register of antarctic marine species - aquares
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given at the AquaRES followup committee meeting, on June 24th 2014TRANSCRIPT
RAMS: the Register of Antarctic Marine Species
Bruno Danis, ULB
biodiversity.aq?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life as the data, visualization and analysis component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data: taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF => biodiversity.aq projects
• Science, conservation and management
• Networked community developments
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
• Build an electronic ecosystem
• Offer free and open access to data and technology
• Expose all the (biodiversity) data and metadata, in multiple contexts
• Remain community-driven, and collaborative
• Adopt strong standardization
• Work for science, conservation, management
General philosophy
The first dynamic Register of Antarctic Marine Species
Taxonomic backbone for many projects
Board of 60 editors
Citations for "Register of Antarctic Marine Species": 325
Cited publications: 20
H-Index: 9
RAMS: a subset of WoRMS18,343 taxa 95% checked
Taxonomy:
18,343 accepted marine species; of which 17,398 checked (95%)
Usage (since 2005-10-26):
Total number of visitors: 1.269.812
Total hits: 10.454.194
Benefits from being a subset of WoRMS
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RAMS
• www.biodiversity.aq • data.biodiversity.aq • ipt.biodiversity.aq • afg.biodiversity.aq • atlas.biodiversity.aq • mars.biodiversity.aq
biodiversity.aq ArchitectureNodes)Investment)in)new)func@onality)
• Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)modules)
A)module)I)need)A)module)we)all)need)
Data discovery
Promote)the)communityEdriven)development)of)NPT)
• GBIF)promotes)training)and)use)of)NPT)
ANTABIF
MODULAR ARCHITECTURENodes)Investment)in)new)func@onality)
• Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)modules)
A)module)I)need)A)module)we)all)need)
Data visualization
NPT)can)be)extended)by)crea@ng)and)installing)Modules)
Data products
afg.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
• Redo of Hedgepeth 1969 Folio
• Predictive approach
• Static and dynamic versions
• Modelization loops are ready
atlas.biodiversity.aq
94 Interpolated data layersSlope Bathymetry Chlorophyll Distance to the continent Distance to bird colonies Distance to ice Distance to shelf Distance to canyon Floor temperature ... + ANTABIF Occurrence records
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in biodiversity.aq
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
Step 1: microbial sequence and habitat metadata
Step 2: sequence data
Step 3: batch sequence data processing
Step 4: customized sequence data processing
mars.biodiversity.aq
@biodiversityaq
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