Operational integration of biodiversity

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Operational integration of biodiversity and
physico-chemical data experience at the
BMDC Meerhaeghe A., De Cauwer K., Devolder M.,
Jans S., Scory S.
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Organigram of Mumm
SMNS I as the catalyst of IDOD
Analysis and design of the information system
Data flow from originator to end user
Integrated and Dynamical Oceanographic Data
Management
IDOD so far
Current projects to push IDOD to its limits
Gilsons collection
Offshore wind farm
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Belgian Federal Science Policy, has his mission
in the preparation, execution and evaluation of
science policy and its extensions and the
development of a permanent knowledge resource
within scientific and technical spheres at the
service of the Federal Authority
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
(RBINS), is as part of the Belgian Federal
Science Policy, a Federal State institution
involved in important scientific research
activities and carrying out public service
missions
The Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical
Models and the Scheldt estuary (MUMM), is a
department of RBINS. MUMM adopts a 'triple M'
strategy Monitoring, Modelling and Management
The Belgian Marine Data Centre, is a group of
scientists within MUMM, whose expertise is
oriented towards the management and the analysis
of marine environmental data. Hosting currently
two online databases IDOD (Integrated and
Dynamical Oceanographic Data Management) and ODAS
(Oceanographic Data Acquisition System) and
different research programmes like Revamp and
SPSD I and II
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SMNS I as the catalyst of IDOD
Conditions Coherent data set with high quality
design and well documented Safe storage of data
for future research (new analysis
techniques) Performant analysis tools
Objectives To provide structured, homogenized
and validated oceanographic data necessary for
any scientific research, decision making and
sustainable development To establish, manage and
promote an integrated database of marine
environmental data, ensuring a smooth and
scientifically sound data flow between the data
producers and the end-users
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ODAS
National Scientific programmes and other projects
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Impulse
Revamp
17 projects and 31 scientific teams
23 projects and 62 scientific teams
IDOD
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Analysis and design of the information system
Inventory of existing datasets and databasesData
types collected in the frame of the
programmeSynthesis of valuable and reproducible
metadata
Methodology and protocols to differentiate and
characterize different parameters and data
typesValidation rules and control charts to keep
track of the data flow
Detailed entities relationship modelFrom object
oriented database to service oriented information
system
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Data flow from originator to end user
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Integrated and Dynamical Oceanographic Data
Management
Different datasets originating from different
research laboratories
Validation through RDBMS stored at the
BMDCaccessible through the internet
Different data types share a common metadata
structure without loosing their specific
characteristics
Registered users can query the validated data
online
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IDOD so far
Amount of data imported between May 2001 and July
2004
Further improve online accessibility through
XML
and many more
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Gilsons collection
Constituted between 1899 and 1910 to better
understand the relationship between marine
organisms and their environment. A total of 14000
sampling events, 3000 for sediment
point-samplings sequentially with 1100 benthos
dredge-track-samplings
1900 - 1908
2004 - 2005
Revalidate sampling information, evaluate the
geographic precision and analysis of sediment
information stored at the RBINS reaches his end.
Fitting historic samples for incorporation into
information systems and current quality standard
requirements is at hand.
A century later we are near to Gilson his
original goal build a map of benthic habitats
and superimpose species distribution as well as
species associations maps
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Offshore wind farm
C-Power Ltd. far shore wind farm project on the
Thornton sandbank. 60 Turbines of 3.6 MW with an
estimated production of 710 GWh/year Distance to
coast 27 km, depth 6-20 m, surface wind farm area
26.4 km²
2004 - 2026
1900 - 1904
Monitoring - Sediment and hydrodynamics - Noise
and vibrations - Meteorological conditions -
Benthos and fishes - - Bird migration, staging,
and collision - Marine mammals - Electromagnetic
fields - Visual aspects -
The project will result in a large dataset with
long-term data with high spatial resolution to
analyze the environmental effects of the
construction of a wind farm on the Thornton
sandbank, using the BACI -Before After Control
Impact design.
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Most important achievements of the BMDC crew in
2004
Aloïs
Hasse
Litse
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