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European Register of Marine Species version 2.0

European Register of Marine Species version 2.0. data management, current status and plans for the future. Edward Vanden Berghe, Philippe Bouchet, Geoff Boxshall, Mark Costello, Chris Emblow. ERMS overview. European Register of Marine Species Result of EU project, 10 partners

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European Register of Marine Species version 2.0

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  1. European Register of Marine Species version 2.0 data management, current status and plans for the future Edward Vanden Berghe, Philippe Bouchet, Geoff Boxshall, Mark Costello, Chris Emblow Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  2. ERMS overview • European Register of Marine Species • Result of EU project, 10 partners • Managed by SMEBD • Will form taxonomic backbone of EurOBIS and MarBEF data management • Will be updated Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  3. ERMS v 1.0 • EU project (MAST) • 2 years: 1998-1999 • 19 contractual partners • responsible for data management, promotion of the product, dialogue with end users… • 100+ editors of taxonomic lists • not necessarily from the partner institutions • responsible for the content Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  4. ERMS v 1.0 content • List of names • Synonymy for some groups • Very limited distribution information • level of major sea area (Atlantic, Mediterranean,…) • very incomplete Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  5. ERMS geographic scope Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  6. ERMS taxonomic scope • Multicellular organisms • Animals, plants, macroorganisms • Protoctista not part of the original plan • Gaps exist Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  7. ERMS statistics all taxa species valid Biota 47319 32996 29862 Animalia 38378 26540 24352 Mollusca 4899 3343 3343 Platyhelm. 3696 2427 2427 Arthropoda 11221 8007 7436 Fungi 597 332 331 Plantae 19 6 6 Protoctista 7737 5658 4713 Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  8. ERMS v 1.0 availability Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  9. ERMS v 1.0 weaknesses • Taxonomic gaps • Set of excel sheets, no proper database • Checklists, some created from scratch, some compilations of existing regional lists • No hierarchy • Detail available varies across checklists • distribution info, synonymy, literature… • No integration between checklists • Programme-based, no continuation Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  10. SMEBD • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data • All data contributors are members of the society • Society manages intellectual property right on behalf of authors • ERMS authors, discussions to include also Fauna Europaea authors Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  11. MarBEF • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning • EU FP 6 ‘Network of Excellence’ • VLIZ does data management • Needed taxonomic authority list for integration of databases • EurOBIS • SMEBD gave mandate to VLIZ/MarBEF to manage data Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  12. ERMS v 1.1 • Integrating spreadsheets in one relational database • MS SQL Server, front end Access • Structure is open hierarchy (± ITIS) • Content remains same as ERMS 1.0 • some inconsistencies removed • But adding taxonomic hierarchy Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  13. ERMS v 1.1 structure Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  14. ERMS v 1.1 availability Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  15. ERMS v 2.0 • Content will be updated • through web interface • snapshot frozen and archived at regular intervals • Structure revised to allow audit trail • who did what, when • Taxon editors have been invited • Extra information (not strictly ERMS) • Feeding types, distribution info (country), trophic level, biomass… Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  16. ERMS v 2.0 editorial structure • ERMS Editorial committee • Arvanitides, Bouchet, Boxshall, Costello (chair), Emblow, Vanden Berghe (db) • responsible for management • Associate editors (‘Group coordinators’ of FE) • responsible for part of taxonomic tree • have edit rights through web site • Review editors (‘Validation’ of FE) • assist associate editors Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  17. ERMS v 2.0 db structure Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

  18. ERMS future • Species 2000 Europa member • ‘EuroHub’ for Species 2000, together with Fauna Europaea and Euro+Med PlantBase • Through dynamic link • distributed system • Spice protocol developed under Species 2000 Europa • possible alternatives are DiGIR and BioCASe • Contribution to global systems • ITIS • URMO Ocean Biodiversity Information – 29/11-1/12/2004

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