L U Q LTER LUQ IM A PRACTICAL

L U Q LTER: LUQ IM A PRACTICAL OVERVIEW ON THE LUQ INFORMATION MANAGEMENT I n f o r m a t i o n M a n a g e m e n t By: Eda C. Melendez Colom LUQ Information Manager

OVERVIEW • • • LTER in a broader context LUQ: its vision, mission and goals Data organization (LUQ Model) Data use Data design (based on the LTER standards) (to archive data)

• “Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race. And today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy. ” Obama’s 2013 State of the Union February 12

LUQUILLO LTER (LUQ) First Proposal: 1988 Long Term Ecological Research in the Luquillo Mountains

LUQUILLO LTER V: 2012

DATA/INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPONENT SINCE ITS BEGINING

HISTORY OF IM Research Information Technology Network Trends

THE LTER WORLD USA World

LUQ IM VISION /MISSION/TASKS VISION LUQ Information Management (LUQ IM) vision of the world is a complex web of information (data and metadata). Each set of information describes one or many components of our planet. As each piece is described independently, other pieces are interlaced into the view of many others. Our mission is to share that information as is generated by the Research of the Luquillo LTER in a timely manner thus helping in the discovery of the relationships among these components.

LTER SITES’ COMPONENTS: SCIENCE & IM • Science Component of LTER: • Studies • Monitors • Experiments • Discovers (Analysis) • Relates Knowledge (Synthesis) • Educates • IM Component of LTER: • Facilitates analysis (Data Management) • Shares information (Data and Metadata) • Educates (Schoolyard and GS) • Foster synthesis

DATA ORGANIZATION LUQ Home Page LUQ IM Page

INFORMATION: DATA + METADATA http: //luq. lternet. edu/data/luqmetadata 14

DATA USE • All data is readily downloadable • LUQ User's Licence, Agreement, and Disclaimer: http: //luq. lternet. edu/IM/Users. Agreement • User may want to contact investigator (Contact information in metadata)

DATA DESIGN • Think long-term use for you data and that you will not be present when data will be downloaded and used!!! • Consult with and LTER Information Manager at the beginning of your Project data design • Start preparing metadata at this stage • Follow your site’s metadata standards for documentation: http: //luq. lternet. edu/IM/rules. Protocolsand. Templatesfor. Data. Filing • Design your data in a Table-like manner (RDBMS)

TWO DATA FILES EXAMPLES Originated by Investigator (Worksheet) C. Pointcaracolla no. Color & No. 37 203 216 215 218 217 193 219 220 198 225 totals recapture 40 252 238 235 260 261 262 263 249 270 273 266 265 Size (mm) 1 27. 2 44. 2 40. 3 46. 9 54. 6 2 Size (mm) N. tridens 3 4 Color & No. 26. 5 110 25. 5 111 23. 6 112 22. 6 113 114 47. 3 31. 5 40. 8 26. 9 1 2 CCRU NTRU RECN SEAS POIN CCCOLORA N 1_M N 2_M N 3_M N 4_M NTCOLORAN N 1_M N 2_M N 3_M N 4_M UM YEARON T NDNO M M CCRECAP 2 CCRECAP 3 CCRECAP 4 NTRECAP 2 NTRECAP 3 NTRECAP 4 DNO M M 3 23. 2 22. 4 24. 5 26. 5 4 25. 3 23. 5 26. 6 28. 9 44. 2 56. 1 51. 9 26. 3 30. 5 29. 3 4 1 3 1 44. 3 29. 2 44. 5 52. 2 52. 5 29. 4 37. 5 47. 4 48 53 53. 8 30. 6 29. 5 38 37 203 27. 2 1 1 0 110 25. 5 2 ### Dry 37 216 44. 2 26. 5 1 0 0 111 23. 6 3 ### Dry 37 215 40. 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 112 22. 6 22. 4 4 ### Dry 37 218 46. 9 1 0 1 0 113 24. 5 5 ### Dry 37 217 54. 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 114 26. 5 6 ### Dry 37 193 31. 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 47. 3 31. 6 23. 2 25. 3 23. 5 26. 6 7 ### Dry 37 219 40. 8 8 ### Dry 37 220 26. 9 9 ### Dry 37 198 54. 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 10 ### Dry 37 225 37. 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 ### Dry 40 252 28. 9 29. 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 274 24. 6 12 ### Dry 40 238 44. 2 44. 5 1 1 0 1 280 24. 9 13 ### Dry 40 235 56. 1 1 0 0 275 23. 7 14 ### Dry 40 260 51. 9 1 1 1 284 25. 7 15 ### Dry 40 261 26. 3 1 0 0 286 24. 6 16 ### Dry 40 262 30. 5 30. 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 287 25. 3 17 ### Dry 40 263 29. 4 29. 5 1 1 0 0 288 25. 6 18 ### Dry 40 249 37. 5 0 1 1 0 279 19 ### Dry 40 270 47. 4 0 1 0 289 25 20 ### Dry 40 273 48 0 1 1 0 290 25. 6 21 ### Dry 40 266 53 0 1 0 291 24. 1 22 ### Dry 40 265 53. 8 54 0 1 1 0 292 24. 6 23 ### Dry 40 264 43. 2 43. 5 0 1 1 0 293 26 24 ### Dry 40 274 56. 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 294 24. 5 25 ### Dry 40 272 29. 5 0 1 1 0 295 24. 3 26 ### Dry 40 268 23. 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 296 25. 3 25. 4 27 ### Dry 40 271 24. 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 297 26. 4 26. 3 28 ### Dry 40 267 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 298 26. 1 25. 9 25. 1 29 ### Dry 40 278 37. 1 0 0 1 299 25. 1 25 30 ### Dry 40 275 26. 9 0 0 1 300 26. 7 24. 6 31 ### Dry 40 276 27. 9 27. 8 32 ### Dry 40 277 22. 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 ### Dry 40 145 34 ### Dry 43 81 31. 1 1 1 0 1 148 27. 2 35 ### Dry 43 82 49. 8 49. 2 1 1 0 1 147 26. 4 36 ### Dry 43 83 20. 2 1 0 0 149 26. 3 37 ### Dry 43 84 32. 2 1 1 0 1 150 24. 1 2 2 52. 3 37. 8 48. 4 54 1 ### Dry 31. 6 54. 4 37. 4 5 Converted to a DBMScompatible format 54. 1 totals recapture 3 274 280 275 284 286 287 288 279 289 290 291 292 24. 6 24. 9 23. 7 25. 7 24. 6 25. 3 25. 6 4 2 1 1 2 2 25 25. 3 24. 5 25 25. 6 24. 1 24. 6 25. 7 25. 5 44. 3 52. 2 27 52. 5 38 52. 3 37. 8 48. 4 29. 6 54. 1 29. 7 20 25 25. 3 25. 7 25. 5 25. 1 24. 5 24. 6 24. 4 264 24. 1 51. 2 32. 2 31. 2 32. 4 31. 2 32. 2 27. 2 26. 3 26. 6 26. 3 26. 2 24. 1

THE END PHOTO FROM THE SONADORA RIVER AT EL YUNQUE (BY TODD CROWL)