DeepData: Web application for Azores deep sea

Azores’ deep sea is the habitat of several living beings. Knowing the relationships that these living beings establish with their habitats is essential for the development of appropriate measures for protecting marine ecosystems. The species distribution models (SDM), which associate environmental conditions with the occurrence of species, are an effective way to predict the relationships between living beings and the environment. This paper describes the web application DeepData, which integrates several data sources that store marine data, stores the data in a relational database and enables the application of predictive models of species distribution to the marine region of the Azores. In this paper, we also present the validation of the application DeepData. The validation results highlight the ease of use of the application DeepData and its usefulness for the calculation of SDM. However, some features need to be adjusted to allow for greater user interaction with statistical models.