Changes in the biodiversity of the Oder River are documented in a data portal and made transparent to the public. © Sonja Jaehnig/IGB
In order to understand the dynamics of biodiversity and its underlying factors, data on e. g. the distribution of species is crucial. Especially after an environmental disaster like the one in the Oder in the summer of 2022, it is particularly important not only to collect such data, but also to make it available to the scientific community as well as the public, official stakeholders and politicians in a systematic and timely manner. Subproject 2 "Data Portal" aims to technically update the existing Freshwater Information Platform (FIP) biodiversity data portal and use it to publish all biological data collected in ODER~SO in compliance with the FAIR data principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable).
The subproject comprises two main steps: First, it includes the conversion of the FIP data portal to the open source Freshwater Biodiversity Information Management System (BIMS). Secondly, the species lists of the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA), which are considered the current standard, will be integrated into the BIMS as a taxonomic framework. These species lists are currently being updated in the infraFADA project.
The planned expanded "Data Portal 2.0" is able to combine georeferenced point datasets of biological data with a variety of other thematic map layers (e.g. environmental data). By combining and providing data from previous studies and new data from the special study programme on one platform, the data portal helps to document the changes in Oder biodiversity and make them transparent to the public. With the help of the platform, the efficient analysis of spatio-temporal patterns, precise investigations of time series and trends as well as appealing visualisations of biological and environmental data should become possible.
