The establishment and application of Shanghai biodiversity information management system
上海市生物多样性信息管理系统的建立和应用

Shanghai biodiversity information management system (http://www.ibsfu.fudan.edu.cn), a web database published on Internet, can be retrieved via a browser such as IE or Netscape. The databases available include two organism biodiversity background database: database of birds, database of Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia. Five specific biodiversity databases include: database of anti_pollution plants and pollution_indicator plants, database of ornamental plants, database of pests and harmful animals, database of wetland biodiversity. The design and realization of the system was introduced in the present paper. At last, the author put forward some viewpoints about the problems in the construction of biodiversity information system.