Towards an Atlas for All Marine Species

Rainer FroeseInstitute of Marine Science

Kiel, Germanyrfroese@ifm.uni-kiel.de

Overview

• The Vision

• Components and Proponents

• Players and Tools

• What are the Problems?

• Discussion

The Vision

• Vision: Mapping Life in the Oceans – Standardized electronic maps for all marine

species– Automatic generation of maps, with probability

of occurrence– Option to get species lists for any area– Various other maps and scenarios– Available for free in the Internet

• How did I get there? >>

Components and Proponents

• Catalogue of Life >>

• Census of Marine Life >>

• OBIS >>

• FishBase >>

• Niche modelling

Players and Tools

• Arthur Chapman et al. and ERIN >>• Dave Vieglais et al. and DiGIR >>• Ed Wiley et al. and GARP >>• Jim Beach et al. and LifeMapper >>• Ricardo Scachetti and DesktopGARP >>• David Stockwell and WhyWhere >>• Bod Buddemeier and LoiczView >>• Jeremy Bartley and KGS Mapper >>• Tony Rees and C-Squares >> >>

What are the Problems?

Point data: Species, locality, date, source

• Species issues: identification, synonyms, life stage

• Locality issues: errors, no coordinates, too broad descriptors, depth missing

• Date issues: missing, or year only, time wanted

• Source issues: credit, reliabilty indicator• People!

Thank You

Discussion?