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Resource Discovery Initiative
for Field Stations
William Michener
LTER Network Office
October/November 2003
Research Coordination Networking – Resource Discovery Initiative for Field
Stations (RDIFS)
NSF project “to facilitate storage, discovery, and access to the strategic environmental information resources that are collectively held at North American biological field stations.”
RDIFS Activities for North American Field Stations
Database DevelopmentData Registry and RepositoryThesaurus for Field BiologySite Characteristics DatabaseBibliography of Field Station PublicationsDatabase of Field Station QA/QC and Standard Methods
Training
Field Station & Site Characteristics Database
(240 Field Stations)
Field Stations by StateCoweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
(LTER & OBFS) Site Characteristics
Personnel Database(288 Personnel)
13 (OK) University of Oklahoma Biological Station11 (AK) Toolik LTER Arctic Lake Site5 (MN) St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of MN5 Individual Member of OBFS5 (MT) Flathead Lake Biological Station5 (NM) LTER Network Office4 (NY) Adirondack Ecological Center4 (AZ) Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research3 (CO) Short Grass Steppe Field Station2 (FL) Archbold Biological Station2 (FL) Katharine Ordway Preserve2 (CA) Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary2 (CA) Teakettle Experimental Forest2 (CA) Hastings Natural History Reservation2 (CA) James San Jacinto Mountains2 (CA) Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve2 (MO) Bull Shoals Field Station2 (MI) University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake)2 (CO) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory2 (MN) MSUM [Minn. St. Univ. Moorhead] Regional Science Center2 (ID) Taylor Ranch Wilderness Field Station2 (NC) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service)2 (NE) Cedar Point Biological Station2 (PA) Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation2 (PA) Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology2 (PA) Raystown Field Station2 (OH) Lake Erie Research and Education Center2 [Canada] Kananaskis Field Stations
Current Field Classes By Site28 (ME) Humboldt Field Research Institute (was, Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Statio26 (OH) Stone (F.T.) Laboratory22 (IA) Iowa Lakeside Laboratory16 (OR) Oregon Institute of Marine Biology13 (MI) University of Michigan Biological Station (Douglas Lake)13 (MT) Flathead Lake Biological Station12 [Canada] Huntsman Marine Science Centre11 (SC) Savannah River Environmental Field Station11 (MN) Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station10 (MI) Kellogg (W.K.) Biological Station10 (KY) Hancock Biological Station10 (PA) Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology9 (OK) University of Oklahoma Biological Station9 (NE) Cedar Point Biological Station9 (CO) Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory7 (VA) Mountain Lake Biological Station7 (WI) University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Field Station6 [Bermuda] Biological Station for Research Inc.6 (NC) Highlands Biological Station5 (NC) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (University of Georgia USDA Forest Service)5 (ME) Shoals Marine Laboratory (Cornell5 (LA) LUMCON Marine Center4 (MA) Nantucket Field Station University of Massachusetts4 (MI) Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies3 (FL) TNC Disney Wilderness Preserve3 (AZ) Southwestern Research Station1 (AZ) Sierra Ancha Station1 [Costa Rica] Quetzal Education Research Center1 [Dominica] Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center1 To Be Entered...1 (NY) Adirondack Ecological Center1 (NY) Institute of Ecosystem Studies1 (VA) Anheuser Busch Coastal Research Center1 (PA) Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation
Wireless Sensor Networking Workshops
• Dates: April 29 - May 1, 2002 & May 2 - 4, 2002
• Location: Sevilleta Biological Research Station
• Instructors: Dave Hughes & Tom Williams
Dave Hughes provided technical expertise and experience
Tom Williams provided the theoretical background of wireless networks
Workshop Attendees
• Each workshop was attended by 23 scientists & technicians
• More than 40 biological field stations and LTER sites represented
Workshop Provided Indoor & Outdoor Technology Training Exercises
Dave Hughes and attendees establishing a radio connection to their notebook computers
Dave Hughes and attendees setting up a radio transmitter from a meteorological station
RDIFS Informatics Training
DatesOctober 20 – November 2, 2002
TopicsDBMS
• Access• SQL• Biodiversity & taxonomic databases
Metadata managementBibliographic data managementWeb development
Future Training
2003 – Sevilleta2004 – La Selva Biological Station, CR ???2005 – Sevilleta or UNM2006 – Sevilleta or UNM
Instructors
James Brunt, University of New MexicoPeter McCartney, Arizona State UniversityWilliam Michener, University of New MexicoPete Olsen, University of New Mexico Deana Pennington, University of New MexicoJohn Porter, University of VirginiaSamantha Romanello, University of VirginiaWill Shuart, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityKristin Vanderbilt, University of New Mexico Karen Weatherill, University of New Mexico Marshall White, University of New Mexico
Module 1: Ecoinformatics
October 27 – November 2, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station
Sunday October 26 – Travel day for Participants to Albuquerque, NM
Monday October 27 – Ecological Informatics (Brunt , Michener & Vanderbilt)Tuesday October 28 – Web Page Design (White)Wed. October 29 – Intro to Web Page Authoring (White, Vanderbilt & Olsen)Thursday October 30 – Database Design (McCartney & Porter)Friday October 31 – RDBMS (McCartney & Porter)Saturday November 1 – Integrating WWW and RDBMS (White & Olsen)
Sunday November 2 – Bibliographic DBMS (White) plus OBFS Database Work
Module 2: GIS
November 2– 7, 2003 at Sevilleta Research Station
Sunday November 2 -- Sunday November 2 – Bibliographic DBMS (White) plus OBFS Database Work
Monday November 3 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart)Tuesday November 4 – Introduction to ArcGIS (Shuart)Wednesday November 5 – Spatial Data Acquisition & Integration (Pennington)Thursday November 6 – Spatial Analysis (Pennington)Friday November 7 – Advanced Concepts (Pennington, Shuart)
2004 Activities
Jan—Week-long workshop for new faculty members in ecoinformaticsFeb/March???—QA/QC workshop
Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and needed researchStatisticians, laboratory techs, informaticians, etc.
August—Day-long workshop on ecoinformatics and 2-3 afternoon/evening sessions on metadata management at 2004 ESA meetingOct/Nov—Training (one 2-wk or two 1-wk modules)
Other training/workshop topics ???? See me…..
2004 Activities
Database enhancementData registry – 4-12 monthsSite characteristics/capabilities – 4monthsBibliographic module – 7-8 monthsAdministrative module – 1-2 monthsCourse module – 12 months ------ need input!!!!
Prototype web implementation of operations manual
Dynamic FAQ’sPost indexed documents (e.g., site examples)Threaded thematic discussion lists
Coupling of strategic plan with web design planDesign team: Mark Stromberg, Marshall White, Eric Nagy, Brian Kloeppel, Ian Billick, Bill Michener, Dawn Wilson
Future Activities
Institute “Ecoinformatics Conference”Participants
• OBFS data managers and GIS managers• Likewise, for LTER, USGS (NBII), NERRS, CaNRS, OTS, etc. • Computer scientists (the development community)• Other informaticians (the practitioner community)
Objectives• Identify best practices, software tools and algorithms, and
needed R&D• Provide tutorials on selected software• Round-table discussions• Plenary and contributed talks • Develop a community that can enhance informatics capacity
for field biology