AquaMaps

Rainer Froese

GBIF-Copenhagen 30 January 2008

Three Tables Only

• HSPEN– Species environmental tolerance envelopes

• HCAF– Half-degree cell authority file– Temp., PP, depth, salinity, … EEZ, LME, …

• HSPEC– SpeciesCode, CellCode, Probability, Remark

Why Not GARP?

• Yes, AquaMaps are computer-generated, but

• Points alone are insufficient:– Known range, depth range, pelagic/benthic

• Transparency, reproducibility• Editing by experts• Formal comparison (submitted) shows

AquaMaps to be as good or better than other algorithms in reproducing known ranges

10,000 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)

• Several thousand invertebrates

• Important invasive species

Highlights 2008

• Points, suitable habitat and native range on mouse-over

• Environmental envelopes for 10,000 species

• Biodiversity maps (species richness, phylogeny, traits, importance, habitats, …)

• Prediction of invasive species• MPA planning• Transects

To Do

• Publish high impact paper on highlights

• Firmly integrate climate change (mouse-over)

• Partner with biodiversity initiatives, projects & proposals (‘Bio-mapping WP’)

• Map freshwater and terrestrial species

Usage by Others

• For selected species, code for thumbnails and link to full maps can be included in other web pages (download code from AquaMaps page)

• For ‘heavy users’ lists of available maps will be provided on request

No Vaporware: Species Maps www.aquamaps.org

• Whale shark (cosmopolitan)

• Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)

• Porbeagle (Lamna nasus, anti-tropical)

• Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon, Florida)

• Lion fish (Pterois volitans, Florida)

• Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)

No Vaporware: Thematic Mapswww.aquamaps.org

• What lives in my Bay?

• What species may invade my coast?

• Where shall I put an MPA?

• No sharks in Antarctica

• Deep-water biodiversity: Cold Spots

• Checklists by Ecosystem and Country

No Vaporware: Toolswww.aquamaps.org

• Known invasive species

• Invertebrates

• Freshwater maps

• Transects

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Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific

No Vaporware: Web Serviceswww.aquamaps.org

• How to include AquaMaps in your own web site

Scope for Partnership

• All AquaMaps are available to GBIF

• Homework: – Have more good species with more than 10

good points– Show depth ranges (adopt from OBIS

schema)

• Support mass-production of marine AquaMaps

Scope for Partnership

• Assist GBIF Sweden to lead the effort for mass-production of AquaMaps for freshwater & terrestrial species