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Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Mark Costello Edward Vanden Berghe. ‘Mission’. OBIS publishes primary data on marine species locations online through www.iobis.org It facilitates data discovery and exploration by Searching by species, higher taxa, time, location, depth, database

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Ocean Biogeographic Information System

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  1. Ocean Biogeographic Information System Mark Costello Edward Vanden Berghe

  2. ‘Mission’ • OBIS publishes primary data on marine species locations online through www.iobis.org • It facilitates data discovery and exploration by • Searching by species, higher taxa, time, location, depth, database • Mapping, overlaying species distributions on ocean environment, modelling of potential environmental range • Integrates data over marine themes • Microbes to whales • Genetics and morphology • Poles to equator… • Enables data capture for re-use

  3. Why do this? • Proper management of natural resources requires properly managed data and information • Several organisations sharing fisheries data • OBIS model makes data and information management more efficient • Share responsibilities, tools, standards… • Share data across different organisations and countries • OBIS is a way of ensuring data is not lost • Archaeology and rescue for historic data • Repositories for new data • Assist in data discovery • Links with EoL, BOLD…

  4. Standards • Biogeography: GBIF/TDWG • Darwin Core, Extended to OBIS Schema • Metadata: discovery metadata • Global Change Master Directory – NASA • MEDI – IODE; FGDC – US Gov? • Taxonomy: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) • Contribution to Species 2000 and Catalogue of Life • Geography • Polygon sets • EEZs, FAO areas, IHO… • Gazetteer

  5. Standards: taxonomy • Aphia is general species register maintained at VLIZ • Consists of several overlapping subsets • defined geographical (ERMS, NWARMS…) • defined taxonomic (Porifera, Platyhelminthes…) • defined thematic (HABs, invasive species) • Exposed through www.marinespecies.org • WoRMS = Aphia + external GSDs • Algaebase, Hexacorallia, FishBase…

  6. WoRMS plans • 100,000 valid species end 2007 • 2x0,000 valid species end 2008 • 85-90% of known species • Distribution records for all of these by 2010 • Gap analysis

  7. OBIS number of records • 231 databases • In cache: • 13.6 million records, 147,000 names • In index: • 6.9 million records at genus level and below, 80,000 species • Among the largest provider to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

  8. Location of RONs

  9. Data providers to OBIS • 7 Million from RONs • 700,000 from all CoML combined • Deadline for 2010 synthesis?

  10. New species are discovered Data from http://marinespecies.org

  11. Taxonomic bias Taxon # species # in OBIS % Cetaceans 133 117 88 Seals… 45 36 80 Fish 24139 21258 88 Echinoderms 6199 1624 26 Bryozoans 6000 1096 18 Decapods 8227 3796 46

  12. Global pattern of sampling effort

  13. Pattern in number of species

  14. Corrected for bias: ES(50)

  15. Large Marine Ecosystems

  16. Current priorities • Filling some of the gaps • In collaboration with existing Regional OBIS Nodes • By creating new Regional OBIS Nodes • Completing the inventory of known marine species: WoRMS • As a contribution to Catalogue of Life • http://www.marinespecies.org • Prioritise on having at least one distribution record per species, preferably the type locality • Creating an inventory of existing data • Importance of metadata

  17. Plans for the future • Develop thematic portals, on issues of direct societal relevance • Invasive species, HABs… • Develop demonstrator projects • Species distributions, hotspots… • Support CoML scientists • Integration across themes • 2010 Synthesis • Publications: theme section(s)

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