Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	Species ID Codes
Institution:	Rutgers University (Dataset ID: species_id_codes)
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Variable	Minimum	Maximum
speciesID (NOAA species id code)	0.0	998.0
species_scientific_name	"ABLENNES HIANS"	"ZOARCIDAE"
ITIS_tsn (ITIS taxonomic serial number)	72878.0	644687.0
species_common_name	"ACADEMY EEL"	"YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER"

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  speciesID {
    Float64 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 actual_range 0.0, 998.0;
    String description "numeric identifier for species based on NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service codes";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "NOAA species id code";
  }
  species_scientific_name {
    String ioos_category "Taxonomy";
    String long_name "Species Scientific Name";
  }
  ITIS_tsn {
    Float64 _FillValue -999.0;
    Float64 actual_range 72878.0, 644687.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String description "numeric identifier for species based on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (https://www.itis.gov/index.html)";
    String ioos_category "Taxonomy";
    String long_name "ITIS taxonomic serial number";
  }
  species_common_name {
    String ioos_category "Taxonomy";
    String long_name "Species Common Name";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Rutgers University";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://marine.rutgers.edu/main/";
    String history 
"2025-06-21T18:32:55Z (local files)
2025-06-21T18:32:55Z https://rowlrs-data.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/tabledap/species_id_codes.html";
    String id "species_id_codes";
    String infoUrl "https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu";
    String institution "Rutgers University";
    String keywords "center, code, codes, common, data, fisheries, identifier, itis, ITIS_tsn, name, nefsc, nmfs, noaa, northeast, number, rutgers, science, scientific, serial, species, species_common_name, species_scientific_name, speciesID, statistics, taxonomic, taxonomy, university";
    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 sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "Numeric species codes used by NOAA NorthEast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and ITIS, and matching species common and scientific names.";
    String title "Species ID Codes";
  }
}

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.

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(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.