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Dataset Title:	Natural geography in shore areas
Institution:	FSERC-SMBL (Dataset ID: obis_GISA)
Range:	longitude = -4.45 to 18.56°E, latitude = 40.12 to 54.6°N
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Data Access Form \| Files

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Taxon of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SCNAME01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "scientificname";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
  }
  BasisOfRecord {
    String long_name "BasisOfRecord";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  InstitutionCode {
    String long_name "InstitutionCode";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -4.45, 18.56;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALONZZ01";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 40.12, 54.6;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALATZZ01";
  }
  aphia_id {
    Float32 actual_range 3.0, 21260.0;
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Identifier (LSID) of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SNANID01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "aphia_id";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConID "21";
    String AccConstrDescription "This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.";
    String AccConstrDisplay "This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.";
    String AccConstrEN "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String AccessConstraint "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String Acronym "NaGISA";
    String added_date "2009-05-29 12:11:29.413000";
    String BrackishFlag "1";
    String CDate "2009-06-09";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "1";
    String Citation "Rigby,P.R., B.Konar, T.Kato, K.Iken, H.Chenelot and Y.Shirayama (2005). NaGISA OBIS Dataset ver.1.. In: NaGISA . 2005.";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "1983";
    String DasOrigin "Monitoring: field survey";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DateLastModified "{'date': '2025-02-18 01:34:01.301036', 'timezone_type': 1, 'timezone': '+01:00'}";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "0";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 18.56;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract "This dataset provides data collected during the Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) quantitative global nearshore census.";
    String EngDescr "The data is coming in (i.e. the dataset is continually being added to and should not be considered complete) from a growing set of globally distributed standard transects from the high inter-tidal zone to the depth of 20m, most of which will be repeated, and many of which are being uploading in stages (i.e. taxonomic detail will improve with time). Target habitats are globally distributed algal/ hard bottom and sea-grass/ soft bottom communities. For each study site, replicate samples are collected at high, mid and low inter-tidal and 1, 5 and 10m sub-tidal depth (where possible at 15 and 20m). The NaGISA protocols (which are standardized) include: (1) Passive sampling, photography and observational techniques, estimates of percent cover of colonial invertebrates and rhizoidal macro algae and counts of algal stripes and solitary fauna within quadrates. (2) Active sampling, core samples of sea grass beds, and careful removal of organisms from small quadrants within macro algal sites. (3) Assessment, measurements of surface and bottom seawater temperature and a visual classification of substrata. For more details please see the project website http://www.nagisa.coml.org/. Please note that all enquires made to NaGISA about this dataset should make complete reference to the field number (s) listed in the NaGISA OBIS dataset.";
    String FreshFlag "1";
    String GBIF_UUID "6d28a527-bf84-4e58-b133-0e60987b5e7c";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 54.6;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 40.12;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 18.56;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -4.45;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:12:13Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:12:13Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/tabledap/obis_GISA.das";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String InputNotes "None";
    String institution "FSERC-SMBL";
    String keywords "aphia_id, BasisOfRecord, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, ScientificName";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/";
    String license 
"The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String Lineage "None";
    String MarineFlag "1";
    String modified_sync "2021-02-05 00:00:00";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 54.6;
    String OrigAbstract "None";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "English";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "Engels";
    String OrigLangCode "en";
    String OrigLangCodeExtended "eng";
    String OrigLangID "15";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "English";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "en";
    String OrigTitleLangID "15";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "Engels";
    String Progress "Completed";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "None";
    String ReleaseDate0 "None";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "5 668 distribution records, European only";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 40.12;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "Natural geography in shore areas";
    String StatusID "1";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,BasisOfRecord,aphia_id";
    String summary "This dataset provides data collected during the Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) quantitative global nearshore census.";
    String TerrestrialFlag "1";
    String title "Natural geography in shore areas";
    String UDate "2011-01-31";
    String VersionDate "None";
    String VersionDay "None";
    String VersionMonth "5";
    String VersionName "1";
    String VersionYear "2009";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -4.45;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form or Subset form. They make the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.

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