Year of the Stomach content data - Webservices description

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Fish Stomach Content Data

The Stomach Data Web Services provide the ability to search and retrieve data from Stomach Data website by providing access to the data.

Each part of the web services is provided by a web service API, which defines the name, input to, and output from the service for a particular data request.

This page lists all the Stomach Data Web Service APIs with a description that includes the information provided by the API, the input needed to get data from the API, and the data that is returned by the API.

ICES also provides a Web Service Description Language (WSDL) document that fully describes the Stomach Data Web Service.
This document can be used to create clients that access the service.

The following web service APIs are provided:

Name

getStomachDataSummary()

Description

This API of the webservice returns the summary of the matches found.

Input

All input is optional. The input can be one or the these three strings.
Country and/or Year and Predator (scientific name).
If there are no matches, an empty result set will be returned.

Output

Returns the summary, number of stomachs found in the data base per country per year per species.

Example

Example to get the summary for the year of 1991
Example to get the summary for Denmark in the year of 1991
Example to get the summary for the species Gadus morhua

Name

getStomachDataset()

Description

This API of the webservice returns the datatable of the matches found.

Input

All input is optional. The input can be one or the these three strings.
Country and/or Year and Predator (scientific name).
If there are no matches, an empty result set will be returned.

Output

Returns the data table of the stomach dataset. The fields of the table are: File Name, Latitude, Longitude, Estimated Lat/Lon, Date/Time, year, Quarter, Month, Day, Time, Sample Number, ICES StomachID, Depth, Temperature, Country, Ship, ICES Rectangle, Sampling Method, Predator, Predator NODC Code, Predator (mean) Lengh, Predator (mean) Weight, Predator (mean) Age, Predator Lower Length Bound, Predator Upper Length Bound, CPUE, Number Stomachs With Food, Number Stomachs Regurgitated, Number Stomachs With Skeletal Remains, Number Stomachs Empty, Number Stomachs, Digestion Stage, Prey Species Name, Prey Weight, Prey Lower Length Bound, Prey Upper Length Bound, Prey Number, ICES Internal ID.
For a better explanation of the table pelase check the Stomach data document.

Example

Example to get the stomach content data for the year of 1981
Example to get the stomach content data for Ireland in the year of 1980
Example to get the stomach content data for the species Ammodytes

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