas, in Mozambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe. The acquired biodiversity data were managed and structured to be displayed as spatial data and to be disseminated using the geographic information system ArcGIS, where data can be accessed, filtered and mapped. The ArcGIS web mapping design tools were used to produce interactive maps to visualise marine invertebrate diversity information along the coasts of Mozambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe, through different habitats, offering the foundation for analysing species incidence and allocation information. Understanding the spatial occurrences and distribution of marine invertebrates in both countries can provide a valuable baseline, regarding information and trends on their coastal marine biodiversity.
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Funding Information: Special thanks are given to Luiz Coutinho for technical support, for lodging the ArcGIS web map produced here and making it available online. This work is part of the project COBIONET (Coastal biodiversity and food security in peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment, capacity building and regional networking in contrasting Indian and Atlantic Oceans), funded by AGA KHAN Foundation and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (50:50). LF Lopes and M Bento acknowledge the financial support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. GHTM-UID/Multi/04413/2013 and SFRH/BD/147875/2019, respectively). Additional support was provided by FCUL (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa) and MNHNC (Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa), with human resources and digital space to lodge the Web Map on an ESRI platform. This publication was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement N810139: Project Portugal Twinning for Innovation and Excellence in Marine Science and Earth Observation -PORTWIMS. Funding Information: Special thanks are given to Luiz Coutinho for technical support, for lodging the ArcGIS web map produced here and making it available online. This work is part of the project COBIO-NET (Coastal biodiversity and food security in peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment, capacity building and regional networking in contrasting Indian and Atlantic Oceans), funded by AGA KHAN Foundation and Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) (50:50). LF Lopes and M Bento acknowledge the financial support of Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia (Ref. GHTM\u2013UID/Multi/04413/2013 and SFRH/BD/147875/2019, respectively). Additional support was provided by FCUL (Faculdade de Ci\u00EAncias, Universidade de Lisboa) and MNHNC (Museu Nacional de Hist\u00F3ria Natural e da Ci\u00EAncia, Universidade de Lisboa), with human resources and digital space to lodge the Web Map on an ESRI platform. This publication was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement N810139: Project Portugal Twinning for Innovation and Excellence in Marine Science and Earth Observation \u2013 PORTWIMS. Publisher Copyright: © 2021. Niza H et al. All Rights Reserved.
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biodiversity coastal marine fauna macroinvertebrates Mozambique channel online mapping Sao Tomé and Príncipe Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Ecology Animal Science and Zoology Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Plant Science Insect Science SDG 14 - Life Below Water SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals