Development of a Marine Biological Data Portal within the framework of EMODNet Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte and Tjess Hernandez Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Jan 15, 2016
Development of a Marine Biological Data Portal within the framework of EMODNet
Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte and Tjess HernandezFlanders 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
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Summarise progress
WP1 Project Management
WP2 Technical Development
WP3 Data Digitisation, Standardisation, Analysis & Delivery
WP4 Data Management, QC/QA & Integration
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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)
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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
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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
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Gap analysis
Gap analysis and marine biological data inventory
Carried out end 2009 (207 datasets) Based on public available data in EurOBIS
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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)
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EurOBIS
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21%
18%
13%10%
9%
5%
24%
CPR (Plankton data)
PANGAEA (variable data)
ESAS (Bird data)
NBN Gateway (Benthos data UK)
ICES EcoSystem (Variable data)
Marbef databases (Benthos data)
Other (Variable data)
EurOBIS
International data flow
14% 6%
3%9%
41%
16%
11%
CPR (Plankton data)
JNCC (Benthos data UK)
Marbef databases (Benthos data)
ESAS (Bird data)
ICES EcoSystem (Variable data)
Other (Variable data)
PANGAEA
13,317,646 distribution records – 223 datasets
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Available data
EurOBIS
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EurOBIS
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Number of distribution records collected per year
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1750 1835 1845 1855 1865 1875 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Gaps: temporal coverage
EurOBIS
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Gaps: geographical coverage
Analysis grid representing the number of distinct larger taxonomic groups (Mammals, Aves, Crustacea, Rotifera, Tunicata...) per grid-cell
EurOBIS
14
7078
Gaps: taxonomic coverage
Number of species per higher taxon group in EurOBIS compared to ERMS
EurOBIS
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
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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%)
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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
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Data inventory
World Data Centre MARE / PANGAEA
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7%
43%
50%Various Benthos (Projects)
Various Plankton (Projects)
Helgoland Monitoring
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
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Data inventory
SeaDataNet FP6 Network of NODC’s
49 partners (European NODC’s)
Link to physical-chemical data
Metadata inventory: in progr.
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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
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Data inventory
Area Bay of Biscay Iberian coast Greater North Sea, including
Kattegat English Channel
Groups Benthos Plankton Macro-algae Reptiles Birds Mammals
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Focus
Indication of the focal area of the Biological lot (blue)
Data inventory
Identified national marine biological monitoring data
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Data inventory
Denmark
2010/02/2524benthos macro-algae & plantsphytoplankton
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
Data inventory
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Identified regional marine biological monitoring data
Data inventory
Gap analysis
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Birds sampling effort – ES50
Mammals sampling effort – ES50
Annual anomalies of copepod abundance
Mean seasonal chlorophyll a values
Initial Data products
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
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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
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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)
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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 togetherKeep 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
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Conclusions – data inventory
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?
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Conclusions
Demonstrate prototype portal
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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,...)
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Indicate timetable for rest of project
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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
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THANK YOU!
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