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Annette Olson, John Mosesso, Sue Haseltine, Gladys CotterAnnette Olson, John Mosesso, Sue Haseltine, Gladys CotterBiological Resources DivisionBiological Resources Division

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey

Biological and Geological LinkagesBiological and Geological Linkages

Disasters

EnergyMagnetism

Biosphere

Coastal & Marine

Water Minerals

Earth Surface

Climate

The Need for Informatics

Research needs: data to answer new, multivariate questions; tools for manipulating and analyzing data; data for validating models; and To make own data longer-lived and more

valuable.

Societal need to have accurate and integrated scientific information for: increased understanding; and Informed decision-making.

Environmental DriversEnvironmental Drivers

• Climate change

• Pollution

• Disasters

• Invasive Species

• Land and resource use

• Wildlife diseases

Amphibian deformities

Conceptual model of factors influencing and interacting with invasion by exotic species

C L I M A T E

T e m p e r a t u r e ( + / - N a t + / - I n v )

P r e c i p i t a t i o n ( + / - N a t + / - I n v )

F r o s t - f r e e d a y s ( + N a t + I n v )

D e g r e e d a y s ( + / - N a t + / - I n v )

L A N D U S E

H u m a n U s e ( - N a t + I n v )

N a t u r a l A r e a s ( + N a t - I n v )

L I G H T

O n e m e t e r ( + N a t + I n v )

S o i l s u r f a c e ( + N a t + I n v )

% R e d u c t i o n ( - N a t - I n v )

T O P O G R A P H Y

S . A s p e c t ( + N a t + I n v )

E l e v a t i o n ( ? N a t ? I n v )

S O I L

N u t r i e n t s ( - N a t + I n v )

M o i s t u r e ( + N a t + / - I n v )

O r g a n i c m a t t e r ( + N a t - I n v )

% S a n d ( - N a t + I n v )

N A T I V E S P E C I E S

R i c h n e s s ( + / - I n v )

D i v e r s i t y ( + / - I n v )

I m p o r t a n c e ( + / - I n v ) C L I M A T E

L I G H T

T O P O G

S O I L S

L A N D U S E

I N V A S I V E

N A T I V E

I N V A S I V E S P E C I E S

O b j e c t i v e T w o - A

R i c h n e s s ( - N a t )

D i v e r s i t y ( - N a t )

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Important Geological Data

• Data linked to specific coordinates, • Data about the past (historical or prehistorical),

and/or• Data available in real-time or near real-time.

Almost all geological information is useful:• Data collected for geological purposes may also

serve ecological needs, now or in the future. • Even small, brief studies: “original samples are

often the only samples” (Geological Society of America, 2005).

“More than 100 million boxes of fossils are in geoscience repositories today” (Committee for the Preservation of Geoscience Data and Collections, 2002).

Integrating Diverse Data

from Multiple

Disciplines

Columbia Spring, Yellowstone - algae pattern in run off

Terminologies and research protocols

Pacific Ecoinformatics and Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Biology LabComputational Biology Lab

Biodiversity Complexity Thesaurus

GAP – Gap Analysis Program

• Field plot data

• Digital Land CoverDetailed classification of habitat type

• Predicted Species RangesModeled ranges of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians

• Land Stewardship Maps Delineation of land units by ownership, management, and conservation status

Elevation

Aerial Photography

Satellite Imagery

Land Management

Species RangeModeling

Temporal framework

http://kagi.coe21.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/tidbit/tidbit30.html

Marsupial Evolution

Integrating Diverse Data

from Multiple

Disciplines

Columbia Spring, Yellowstone - algae pattern in run off

Spatial Uncertainty

Rowe RJ. 2005. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1883-1897

Collection locations for smallMammals in Utah

Uncertainty in 3 dimensions

Rowe RJ. 2005. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1883-1897

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“…it is imperative for ecological forecasts to be associated with estimates of uncertainty or “error bars” so that decision-makers using them have information as to the likelihood of a given forecast” (GEOSS, 2004).

Scientific Informatics Systems

World Data Centers,Global Biodiversity Information Facility,

Clearinghouse Mechanism

The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network, e-Science (Europe)

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure, The National Biological Information Infrastructure, The Geosciences Network (US), Environmental

Resources Information Network (Australia)

State Heritage Programs, GAP Analysis, Universities, Bio-Geographic Information and

Observation System

GLOBAL

REGIONAL

NATIONAL

LOCAL

NBIIThe National Biological Information Infrastructure

www.nbii.govwww.nbii.gov

NBII “Major” Partners…

• USGS• USFWS• BLM• EPA• NPS• NOAA• NASA• NSF

• USDA• DOE/ORNL• IAFWA• OFWIM• TNC• NatureServe• Smithsonian• BioEco

• IABIN• NABIN• GBIF• ITIS/Species 2000

• NISC• ISSG• CODATA• …

Full partner list: http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/

New Data Collection Techniques

UAV

Smart Dust

LIDAR

Field computers

“We have about 400 years of practice with the scientific method. However, the interaction between science and data systems has a history of less than 40 years” (R. McCord, data manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory).

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Thank you

Annette OlsonBiodiversity Scientist

Biological Informatics Office, USGSalolson@usgs.gov

Gray et al., Ecology, in press

Variability at different scales

The Vision for the Future

PEaCE Lab www.foodwebs.org

Marsupial Evolution

http://kagi.coe21.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/tidbit/tidbit30.html