Supporting research across borders

Virtual Access (VA)
AQUASERV enables access to extensive databases, software and other web services provided by the project partners below.

Web Tool
VLIZ
Marine Regions Marine Gazetteer Geographic Name Search
Search for a marine region based on name, identifier, or coordinates via our web interface

Web Tool
VLIZ
Marine Regions Query Database
Search for the maritime boundaries by region or coordinates

Web Tool
ICES
ICES Spatial Data
Provides access to maps and spatial layers for organizing and visualizing marine data, supporting planning and analysis for data collection and visualization. Maps can be downloaded as digital shapefiles.

Web Tool, Dataset
JSI
FoodWasteEXplorer
A tool for monitoring and managing nutrients, bioactives, and toxins in food waste streams.

Web Tool
VLIZ
WRiMS Taxon Match
Taxon match tool focussed on the introduced species catalogue WRIMS - import your list of taxon names and get back the official WoRMS nomenclature and other information

Web Tool
VLIZ
WoRMS Taxon Match
Taxon match tool for WoRMS - import your list of taxon names and get back the official WoRMS nomenclature and other information

Web Tool
VLIZ
LifeWatch Antarctic Environment Data
Antarctic environment data portal: access to biogeographic data of the Southern Ocean

Web Tool, Dataset
JSI
NutriBase
A database management system designed to support food data compilation, featuring seamless integration of data from multiple sources (localised for Slovenia, other localisations possible).

Web Tool
JSI
Piskr
A tool for creating nutritious and balanced dietary menus for schools and kindergartens (localised for Slovenia, other localisations possible).

Data Catalogue, Web Tool
VLIZ
LifeWatch Local Observation Data
Observation data: LifeWatch provides access to marine, freshewater, and terrestrial observation via a number of different data tools and catalogues: birds, fish, bats, plankton, shells&mollusks, environmental monitoring, and terrestrial and marine mammels.

Web Tool
VLIZ
Belgium LifeWatch Data explorer
LifeWatch data access via its RShiny tools: access observation, tracking, and other data

Web Tool
VLIZ
European Tracking Network Data Explorer (LifeWatch)
European Tracking Network data access via an RShiny interface

Web Tool
VLIZ
WoRMS Searchable Database
Search the WoRMS database for all our information related to taxon names using our web interface

Web Tool
VLIZ
LifeWatch Webservices
e-Lab: The e-lab is an online application that offers web services (taxonomic, geographic, thematic, etc.), to standardise, analyse, and visualise their data without needing any technical knowledge. The services can be concatinated into workflows

Web Tool, Data Catalogue
ICES
ICES Metadata Catalogue
Provides a platform to manage spatially referenced resources, offering metadata editing, search functions, and an interactive web map viewer.

Web Tool, Dataset
JSI
IsoFoodTrack
A tool for managing data on food stable isotopes and elemental composition.

Vocabularies
ICES
ICES Vocabularies
The ICES Vocabulary Service provides a comprehensive repository of reference codes and controlled vocabularies used to standardize and link data across ICES datasets.

Software
VLIZ
Belgium LifeWatch Software
LifeWatch Belgium software: many of the LW tools (Rshiny, R, Python) are provided as open access packages on the LifeWatch.be GitHub site

Dataset
ICES
Oceanographic Data
Provides access to oceanographic data including parameters like temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, and more, spanning over 100 years of data for environmental and climate studies.

Dataset
ICES
Historical Plankton Dataset
Provides access to both historic and current plankton data for marine environmental studies, including data from surveys and research programs.

Dataset
ICES
Acoustic Trawl Surveys
Provides access to processed acoustic and biotic data collected from trawl surveys, offering insights into fish stocks and prey species, including species like herring, mackerel, and krill.

Dataset
ICES
DATRAS (Fish Trawl Survey Data)
Provides access to survey data from bottom trawl fish surveys, including time series data for stock assessments and fish community studies. Data is quality-checked and available for public use.

Dataset
ICES
Fish Stomach Data Portal
Provides access to dietary data for species, helping to understand trophic interactions, energy consumption, and species dynamics within ecosystems. Data is used for ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Dataset
ICES
Eggs and Larvae Database
Provides access to data collected from ichthyoplankton surveys, including fish egg and larvae data, for use in stock assessments and fisheries management.

Dataset
ICES
Underwater Noise Database
Provides access to data on impulsive and continuous underwater noise to support regional sea assessments and pressure indicators on the marine environment.

Dataset
ICES
DOME Web Portal (Database on Oceanography and Marine Ecosystems)
Provides access to a wide range of chemical and biological data for regional marine assessments, including monitoring data, methods, and quality assurance.

Data Tool
ICES
Stock Assessment Graphs
Provides access to stock assessment standard graphs and data tables for analytically assessed stocks, helping users understand ecosystem advice and fishing assessments.

Data Tool
VLIZ
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System (EurOBIS) Data access & services
A data download toolbox, allowing selection of data on geography, time, and data source

Data Tool
ICES
Advice and Scenarios Database (ASD)
Provides access to ICES advice on fishing opportunities and catch scenarios tables, allowing users to search by species, ecoregion, or advice requester. Includes historical, current, and future advice with links to official advice sheets.

Data Tool
ICES
Stock Information Database (SID)
Provides meta-information about ICES stocks, including assessment models used, advice validity periods, and precautionary buffer applications. Tracks rolling issues, data needs, and feedback mechanisms for stock assessments.

Data Portal
ICES
ICES data portal
The ICES Data Portal offers a unified interface for downloading all ICES datasets, organizing them across specific thematic portals, and providing easy access for users unsure of which portal to explore.

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Map Viewer
Search the EMODnet product catalogue for datasets on biology, physics, chemistry, humam activites, bathymetry, seabed habitats, etc, via its Map Viewer

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System (EurOBIS) Data Providers
Search the EurOBIS database via its metadata catalogue

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
IMIS Metadata Catalogue
Search IMIS for marine data (publications, institutes. or people), for example the LifeWatch data explorer (lwdataexplorer) and the Python Passive Acoustic analysis tool (pypam)

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
IMIS Data Submission
Submit your own data to be published as FAIR (meta)data via IMIS

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Searchable Catalogue
Search the EMODnet product catalogue for datasets on biology, physics, chemistry, humam activites, bathymetry, seabed habitats, etc, via its web interface

Data Catalogue
VLIZ
Bio-ORACLE Data Layers (LifeWatch)
Bio-ORACLE: essential physical, chemical, biological, and topographic data layers for modelling the distribution of marine biodiversity

Data Archiving
VLIZ
Marine Data Archive (MDA)
Use the MDA to save your data, share with others, and to publish as FAIR data by linking to a metadata record in IMIS

APIs
VLIZ
European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Web Services
Access our metadata database via CSW services, access various EMODnet map products via WMS, download data via WFS

APIs
VLIZ
WoRMS webservice
Search the WoRMS database for all our information related to taxon names using our REST services

APIs
VLIZ
Marine Regions Webservices
Search for all data provided by the Marine Regions database using our REST services