Transcript APA 2001 Conference

Coastal Marine Ecological Classification
Standard (CMECS) and the Ecosystem
Thematic Network (ETN)
Christopher J. Madden
NatureServe
March 2008
Applications of the Marine Standard
Format
• Identification of areas of Critical Habitat
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and Biodiversity
Endemic species
Threatened species
Hot spots
Delineate MPAs
Locate Essential Fish Habitat
Ecosystem Based Management
Advantages of the Marine Standard
Format
• Participate in a large data network
• Seamless integration with
Freshwater and Terrestrial ETNs
• Umbrella classification that
incorporates or translates all
member datasets
CMECS Suite of Classification Tools
Biophysical
Classification
Benthic Cover
Classification
Water
Column
Classification
Geoform
Classification
CMECS-GEOSS Integration
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Hierarchical within Biogeographic regions
Nested
Similar to a species taxonomy
Bio-physical
Spatial from a meters to contintental scale
Inclusive of and translates with other
classifications
Large Marine Ecosystems 0-200m
Biogeochemical Ecoregions
> 200m
CMECS III Hierarchy w/in Ecoregion
Ecological
Region
L1 Ecological
Region
Fresh Water
Influenced
Estuary
EstuarineInfluenced
Intertidal/Benthic
Intertidal/Benthic
Bare/Colonized/
Vegetated
Bare/Colonized/
Vegetated
Marine
L2 Regime
Nearshore
Marine
Neritic
Oceanic
Intertidal/Benthic
Intertidal/Benthic
Intertidal/Benthic
Bare/Colonized/
Vegetated
Bare/Colonized/
Vegetated
Bare/Colonized/
Vegetated
Vagile
Species &
Biological
Associations
L3 System
L4 Subsystem
L5 Cover
L6 Class
L7 Subclass
L8 Biotope
Complex
Biotope
Biotope
Biotope
Biotope
Biotope
L9 Biotope
Level Themes
Ecoregion
Climate Regime, Biogeography
Regime/
System
Salinity/Enclosure/Total Depth
Sub
system
Intertidal/Benthic (Depth)
Cover
Biological Cover/Bare
Class
Biophysical Structure
Subclass
Biophysical Fine Structure, Substrate
Biotope
Complex
Dominant Biology Type/Association
Biotope
Specific Biology
Spatial Scale is an implicit classifier at each level
Modifiers for Form, Energy, Light, Physico-Chemistry, Anthropogenics
Census of Marine Life and OBIS
Data Model Linkages
• OBIS will add CMECS habitat
designation for each data set. (short term)
• OBIS incorporating CMECS into its data
model to allow habitat designations for all
data records. (long term)
• The OBIS portal will have a direct link to
CMECS website.
• OBIS-NatureServe working to unify
terminology across IMCRA, EUNIS and
CMECS
San Diego Supercomputer Center
• OBIS Ontology Mapping Project
• Translation and crosswalk via the “Wrapper”
Physical
Ecological
multi-dimensional
environment
species & biology
classification
units
Classification
Hierarchy
A useful tool for comparing classifications
NatureServe CMECS website
http://www.natureserve.org/getData/CMECS/index.htm
NatureServe CMECS website
http://www.natureserve.org/getData/CMECS/index.htm
Conclusion
• Marine ETN Website will go live with the
draft Standard Format late March 2008
• IABIN is conducting a training workshop
April 2008
• Several LatAm countries are contributing
data to the network
• We invite additional projects from the
Caribbean Basin
http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/I
ABIN/FormatoEstandar/formatomarino.php