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Lifewatch
Lifewatch.eu
Lifewatch.be
Taxonomic backbone
Data archeology
Observatory
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Sampling cruises
Benthos
Bacteria
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Fish
Birds
Mammals
• Lifewatch portal and services
Lifewatch
• Large scale european research infrastructure
• Virtual laboratory for study of biodiversity
• E-science, web services, data services, ICT
Infrastructure, HPC, GRID, BIG data, workflow
• Increase data generation, real time monitoring
data, biosensors
• Construction : 5 years, operation > 20 years
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Antarctic observations
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Habitat data from remote sensing
Lifewatch.be
Data archeology
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Taxonomic backbone
SPECIES REGISTERS
National
LifeWatch Sweden
BeRMS
FloraBank
VIS
FaEU
RAMS
Regional
PESI
Eu+MedPlantbase
ERMS
Thematic
NeMys
Fishbase
IF
Algaebase
IPNI
Mollusca
Global
FADA
WoRMS
CoL
LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone
IMIS
WoRMS
LITERATURE
GBIF
AntaBIF
OBIS nodes
EoL TraitBank
OBIS
POLYTRAITS
EMODnet
EurOBIS
MedOBIS
OBIS Black Sea
BIOTIC
PANGAEA
EU data
EU institutes
BOLD
Aphia DB
OBIS
Environmental
databases
GenBANK
ECOLOGY (traits) GENETICS
SPECIES OBSERVATIONS
BHL
SPECIES REGISTERS
National
LifeWatch Sweden
BeRMS
FloraBank
VIS
FaEU
RAMS
Regional
PESI
Eu+MedPlantbase
ERMS
Thematic
NeMys
Fishbase
IF
Algaebase
IPNI
MolluscaBase
Global
FADA
WoRMS
CoL
LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone
IMIS
WoRMS
LITERATURE
GBIF
AntaBIF
OBIS nodes
EoL TraitBank
OBIS
POLYTRAITS
EMODnet
EurOBIS
MedOBIS
OBIS Black Sea
BIOTIC
PANGAEA
EU data
EU institutes
BOLD
Aphia DB
OBIS
Environmental
databases
GenBANK
ECOLOGY (traits) GENETICS
SPECIES OBSERVATIONS
BHL
Marine observatory
Bird tagging + web cams
Real-time access
And data services
for users
Data transfert
Internet connection
Bat acoustic recorder
Monthly surveys
- sample library
- continous sensor data
Flow cytometer
Video Plankton Recorder
Zooscan
Sensor platform (Lotto)
- CTD
- hydrophones
- under water camera
Fish tagging
Multi-beam recordings
Sampling cruises
• Cruises
Underway data: Temperature, Salinity, CO2, fluorometry
Depth profile: Temperature, Salinity, Turbidity, Oxygen, PAR, pH
Samples: Water samples: nutrients, pigments and suspended matter,
Zoöplankton, Fytoplankton, Macrobenthos
Bacteria
• Ocean Sampling Day
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21th June 2014
4 pilots 2012 & 2013
Samples for metagenomic analysis on prokaryotes
NG Sequencing by Argonne National Laboratory (US)
Bioarchiving at Smithsonian (GGI)
OSD Plans
• ILVO genomics platform
– Bacterial communities on plastic waste
• Sampling with volunteers (INBO)
Benthos
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Van Veen grabs
Macrobenthos (> 1mm sieve)
Sample library:
EMBRC link - bioarchive
Samples available for research at request
Long term storage
Basic processing:
molluscs, amphipods, polychaetes,
Combination with SPI images & video grab
Fytoplankton
Flow cytometer
• Laser based instrument for particle detection and characterisation in fluids
• Counting and characterisation of phytoplankton particles -> taxonomic
composition and abundance
• Image acquisition: particle scattering + fluorescence
• Analysis: clustering software (Easyclus [Matlab], FCM [R], …)
Fytoplankton
Status:
• Training sessions hardware & software
• Workshops DYMAPHY (Boulogne, Wimereux)
• Tested and tuned in MSO lab
• Installed on board of SS
– Connected to continuous water flow
– Installed side by side with FRRF
• PhD study by Marine@Ugent starting October 2014
Zooplankton
Video Plankton Recorder (VPR)
• Real-time underwater digital camera system + strobe
• Rapid quantification of plankton taxonomic composition and abundance
• Image acquisition: 30 frames/second of 7.2 ml image volume
• Analysis: pattern recognition software (Visual Plankton software [Matlab])
Zooplankton
ZooSCAN
• Scanning system for digitising zooplankton samples
– 2400-4800 dpi; volume 0.2-1 L;
– Resistant to salt water, formaldehyde and ethanol
– Recognition software that uses comparison with user-developed or imported images
• Net sampling -> sample library
Zooplankton
Status:
• VPR build and delivered @MSO
• Cable & Winch for deployment VPR under construction by EMCE
-> delivery expected June 2014
• Testing planned June-August 2014
• ZooSCAN tested and tuned in MSO -> First results
• Further testing and optimizing procedures
• PhD study by Marine@Ugent starting October 2014
Fish
• Acoustic fish telemetry network
• Studying migration, habitat use and behaviour
• > 30 acoustic receivers on BPNS & Westerschelde
Gadus morhua, Anguilla anguilla, Homarus gammarus, …
Fish
Status
• VLIZ-UGENT-INBO cooperation
• Installation:
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15 receivers on navigation buoys on BCP
18 + 12 receivers on navigation buoys on WS
1 on tripod MUMM
1 planned for Lotto buoy
4 VR2C cabled receivers planned for windmill farms
- Belwind & C-Power
- Combination with C-Pod
PhD study by Marine@Ugent starting October 2014
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Birds
• Tracking of large birds with GPS tags developed by UvA-BiTS
• Studying migration and habitat use
• 3 ground stations, 11 antennas and 37 GPS loggers deployed
22 for lesser black-backed gulls, 5 for herring gulls, and 10 for the
western marsh harrier
+ web cams on nests
Birds
Status:
• VLIZ-INBO-Ugent cooperation
• Zeebrugge: New GPS station in; web cam under negotiation
• Oostende: additional anntennas towards city centre
• Zwin: base station installed
• http://lifewatch.be/birds-historical-data
Mammals
C-Pods
• Harbour Porpoise (& other cetaceans)
echolocation clicks at 130 kHz
• Fixed sensors:
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1 on Lotto buoy
2 on Belwind windmills
1 in front of Ostend harbour
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• Porpoise monitoring cruises
- PAM Hydrophone
Mammals
Bat Corder
• Batcorder samples sound at 500 kHz
with 16 Bit amplitude resolution
• SD card: 64 GB (3-4 month; +/-60.000 calls)
• Auto+Timer-Mode
• SMS messages (remaining storage capacity, recorded files, battery condition)
• Automated Call sequence detection and classification
• Locations:
– Marine Station Ostend
– Observatory De Haan
– Thornton Bank C-Power
Mammals
Bat Corder
• First results spring 2014 MSO
• Validating results with INBO
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Work on automating data flow and presentation of results
Pipistrellus nathusii
Marine environmental DNA
• Extraction and analysis of genetic material obtained directly from
environmental samples
• e-DNA (meta)barcoding: PCR with specific primers on short DNA
fragments
• First successful applications in marine waters (Thomsen et al. 2012)
• PhD study by Marine@Ugent starting October 2014
Multibeam echosounder
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Acoustic high resolution depth sounding sonar
Bathymetry and sediment typology
Data generation: water column data 5Tb/year
Analysis: data cleaning and validation, chart creation, deriving sediment
typology (CARIS, Fledermaus)
Bird radar
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3D radar detection of bird movements and density
Impact of wind turbines on birds, bird migration research
Data generation: 1TB/year (radar images + flight tracks)
Analysis: bird detection algorithms, GIS mapping & visualization (CartoDB),
migration analysis
Weather radar: biological data
• Retrieval of biological data from European weather radars
• ENRAM - European Network for the Radar surveillance of Animal
Movement (COST Action ES1305)
• Data generation: 15-23 TB/year
• Analysis: bird detection algorithms, GIS mapping & visualization, migration
analysis
VLIZ projects
LifeWatch
biodiversity
Simon Stevin
buoys
web cams
fish tags
data archeology
models
taxonomic backbone
species traits
genomics
ESFRI / EWI
ICOS
co2, primary production
Simon Stevin
Chile cruise ships
ESFRI / EWI
EMODNET
marine data network
data portal
models
data products
species traits
DG MARE / EWI
EMBRC
marine biological resources
Simon Stevin
Mesocosms, aquaria
genomics labs
ESFRI/ EWI
Proj. Zeehond
aritifical reefs, platforms
buoy
web cams
fish tags
LOTTO
VLIZ – C-POWER
WIFI
WEBCAM
BATRECORD
Monitoring
Buoy
Collaborative platform for sensor data processing
Sensor network
Flowcytometer
Processing network
Science community
eDNA
Scripts, flows, algorithms
Bird Radar
VPR
Fish sonar
Benthic img
50Tb
Sensor data
HPC, R, Java
Species identifications, field
observations, crowd
sourcing
Remote sensing
Hydrophones
Bird video
Calibration
data
Bird tracks
In situ habitat obs.
Fish tags
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Scientific data
Archive
 Big data
 HPC
 Not in construction
plan?
Portal & data services
LifeWatch.be data services
Access to the LifeWatch sensor networks
LifeWatch INBO
Building a terrestrial and freshwater
observatory
Bart Aelterman
European Seabirds at Sea
Application for fast data entry
Unmanned Aerial System
High resolution imaging for habitat
monitoring
Fish tracking network
100+ acoustic tags and receivers
Bird radar
Automatic bird detection in 5km range
Bird tracking network
Lightweight, solar powered GPS tags
Existing INBO systems
e.g. 440.000+ Fish occurrences
Publish via IPT
data.inbo.be/ipt
Register with GBIF
Discoverability
GBIF webservices
CartoDB API
We can build our own tools
CC0 + norms
Allow data to be used
Next steps
Upscaling of existing network
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Open data policy at INBO
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Continued publication of datasets
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Thanks
@LifeWatchINBO
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