RCN: Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network (DIPnet): A collaborative research network and database for advancing marine biodiversity research

该研究协调网络项目的目标是建立一个国际研究人员网络，这些研究人员利用遗传学方法研究印度洋-太平洋海洋生物的生态和进化，以分享数据、想法和方法。热带印度洋和太平洋包括地球上最大的地理区域，印度-太平洋。它跨越地球周长的一半以上，包括50多个国家和领土的专属经济区。印度洋-太平洋也是世界上最多样化的海洋环境的所在地。印度洋-太平洋的多样性和多样性给试图研究该地区海洋生物学的研究人员和实验室带来了巨大的后勤、政治和财政障碍。遗传学方法可以为我们了解从个体扩散到整个海洋群落的组成和集合的过程提供宝贵的信息。该项目将：（1）建立一个独特的、开放式的人口遗传数据和相关元数据库，该数据库应符合正在制定的基因组和生物多样性数据存档标准，（2）通过国际讲习班、虚拟通信和协作网站，促进本区域研究人员之间的公开交流与协作，（3）通过这些同样的场所，促进对发展中国家的研究人员进行关于在生态学和进化中使用遗传方法的培训，以及（4）使用组合数据库来解决有关物种进化和印度-太平洋遗传多样性储存库的基本问题。该网络将为生物多样性研究方面的国际合作网络和遗传数据库提供一个模式，其范围将超出研究协调网络的这一努力的成果。

The objective of this Research Coordination Network project is to develop an international network of researchers who use genetic methodologies to study the ecology and evolution of marine organisms in the Indo-Pacific to share data, ideas and methods. The tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans encompass the largest biogeographic region on the planet, the Indo-Pacific. It spans over half of the Earth's circumference and includes the exclusive economic zones of over 50 nations and territories. The Indo-Pacific is also home to our world's most diverse marine environments. The enormity and diversity of the Indo-Pacific poses tremendous logistical, political and financial obstacles to individual researchers and laboratories attempting to study the marine biology of the region. Genetic methods can provide invaluable information for our understanding of processes ranging from individual dispersal to the composition and assembly of entire marine communities. The project will: (1) assemble a unique, open access database of population genetic data and associated metadata that is compatible with the developing genomic and biological diversity standards for data archiving, (2) facilitate open communication and collaboration among researchers from across the region through international workshops, virtual communication and a collaborative website, (3) promote training in the use of genetic methodologies in ecology and evolution for researchers from developing countries through these same venues, and (4) use the assembled database to address fundamental questions about the evolution of species and the reservoirs of genetic diversity in the Indo-Pacific. The network will provide a model for international collaborative networks and genetic databasing in biodiversity research that extends beyond the results of this Research Coordination Network effort.