Real-time long-distance research and monitoring of coral reef

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1 Real-time long-distance research and monitoring of coral reef Tung-Yung Fan 1, 2, Kwang-Tsao Shao 3, Fang-Pang Lin 4, Hsing-Juh Lin 5, Larry Smarr 6, Peter Arzberger 6, Peter Edmunds 7, James Leichter 8, Ruth Gates 9, Stuart Sandin 8, Jennifer Smith 8, Dimitri Deheyn 8 1 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA), Taiwan 2 Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution, National Dong Hwa University (NDHU), Taiwan 3 Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica (RCBAS), Taiwan 4National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC), Taiwan 5 Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan 6 California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology (Calit2), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA 7 Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), USA 8 Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego, USA 9 Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), University of Hawaii, USA California Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology

2 Coral reef The most productive, beautiful, diverse, and dynamic marine ecosystem The most vulnerable, threatened and globally endangered marine ecosystem Science December 14, 2007 Science May 14, 2007

3 Kenting: Unique coral reef and world-class research facility RCBAS NCHC Taiwan Coral biodiversity map NMMBA Kenting National Park Healthy and diverse coral reef communities NMMBA Nuclear power plant

4 High resistance and resilience of Kenting coral reef Well developed and uplifted fringing coral reef; Downstream of Kuroshio and South China Sea surface currents; Tidally-induced upwelling; High coral diversity; High coral abundance; Corals have protracted and flexible reproductive timing; Coral recruitment is high; Coral recovery is quick; Absence of outbreaks of the corallivorous crown-of-thorn seastar; Few coral diseases; Houbihou marine protection area; A healthy reef at thermal outfall area of a nuclear power plant; Kenting Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research; Sister of Moorea Coral Reef LTER. Mean cover (%) 100 All coral cover WLT LDS TS 80 SJB LK Temperature () 34 Outlet Inlet Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month Year

5 NMMBA: Center of Excellence for Research, Education, Conservation of Coral Reefs Public aquarium Coral reef 130 species; 50,000 cultured corals 2 million visitors per year 17 PhDs 30 graduate students per year Husbandry Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution Institute of Marine Biotechnology National Dong Hwa University

6 World-class facility and state-of-the-art technology Life-size coral exhibit tanks; Mass coral culture with complete life cycles; Controlled larval releasing time; A series of multifunctional coral reef mesocosms; Real-time coral reef monitoring; Cellular and molecular biology research facility.

7 Oceanography s third wave: cabled observatories Real-time underwater monitoring Building cabled observatories provide a new capability for the community and approach ocean sciences in a different way. New Year's Challenge: Streaming Underwater Video From Taiwan s Kenting Reef to Calit2 s OptIPortal My next plan is to stream stable and quality underwater images to Calit2, hopefully by PRAGMA Fang-Pang to LS Jan.1,2008 March 6, 2008 Plan Accomplished! UCSD: Rajvikram Singh, Sameer Tilak, Jurgen Schulze, Tony Fountain, Peter Arzberger NCHC : Ebbe Strandell, Sun-In Lin, Yao-Tsung Wang, Fang-Pang Lin

8 World wide web exhibit of real-time high-definition underwater video Long-distance research of coral reef HD video Aquarium Seeing the invisible Immersive 3D New Year' s Challenge: Streaming Underwater Video From Taiwan s Kenting Reef to Calit2 s OptIPortal My next plan is to stream stable and quality underwater images to Calit2, hopefully by PRAGMA Fang-Pang to LS Jan. 1, 2008 March 6, 2008 Plan Accomplished! WWW Open Source DataTurbine and SAGE/Rocks-Based OptIPortals StarCAVE at Calit2 UCSD: Rajvikram Singh, Sameer Tilak, Jurgen Schulze, Tony Fountain, Peter Arzberger NCHC : Ebbe Strandell, Sun-In Lin, Yao-Tsung W ang, Fang-Pang Lin 4x4x2 m 3 tanks Plankton & benthic community Coral reef mesocosm Coral larval settlement

9 Coral Reef Mesocosm: Controlled Environment facilities Effects of ocean warming and acidification on coral reef ecosystem Tracking the changing Light & Temperature effect on coral physiology Coral Reef Mesocosm Simulating upwelling: Temperature fluctuation effect, x2x1 m 3 tanks

10 Platform for community-based research and management Coral reef community mesocosm Light, Temperature, Nutrient, CO 2 Fish Macro invertebrates Coral Anemone, corallimorpharians Macroalgae Crustose coralline algae Zooxanthellate Plankton Microbial community Chemical parameters Physical parameters CORAL REEF 2.0 HD video Sensor network WWW Calit2 SIO Birch Aquarium NCHC NMMBA

11 Integrated Coral Reef Observing and Research System Wikinomics of coral reef conservation WWW Open source Peer production Mass collaboration Acting globally New Year's Challenge: Streaming Underwater Video From Taiwan s Kenting Reef to Calit2 s OptIPortal My next plan is to stream stable and quality underwater images to Calit2, hopefully by PRAGMA Fang-Pang to LS Jan. 1, 2008 Open Source DataTurbine and SAGE/Rocks-Based OptIPortals March 6, 2008 Plan Accomplished! UCSD: Rajvikram Singh, Sameer Tilak, Jurgen Schulze, Tony Fountain, Peter Arzberger NCHC : Ebbe Strandell, Sun-In Lin, Yao-Tsung Wang, Fang-Pang Lin Mesocosm Real-time HD Underwater video Sensor network Reefbot Integrated coral observing network (NOAA)

12 Sustainable development of coral reefs The purpose is to identify means through which the resistance and resilience of coral reefs to global climate change can be enhanced through international cooperative research. The goals are (1) Through cyberinfrastructure, globally visualizing biodiversity of coral reefs and impacts of global climate change on coral reefs in a new observing way; (2) Long-distance investigating experimentally the mechanisms of resistance and resilience of coral reefs to global climate change; (3) Promoting mass collaboration of global citizens for conservation of coral reefs.

13 Thank you for the interest and attention Welcome to NMMBA, Kenting, Taiwan