TY - JOUR
T1 - A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation
AU - Sequeira, Ana M.M.
AU - O’Toole, Malcolm
AU - Keates, Theresa R.
AU - McDonnell, Laura H.
AU - Braun, Camrin D.
AU - Hoenner, Xavier
AU - Jaine, Fabrice R.A.
AU - Jonsen, Ian D.
AU - Newman, Peggy
AU - Pye, Jonathan
AU - Bograd, Steven J.
AU - Hays, Graeme C.
AU - Hazen, Elliott L
AU - Holland, Melinda
AU - Tsontos, Vardis
AU - Blight, Clint
AU - Cagnacci, Francesca
AU - Davidson, Sarah C.
AU - Dettki, Holger
AU - Duarte, Carlos M.
AU - Dunn, Daniel C.
AU - Eguíluz, V. M.
AU - Fedak, Michael
AU - Gleiss, Adrian C.
AU - Hammerschlag, Neil
AU - Hindell, Mark A.
AU - Holland, Kim
AU - Janekovic, Ivica
AU - McKinzie, Megan K.
AU - Muelbert, Mônica M.C.
AU - Pattiaratchi, Chari
AU - Rutz, Christian
AU - Sims, David W.
AU - Simmons, Samantha E.
AU - Townsend, Brendal
AU - Whoriskey, Frederick
AU - Woodward, Bill
AU - Costa, Daniel P.
AU - Heupel, Michelle R.
AU - Sequeira, Ana M. M.
AU - Harcourt, R.
AU - Weise, Michael
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-03-23
PY - 2021/3/15
Y1 - 2021/3/15
N2 - Bio-logging data obtained by tagging animals is key to addressing global conservation challenges. However, the many thousands of existing bio-logging datasets are not easily discoverable, universally comparable, nor readily accessible through existing repositories and across platforms. This slows down ecological research and effective management. A set of universal standards is needed to ensure discoverability, interoperability, and effective translation of bio-logging data into research and management recommendations.
We propose a standardisation framework adhering to existing data principles (FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable; and TRUST: Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability and Technology) and involving the use of simple templates to create a data flow from manufacturers and researchers to compliant repositories, where automated procedures should be in place to prepare data availability into four standardised levels: (i) decoded raw data, (ii) curated data, (iii) interpolated data, and (iv) gridded data. Our framework allows for integration of simple tabular arrays (e.g., csv files) and creation of sharable and interoperable network Common Data Form (netCDF) files containing all the needed information for accuracy-of-use, rightful attribution (ensuring data providers keep ownership through the entire process), and data preservation security.
We show the standardisation benefits for all stakeholders involved, and illustrate the application of our framework by focusing on marine animals and by providing examples of the workflow across all data levels, providing data examples, including filled templates and code to process data between levels, as well as templates to prepare netCDF files ready for sharing.
Adoption of our framework will facilitate collection of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and inter-governmental assessments (e.g., the World Ocean Assessment), and will provide a starting point for broader efforts to establish interoperable bio-logging data formats across all fields in animal ecology.
AB - Bio-logging data obtained by tagging animals is key to addressing global conservation challenges. However, the many thousands of existing bio-logging datasets are not easily discoverable, universally comparable, nor readily accessible through existing repositories and across platforms. This slows down ecological research and effective management. A set of universal standards is needed to ensure discoverability, interoperability, and effective translation of bio-logging data into research and management recommendations.
We propose a standardisation framework adhering to existing data principles (FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable; and TRUST: Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability and Technology) and involving the use of simple templates to create a data flow from manufacturers and researchers to compliant repositories, where automated procedures should be in place to prepare data availability into four standardised levels: (i) decoded raw data, (ii) curated data, (iii) interpolated data, and (iv) gridded data. Our framework allows for integration of simple tabular arrays (e.g., csv files) and creation of sharable and interoperable network Common Data Form (netCDF) files containing all the needed information for accuracy-of-use, rightful attribution (ensuring data providers keep ownership through the entire process), and data preservation security.
We show the standardisation benefits for all stakeholders involved, and illustrate the application of our framework by focusing on marine animals and by providing examples of the workflow across all data levels, providing data examples, including filled templates and code to process data between levels, as well as templates to prepare netCDF files ready for sharing.
Adoption of our framework will facilitate collection of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and inter-governmental assessments (e.g., the World Ocean Assessment), and will provide a starting point for broader efforts to establish interoperable bio-logging data formats across all fields in animal ecology.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/668201
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13593
U2 - 10.1111/2041-210x.13593
DO - 10.1111/2041-210x.13593
M3 - Article
SN - 2041-210X
JO - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
ER -
