WP3 Biomapping status quo WP3: NRM, CDF, CEFAS, DINARA, WCS

Objectives Provide access to point data from alla available sources Combine point data with environmental parameters to establish niche preferred niches and create maps (mostly done by WP1) Establish a system where maps can be verified by experts Provide authoritative species inventories Predict changes in species composition based on climate change scenarios

Dependencies Maps are provided by WP1 (D1.4) Underlying data from FishBase (OBIS, GBIF)

Followup on STCM 2 Progress. –Well…. Publications. –Still in pipeline Issues. Communication problems with CDF and WCS –Remain (solution?: more travel for CDF and WCS) Agreement: More point data. –Some provided from FB-Sweden. With current access to GBIF+OBIS, difficult to excel

WP Deliverables to date DeliverableDue month Completion Online standardized maps for predicted distributions for coastal zone species relevant to the project 13 May 2006 Online N<4141 Before-after maps with predicted distribution before and after a certain point in time 19 November 2006 Forthcoming

Maps = AquaMaps Based on c-squares mapping tool (Tony Rees) Maps available through FishBase servers

AquaMaps 4141 spp. to date

AquaMaps Multiple user options

Before-after maps Snapshot (outdated)

WP 3 Deliverables due DeliverableDue month Completion? Seasonal distribution maps 25 May 2007 Environmental layers collected, implementation underway Dynamic maps in space and time 31 Nov 2007 Environmental layers collected, implementation due on time Further population of maps, interactions and report 34 Feb 2008 Further population ongoing Report likely due on time At least 5 publications 34 Feb 2008 Doubtful

WP Papers projected Paper (lead author)Expected draft 1. AquaMaps validation (CEFAS)Summer Before-After maps (NRM)Second half Global biodiversity analysis – Multi-species tools in AquaMaps (FIN) Second half Potential for predicting future distributions of species given climate change models (NRM) Second half 2007 (following or linked to 3) 5-7 Finer scale mapping for local regions (CDF, DINARA, WCS) ???

Milestones First workshop (review data body and assign tasks) - Month 5 –Kiel, October 2005 and Campinas, April 2006 Second workshop (review map tools, and outcomes of analyses, decisions on dissemination and interfaces) - Month 27 –La Paz, March 2007

Financial status Current –Salaries: slight deficit –Coordinator travel: too much –WP workshops: maybe even break FishBase Sweden co-sponsors ArcView, computers, books, travel, etc. Prediction for year 2 end (April 2007) –NRM 2007 book-keeping will be available for analysis only end March (presently stands at EUR )

Wrap up All deliverables must be available in some advanced format by September 2007 Knowledge transfer within NRM from November/December 2007 Final report work starts January 2008, together with NRM project management officer No staff from March 2008 Audition starts March/April 2008 (? what to do if budget not balanced)

For further consideration Occurrence data quality –Expert review –Data cleaning More multi-species queries Computing requirements –Processing of multi-species data –Server capacity