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GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Paper No. 21-21
Presentation Time: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

RECENT UPDATES TO THE NEOTOMA PALEOECOLOGY DATABASE: DATA VOLUMES, PROXY TYPES, AND SCIENCE-SUPPORTING SERVICES


WILLIAMS, John1, BLOIS, Jessica2, BOOTH, Robert K.3, CHARLES, Donald F.4, DAVIS, Edward5, DOMINGUEZ VIDANA, Socorro6, FRANKLIN, Harleena7, GORING, Simon8, HEATHCOTE, Adam9, HOBBS, Joy Ramstack10, IVORY, Sarah11, MCKAY, Nicholas P.12, NELSON, Jonathan K.1, PILAAR BIRCH, Suzanne E.13, SMITH, Alison14 and THOMAS, Elizabeth K.15, (1)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, (3)Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (4)Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (5)University of OregonDept Earth Sci and Mus Nat Cul Hist, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, (6)Vancouver, BC V5N4E8, CANADA, (7)Department of Geology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, (8)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (9)St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. N., St Croix, MN 55047, (10)Science Museum of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55102, (11)Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (12)School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (13)Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (14)Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, (15)Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260

The Neotoma Paleoecology Database serves the paleoecology and global change community by providing a high-quality curated resource for paleoecological and paleoenvironmental data of many kinds. Neotoma continues to grow in multiple dimensions, with respect to data volumes, the proxy data types supported, software services, and scientific usage. Neotoma now holds over 9.7 million observations from 46,979 datasets, 21,118 sites, 8,305 publications, and 8,045 authors. Over the past 12 months, over 3,000 new datasets were uploaded. Proxy data types with large holdings in Neotoma include pollen, ostracodes, diatoms, testate amoebae, charcoal, vertebrates and geochronological data. Newly supported proxy data types include specimen-level stable isotope data; marine dinoflagellates, and biomarker data. The Global Paleofire Database has been approved to join Neotoma as a Constituent Database and the Neotoma data model is being expanded to better support 210Pb data, with plans developed to support ancient environmental DNA. A new website was launched in September 2022, and the neotoma2 R package was published to CRAN in April, 2023. New scripts are being developed that will allow two-way data conversions between the neotoma2 R data object and the popular LiPD format used in paleoclimatology. A Bulk Uploader service is in development that would facilitate the upload of dozens to hundreds of sites at a time, with human-in-the-loop curatorial components to ensure high data quality. The new RangeMapper animated and interactive maps are designed to support public outreach and education about changes in climate driving species range shifts. Rates of Neotoma usage by scientists continue to grow, with over 100 papers per year citing Neotoma in 2021 and 2022. Neotoma’s growth is a testament to the dedicated efforts of its Data Stewards, developers, leaders, and contributors, and Neotoma’s governance is designed to be inclusive, flexible, and open. If you’re interested in contributing data, serving as a Steward, joining the Neotoma community, or learning more about how to use Neotoma data and services, feel free to visit this poster at GSA or the Neotoma website at www.neotomadb.org.

Session No. 21--Booth# 21

D1. Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology (Posters)
Sunday, 15 October 2023: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Hall B (David L Lawrence Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-394100
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