Transcript The data & database structure

WP3 Biomapping
status quo
WP3: NRM, CDF, CEFAS, DINARA,
WCS
Objectives
• Provide access to point data from alla available
sources
• Combine point data with environmental
parameters to establish niche preferred niches
and create maps (mostly done by WP1)
• Establish a system where maps can be verified
by experts
• Provide authoritative species inventories
• Predict changes in species composition based on
climate change scenarios
Dependencies
• Maps are provided by WP1 (D1.4)
• Underlying data from FishBase (OBIS,
GBIF)
Followup on STCM 2
• Progress.
– Well….
• Publications.
– Still in pipeline
• Issues. Communication problems with CDF and
WCS
– Remain (solution?: more travel for CDF and WCS)
• Agreement: More point data.
– Some provided from FB-Sweden. With current access
to GBIF+OBIS, difficult to excel
WP Deliverables to date
Deliverable
Online standardized maps
for predicted distributions
for coastal zone species
relevant to the project
Before-after maps with
predicted distribution
before and after a certain
point in time
Due
month
13
May
2006
Completion
Online
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19
Forthcoming
November
2006
Maps = AquaMaps
• www.aquamaps.org
• Based on c-squares
mapping tool (Tony
Rees)
• Maps available
through FishBase
servers
AquaMaps
• 4141 spp. to date
AquaMaps
• Multiple user options
Before-after maps
• Snapshot (outdated)
WP 3 Deliverables due
Deliverable
Due
month
Completion?
Seasonal
distribution maps
25
May 2007
Environmental layers collected,
implementation underway
Dynamic maps in
space and time
31
Nov 2007
Environmental layers collected,
implementation due on time
Further
population of
maps,
interactions and
report
34
Feb 2008
Further population ongoing
Report likely due on time
At least 5
publications
34
Feb 2008
Doubtful
WP Papers projected
Paper (lead author)
1. AquaMaps validation (CEFAS)
Expected draft
Summer 2007
2. Before-After maps (NRM)
Second half 2007
3. Global biodiversity analysis – Multi-species
tools in AquaMaps (FIN)
Second half 2007
4. Potential for predicting future distributions
of species given climate change models
(NRM)
Second half 2007
(following or linked
to 3)
5-7 Finer scale mapping for local regions
(CDF, DINARA, WCS)
???
Milestones
• First workshop (review data body and
assign tasks) - Month 5
– Kiel, October 2005 and Campinas, April 2006
• Second workshop (review map tools, and
outcomes of analyses, decisions on
dissemination and interfaces) - Month 27
– La Paz, March 2007
Financial status
• Current
– Salaries: slight deficit
– Coordinator travel: too much
– WP workshops: maybe even break
• FishBase Sweden co-sponsors ArcView,
computers, books, travel, etc.
• Prediction for year 2 end (April 2007)
– NRM 2007 book-keeping will be available for
analysis only end March (presently stands at
EUR -50 000 ...)
Wrap up
• All deliverables must be available in some
advanced format by September 2007
• Knowledge transfer within NRM from
November/December 2007
• Final report work starts January 2008, together
with NRM project management officer
• No staff from March 2008
• Audition starts March/April 2008 (? what to do if
budget not balanced)
For further consideration
• Occurrence data quality
– Expert review
– Data cleaning
• More multi-species queries
• Computing requirements
– Processing of multi-species data
– Server capacity