Transcript Phil Williamson

Data management for UK GLOBEC
and the Marine Productivity
thematic
Phil Williamson
NERC/University of East Anglia
[email protected]
Gwen Moncoiffé
British Oceanographic Data Centre
[email protected]
Data management for
UK GLOBEC (1)
Marine Productivity
thematic (NERC)
UK
GLOBEC
Southern Ocean studies
(BAS/NERC)
Continuous Plankton
Recorder survey (SAHFOS)
Other GLOBEC-relevant projects
in universities, NERC Centres &
fishery laboratories (incl EU-funded)
Data management for
UK GLOBEC (2)
UK DIF entries in GLOBEC metadata inventory
Marine Productivity thematic
(NERC)
27
Southern Ocean studies
(BAS/NERC)
0
Continuous Plankton Recorder
survey (SAHFOS)
0
Other GLOBEC-relevant projects
in universities, NERC Centres &
fishery laboratories
(15)
TASC and LIFECO
Data management for
UK GLOBEC (3)
Southern Ocean studies
BAS: Dynamics & Management of Ocean Ecosystems
• pelagic ecosystems
• predators and fisheries
Antarctic Funding Initiative
• zooplankton aggregations (BAS, SOC)
• predation studies (BAS, Birmingham)
• biophysical moorings (BAS, St Andrews, OU)
Science contact: Eugene Murphy [email protected]
Data contact: Antarctic Environmental Data Centre www.bas.ac.uk/aedc
Data management for
UK GLOBEC (4)
Continuous Plankton Recorder survey
SAHFOS: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences
Mission: “To maintain the CPR
survey so as to provide an
accessible, reliable and up to date
time series for scientific research
and the assessment of the
planktonic ecosystem…”
Website: www.sahfos.org
Science contact: Chris Reid [email protected]
Data contact: Darren Stevens [email protected]
Data management for
UK GLOBEC (5)
“Other GLOBEC-relevant projects…..”
Universities
NERC-funded
Centres and
Associations
Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands, Liverpool, Queen’s
Belfast, Southampton, St Andrews, Swansea
Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth
Marine Laboratory (PML), Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory (POL), Scottish Association for Marine
Science (SAMS), Southampton Oceanography
Centre (SOC)
Fishery CEFAS Lowestoft, FRS Aberdeen, DARDNI Belfast
laboratories
Science & data contacts: departmental websites and individual PIs
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (1)
Higher predators:
PHYSICAL FORCING
via climate
Salinity
Temperature
Tides
Winds
Ice cover
"TOP DOWN"
fish, seabirds & sea mammals
ZOOPLANKTON
Transport
& mixing
regimes
Light and light penetration
(affected by suspended
sediment in shelf seas)
Precipitation and river flow
Population dynamics and life cycle analysis
(reproduction, growth, mortality); behaviour
(vertical migration, aggregation, feeding); size
effects and macro/micro species interactions
Phytoplankton
Bacteria
Quality/quantity
& other microorganisms
Nutrients, water chemistry
"MIDDLE
OUT"
"BOTTOM
UP"
Programme aim:
“To develop coupled modelling
and observational systems for
the pelagic ecosystem, with
emphasis on physical factors
affecting zooplankton
population dynamics”
Budget of US$9 m over 5 yr (2000-05) supporting 26 component
projects and involving > 75 researchers in 20 laboratories.
Programme website: www.nerc.ac.uk/marprod
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (2)
Programme science:
• Shelf seas (around UK) plus
open ocean (northern N Atlantic)
• focus on key species (Calanus
finmarchicus & euphausiids)
• includes biophysical modelling,
retrospective analyses, process
studies, surveys, remote sensing
and taxonomy
Main fieldwork in 2001-02: four research cruises in Irminger Sea
and Iceland Basin for full-depth survey of seasonal changes in
zooplankton distributions in relation to physical parameters
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (3)
Data management policy:
• matches NERC and GLOBEC
data policy guidelines, to maximise
science benefits and wider
applications
• emphasis on high quality cruisebased datasets and other data
products, for release as CDs
and/or for online access
The availability of MarProd data is initially limited to those working
within the programme. However, wider sharing may be possible
pre-publication, if approved by the data originator.
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (4)
Role of BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre)
•involved in programme planning, working with Steering
Committee and programme scientists
• data-tracking and database assembly, checking data quality
and supporting documentation
• providing information services to programme and to ‘wider
world’, publishing data collations
MarProd data management website:
www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/marprod.html
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (5)
Examples of early Marine Productivity data products
“User-friendly guide to
coastal planktonic ciliates”
www.liv.ac.uk/ciliate
Time series for plankton and physical data
collected at L4 (off Plymouth) since 1988
www.pml.ac.uk/L4
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (6)
Status of research cruise data:
Datasets inventory and banking
status now on line for
Discovery 258 (Nov-Dec 01)
Discovery 262 (Apr-May 02)
To follow for
Discovery 264
(Jul - Aug 02)
Discovery 267
(Nov - Dec 02)
Data management for
Marine Productivity thematic (7)
Sample management - a closely related issue
Biological material collected on MarProd
research cruises will be curated at the
National Museum, Edinburgh to be
available for wider use by the UK and
international research community