Presentation given at the Dry Valleys workshop, in the framework of the 2012 SCAR Open Science Conference. @biodiversityaq

1. ANTABIF: DryValleys, 2012
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility
Sunday 15 July 12

2. Our vision:
Antarctic biodiversity data are
open, linked, useful, interoperable and safe.
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3. What’s ANTABIF?
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

4. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

5. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

6. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF projects
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

7. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF projects
• Science, conservation and management
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

8. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF projects
• Science, conservation and management
• Networked community developments
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

9. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF projects
• Science, conservation and management
• Networked community developments
• Scientific impact: Citations : 423,
Publications: 58, H-Index: 11
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

10. What’s ANTABIF?
• Born as Census of Antarctic Marine Life
as the data, visualization and analysis
component
• Free and open access to biodiversity data:
taxonomy and biogeography
• SCAR-MarBIN => ANTABIF projects
• Science, conservation and management
• Networked community developments
• Scientific impact: Citations : 423,
Publications: 58, H-Index: 11
David B, Danis B, Griffiths HJ
Sunday 15 July 12

11. Progress: Taxonomy
17,098 taxa
The first dynamic Register of Antarctic Marine Species
Taxonomic backbone
Board of 64 editors
Feeds World Register of Marine Species, Catalogue of Life and
Encyclopedia of Life
Sunday 15 July 12

12. Progress: Taxonomy
17,098 taxa
The first dynamic Register of Antarctic Marine Species
Taxonomic backbone
Board of 64 editors
Feeds World Register of Marine Species, Catalogue of Life and
Encyclopedia of Life
Sunday 15 July 12

13. Progress:
Biogeography
• Single access to 900 datasets
• 2.5 million records
• Data back to 1900 (Pygoscelis
adeliae)
• Spatial data on over 5000 taxa
• Downloadable
• Interoperable
• Free and open
Sunday 15 July 12

14. Progress:
Biogeography
• Single access to 900 datasets
• 2.5 million records
• Data back to 1900 (Pygoscelis
adeliae)
• Spatial data on over 5000 taxa
• Downloadable
• Interoperable
• Free and open
Sunday 15 July 12

15. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
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16. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
Sunday 15 July 12

17. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
• data.biodiversity.aq
Sunday 15 July 12

18. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
• data.biodiversity.aq
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
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19. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
• data.biodiversity.aq
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
• afg.biodiversity.aq
Sunday 15 July 12

20. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
• data.biodiversity.aq
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
Sunday 15 July 12

21. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
• www.biodiversity.aq
• data.biodiversity.aq
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
• mars.biodiversity.aq
Sunday 15 July 12

22. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
Promote)the)communit
• www.biodiversity.aq MODULAR development)of)N
ARCHITECTURE
• data.biodiversity.aq • GBIF)promotes)training)and)us
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
• mars.biodiversity.aq
ANTABIF
Sunday 15 July 12

23. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
Nodes)Investment)in)new)func@onality)
Promote)the)communit
• • www.biodiversity.aq MODULAR development)of)N
Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)modules)
ARCHITECTURE
• data.biodiversity.aq • GBIF)promotes)training)and)us
Data discovery
A)module)we)all)need)
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
A)module)I)need)
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
• mars.biodiversity.aq
ANTABIF
Sunday 15 July 12

24. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
Nodes)Investment)in)new)func@onality)
Promote)the)communit
Nodes)Investment)in)new)func@ona
• • www.biodiversity.aq MODULAR development)of)N
Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)modules)
ARCHITECTURE
• Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)mod
• GBIF)promotes)training)and)us
• data.biodiversity.aq Data discovery
A)module)we)all)need)
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
A)module)I)need)
Data visualization
A)module)we)all)need)
A)module)I)need)
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
• mars.biodiversity.aq
ANTABIF
Sunday 15 July 12

25. progress: ANTABIF Architecture
Nodes)Investment)in)new)func@onality)
NPT)can)be)extended)by)crea@ng)an
Promote)the)communit
Nodes)Investment)in)new)func@ona
• • www.biodiversity.aq installing)Modules)
MODULAR development)of)N
Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)modules)
ARCHITECTURE
• Nodes)extend)the)plaGorm)with)new)mod
• GBIF)promotes)training)and)us
• data.biodiversity.aq Data discovery
Data products
A)module)we)all)need)
• ipt.biodiversity.aq
A)module)I)need)
Data visualization
A)module)we)all)need)
A)module)I)need)
• afg.biodiversity.aq
• atlas.biodiversity.aq
• mars.biodiversity.aq
ANTABIF
Sunday 15 July 12

26. data.biodiversity.aq
• data discovery interface
• visualize occurrence data on map
• view taxonomic data
• download data
• view metrics
• send feedback
• access technical documentation
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27. Data flow
(user’s point of view)
Your data DwC-A IPT ANTABIF
standardize upload publish
publish
Data Paper
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36. ipt.biodiversity.aq
• Integrated Publishing Toolkit
• standardize and clean your data
• manage primary biodiversity data
• manage associated metadata
• choose collaborators
• generate and submit a Data Paper
• push data and metadata to Information Systems
Sunday 15 July 12

37. ipt.biodiversity.aq
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38. ipt. biodiversity.aq
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39. ipt. biodiversity.aq
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40. ipt. biodiversity.aq
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41. ipt. biodiversity.aq
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42. Reward data publishing
Metadata document Data Paper
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43. Proof of concept
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44. Proof of concept
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45. Proof of concept
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46. Proof of concept
ZooKeys 185: 73–78 (2012)
Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata: asteroidea) from the ANDEEP3 expedition
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.185.3078 DAtA PAPEr
A peer-reviewed open-access journal
73
www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research
Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from
the ANDEEP3 expedition
Bruno Danis1, Michel Jangoux2, Jennifer Wilmes2
1 ANTABIF, 29, rue Vautier, 1000, Brussels, Belgium 2 Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av FD Roosevelt,
1050, Brussels, Belgium
Corresponding author: Bruno Danis (bruno.danis@gmail.com)
Academic editor: Vishwas Chavan | Received 13 March 2012 | Accepted 18 April 2012 | Published 23 April 2012
Citation: Danis B, Jangoux M, Wilmes J (2012) Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata: asteroidea) from the ANDEEP3
expedition. ZooKeys 185: 73–78. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.185.3078
Abstract
This dataset includes information on sea stars collected during the ANDEEP3 expedition, which took
place in 2005. The expedition focused on deep-sea stations in the Powell Basin and Weddell Sea.
Sea stars were collected using an Agassiz trawl (3m, mesh-size 500µm), deployed in 16 stations
during the ANTXXII/3 (ANDEEP3, PS72) expedition of the RV Polarstern. Sampling depth ranged
from 1047 to 4931m. Trawling distance ranged from 731 to 3841m. The sampling area ranges from
-41°S to -71°S (latitude) and from 0 to -65°W (longitude). A complete list of stations is available from
the PANGAEA data system (http://www.pangaea.de/PHP/CruiseReports.php?b=Polarstern), including a
cruise report (http://epic-reports.awi.de/3694/1/PE_72.pdf ).
The dataset includes 50 records, with individual counts ranging from 1-10, reaching a total of 132
specimens.
The andeep3-Asteroidea is a unique dataset as it covers an under-explored region of the Southern
Ocean, and that very little information was available regarding Antarctic deep-sea starfish. Before this
study, most of the information available focused on starfish from shallower depths than 1000m. This
dataset allowed to make unique observations, such as the fact that some species were only present at
very high depths (Hymenaster crucifer, Hymenaster pellucidus, Hymenaster praecoquis, Psilaster charcoti,
Freyella attenuata, Freyastera tuberculata, Styrachaster chuni and Vemaster sudatlanticus were all found below
-3770m), while others displayed remarkable eurybathy, with very high depths amplitudes (Bathybiaster
loripes (4842m), Lysasterias adeliae (4832m), Lophaster stellans (4752m), Cheiraster planeta (4708m), Er-
emicaster crassus (4626m), Lophaster gaini (4560m) and Ctenodiscus australis (4489m)).
Even if the number of records is relatively small, the data bring many new insights on the taxonomic,
bathymetric and geographic distributions of Southern starfish, covering a very large sampling zone. The
dataset also brings to light six species, newly reported in the Southern Ocean.
The quality of the data was controlled very thoroughly, by means of on-board Polarstern GPS sys-
tems, checking of identification by a renowned specialist (Prof. Michel Jangoux, Université Libre de Brux-
Copyright Bruno Danis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-
BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Sunday 15 July 12

47. Proof of concept ZooKeys 185: 73–78 (2012)
Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata: asteroidea) from the ANDEEP3 expedition
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.185.3078 DAtA PAPEr
A peer-reviewed open-access journal
73
www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research
Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from
the ANDEEP3 expedition
Impact Factor: 0.514 Bruno Danis1, Michel Jangoux2, Jennifer Wilmes2
1 ANTABIF, 29, rue Vautier, 1000, Brussels, Belgium 2 Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, av FD Roosevelt,
1050, Brussels, Belgium
Corresponding author: Bruno Danis (bruno.danis@gmail.com)
Academic editor: Vishwas Chavan | Received 13 March 2012 | Accepted 18 April 2012 | Published 23 April 2012
Citation: Danis B, Jangoux M, Wilmes J (2012) Antarctic Starfish (Echinodermata: asteroidea) from the ANDEEP3
expedition. ZooKeys 185: 73–78. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.185.3078
Abstract
This dataset includes information on sea stars collected during the ANDEEP3 expedition, which took
place in 2005. The expedition focused on deep-sea stations in the Powell Basin and Weddell Sea.
Sea stars were collected using an Agassiz trawl (3m, mesh-size 500µm), deployed in 16 stations
during the ANTXXII/3 (ANDEEP3, PS72) expedition of the RV Polarstern. Sampling depth ranged
from 1047 to 4931m. Trawling distance ranged from 731 to 3841m. The sampling area ranges from
-41°S to -71°S (latitude) and from 0 to -65°W (longitude). A complete list of stations is available from
the PANGAEA data system (http://www.pangaea.de/PHP/CruiseReports.php?b=Polarstern), including a
cruise report (http://epic-reports.awi.de/3694/1/PE_72.pdf ).
The dataset includes 50 records, with individual counts ranging from 1-10, reaching a total of 132
specimens.
The andeep3-Asteroidea is a unique dataset as it covers an under-explored region of the Southern
Ocean, and that very little information was available regarding Antarctic deep-sea starfish. Before this
study, most of the information available focused on starfish from shallower depths than 1000m. This
dataset allowed to make unique observations, such as the fact that some species were only present at
very high depths (Hymenaster crucifer, Hymenaster pellucidus, Hymenaster praecoquis, Psilaster charcoti,
Freyella attenuata, Freyastera tuberculata, Styrachaster chuni and Vemaster sudatlanticus were all found below
-3770m), while others displayed remarkable eurybathy, with very high depths amplitudes (Bathybiaster
loripes (4842m), Lysasterias adeliae (4832m), Lophaster stellans (4752m), Cheiraster planeta (4708m), Er-
emicaster crassus (4626m), Lophaster gaini (4560m) and Ctenodiscus australis (4489m)).
Even if the number of records is relatively small, the data bring many new insights on the taxonomic,
bathymetric and geographic distributions of Southern starfish, covering a very large sampling zone. The
dataset also brings to light six species, newly reported in the Southern Ocean.
The quality of the data was controlled very thoroughly, by means of on-board Polarstern GPS sys-
tems, checking of identification by a renowned specialist (Prof. Michel Jangoux, Université Libre de Brux-
Copyright Bruno Danis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-
BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Sunday 15 July 12

48. afg. biodiversity.aq
• Identification aid
• High quality (useful) pictures
• Expert Descriptions
• Built on-the-fly from various sources
• Generates a pdf for taxa/area of interest
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49. afg. biodiversity.aq
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50. afg. biodiversity.aq
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51. afg. biodiversity.aq
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52. atlas.biodiversity.aq
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53. atlas.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
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54. atlas.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
• Redo of Hedgepeth 1969 Folio
Sunday 15 July 12

55. atlas.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
• Redo of Hedgepeth 1969 Folio
• Predictive approach
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56. atlas.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
• Redo of Hedgepeth 1969 Folio
• Predictive approach
• Static and dynamic versions
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57. atlas.biodiversity.aq
• Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
• Redo of Hedgepeth 1969 Folio
• Predictive approach
• Static and dynamic versions
• Modelization loops are ready
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58. Slope
94 Interpolated data layers Bathymetry
Chlorophyll
Distance to the continent
Distance to bird colonies
Distance to ice
Distance to shelf
Distance to canyon
Floor temperature
...
+
ANTABIF Occurrence
records
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59. Slope
94 Interpolated data layers Bathymetry
Chlorophyll
Distance to the continent
Distance to bird colonies
Distance to ice
Distance to shelf
Distance to canyon
Floor temperature
...
+
ANTABIF Occurrence
records
Sunday 15 July 12

60. Slope
94 Interpolated data layers Bathymetry
Chlorophyll
Distance to the continent
Distance to bird colonies
Distance to ice
Distance to shelf
Distance to canyon
Floor temperature
...
+
ANTABIF Occurrence
records
Sunday 15 July 12

61. R-functions GUI for BRT
and GDM
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62. R-functions GUI for BRT
and GDM
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63. mARS.biodiversity.aq
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64. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Microbial Antarctic Resource System
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65. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Microbial Antarctic Resource System
• The organisms are small… but their environmental
impacts are critical to many Antarctic ecosystems
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66. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Microbial Antarctic Resource System
• The organisms are small… but their environmental
impacts are critical to many Antarctic ecosystems
• They are the dominant and most diverse form of life in the
oceans and in the various microbial habitats on the
continent
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67. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Microbial Antarctic Resource System
• The organisms are small… but their environmental
impacts are critical to many Antarctic ecosystems
• They are the dominant and most diverse form of life in the
oceans and in the various microbial habitats on the
continent
• Access to their diversity is becoming cost-effective and
increasing exponentially
Sunday 15 July 12

68. mars.biodiversity.aq
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69. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
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70. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
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71. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
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72. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
Step 1: microbial sequence and habitat metadata
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73. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
Step 1: microbial sequence and habitat metadata
Step 2: sequence data
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74. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
Step 1: microbial sequence and habitat metadata
Step 2: sequence data
Step 3: batch sequence data processing
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75. mars.biodiversity.aq
• Integrate Antarctic microbial DNA sequence data in ANTABIF
• Phased approach:
Step 0: data description and discovery
Step 1: microbial sequence and habitat metadata
Step 2: sequence data
Step 3: batch sequence data processing
Step 4: customized sequence data processing
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76. mARS.biodiversity.aq
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77. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Potential applications:
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78. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Potential applications:
Is there a biogeography of Antarctic microbes?
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79. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Potential applications:
Is there a biogeography of Antarctic microbes?
Document Antarctic bioprospecting activities
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80. mARS.biodiversity.aq
• Potential applications:
Is there a biogeography of Antarctic microbes?
Document Antarctic bioprospecting activities
Assess bioindicating value of microbial diversity as
early warning system of ecosystems shifts
Sunday 15 July 12

81. In the pipeline
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82. in the pipeline
• Interactive Identification keys
• Spatially explicit gazetteer
• Genomics/Proteomics (mARS paving the
way)
• Expeditions DBs
• more...
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83. Thanks and questions?
@biodiversityaq
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NY
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