Welcome to FRAMES Portal
Fish Reef Assessment Multi-metric Evaluation System
A scientific platform dedicated to the monitoring, biogeographical analysis, and multi-metric evaluation of reef fish communities. We transform complex ecological data into visual insights for marine conservation.
Catalogue at a glance
Live counters from the FRAMES reference catalogue and survey archive.
System objectives
What the platform sets out to do, and why the data is structured the way it is.
Integrated Monitoring
Centralizing ecological data of reef fish across multiple ocean realms (Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and beyond).
Multi-metric Analysis
Evaluating ecosystem health through vulnerability indices, trophic levels, and biomass metrics.
Decision Support
Supporting academic research and environmental conservation policies with open, validated data.
Where to start
The four analysis modules available from the sidebar.
Fish Explorer
Trait profiles for every catalogued species: diet, body form, larval dispersal, and extinction risk.
Open moduleSurvey Explorer
Field effort over time: transects, depth and temperature profiles, abundance and biomass by year.
Open moduleBiogeography Explorer
Sampling mapped from province to ecoregion to site, with richness and effort per reef location.
Open moduleMetrics Analysis
Richness estimators, rarefaction curves, and diversity indices computed across the filtered dataset.
Open moduleOur Collaborators
FRAMES is a global collaborative effort between marine scientists, universities, and research laboratories.
UFSC
UFSM
LBMM