Linaria: an information system to implement GLOCHAMORE project and

promote conversion of information into knowledge in Sierra Nevada

Biosphere Reserve
BONET GARCÍA, F. J.; PÉREZ-LUQUE, A.J., PÉREZ-PÉREZ, R.
Laboratorio de ecología. Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente. University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía. fjbonet@ugr.es

Sierra Nevada Global Changeg Observatoryy is a longg term monitoringgpprogram

g whose main aims are to
assess the effects of global change in this LTER site. The basic objective is to ensure the collection of
necessary information to identify as early as possible the impacts of global change, and design
management actions that minimize them. The data generated by this set of methodologies must be
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transformed into useful knowledge for adaptive management of natural resources. The key issues are the Wiki
manager
integration and analysis of monitoring data by an information management system, and the transfer of
current scientific knowledge to societyy and the natural resource managers through effective
dissemination. that are managed
using tools from
web 2.0
Sierra Nevada is an isolated high mountain (reaching 3482 m. a. s. l.)
located in Southern Spain. It’s considered the most important
biodiversity hotspot in the Western Mediterranean region. Some Reports,
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descriptive information:
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- 2100 vascular plant (25 % and 20 % of Spain and Europe systematic
flora) analyses,
- 80 vegetal endemic species that create
SPAIN - 2000 km2 Pressure,
-Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO) response
- Natural and National Park and state
Sierra Nevada -61 municipalities indicators
that is converted that
- 90.000 inhabitants creates
into useful
knowledge A scientific
through two workflow Wisdom
different routes management
system
Queryable Systematic
information analyses
run through
that are stored
in relational
databases, that is properly
Knowledge
obtainingg documented using
Raw two international
data metadata
standards
in each of these
spatial entities
Ecological
monitoring methods Inspire
p
are applied to obtain
metadata
language
directive
(ISO 19115)
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Information
ti > Information is analyzed and converted in useful
(EML) knowledge by means of different techniques (niche
modeling, spatial analysis, regression, etc.). These
algorithms are calculated using a workflow
management software whose nucleus is called
Kepler (https://kepler-project.org/)
Municipality

> This useful knowledge is expressed as a set of

indicators. We have followed the state-pressure-
MODIS pixel
Data > Raw data are stored in relational databases that are
managed by PostgreSQL. The use of this databases
response paradigm in the design of this indicator
system. Results are shown in a web portal where
Juniper
cuadrat allows us to stablish spatial and alphanumerical managers and scientist can browse the indicators and
relationships between the different data packages. download raw data.
Meteo Standarized Query Language (SQL) significantly
station
improves the way information is accessed.
We are using mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones,
etc.) to facilitate the upload of raw data to those
normalized databases.
Real world
> Metadata are data about data. Using metadata, we are
able to document the raw data by means of labeling.
Metadata allows to answer some important questions
about data: who created them?, How are arranged?,
When were collected?, etc.
This is the URL that we use to harvest the metadata in
Dispersant
birds
EML format:
Air pollution
Snow cover
Volume of monitoring
Wild boar Diatomea
Phytoplancton Plecoptera
l
Land use change
Juniper
i
http://apps.iecolab.es/linaria/panel/harvestlist?adm
flow Lepidoptera
Amphibia Reptiles Forest pests communities
inistracion=ceamaneros

Plant phenology
Humid
Carbon flux Physical-chemical GLORIA Trout Ecological
Forest Spanish grasslands Publication date Maintaining the useful
water condition state of
regeneration ibex
Meteo information streams information if we use
Time Specific details databases
Information conttained in

series
length
Protocol complexity General details
Retirement or change in
ecological data

50 years researcher’s career

> We have created a monitoring program with more than 30 protocols whose
methodology have been validated scientifically and collect information for more
Researcher’s death

Loss of useful information in

than 100 environmental variables that are surrogates of ecosystem functions. the case of not using
database or metadata
This figure shows the monitoring protocols. The size shows the length of the
temporal series, the colour shows the thematic field, and the position in the x (Mitchener et al. 1997)
Time

axis
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the methodology
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