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Title: AquaMaps Mapping Marine Biodiversity


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AquaMapsMapping Marine Biodiversity
  • Rainer Froese
  • IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
  • Stockholm Biodiversity Informatics Symposium
  • 3 September 2008

2
What are AquaMaps
  • Computer-generated distribution maps
  • Based on environmental preferences of species and
    known occurrences
  • For eventually all species on Earth

3
Who Does AquaMaps
  • Under the umbrella of the FishBase Consortium
  • With data from FishBase, SeaLifeBase, GBIF and
    OBIS
  • With support from Pew Charitable Trusts, European
    Commission, USGS, GBIF

4
Who Does AquaMaps
  • Rainer Froese, IFM-GEOMAR, Coordinator
  • Kristin Kaschner, UBC, model development
  • Sven Kullander, NRM, extension to freshwater
  • Jonathan Ready, formerly NRM, implementation
  • Tony Rees, CSIRO, mapping tools
  • Paul Eastwood, CEFAS, valuation
  • Eli Agbayani, WFC, web programming
  • Josephine Rius Barile, WFC, database programming
  • Kathleen Reyes, WFC, map checking

5
9,000 Species in 2008
  • Half of all marine fishes (7,000)
  • All marine mammals
  • All marine reptiles (turtles, snakes)
  • Many seabirds (those that are predicted by the
    properties of the water)
  • Over 1,000 invertebrates
  • Important invasive species

6
Examples from AquaMapsGlobal Species
Richnesswww.aquamaps.org
7
Examples from AquaMapsNo Sharks in Antarctica
8
Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
9
Examples from AquaMapsWhale shark (cosmopolitan)
10
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish
(continental shelves)
11
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish
(preliminary 2050)
12
Tools Equatorial Species Richness Transect
across the Indo-Pacific
13
Tools Where to Place an MPA
14
Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
15
Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
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Other Tools from AquaMaps
  • What lives in my Bay?
  • What species may invade my coast?
  • Where shall I put an MPA?
  • Deep-water biodiversity Cold Spots
  • Checklists by Ecosystem and Country

17
Live Demo!
  • Thumbnail AquaMaps in Species Summary page
  • Interactive Layers in expanded map
  • Online Search Page

18
No VaporWare
  • www.aquamaps.org
  • www.fishbase.org
  • www.sealifebase.org
  • www.speciesbase.mobi
  • Thank You
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