Pan-European Biodiversity

Pan-European Biodiversity Use Case

This training handbook covers the Pan-European Use Case developed by BOKU University. It demonstrates how to use the Specleaner package within the AquaINFRA Virtual Environment to detect and remove outliers in species occurrence data.

[!NOTE] 📹 Video Reference Workshop Recording (Source: YouTube AquaINFRA Channel | Duration: ~20 mins)

Table of Contents

Chapter Description
1. Introduction Overview of AquaINFRA and the use case goals.
2. Meet the Researchers Introduction to the team at BOKU University leading this work.
3. Freshwater Biodiversity The ecological importance of rivers and the use of bioindicators.
4. Specleaner R Package Deep dive into ensemble outlier detection methods (Univariate & Multivariate).
5. D2K Package Overview of the FAIR research package resources and segments.
6. Galaxy Workflow Setup Step-by-step guide to importing the workflow and Zenodo datasets into Aqua Galaxy.
7. Workflow Structure (Part 1) Detailed breakdown of Steps 1-4 (Data Acquisition).
8. Workflow Structure (Part 2) Detailed breakdown of Steps 5-8 (Processing & Detection).
9. Reviewing the Results Visualizing results in Galaxy and interpreting outlier classifications.
10. Conclusion Final remarks on accessibility, applicability, and endangered species.