OPEN SCIENCE UPDATES

Dr. Marcus Beck, mbeck@tbep.org

Tampa Bay Estuary Program

11/01/2022

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

USEPA ARCHIVE GUIDANCE

• Last meeting: Demistifying Data Repositories
• Using Data Repositories for Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Data
• Tampa Bay OA monitoring

THE OPENSCAPES FLYWHEEL

• New preprint describing a framework for managers to facilitate/scale OS practices: link
• Useful examples and metaphor for adopting OS at the institutional level
  • Engage bright spots
  • Empower a learning culture
  • Amplify Open science leaders
• Slow down to speed up!

TRASH FREE WATERS (TFW)

• An EPA initiative to reduce trash entering surface waters by preventing waste at its source
• TBEP has been implementing a TFW initiative since 2019 with five partners
• Will result in a Litter Management Plan

TRASH FREE WATERS (TFW)

• Data website in development: link

CCHA UPDATES

• Assess long-term effects of sea level rise on emergent tidal wetlands
• Monitor transition zones from shoreline to uplands at ten locations
• Repeat surveys every 3-5 years for next few decades

CCHA UPDATES

• Provide recommendations on reduced sampling effort for vegetation transects

CCHA UPDATES

• Analysis of reduced effort: link
• Why OS is important for this project:
  • Need transparency with partners
  • Need replicable analyses
  • Need record of the changes

QUARTO

• An open-source scientific and technical publishing system
• Recently unveiled earlier this year
  • We don’t talk about Quarto
  • Quarto at RStudio Conference
• A successor to RMarkdown - language agnostic (works with R, Python, Julia, and Observable)
  
  

OPEN SCIENCE TRAINING

Register (email forthcoming)

2023 MEETINGS

• Proposed schedule
  • Feb
  • May
  • Aug
  • Nov
• Send me or Meagan ideas for speakers and topics!