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Tools & Services for meta- - analysis in Ocean Science analysis in Ocean Science

Stéphane PESANT

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, Michael DIEPENBROEK

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, Robert HUBERT

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, Nicolas DITTERT

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and Uwe SHINDLER

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CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France;

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PANGAEA, MARUM, Uni. Bremen, Germany

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pesant@obs-vlfr.fr

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http://www.pangaea.de/

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION Data management was traditionally considered as an end-product of research projects and its activities were limited to (Black)

(Black) the Acquisition, Curation and Archival of data, and to the development of basic data Portals. Recently however, European Networks of Excellence and European Information Infrastructures have considerably broaden the responsibilities of Data Management to include:

( (Red Red) ) a close collaboration with the scientific community involved in meta-analysis and modeling (Modeling Modeling); and (

(Green Green) ) a key role in fostering interactions between Modeling and the scientific community involved in experimental and fieldwork (Observing Observing) We outline here how EU EU- -FP6 FP6- -EUR EUR- -OCEANS OCEANS proposes to addressed these new Data Management Responsibilities

Observing Observing

Data Mining

Data Mining

Data Access Data Access

Data Consolidation

Data Consolidation

Data Data Curation Curation

Data Acquisition Data Acquisition Data Archiving

Data Archiving

Identify Gaps Identify Gaps

Fill Gaps Fill Gaps

Address Gaps Address Gaps Archive Results

Archive Results

Modeling Modeling

Developing Data Portals Developing Data Portals

Open Source Framework for Metadata Portals (PanFMP) Now used by CARBOOCEAN, SOLAS &

IODP, PLANKTON.NET, WDC network, ESONET

http://www.eur-oceans.eu/dataportal

Organising

Organising Fora Fora –

Meetings of Experts to address the Meetings of Experts to address the consistency of plankton data and their transformation into consistency of plankton data and their transformation into biomass of Plankton Functional Types (Sept. 2008) biomass of Plankton Functional Types (Sept. 2008) 3-day meeting on Bacterio- & Phytoplankton 3-day meeting on Zooplankton

Participants from MarBEF, PESI, MGE, SESAME, GLOBEC Recommendations will be presented & discussed at the joint ICES/CIESM workshop on « Comparing Plankton Ecology and Methodologies between the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic » and at the « 2008 Green Ocean Meeting » (Oct. 2008)

Issues to be addressed include:

•TaxonomyTaxonomy: Expert-to-expert validation

•TaxonomyTaxonomy: Manual vs. automatic identification

•ConversionConversion: Counts and pigments to carbon biomass

•ConversionConversion: Taxonomy and pigments to Fuctional Groups

•Harmonisation: Sampling Harmonisation and Analytical Methods

Funding Data Compilation & Transformation Funding Data Compilation & Transformation

4 projects funded in 2007

4 projects funded in 2007--2008 (105K 2008 (105K €€) )

• Ocean Acidification – Biogeochemical models [ FP7-IP-EPOCA ]

• Zooplankton vital rates – Trophic model [ FP6-IP-SESAME ]

• Extracellular release of DOC – All models [ Review Paper ]

• Carbon biomass of plankton functional types – PFT models

Funding Technician Training Funding Technician Training

Participants from 12 countries (38K Participants from 12 countries (38K €€))

• Automated Imaging Analysis (30 trainees)

• Manual Microscopy Analysis (12 trainees)

Funding Data Rescue Funding Data Rescue

16 projects; 13 countries (195K 16 projects; 13 countries (195K €€))

• Plankton abundance & biomass

• Plankton vital rates & fluxes

• Fish surveys and stomach contents

• Particulate & Dissolved Org. matter

Developing Data Warehouses Developing Data Warehouses

Groups of parameters can be defined and all corresponding data points (as opposed to full datasets) are extracted in a single spreadsheet that includes georeferences and methodological details.

Future Tools &

Database developments Database developments

Several issues need to be addressed:

• In-depth exploration of metadata

• Resolving duplication issues

• Automated conversion of units

• Link parameters to taxonomic registers

• Archive community-based knowledge

Developing Data Submission Templates Developing Data Submission Templates

Detailed Instructions and a simple Excel file including :

• Data Tables for biogeochemical and taxonomic data;

• Metadata Tables defining the dataset’s Citation, Sampling events (including sampling

methods), and Parameters (including analysis methods). Also used by

PF6-SESAME, and FP7-EPOCA.

Model Shopping Tool Model Shopping Tool

59 models described 59 models described

• Detailed description

• Codes & parameterisation

• (Model Outputs)

• (Comparative simulations)