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ICES ICES EcoSystemDataEcoSystemData

providing data for the ecosystem approachproviding data for the ecosystem approach

Hans Mose Jensen & Carlos Pinto

““The study of the The study of the physical conditionsphysical conditions, of the , of the chemical chemical nature of the ocean watersnature of the ocean waters, of the currents etc., is of , of the currents etc., is of

greatest importance for the investigation of the greatest importance for the investigation of the problems problems connected with lifeconnected with life… and consequently a … and consequently a sharp line sharp line

should never be drawn between these two main should never be drawn between these two main divisionsdivisions..” ”

ICES Report of Administration (RPV, ICES Report of Administration (RPV, 19031903))

ICES Annual Science Conference, Halifax, September 25, 2008CM 2008/E30

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• EcoSystemData is an international collection of different kinds of marine related data– Accommodates different types of marine data under one

umbrella– Data is stored in a generic and integrated data-structure– Use of controlled vocabularies

• The user interface is a web application– Widely accessible– Faster dataflow to data users – Enables all users with the tools to explore data

What is EcoSystemData?

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• Facilitate holistic analysis of the data– Provide information to find underlying causal

relationships across scientific topics

• Timeliness for advice– Quick and flexible response to customers– More effective data processing

• Relational database– Simplified data access– Better overview of data holdings

Why build EcoSystemData?

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Type of data in the database:• Biota

– Contaminants & Biological Effects

– Fish disease

• Sediment

– Contaminants & Biological Effects

• Sea water

– Nutrients, temperature, salinity, pigments

– Contaminants & Biological Effects

• Community data

– Zoo- & phytoplankton

– Zoo- & phytobenthos

SYSTEM DATA TYPES

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Data holdings

Current Goal

21 countries more countries

111 laboratories over 200 laboratories

32 years more than 100 years

Currently there are

210.225 samples and

~8 million measurements

in the database

DATA IN THE DATABASE

Biota Sediment Sea water Community

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Seawater Bottle CTD/underway CommunityBiota Sediment

File Measurement

User operations

Extract BrowseManage AnalyseVisualise

Raw data

EcoSystemData (Database)

Sample Spot

Date/Time Lat/Long

EcoSystemData (Web Application)

Manage BrowseWeb

ServicesQuery/visualise

ModelTable Chart Map

Inventory

ECOSYSTEMDATA CONCEPT

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DATABASE PRINCIPLES

Core tableMandatory records:E.g. Lat, Lon, Date

Type relationsE.g.

Type: Water depthValue: 90

Common Code- Type table

E.g. ITIS

Common Code Table

E.g. Gadus morhua

RECOERMS ITIS …Reference codes

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This part of the web site is restricted to ICES data managers. The functionality reflects what is necessary in order to run the system on a daily basis

MANAGE

• Inserting

• Updating

• Deleting

• Detecting duplicates

• Dealing with duplication(verify -> accept/delete)

• Define standard units

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This area is intended for all users. Uploaded files can be browsed in the csv input file structure. For each uploaded data file, the information can be browsed down to parameter level

• Browse uploaded data files

• View map of stations

• Download file

• Facilitate comparison with input data files

• Can be used as guide when creating new data files

BROWSE

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• Select an area and a time period

• Get a summary per data type

• Get a summary per parameter-group

INVENTORY

This area enables users to quickly get an overview of data in the system (data types, parameters, samples and measurements)

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Users are able to specify a query. The query result is freely portable between map, chart and table

QUERY

• Customise a query– Location– Date– Parameter/group of parameters– Data types – Matrices– Species

• Display result on – Map– Chart– Table

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Download

In the top the grid map (1°x1°), in the bottom left the chart, in the bottom right the table, all with

the num. measurements of fish diseases

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QUERY - MAP

Grid (1°x1°) with the num. of measurements

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QUERY - CHART

Chart with the num. of measurements and value per year

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QUERY - TABLE

Table with the query result

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• Integrate fisheries data

• Integrate oceanographic data

• Include more data

• Models- Apply models on data, for example as a support tool for

marine spatial planning or gridded data products

• Web Services including WFS and WMS- Set up web services enabling users to get summaries,

download datasets, etc- Set up a open-source map service

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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• It is freely available (beta) at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk

• ICES is more responsive to data consumers

• Data processing and analysis is now easier and quicker

• One database, many applications…

CONCLUSIONS

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Thanks for your time

Jørgen N. Jensen

Marilynn Sørensen

Hans M. Jensen

Carlos Pinto

Neil Holdsworth

THE ECOSYSTEMDATA TEAM