Trois thèmes principaux:

• Construire des normes qui encouragent le partage et l'interopérabilité des données
• Rassembler et faciliter l'accès à des sources d'information variées
• Suivre nos progrès vers la conservation et la restauration de la biodiversité de la planète

Le pôle ODATIS sera présent au Living Data pour une présentation orale dans la session “Essential Biodiversity Variables: From concept to operationalization” pour exposer le portail intégratif de données développé pour l'IR ILICO, qui permet aux utilisateurs d'accéder, de visualiser et d'analyser de manière croisée les divers ensembles de données produits par les SNO. ILICO surveille les paramètres environnementaux clés liés à la biodiversité (par exemple, le phytoplancton, les macroinvertébrés benthiques), à la dynamique côtière (par exemple, les changements du littoral, le niveau de la mer) et aux conditions physico-chimiques. Ces observations multidisciplinaires sont essentielles pour suivre l'évolution des variables essentielles de la biodiversité (EBV) et éclairer les stratégies de gestion fondées sur les écosystèmes. Le résumé de cette présentation est à découvrir ci-dessous.

Towards an Integrated Coastal Observation System in France for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables

Auteurs: Cotten Clémence (Ifremer), Alain Lefebvre (Ifremer), Annaig Le Guen (CNRS), Erwann Quimbert (Ifremer), Mickaël Treguer (Ifremer), Laëticia Campistron (IUEM), Mark Hoebeke (Station biologique de Roscoff), Mylene Lorre-Guidt (Data Terra), Cedric Chauvel (IUEM)

France’s National Research Infrastructure for Coastal Ocean and Littoral Observation (ILICO) is dedicated to the long-term observation of coastal and littoral systems at the interface of continent, ocean, and atmosphere, in both mainland and overseas territories. Through its nine certified National Observation Services (SNOs), ILICO monitors key environmental parameters across biodiversity (e.g., phytoplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates), coastal dynamics (e.g., shoreline change, sea level), and physico-chemical conditions. These multidisciplinary observations are crucial for tracking changes in Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and informing ecosystem-based management strategies.

To address the challenge of integrating multi-platform, multi-scale, and multi-variable data, ILICO collaborates with the ODATIS ocean data cluster—part of the French Data Terra research e-infrastructure—to improve data management and ensure compliance with the FAIR principles. This collaboration led to the development of a dedicated data portal that allows users to access, visualize, and cross-analyze the diverse datasets produced by ILICO’s SNOs.

A core challenge of the project was the harmonization of data, for which the OGC SensorThings API standard was selected, enabling interoperability across originally heterogeneous formats. Particular attention was paid to biodiversity datasets, which are often complex and not natively aligned with SensorThings. Common vocabularies, such as those provided by WoRMS and SeaDataNet, were used to group data by EBVs and facilitate thematic exploration across observation services.

The portal, designed with UX expertise, offers a user-friendly interface that supports both expert and non-expert users. It enables integrated access to time series and spatial datasets related to coastal biodiversity, enhancing the visibility and reusability of long-term observation data. Ultimately, this infrastructure contributes to enable the scientific community and decision-makers to characterize biodiversity trends and pressures across France’s coastal environments. Other themes will also be explored via this portal, such as eutrophication, extreme events, and cold and heat waves.