Solution
Organize marine research from fieldwork to publication
FAIR-compliant data management, standardized protocols, and multi-institution collaboration for university labs and research programs.
The challenge
Too much time organizing data, not enough analyzing it
Research teams spend substantial project time organizing data instead of analyzing it. International collaborations use different survey methods, data formats, and quality standards, making comparison across sites and institutions difficult.
Publication timelines stretch 6 to 12 months longer than necessary when data cleaning and formatting consume researcher hours that should go toward analysis and writing.
When students and postdocs leave, institutional knowledge about data collection methods and file organization leaves with them. The next team inherits folders of unlabeled spreadsheets and disconnected photos.
How MariMap helps
From fieldwork to publication in one platform
FAIR-compliant data management
Data is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable by design. Standardized protocols and structured metadata mean your datasets meet repository requirements from the moment of collection.
Darwin Core Archive export
Export species occurrence records in Darwin Core Archive format for direct submission to GBIF and other biodiversity data repositories. Taxonomy is validated against the Catalogue of Life.
Multi-institution collaboration
Role-based access controls let principal investigators, postdocs, and field assistants work in the same project with appropriate permissions. Data governance policies apply automatically.
18 languages for international programs
MariMap and MariField support 18 languages. International research teams can work in their preferred language while data and protocols remain standardized across the collaboration.
Research workflow
How research teams use MariMap from planning through publication.
- Define project structure, sites, and survey protocols with required metadata fields
- Train field teams and collect data with MariField (works offline on boats and remote reefs)
- Review, QA/QC, and curate datasets with version history and reviewer comments
- Export Darwin Core Archives, analysis-ready CSVs, or generate figures for manuscripts
Research outputs
Outputs ready for repositories and publications.
- Darwin Core Archive packages for GBIF and OBIS submission
- Analysis-ready CSV and GeoJSON exports with full metadata
- Methods summaries suitable for manuscript supplementary materials
- Project dashboards with indicator time series and spatial context
Ready to put MariMap to work?
Talk to our team about your monitoring programme, or start exploring the platform right away.