1. US-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living Resource Development in Oman

2. Oman’s marine biota is distinctive Three audiences: >biogeographers >developers >conservationists HEXACORALS and OMAN 8 February 2004 Daphne G. Fautin University of Kansas, Lawrence

3. National Science Foundation grants OCE 00-03970 (NOPP), DEB 95-21819 & DEB 99-78106 (PEET), and supplements

5. http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm

6. Full synonymies are displayed – the they are linked so all records for a species are found regardless of the name used for the species SYNONYMY

7. illustrations from original descriptions original photomicrographs of type material original photos of type specimens

8. Occurrence records displayed on a map use symbols of a different color for each synonymous name. This function can be used for investigating whether a synonymy is justified.

9. All 10 records for Oman are of corals in the genus Acropora -- courtesy of Carden Wallace

10. Values for 13 environmental variables are displayed (from a dynamic search) FOR THE PLACES WHERE THE SPECIES OCCURS

11. to predict where else a species (Acropora glauca) may occur or habitats vulnerable to invasion

12. http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http:// www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html

13. 1960-1999

14. At present, a hit on common holdings requires visiting each one separately -- we are working on a common combined report form

15. An On-line Atlas of Marine Diversity An aid to natural resource management An international research program A network of expertise A federation of distributed, heterogeneous, interoperable databases The information component of the Census of Marine Life

16. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System www.iobis.org

17. http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http://www.kgs.ku.edu/ Hexacoral/index.html http://www.iobis.org

18. http:// hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ anemone2/index.cfm http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/index.html