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Biodiversity databases and database management systems for the world’s ocean: experience and outputs from five international projectsSergey PiontkovskiMarine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, USA;Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Ukraine spiontkovski@notes.cc.sunysb.eduand Robert WilliamsPlymouth Marine Laboratory, UKbw@mail.pml.ac.uk
Global station network • 163 cruises from 1957 to 1995 • 21975 oceanographical stations
Chlorophyll a and mesozooplankton measurements Plankton Data( World Ocean Database 1998) Plankton Data of the Former Soviet Union: 1968-1992Background: CZCS composite chlorophyll
“Akademician Vernadsky” “Akademician Kovalevsky” “Professor Vodyanitsky”
Biogeochemical provinces of the ocean (by Longhurst, 1998; Pauly et al., 2000) Eastern Tropical Atlantic Province South Atlantic Gyral Province
Plankton fields: direct and remote measurements Chlorophyll a: Onboard CZCS Bioluminescence Intensity (0-100m) Zooplankton Biomass (0-100m, mg/m3)
Distribution of onboard chlorophyll a measurements in the database Distribution of zooplankton data in the database
Relationship between phyto- and zooplankton biomass over regions NASA website Piontkovski et al., 2002
Normalised biomass spectra for 7 autumn AMT cruises. Latitude (S) Piontkovski et al, 2002
Species diversity index H’ • (Shannon, 1948) • fi is the relative frequency of species i, and • s is the numbers of these species H’ characterises the diversity in the information units i.e. bits of information
Summary of the Atlantic Ocean data set: 93 cruises, 9474 CTD stations (1951-1991)
Surface chlorophyll-a distribution (µg l-1)on the background of 600 CTD stations carried out by two vessels in October, 1986.Spatial resolution between stations is about 30 miles Jun-Jul 1987 Africa Brazil
Dominant Wavelength Temperature Secchi Disk Salinity Chlorophyll-a Forele-Ule Scale AV’41 Data (Feb-Mar’90)
Temperature Measured: Feb-Mar’90 Feb’90 AVHRR Data from Mar’90 AVHRR Ocean Pathfinder Mean SST
MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY:ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY RESPONSE ALONG THE ARRAYS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INFLUENCE • Teams: 30 specialists from14 institutions in 10 countries: • 1. Stony Brook University, USA • 2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA • 3. Texas A&M University, USA • 4. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, U.K. • 5. Institute of Marine Sciences, Germany • 6. Baltic Sea Research Institute, Germany • 7. Fisheries Research Institute, Latvia • 8. Laboratory of Biological Oceanography, France • 9. Trieste University, Italy • 10. Institute of Marine Sciences, Turkey • 11. Institute of Oceanology, Bulgaria • 12. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukraine • 13. Caspian Biological Station, Azerbaijan • 14. Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation, U.K. Project Coordinator: Sergey Piontkovski Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, USA F Funding requested: $1,248,394 D Duration of effort: 3 years (December 1, 2002- November 30, 2005)
Expression of Interest: Network of Excellence (FP6-2002) PLAnkton Time series Observations (PLATO): ecosystem impacts of global change
Multiscale diagrams for the epipelagic community of the Indian Ocean