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EMODNET pilot biological lot

Francisco Hernandez, Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte

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Overview

• Work done• Project Management• Technical Development• Summary of data-inventory, data collected and gap analysis

• Specific questions• Choice of parameters (eg chemical; biological species)• Assessment of accuracy or precision• Difficulties encountered• Needs from other projects• Timescale for going on-line with portal

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Work done

• Project Management

– Project between EU & VLIZ signed 15 May 2009

– Consortium agreement (signed by 8 out of 9 partners!)

– Kick Off Meeting Ostend: 8-9 June 2009• Discussions and agreement on work plan Biological Lot EMODNet

– Bi-monthly progress reportshttps://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/iwt/index.php?q=node/418

– Organisation Biological Data Products Workshop

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Work done

• Project Management

– Organisation Biological Data Products Workshop (25-26 February 2010)

• Invited 50 experts from different user groups to discuss:

– define a set of derived data products relevant for private bodies, public authorities and researchers

– marine biological (monitoring) data availability and gaps in Europe

– select biological parameters and biological species (~choice of parameters)

» Result in key-recommandations that will be implemented for Biological EMODNet

» Based on recommandations data analysis workshops wil be organised

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Work done

• Technical Development

– Outline of the technical functionalities of the EMODNET Bio Portal» Database system/database scheme» Background/Foreground data» Functionalities interface (select, map, download, time series graph)

– Start technical development of EMODNET Portal» Based on EurOBIS Biogegeograhic System» Distributed system, uses DIGIR Protocol & OBIS Scheme» First part; system OGC Compliant!

– Prototype will be presented at Data Products Workshop » Possibility to receive feedback during workshop

– Version 1 online June 2010 (on Schedule)

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Work done

• Summary of data-inventory, data collected and gap analysis

– Data inventory for EMODNet

• Data inventory and gap analyse will be presented and discussed at workshop

• Based EurOBIS, FP6 MarBEF, FP 5 BIOMARE Project (n=472 of which 155 monitoring datasets)

• Sent to the Coordination Board for review and update (received 4/8)

» ICES (Biol. community ;Contaminants and biol. Effects, Fish trawl survey datasets, 10 866 953)

» GBIF Datasets (181 datasets ,11 114 9101, global, largely covered by OBIS and EurOBIS)

» Black Sea Datasets (18 datasets)

» PANGAEA, MARS Network, SeadataNet: in progress

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Work done

• Summary of data-inventory, data collected and gap analysis

– Data inventory for EMODNet

• In contact with Regional Sea Commissions:

» HELCOM (HELCOM COMBINE, HELCOM FISH, Baltic Sea Protected Areas, Alien species,Integrated thematic assessment on biodiversity)

» Black Sea Commission (Contact persons: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine)

» OSPAR: in progress

» EEA & MedPol: so far no feedback

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Work done

• Summary of data-inventory, data collected and gap analysis

– Data collected and data integration

• 23 datasets – 19 mammals, birds & reptiles: SeaMaps– 3 Benthic datasets (DanBIF)– Historical dataset Black Sea: IBSS

• Data standardisation & quality control– Taxonomy (linked with WorMS)– Geography (linked with VLIMAR)

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Work done• Summary of data-inventory, data collected and gap analysis

– Data collected and data integration (EurOBIS: n=211, 6,973,214)

Start EMODNet Bio

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Work done• Summary of data collected, data-inventory and gap analysis

– Gap analysis EurOBIS (will be published)

• Phase I: Gap analysis based on EurOBIS data

Analysis grid representing the number of distinct larger taxonomic groups (Mammals, Aves, Crustacea, Rotifera, Tunicata...) per grid-cell

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Work done• Summary of data collected, data-inventory and gap analysis

– Gap analysis

• Phase I: Gap analysis based on EurOBIS data

Total number of distribution records collected per year

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Work done• Summary of data collected, data-inventory and gap analysis

– Gap analysis

• Phase I: Gap analysis based on EurOBIS data

Geographic Cover #species # distribution records # stations

# species, distribution records and stations in EurOBIS for the Focus of the EMODNet Biological Portal

Skaggerak 537 28 254 3 706 Kattegat 773 19 982 1 534

North Sea 5 589 1 681 608 121 588

Bay of Biscay 1 292 9 354 2 475

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Specific questions• Choice of parameters (biological species & parameters)

– To be decided after completion data inventory and gap analysis– Discussed during data products workshop

• Assessment of accuracy or precision– Ongoing

• Difficulties encountered– Nothing unexpected: Incomplete inventories, unwillingness to participate, inertia

• Needs from other projects– Standardization of regions:

• Done, ICES ecoregions + EEZ shapefiles provided to project https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/iwt/index.php?q=node/315

– Additional environmental data : to be discussed later• Chlorophyll (Chemical lot?),Habitat info (Geological Lot?),Bathymetry

(Hydrographical Lot?),Salinity, temperature (??)

• Timescale for going on-line with portal» On schedule