Web services documentation

The EMODnet Biology data are available as Web Services:

1. Occurrence data (species observations) as Web Feature Service (WFS)

Please note that we are currently updating our webservices, some of these links will be adjusted

• All biological occurrence data from EMODnet biology data is available through EurOBIS. The different attributes of these occurrences on which you can select can be retrieved here:
  http://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=wfs&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis&outputFormat=application/json

• For example you can retrieve occurrence data from dataset 'Monitoring of birds in the Voordelta' (4569):
  geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis&&viewParams=where:datasetid=4659&maxFeatures=50&outputformat=csv

• For example you can retrieve occurrence data from dataset  'Birds from the Voordelta' 4569 where taxon is 'Larus argentatus' (Herring gull) 137138
  geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis&&viewParams=where:datasetid=4659 AND aphiaidaccepted=137138&outputformat=csv

• Retrieve occurrence data from 'Larus argentatus' (Herring gull) 137138:(1 million records!)
  geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis&viewParams=where:aphiaidaccepted=137138&outputformat=csv

• Retrieve occurrence data from 'Abra alba' (White furrow shelll) 141433 and retrieve the occurrences from 'Ensis ensis' (Common razor shell) 140733
  geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis&viewParams=where:aphiaidaccepted=141433 OR aphiaidaccepted=140733&outputformat=csv

2. Additional measurements, linked to the occurrence data as Web Feature Service (WFS)

• All additional measurements (Biotic Quantifications, Biota Descriptors, Rock and sediment physical properties, Water column temperature and salinity, Rock and sediment chemistry...) are available in the Measurement of Fact (MoF) Extension of EurOBIS (the MoF is linked with the Occurrence data through both 'dataproviderid' and 'occurenceid'). The different attributes of these MoFon which you can select can be retrieved here:
  http://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=wfs&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis_measurementorfacts&outputFormat=application/json
   
• Retrieve all MoF from dataprovider '748' (IMR)
  http://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=Dataportal:eurobis_measurementorfacts&&viewParams=where:dataproviderid=748&maxFeatures=50&outputformat=csv

3. Using the AphiaID to query by (biological) taxonomy

• Description how to retrieve the AphiaID i.e. Larus argentatus
  http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaIDByName/Larus%20argentatus?marine_only=true
   
• General WoRMS webservice description
  http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=webservice

4. Using the IMISDasID to query by metadata dataset

• How to retrieve the datasetid (IMIS DasID) i.e. searching on "birds" & "Voordelta"
  http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/data-catalog?module=dataset&show=jsonportal&searchField=birds+Voordelta

• General IMIS (metadatacatalogue) webservice description
  http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/data-catalog?page=webservices

• OOPS Copepod gridded abundances 10-year bin
• OOPS Copepod gridded abundances 1-year bin

6. Examples of EMODnet Biology Data appplications written in R are available at:

• http://rshiny.emodnet-biology.eu/OOPS/
• http://rshiny.emodnet-biology.eu/SHARKshiny/