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Full database
BioTIME is a linked tables database. You can get the full database containing observation records, metadata, and citation tables in SQL format or in multiple CSV files. Please be patient with downloads as the zipped files can be quite large.Observations and metadata
Table of observation records with abundance and/or biomass and taxonomic fields. This csv will contain all the metadata related to the datasets and their respective study sites with a linking key by study ID.Citations
We provide a citation table that corresponds to each study ID to help you locate the appropriate references, along with a BibTeX file to interact with citation managers. Please be aware that opening the CSV in Excel may corrupt character encoding.Here are also some resources to help you understand and navigate our database structure. If you come across any issues or have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
