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BODC is the NERC Designated Data Centre for digital information arising from the Marine Productivity programme. In particular, BODC has responsibility for the quality control, integration and long-term stewardship of datasets obtained from MarProd-supported cruises under Phase 2 of the programme.

http://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/marprod/index.html - This web page provides access to public domain information such as MarProd cruise reports and BODC’s Data Inventory and Banking Status Table for Marine Productivity. It does not provide access to MarProd data. Rules governing access to data collected during the programme are available from the following document: Data and Sample Management Policy (http://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/marprod/ Marprod_datapolicy.pdf ) for the MarProd thematic. The data held at BODC are available to MarProd participants by contacting Gwen Moncoiffé (gmon@bodc.ac.uk) at BODC.

BODC is the NERC Designated Data Centre for digital information arising from the Marine Productivity programme. In particular, BODC has responsibility for the quality control, integration and long-term stewardship of datasets obtained from MarProd-supported cruises under Phase 2 of the programme.

All data collected in the Marine Productivity programme through NERC funding and provided to BODC should be freely available to all programme participants (PIs and Co-Is) for MarProd purposes on the condition that the originator is kept informed about how the data are being used and is duly acknowledged in any exploitation of that data.

 

However, until MarProd data enter the public domain, BODC will not transfer them to parties outside the programme without the explicit agreement of the originator. Steering Committee advice will also need to be sought if major data transfers are involved, to avoid compromising the interests of other programme participants.

 

The mechanism for entry into the public domain is expected to be the release of the MarProd CD-ROM at the conclusion of the programme. A condition of CD-ROM usage is that it is regarded as a data publication and all usage of the data contained therein should acknowledge the data originator through citation.