Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium

Neil Davies¹, Dawn Field², David Gavaghan³, Sally J Holbrook⁴, Serge Planes⁵, Matthias Troyer⁶, Michael Bonsall², Joachim Claudet⁵, George Roderick⁷, Russell J Schmitt⁴, Linda Amaral Zettler⁸, Véronique Berteaux⁵, Hervé C Bossin⁹, Charlotte Cabasse¹⁰, Antoine Collin¹¹, John Deck¹², Tony Dell¹³, Jennifer Dunne¹⁴, Ruth Gates¹⁵, Mike Harfoot¹⁶, James L Hench¹⁷, Marania Hopuare¹⁸, Patrick Kirch¹⁹, Georgios Kotoulas²⁰, Alex Kosenkov⁶, Alex Kusenko²¹, James J Leichter²², Hunter Lenihan²³, Antonios Magoulas²⁰, Neo Martinez²⁴, Chris Meyer²⁵, Benoit Stoll¹⁸, Billie Swalla²⁶, Daniel M Tartakovsky²⁷, Hinano Teavai Murphy²⁸, Slava Turyshev²⁹, Fernanda Valdvinos³⁰, Rich Williams³¹, Spencer Wood³²; IDEA Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728 French Polynesia ; Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS UK ; Berkeley Institute for Data Science,190 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
² Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS UK.
³ Computational Biology Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Wolfson Building, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
⁵ Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Centre de Recherche Insulaire et Observatoire de l'Environnement (CRIOBE), Papetoai, Moorea BP 1013 - 98 729 French Polynesia.
⁶ Institute for Theoretical Physics and Platform for Advanced Scientific Computation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, 130 Mulford Hall #3114, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
⁸ The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA.
⁹ Unit of Medical Entomology, Institut Louis Malardé, Tahiti, BP 30, 98713 French Polynesia.
¹⁰ Berkeley Institute for Data Science,190 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
¹¹ Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratory of Coastal Geomorphology and Environment, Dinard, France.
¹² Berkeley Natural History Museums, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
¹³ National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), One Confluence Way, East Alton, IL 62024 USA.
¹⁴ Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA.
¹⁵ Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744 USA.
¹⁶ United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL UK.
¹⁷ Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516 USA.
¹⁸ Laboratoire GePaSud, Université de la Polynésie Française, Tahiti, BP6570, 98702 Faa'a French Polynesia.
¹⁹ Department of Anthropology, University of California, 232 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
²⁰ Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Gournes Pediados, PO Box 2214, Heraklion, Crete GR 710 03 Greece.
²¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
²² Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
²³ Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, 3428 Bren Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
²⁴ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA ; Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab, Berkeley, CA 94703 USA.
²⁵ Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC-163, Washington, DC 20013 USA.
²⁶ Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA.
²⁷ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0411, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
²⁸ Atitia Center, Gump Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728 French Polynesia.
²⁹ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
³⁰ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
³¹ Vibrant Data Inc., 943 Clay Street, San Francisco, Calfornia 94108 USA.
³² School for Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA.

PMID: 26998258
PMCID: PMC4797119
DOI: 10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5

Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium

Neil Davies et al. Gigascience. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 17:5:14.

doi: 10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728 French Polynesia ; Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS UK ; Berkeley Institute for Data Science,190 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
² Biodiversity Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS UK.
³ Computational Biology Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Wolfson Building, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
⁵ Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Centre de Recherche Insulaire et Observatoire de l'Environnement (CRIOBE), Papetoai, Moorea BP 1013 - 98 729 French Polynesia.
⁶ Institute for Theoretical Physics and Platform for Advanced Scientific Computation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, 130 Mulford Hall #3114, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
⁸ The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA.
⁹ Unit of Medical Entomology, Institut Louis Malardé, Tahiti, BP 30, 98713 French Polynesia.
¹⁰ Berkeley Institute for Data Science,190 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
¹¹ Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratory of Coastal Geomorphology and Environment, Dinard, France.
¹² Berkeley Natural History Museums, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
¹³ National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), One Confluence Way, East Alton, IL 62024 USA.
¹⁴ Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA.
¹⁵ Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744 USA.
¹⁶ United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL UK.
¹⁷ Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516 USA.
¹⁸ Laboratoire GePaSud, Université de la Polynésie Française, Tahiti, BP6570, 98702 Faa'a French Polynesia.
¹⁹ Department of Anthropology, University of California, 232 Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
²⁰ Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Gournes Pediados, PO Box 2214, Heraklion, Crete GR 710 03 Greece.
²¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
²² Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
²³ Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, 3428 Bren Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
²⁴ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA ; Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab, Berkeley, CA 94703 USA.
²⁵ Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC-163, Washington, DC 20013 USA.
²⁶ Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA.
²⁷ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0411, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
²⁸ Atitia Center, Gump Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728 French Polynesia.
²⁹ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
³⁰ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA.
³¹ Vibrant Data Inc., 943 Clay Street, San Francisco, Calfornia 94108 USA.
³² School for Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA.

PMID: 26998258
PMCID: PMC4797119
DOI: 10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5

Abstract

Systems biology promises to revolutionize medicine, yet human wellbeing is also inherently linked to healthy societies and environments (sustainability). The IDEA Consortium is a systems ecology open science initiative to conduct the basic scientific research needed to build use-oriented simulations (avatars) of entire social-ecological systems. Islands are the most scientifically tractable places for these studies and we begin with one of the best known: Moorea, French Polynesia. The Moorea IDEA will be a sustainability simulator modeling links and feedbacks between climate, environment, biodiversity, and human activities across a coupled marine-terrestrial landscape. As a model system, the resulting knowledge and tools will improve our ability to predict human and natural change on Moorea and elsewhere at scales relevant to management/conservation actions.

Keywords: Biocode; Biodiversity; Climate change scenarios; Computational ecology; Earth observations; Ecosystem dynamics; Genomics; Predictive modeling; Social-ecological system.

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**Fig. 1**
The data-driven avatar communicates knowledge through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) customized for different stakeholders. Their improved understanding in turn generates new hypotheses to test and new simulations to run, thus driving further data collection

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