Principal Investigators
John Deck
Joyce Grosse
Craig Moritz
Associated investigators
Research duration
till
Lead institutions
University of California Berkeley
CNRS-EPHE CRIOBE
Smithsonian Institution
Research Department of French Polynesia
IRD
University of Florida
Bishop Museum
Project website
The Moorea Biocode Project built the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem. Supported by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Moorea Biocode Project sent researchers climbing up jagged peaks, trekking through lush forests and diving down to coral reefs to sample the French Polynesian island's animal and plant life. The resulting database is publicly available as a resource for ecologists and evolutionary biologists around the world.