OPEN SCIENCE UPDATES

Dr. Marcus Beck, mbeck@tbep.org

Tampa Bay Estuary Program

2025-05-28

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Support development of open science products at TBEP

2. Rank priority research areas for developing open science products

3. Facilitate training activities

Guiding Document

HACK THE BAY!

• Select a bay health indicator to develop a workflow from data to reporting
• Winning team invited into contract worth $20k to fully develop the workflow
• Register as team or individual

ELIGIBLE INDICATORS

• Wildlife: birds, sea turtles, marine mammals, terrestrial turtles, amphibians,
• Invasive species
• Human health/wellbeing
• Check out CCMP for others

HACK THE BAY!

• 30 attendees, five teams working to propose a data synthesis workflow to report on an existing indicator gap
• Winner - Drummond Carpenter, PLLC, will focus on invasive species

HACK THE BAY!

Feedback was positive!

“Great event! I hope there will be more types of these data-focused events in the future!”

“Overall, I enjoyed the event. I thought it was a cool experience that resulted in team building and strategic thinking. Can’t wait for the next one!”

“I admire and will continue to support TBEP staff for your innovative community engagement”

TBEPTOOLS v3.1

• Numerous updates, see here:
  • 2024 data for water quality, phytoplankton, seagrass transects, and tidal creeks
  • 2023 data for benthic and sediment data
  • Overhaul of FIB functions: EPC, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Polk
• All updates reflected on dashboards

2023 LULC UPDATE

• Updates to habitat report card and progress on TBEP Habitat Master Plan

TOOLS, TRAININGS, AND GOOD READS

• The Data Rescue Project
• Enabling data-driven collaborative and reproducible environmental synthesis science
• Challenges of open data in aquatic sciences: issues faced by data users and data providesrs
• Aquatic surveys, open science, & participatory science
• CERF R training

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

https://tbep.org/get-involved/calendar/

• June 4, TAC meeting
• June 11, Seagrass Transect Training: Workshop
• June 18, Seagrass Transect Training: Surveyor Intercalibration
• June 25, CAC meeting
• July 9, SWFL Regional Ambient Monitoring Program Meeting
• August 20, Habitat Restoration Consortium Meeting
• December 10, Open Science subcommittee meeting