Data Portal

An interactive gateway designed for the tracking and dissemination of DNA barcode reference data.

Access Extensive Data
National Overview
Recognizing Contributions
Institution Dashboards
Features
Examples & Guidelines

Designed to facilitate access to the extensive DNA barcode database.

Query the database based on geography, taxonomy, dataset codes, and institution names. Access dashboards that support the tracking of trends by country and institution. Download large volumes of data in standard formats.

National dashboards

Snapshot of all data

Select any nation to view all available data specific to that region, providing a single snapshot of all data associated with the country.

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Global Contribution

Canada

The birthplace of DNA barcoding

Africa's Hub

South Africa

Home to a rich diversity of organisms

Complex ecosystems

Brazil

From the Amazon Rainforest to the Atlantic Forest

Highlighting global contributions

BOLD is committed to recognizing contributions from researchers and institutions around the globe. An important aspect of the portal is its attribution fields, which highlight the vital work of data providers and curators.

Institutional dashboards

Up-to-date data

These dashboards provide up-to-date information on the contributions of individual institutions, research centres, and departments.
A few example pages are:

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Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi

Specializes in documenting the region's rich biodiversity.

University of Johannesburg

At the forefront of biodiversity research in Africa.

Canadian National Collection of Insects

One of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections of its kind

Search Features:

Explore the wealth of DNA barcode data with our robust and versatile search tools. Start your query today and uncover the intricate details of biodiversity.

Taxonomy:

Search using scientific names to find species data.

Geography:

Locate records based on geographic locations.

Specimen Depositories:

Identify specimens stored in specific repositories.

Specimen and Sequence Identifiers:

Use identifiers like sample IDs, museum IDs, and more for precise queries.

Project or Dataset Codes:

Access data linked to specific projects or datasets

Search Examples:

Single Taxon: Culicidae returns all mosquitoes in the database.

Multiple Taxa: Mammalia Aves finds all mammals and birds.

Taxon and Geography: Aves Peru retrieves birds collected in Peru.

Exclusion: Hawaii -Chordata excludes chordates from Hawaii records.

Complex Query: "Biodiversity Institute of Ontario" Lepidoptera Florida fetches moths and butterflies in the specified collection from Florida.

Search Guidelines:

Multiterm Searches: Use quotes for multi-word terms (e.g., "United States" Mammalia).

Context Clarification: Specify contexts with tags like [geo], [tax], [ids], [inst], [researcher] for more precise searches (e.g., Florida[geo] for the state Florida).