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Resource Discovery Initiative
for Field Stations
William Michener
LTER Network Office
October/November 2003
Research Coordination Networking –
Resource Discovery Initiative for Field
Stations (RDIFS)
NSF project “to facilitate storage,
discovery, and access to the strategic
environmental information resources
that are collectively held at North
American biological field stations.”
RDIFS Activities for North American
Field Stations
Database Development
Data Registry and Repository
Thesaurus for Field Biology
Site Characteristics Database
Bibliography of Field Station Publications
Database of Field Station QA/QC and
Standard Methods
Training
Organization of
Biological Field Stations
240 Member Stations
www.obfs.org
Long Term Ecological Research Network
24 sites
www.lternet.edu
Project Results
Searchable Data Registry
(81 Entries)
Data Registry Interface
* Search data
* Register data
Searchable Data Registry
Entering a new data set
Data search results
Field Station & Site Characteristics
Database
(240 Field Stations)
Field Stations by State
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
(LTER & OBFS) Site Characteristics
Personnel Database
(288 Personnel)
Search Personnel
Search Results & Personnel Access
Personnel Database
(288 Personnel)
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(OK) University of Oklahoma Biological Station
(AK) Toolik LTER Arctic Lake Site
(MN) St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of MN
Individual Member of OBFS
(MT) Flathead Lake Biological Station
(NM) LTER Network Office
(NY) Adirondack Ecological Center
(AZ) Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
(CO) Short Grass Steppe Field Station
(FL) Archbold Biological Station
(FL) Katharine Ordway Preserve
(CA) Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary
(CA) Teakettle Experimental Forest
(CA) Hastings Natural History Reservation
(CA) James San Jacinto Mountains
(CA) Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
(MO) Bull Shoals Field Station
(MI) University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake)
(CO) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
(MN) MSUM [Minn. St. Univ. Moorhead] Regional Science Center
(ID) Taylor Ranch Wilderness Field Station
(NC) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service)
(NE) Cedar Point Biological Station
(PA) Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation
(PA) Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
(PA) Raystown Field Station
(OH) Lake Erie Research and Education Center
[Canada] Kananaskis Field Stations
Field Courses
(276 Courses Posted)
Searchable Field Course Database
Course Information
Current Field Classes By Site
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(ME)
Humboldt Field Research Institute (was, Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Statio
(OH)
Stone (F.T.) Laboratory
(IA)
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
(OR)
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
(MI)
University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake)
(MT)
Flathead Lake Biological Station
[Canada]
Huntsman Marine Science Centre
(SC)
Savannah River Environmental Field Station
(MN) Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station
(MI)
Kellogg (W.K.) Biological Station
(KY)
Hancock Biological Station
(PA)
Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
(OK)
University of Oklahoma Biological Station
(NE)
Cedar Point Biological Station
(CO)
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
(VA)
Mountain Lake Biological Station
(WI)
University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Field Station
[Bermuda]
Biological Station for Research Inc.
(NC)
Highlands Biological Station
(NC)
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service)
(ME)
Shoals Marine Laboratory (Cornell
(LA)
LUMCON Marine Center
(MA)
Nantucket Field Station University of Massachusetts
(MI)
Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies
(FL)
TNC Disney Wilderness Preserve
(AZ)
Southwestern Research Station
(AZ)
Sierra Ancha Station
[Costa Rica]
Quetzal Education Research Center
[Dominica]
Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center
To Be Entered...
(NY)
Adirondack Ecological Center
(NY)
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
(VA)
Anheuser Busch Coastal Research Center
(PA)
Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation
Standard Field Methods
Searchable Database
(1551 References)
Educational Training Workshops
Wireless Sensor Networking Workshops
Dave Hughes provided technical
expertise and experience
Tom Williams provided the theoretical
background of wireless networks
• Dates: April 29 - May 1, 2002 & May 2 - 4, 2002
• Location: Sevilleta Biological Research Station
• Instructors: Dave Hughes & Tom Williams
Workshop Attendees
• Each workshop was attended by 23 scientists & technicians
• More than 40 biological field stations and LTER sites represented
Workshop Provided Indoor & Outdoor
Technology Training Exercises
Dave Hughes and attendees establishing a radio
connection to their notebook computers
Dave Hughes and attendees setting up a radio
transmitter from a meteorological station
RDIFS Informatics Training
at the Sevilleta Research Field Station
RDIFS Informatics Training
Dates
October 20 – November 2, 2002
Topics
DBMS
• Access
• SQL
• Biodiversity & taxonomic databases
Metadata management
Bibliographic data management
Web development
Future Training
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Sevilleta
La Selva Biological Station, CR ???
Sevilleta or UNM
Sevilleta or UNM
Instructors
James Brunt, University of New Mexico
Peter McCartney, Arizona State University
William Michener, University of New Mexico
Pete Olsen, University of New Mexico
Deana Pennington, University of New Mexico
John Porter, University of Virginia
Samantha Romanello, University of Virginia
Will Shuart, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kristin Vanderbilt, University of New Mexico
Karen Weatherill, University of New Mexico
Marshall White, University of New Mexico
Module 1: Ecoinformatics
October 27 – November 2, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station
Sunday October 26 – Travel day for Participants to Albuquerque, NM
Monday October 27 – Ecological Informatics (Brunt , Michener & Vanderbilt)
Tuesday October 28 – Web Page Design (White)
Wed. October 29 – Intro to Web Page Authoring (White, Vanderbilt & Olsen)
Thursday October 30 – Database Design (McCartney & Porter)
Friday October 31 – RDBMS (McCartney & Porter)
Saturday November 1 – Integrating WWW and RDBMS (White & Olsen)
Sunday November 2
– Bibliographic DBMS (White) plus OBFS Database Work
Module 2: GIS
November 2– 7, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station
Sunday November 2 -- Sunday November 2 – Bibliographic DBMS (White)
plus OBFS Database Work
Monday November 3 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart)
Tuesday November 4 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart)
Wednesday November 5 – Spatial Data Acquisition & Integration (Pennington)
Thursday November 6 – Spatial Analysis (Pennington)
Friday November 7 – Advanced Concepts (Pennington, Shuart)
2004 Activities
Jan—Week-long workshop for new faculty members in
ecoinformatics
Feb/March???—QA/QC workshop
Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and
needed research
Statisticians, laboratory techs, informaticians, etc.
August—Day-long workshop on ecoinformatics and 2-3
afternoon/evening sessions on metadata management at
2004 ESA meeting
Oct/Nov—Training (one 2-wk or two 1-wk modules)
Other training/workshop topics ???? See me…..
2004 Activities
Database enhancement
Data registry – 4-12 months
Site characteristics/capabilities – 4months
Bibliographic module – 7-8 months
Administrative module – 1-2 months
Course module – 12 months ------ need input!!!!
Prototype web implementation of operations manual
Dynamic FAQ’s
Post indexed documents (e.g., site examples)
Threaded thematic discussion lists
Coupling of strategic plan with web design plan
Design team: Mark Stromberg, Marshall White, Eric Nagy, Brian
Kloeppel, Ian Billick, Bill Michener, Dawn Wilson
Future Activities
Institute “Ecoinformatics Conference”
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OBFS data managers and GIS managers
Likewise, for LTER, USGS (NBII), NERRS, CaNRS, OTS, etc.
Computer scientists (the development community)
Other informaticians (the practitioner community)
Objectives
• Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and needed
R&D
• Provide tutorials on selected software
• Round-table discussions
• Plenary and contributed talks
• Develop a community that can enhance informatics capacity for
field biology