The BCO-DMO was initially created in late 2006 to serve PIs funded by the NSF Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections.  It has since been expanded to serve the data management needs of the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry group of researchers.  It is a location from which marine biogeochemical and ecological data and information developed in the course of scientific research can easily be disseminated, protected, and stored on short and intermediate time-frames.