The Indian River Lagoon Observatory s Connecting Users to IRL Data Initiative. M. Dennis Hanisak IRLNEP, July 8, 2016

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1 The Indian River Lagoon Observatory s Connecting Users to IRL Data Initiative M. Dennis Hanisak IRLNEP, July 8, 2016

2 Overview Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO) Connecting Users to IRL Data Initiative o On-line Survey o Workshop o Consensus Recommendations Looking Ahead

3 The Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO) Goal: to acquire and disseminate data and knowledge on components of the IRL critical to its ecological function and its sustainable management

4 Key Elements of IRLO Long-term, multi-disciplinary, ecosystembased approach Collaboration among organizations A network of advanced observing stations

5 National Workshop: Our Global Estuary Purpose: how knowledge produced in the study and caretaking of individual estuaries could be collected and made available to support efforts in other estuaries and for all estuaries worldwide Improving and sharing knowledge are keys to better caretaking Transfer lessons learned in wellstudied systems to estuaries where less is known Develop a network of observation and prediction systems ourglobalestuary.com

6 Regional Workshop: Connecting Users to IRL Data Purpose: Determine how critical IRL scientific data are collected, translated, and shared with users and how to improve those processes for better management, conservation, and scientific advancement of the IRL Diverse steering committee Prior to the workshop a regional online survey was conducted to help define questions related to how we collect, use, translate, and share data for the Indian River Lagoon

7 Connecting Users to IRL Data Steering Committee Dennis Hanisak (Co-Chair), FAU Harbor Branch Amy Adams (Co-Chair), Cape Canaveral Scientific, Inc. Megan Davis (Special Advisor), FAU Harbor Branch Duane De Freese, IRL Council & IRLNEP Grace Johns, Hazen & Sawyer Kathleen O Keife, FWRI Mitchell Roffer, Roffer s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. Vembu Subramanian, SECOORA Gary Zarillo, FIT

8 Connecting Users to IRL Data Survey Questions 1-7 asked the identity of person and organization taking the survey: Data collector? Data steward? Questions 8-12 asked about data specifics: What types? Where? How often? IRL metadata to share? Any limitations to sharing data? Questions asked about data use: What types? How often? Gaps in IRL data?

9 Connecting Users to IRL Data Survey Water quality, physical oceanography and meteorological data are the mostcollected data categories. The most common data collection intervals are weekly and monthly. The most readily available data categories are GIS, water quality, seagrass, biological and meteorological. Archival data is the type of data most frequently provided by collectors to users. The most frequently provided data by collectors to users are water quality; the least frequently shared are biological and physical oceanography. About 70% of organizations collecting data in the IRL do not have a designated data steward to serve as the single point of contact for obtaining data from that organization. Professions that most use or access the data: Environmental managers, university educators, environmental consultants, military, oceanographers, engineers, recreational boaters, recreational fishermen and informal educators

10 Connecting Users to IRL Data Workshop December 7-8, 2015 Three panels: o Data Collection in the IRL o IRL Data What Do End Users Want? o The Benefits Of Sharing Data A New Approach Each panel addressed a series of questions Report included outcomes and recommendations

11 IRL Map & Data Suppliers

12 IRL Map & Data Suppliers Biological Habitat Physical Meteorological Water Quality Extreme Events Human Use Geological Brevard County City of Palm Bay City of Sebastian FAU Harbor Branch Florida Department of Health Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Institute of Technology Indian River County NASA Kennedy Space Center Ocean Research & Conservation Association Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts, Inc. Smithsonian Marine Station St. Johns River Water Management District United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey University of Central Florida Volusia County Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association

13 IRL Map & Data Suppliers Biological Habitat Physical Meteorological Water Quality Extreme Events Human Use Geological FAU Harbor Branch Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Department of Health Florida Oceanographic Society Martin County Ocean Research & Conservation Association Smithsonian Marine Station South Florida Water Management District

14 Consensus Points Work collaboratively to obtain the funding needed to maintain long-term data collection programs to meet scientific demands You need to have a message to share with policy makers. It needs to be our story. It needs to be compelling. Finally, it needs to have real scientific data behind it from the Palm Beach County line to the north Volusia County line in order to gain the money out of the Legislature. Money is what our restoration needs. Doug Daniels, Councilman, Volusia County Council The IRL needs a substantial, stable, recurring source of funding to support the long-term monitoring needed to properly manage the Lagoon.

15 Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatories (LOBOs) Establishing a network of advanced observing stations

16 LOBO Overview Launch a LOBO estuarine observation and prediction network in the IRL that will provide real-time, high-accuracy and high-resolution water quality data through a dedicated interactive website High-resolution measurements for: Temperature Salinity Depth Current speed and direction Dissolved oxygen Turbidity Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (water color) Chlorophyll a Nitrate Phosphate

17 WET Labs Cycle-PO 4 Satlantic SUNA (behind WQMX) WET Labs WQMX STOR- X

18 Satlantic SUNA Nortek Aquadopp WETlabs Cycle-PO 4 WETlabs WQMX

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20 Data Access Continuous real-time, highaccuracy and highresolution observatory data available to all through a dedicated interactive website to better quantify and model relationships between environmental factors and biological processes in the IRL

21 IRLO Network Sites Online IRL-LP 5/1/2013 IRL-FP 11/12/2014 IRL-VB 12/16/2014 IRL-SB 1/5/2015

22 IRLO Network Sites Online SLE-NF 7/14/2015 IRL-SLE 7/16/2015 IRL-JB 7/18/2015 SLE-SF 7/23/2015 SLE-ME 9/10/2015 SLE-SF2 4/28/2016

23 IRLO Southern Network Salinity

24 SLE Cyanobacteria Blooms NASA: July 2, 2016 June 29, 2016

25 IRLO Southern Network Salinity (Past Month) 5 ppt

26 IRLO Southern Network Temperature (Past Month) 25 C

27 IRLO Southern Network Turbidity (Past Month) Elevated turbidity from Lake O. discharges

28 IRLO Southern Network Phosphate

29 IRLO South Fork Phosphate Higher phosphate at high tide, not low tide

30 IRLO North Fork Phosphate Higher phosphate at low tide

31 Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatories (LOBOs) Establishing a network of advanced observing stations Stay Tuned!

32 Consensus Points Use scientific data to identify pollution source locations in the IRL watershed and stop the flow of pollution into the Lagoon This workshop is an opportunity to get the data organized and accessible, and to make a difference in the Lagoon s story. Yes, there will always be debate and discourse out there about the science, but it s important to recognize discourse is part of the process. Most important for our Lagoon, we need to agree on several actions necessary to restore it. These will not be all the actions, but they will be the start. They will help us form our message that we can push through to the policy makers to inform them about what needs to be done to restore our Lagoon. Clay Henderson, Director, Stetson Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience

33 Consensus Points Identify and maintain an inventory of historic and ongoing IRL data sets Increase efforts to archive IRL data sets and make them accessible to users

34 Consensus Points Organize and maintain a centralized listing of available IRL data sets and information on how to access them We need to agree that the solutions to the IRL need to be diverse, because the problems are diverse. Some politicians look at the IRL as one single place in need of one solution. The solutions are more diverse than that, and we need to recognize that we all need to work together to share the information to get to the solutions to the issues that we re facing. Mitchell Roffer, Ph.D. President, Roffer s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.

35 Consensus Points Develop observation and prediction systems as tools that can be used by a variety of user groups Identify threshold levels for critical environmental IRL data parameters and develop a way to automatically trigger flags when a threshold is exceeded

36 Consensus Points Process and translate the science data to inform and engage the community We need both the written narrative and the visual of the translated data to have context and full understanding to be effective in pushing our message. We need to know when we see a posted aerial of a long, black slick flowing out St. Lucie Inlet that this discharge moved down the St. Lucie River to the Lagoon after they opened the locks at Lake Okeechobee. We need the narrative to give us context and tell us what the picture is showing. Eve Samples, Opinion Editor, TC Palm Newspapers

37 Consensus Points 1. Work collaboratively to obtain the funding needed to maintain long-term data collection programs to meet scientific demands 2. Use scientific data to identify pollution source locations in the IRL watershed and stop the flow of pollution into the Lagoon 3. Identify and maintain an inventory of historic and ongoing IRL data sets 4. Increase efforts to archive IRL data sets and make them accessible to users 5. Organize and maintain a centralized listing of available IRL data sets and information on how to access them 6. Develop observation and prediction systems as tools that can be used by a variety of user groups 7. Identify threshold levels for critical environmental IRL data parameters and develop a way to automatically trigger flags when a threshold is exceeded 8. Process and translate the science data to inform and engage the community

38 Next Steps Initiate a listing of IRL data sources and data stewards and post on the IRLO website: Utilize IRLNEP s Science, Technology Engineering and Modeling Advisory Committee (STEM AC) to advance and implement the consensus recommendations and to develop a long-term plan for IRL monitoring and research Work with other estuarine researchers to develop national standards for data acquisition, QA/QC, and management Inform and engage the community: tell more stories that are meaningful! Work with other IRL stakeholders to develop a substantial, stable, recurring source of funding to support the long-term monitoring needed to properly manage the Lagoon

39 Acknowledgements Steering Committee: Amy Adams (Co-Chair), Megan Davis (Special Advisor), Duane De Freese, Grace Johns, Kathleen O Keife, Mitchell Roffer, Vembu Subramanian, Gary Zarillo, Ph.D. Funding: Workshop Keynote Speakers, Panelists All Participants (Survey & Workshop)