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BCMBase

Global Blue Carbon Meta Base

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Welcome to BCMBase

A comprehensive database for global blue carbon research.

Database Overview

BCMBase is a comprehensive database dedicated to global blue carbon research. It integrates multi-omics data, environmental factors, and functional annotations from various marine ecosystems worldwide. Our database provides researchers with valuable insights into blue carbon processes, microbial communities, and their ecological roles.

  • Comprehensive collection of blue carbon related data
  • Integration of multi-omics data with environmental factors
  • Advanced analysis tools and visualization capabilities

Blue Carbon Ecosystem

Blue carbon ecosystems are coastal and marine ecosystems that capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass and seaweed beds, play a crucial role in climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon at rates much higher than terrestrial forests.

Key Characteristics

  • High carbon sequestration rates
  • Long-term carbon storage capacity
  • Biodiversity research hotspots

Main Members

  • Mangroves
  • Salt marshes
  • Seagrass
  • Seaweed beds
Explore Our Features

BCMBase Main Functions

Powerful tools and features designed to help blue carbon researchers

Data Browser

Genome Catalog

Browse and download the collection genomes with annotation of blue carbon ecosystem.

BCVHP

BCVHP

Blue carbon ecosystem viruses host prediction tools.

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Geographic Analysis

BCMFunc

Explore microbes that play various ecological roles in blue carbon ecosystems based on amplicon function prediction.

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Metagenomic/amplicon data

Browse and download metagenomic and amplicon data on microbial species comp-osition, functional prediction, gene anno-tation, etc., in the blue carbon ecosystem.

Data Download

Gene Catalog

The non-redundant gene catalog of the blue carbon ecosystem, providing gene search and gene annotation.

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API Integration

Interactive Map

The species and gene-based retrieval and sample distribution visualization function.

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Cite BCMBase

If you use BCMBase in your research, please cite our paper:

Author, A., Author, B., & Author, C. (2024). BCMBase: A comprehensive database for global blue carbon research. Database Journal, 1(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1000/journal.2024

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