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Development of a Marine Biological Data Portal within the framework of EMODNet. Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte and Tjess Hernandez Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Outline Presentation. Summarise progress Demonstrate prototype portal Indicate timetable for rest of project
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Development of a Marine Biological Data Portal within the framework of EMODNet Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte and Tjess Hernandez Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Outline Presentation • Summarise progress • Demonstrate prototype portal • Indicate timetable for rest of project • Feedback from potential users? • Unexpected difficulties? • Information from other ur-emodnet projects EMODnet
Summarise progress • WP1 Project Management • WP2 Technical Development • WP3 Data Digitisation, Standardisation, Analysis & Delivery • WP4 Data Management, QC/QA & Integration EMODnet
WP1 Project Management • The Contract: • Signed 15/05/2009 between VLIZ and Commission • Consortium Agreement signed by all partners, first payments ok • Project Meetings • Kick Off Meeting in Brussels (04/06/2009) • Project Kick Off Meeting Ostend (all biological partners, 15/06/2009) • Second general EMODNet Meeting (24/11/2009) • Reports: • Five bi-monthly progress reports • First interim technical report (13/05/2010) EMODnet
WP2 Technical Development • Development phase (M1-M12) - Launch prototype Portal • A project website with information on the progress of the project • Portal Functionalities • Metadata catalogue • Querying of the Data: • Taxonomic Query - Temporal Query - Geographic Query - Depth Query • Mapping of the data/GIS layers • Downloading of the data • OGC Compliancy, linked with WorMS and Seadatanet metadata compliant EMODnet
WP3 Data Standardisation, Analysis & Delivery & WP4 Data Management, QC/QA & Integration • First year: focus on gap analysis EurOBIS and marine biological data inventory • First data products • Organisation workshop on biological data products EMODnet
Gap analysis • Gap analysis and marine biological data inventory • Carried out end 2009 (207 datasets) • Based on public available data in EurOBIS
EurOBIS EurOBIS ? • EurOBIS – European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (2004) • Biogeographic data on marine species: taxon-name, latitude, longitude, date • Freely available • Quality controlled data • International data flow • Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
EurOBIS International data flow
EurOBIS Available data 13,317,646 distribution records – 223 datasets
EurOBIS EMODnet
EurOBIS Gaps: temporal coverage
EurOBIS Gaps: geographical coverage Analysis grid representing the number of distinct larger taxonomic groups (Mammals, Aves, Crustacea, Rotifera, Tunicata...) per grid-cell
EurOBIS Gaps: taxonomic coverage 7078 Number of species per higher taxon group in EurOBIS compared to ERMS
Data inventory Starting from known initiatives and networks • Goal of inventory • Identify existing marine biological datasets • How to accomplish? • Contact partner networks • EurOBIS, OBIS and GBIF (see gap analysis) • MARS Network (European Biological Research Stations and Institutes) and data legacy FP6 MarBEF • ICES data centre • Pangaea World Data Centre • IBSS and Black Sea Biological Network • SeaDataNet
Data inventory MARS Network and data legacy FP6 MarBEF • Data collected through • FP5 Biomare (2000-2002) • FP6 MarBEF (2004-2009) • MARS partners (2009-2010) • Data inventory: • Total of 257 datasets • Sent to over 100 people • Question 1: knowledge of additional data? • Question 2: data available for EurOBIS-EMODNet? • Average response (±30%) Location of MARS member institutes
Data inventory ICES • Data centre • DATRAS trawl surveys, 45 years • Biological community & contaminants and biological effects, 30 years • Predator-prey, 12 years • All will contribute to EMODNET, over 6 million records • Working groups • … on benthos ecology • … on zooplankton ecology => Partly available
Data inventory World Data Centre MARE / PANGAEA • 1.5 million distribution records • Important plankton contribution => Already available to EMODnet
Data inventory IBSS and ‘Black Sea Marine Biological Network’ • Data inventory: Total of 17 Black Sea datasets • IBSS historical data from different cruises (1877- …) • Zooplankton (1954 - …) • Phytoplankton (1968 - …) • Cetacea (1988 - …) • Black Sea Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe ovata database • Stock assessments Black and Azov Sea • Sebastopol Bay plankton monitoring • NATO TU – Black Sea (1954-1996) => Some data already available
Data inventory SeaDataNet • FP6 Network of NODC’s • 49 partners (European NODC’s) • Link to physical-chemical data • Metadata inventory: in progr.
Data inventory Identifying long-term marine monitoring datasets • Additional search for long-term biological data series • Two approaches • National marine biological monitoring • Regional marine biological monitoring • Work in progress
Data inventory Focus • Area • Bay of Biscay • Iberian coast • Greater North Sea, including • Kattegat • English Channel • Groups • Benthos • Plankton • Macro-algae • Reptiles • Birds • Mammals Indication of the focal area of the Biological lot (blue)
Data inventory Identified national marine biological monitoring data
Data inventory Denmark • The Danish national database for marine data – MADS • National Environmental Research Insitute (NERU) • From 1979 onwards: 700 sites, 1,000 species • Plankton, benthos, algae and plants • Online available phytoplankton macro-algae & plants benthos
Data inventory Identified regional marine biological monitoring data
Gap analysis • Initial Data products Birds sampling effort – ES50 Annual anomalies of copepod abundance Mammals sampling effort – ES50 Mean seasonal chlorophyll a values
Workshops: • Biological Data Products Workshop (25-26/02/2010) • Aim: • To define a set of derived data products (a.o. target species maps) relevant for private bodies, public authorities and researchers • Discuss the marine biological (monitoring) data availability in Europe and gaps • Present protoype portal to wide(r) community of European Biological Experts and capture feedback EMODnet
Biological Data Products Workshop (Participants) • MARE, DG Research, OSPAR, ICES, HELCOM, Black Sea Commission, coordinators of the other lots, project partners and advisory board • Greece, France, UK, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Russia, Ukraine, US, New Zealand EMODnet
Biological Data Products Workshop (Outcomes): • Workshop report in progr. recommendations for future work (data products, analysis) • Data products: • Species attributes (Identify species by tags: invasives, HAB’s) • Species distribution maps (maps based on actual data + prediction and possible range) • Time-related maps (map growth, biomass, size-structures on yearly, seasonally, monthly) • Sensitivity and vulnerability maps (Abiotic parameters needed, expert judgement necessary) EMODnet
Conclusions – data inventory Discuss the marine biological (monitoring) data availability in Europe and gaps • Good progress towards complete biological data inventory for EU • Ongoing => more information expected • Need to bring actual data together Keep in mind… • Embargo period for research data • Regional reporting of national data => double entries! • Presence versus abundance/biomass data • Certain information needed for good integration
Conclusions • Biological national monitoring data • Very few monitoring programmes cover all groups (benthos, plankton, birds, …)= Gaps in taxonomic coverage • Temporal span: start 70’s, 80’s, 90’s = no real historical data (pre-50’s) • Comparison between national programmes? = e.g. sampling methodologies identical or comparable? • Fine-tuning of national programmes on European level? EMODnet
Demonstrate prototype portal EMODnet
Indicate timetable for rest of project • Test and upgrade portal • Organization of data –analysis workshops for creation of specific data-products and data layers • Interoperability and OGC/INSPIRE compliancy - link to other portals • Formulate recommandations for future (worskhop report,...) EMODnet
Feedback from potential users? • Who will test the portal and provide feedback – workshop participants • Unexpected difficulties? • Nothing unexpected: Incomplete inventories, unwillingness to participate, inertia • Information from other ur-emodnet projects • Specific needs in data products that will be developped EMODnet
THANK YOU! EMODnet