Use all years
Select starting year:
Select end year:
Use all months
Select months of interest:
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09
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Select function:
Customize colorscale limits:
Min: Max:
Customize colorscale:
Low values
Mid values
High values
SEA CURRENTS
Use all months
Select month of interest:
DISPLAY SETTINGS
Background map
Select type
Greyscale
Reef environment
Set opacity
0%100%
Show legend
Sea currents
Set opacity
0%100%
Show legend
Points of interest
Color
Point size
Display point
Label size
Display label
DOWNLOAD
Data download
Here you can download data from RECIFS.
Select environmental variables to be downloaded:
Standard variables
Download list
Download only closest reefs to points of interest
Upload point of interests from file
Use the button here below to upload a table with the coordinates of the points of interest to be shown on the map.
Please note that the input file must comply with the following requirements:
Table in .csv (comma-separated-variables) form
First row is the header
One column named "ID" contains the site identier
One column named "LON" contains the site longitude (in decimal degrees, WGS84 format)
One column named "LAT" contains the site latitude (in decimal degrees, WGS84 format)
Support information
ABOUT
RECIFS is the acronym for Reef Environment Centralized InFormation System.
RECIFS is a web-interface that provides access to environmental data describing the reef environment worldwide.
The data displayed in RECIFS come from publicly databases and are available in complete open access.
TERMS OF USE
RECIFS and the data provided are in the public domain. RECIFS is available in complete open access and free of charge.
Nevertheless, we ask that any derivative work (e.g. scientific publications, maps, reports) using the data from RECIFS attributes the credit to:
(1) the original data source (refer to the button in the environmental data window) and (2) RECIFS for processing and serving the data.
The authors are not responsible for any problems relating to the accuracy of the data served through RECIFS.
CITATION
Selmoni, Oliver, Gaël Lecellier, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, and Stéphane Joost. 2023. “The Reef Environment Centralized InFormation System (RECIFS) : An Integrated Geo‐environmental Database for Coral Reef Research and Conservation.” Global Ecology and Biogeography: A Journal of Macroecology 32 (5): 622–32.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13657
CONTACT
Our contact information is available to report issues and bugs. Data providers wanting their datasets to be integrated in RECIFS are also welcomed to contact the authors.
oliver.selmoni@epfl.ch
AUTHORS
RECIFS was conceptualized by Oliver Selmoni (EPFL, Switzerland), Stephane Joost (EPFL, Switzerland), Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier (CNRS, France) and Gaël Lecellier (IRD).
Data curation, software design and interface development were performed by O. Selmoni.
TUTORIAL
Want to discover the functionalities of RECIFS? Click here to access the online tutorial!
