IMIS

A search and rescue work was done in the scientific data archive of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Sevastopol, Ukraine) and in the personal archives of Ukrainian scientists who were working at the CERESCOR research centre in Rogbane / Conakry / Guinea to find the biodiversity (ichthyologic) data collected at the shelf of Guinea. The found data were preliminary evaluated, the good quality data and metadata sets were selected for digitization and a process of digitization was started. Additional information, such as sampling methodology, identification guides used, description of sampling area etc. was extracted from reports found in Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas archive and published articles.