Post on 23-Jun-2015
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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