What is FreshwaterLife?

FreshwaterLife is a collaborative website which provides information on freshwater habitats and organisms. FreshwaterLife relies upon the collaboration of experts and enthusiasts from the global freshwater community.

Anyone can contribute to FreshwaterLife by suggesting freshwater information, e.g. book titles, journal articles, websites etc. When information is added, it will be reviewed by our subject experts (editors) to ensure that it is current, accurate and has been added to the right place. This means you can always be sure information on FreshwaterLife is up-to-date and accurate.

In the following help pages, you can find information on how to contribute to FreshwaterLife, start and contribute to discussions, keep up-to-date with the latest news you're interested in with automatic email alerts and much more.

If you are having problems finding what you need or have a query, please email us at info@freshwaterlife.org

Wiki Articles

Using the Issue Tracker

• How To Find Your Username
• Reporting a Bug
• How to Write a Good Bug Report
• How to Comment on an Issue
• Voting to Fix an Issue
• How to Find an Existing Issue
• Attaching Files and Screenshots to an Existing Issue
• How to Watch an Issue

Datasets

• Adding a dataset
• Red, Orange and Green data categories
• Guide to Metadata Fields
  • Title
  • Description
  • Topic Category
  • Keywords
  • Geographic Keywords
  • West bounding Longitude
  • East bounding Lattitude
  • South bounding Lattitude
  • North bounding Lattitude
  • Spatial Reference System
  • Spatial Resolution
  • Frequency of Update
  • Temporal Extent
  • Dataset Reference Date
  • Lineage
  • Dataset Language
  • Metadata Language
  • Copyright Owner(s)
  • Contact Person
  • Contact Institution
  • Contact Email
  • Contact Telephone
  • Original Creator