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Networks

MaNIS, HerpNET, ORNIS and FishNet II are separate thematic distributed database networks. These projects were funded independently for different time periods. Below is a summary of the funding sources and major accomplishments of each project so far.

1 MaNIS 2 HerpNET 3 ORNIS 4 FishNet
Network Time Period N Records
Currently Available		 N Participating Institutions N Institutions to Add
and Potential
Collections
Identified 		N Georeferences Completed N Undergraduate &
Graduate Student
Researchers		 Funding Source
MaNIS
Sept 1, 2001 - Aug 31, 2006
 4.8M Specimens 39 32 1.4 M Specimen Records 40
HerpNET
Sept 15, 2002 - Aug 31, 2008
 5.5M Specimens 55 27 1.4 M Specimen Records 106 NSF
Jun 2006 - Dec 2007
 GBIF
ORNIS
Aug 1, 2004 - July 31, 2009
 4M Specimens and 50M Observations 45 38 In Progress 28 NSF
FishNet
Aug 1, 2004 - July 31, 2009
 Approximately 20M Specimens 27 50 N/A N/A

NSF
NSF

Totals
84.3M Specimens & Observations 72 Unique 59 Unique 2.8 M 174  

Last Updated October 16, 2009