AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI Chlorophyll for 2MF06 and 7MF06

These data are part of an ocean observation study by Stabeno, Napp, and Whitledge sponsored, in part, by the North Pacific Research Board (Project 602; http://doc.nprb.org).  The grant was titled "Sentinels for Bering Sea ecosystem change."  Moorings have been maintained on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf at four sites: M2 (56.9B0N, 164.1B0W) since 1995, M4 (57.9B0N, 168.9B0W) since 1996; M5 (59.9B0N, 171.7B0W) and; M8 (62.2B0N 174.7B0W) since 2004. Shipboard measurements of temperature, salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll, fluorescence and zooplankton were collected around the moorings and along the 70-m isobath on 2 cruises (2MF06, 12 April - 6 May; 7MF06, 25 September - 10 October) to groundtruth the in situ sensors on the moorings and to learn the factors that distinguish the upper water column of the central and southeastern middle shelf.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, arctic, bristol bay, chlorophyll, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, eastern bering sea shelf, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-federal funding, obsolete data set, phaeopigments, phytoplankton, recruitment processes program, spring, st. lawrence island, summer, u.s. department of commerce, upper water column
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Trawl catch data collected in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska 1993 to Present

The trawl database contains multiple tables of data.  The âhaulâ table contains the location, date, time and depth of the trawl haul.  The âcatchâ table contains the numbers and weights of the taxa in each haul.  The âlengthâ table contains the lengths of selected taxa in each haul.  There is data for the eastern Bering Sea for 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.  There is Gulf of Alaska trawl data from 1993 to 2015.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, obsolete, recruitment processes program, trawl, u.s. department of commerce, young of the year
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Fish diet analyses performed in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. 1990's - 2010

The data set focuses on the diets of young of the year Gadus chalcogrammus from the Eastern Gulf of Alaska and the South Eastern Bering Sea. Diet data is available in select years and locations for year one Gadus chalcogrammus  and juvenile Mallotus villosus, Thaleichthys pacificus, Lepidopsetta polyxystra, Limanda aspera, Gadus chalcogrammus, Atheresthes stomias, Hippoglossoides elassodon and Atheresthes evermanni. Diet data currently in EcoDAAT are from 1993-2010. The early 1990âs ,except for 1993, are focused on transects extending of the Pribilof islands. From 2000-2010  sampling occurred in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska, except for 2008 when sampling occurred in the South Eastern Bering Sea. Currently there are 166 prey taxa or groups identified within the diets of all fish. The majority of identifications being: large copepod, small copepod, and euphausiid.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fish diet, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, obsolete, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Walleye Pollock larvae condition data measured in support of EcoFOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the southeastern Bering Sea and western Gulf of Alaska from 2007 to 2014

The datasets contain larval size, water temperature, cell cycle data, and classification of larval condition.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, condition, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fish larvae, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/GAP/Palsson: Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey estimates of catch per unit effort, biomass, population at length, and associated tables

The GOA/AI Bottom Trawl Estimate database contains abundance estimates for the Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Surveys conducted in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in alternate years.  The estimates build upon raw and summary data available from the RACEBASE database and include calculated catch-per-unit-effort (cpue)s for principal species of groundfish and key invertebrates for each survey region.  The cpues are averaged by survey strata, and then average cpues are multiplied by stratum areas which results in estimates of biomass and numerical abundance.  Length and age data are combined with abundance to estimate the population at length and sex and population at age and sex.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, aleutian islands, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, groundfish assessment program, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI: 2010 BEST and BSIERP Study 1WE10/WE10-08

Ecosystem & Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (Eco-FOCI) is an effort by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and associated academic scientists. Eco-FOCI's goal is to understand the effects of abiotic and biotic variability on ecosystems of the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS), and PMEL/AFSC base. This was the last of a series of cruises in support of research of the Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) and Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Study (BSIERP) co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the North Pacific Research Board.

Tags: 70-meter isobath, alaska fisheries science center, august, bering sea, best, bisierp, chlorophyll, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, eastern bering sea shelf, ichthyoplankton, late summer, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-federal funding, nutrients, obsolete data set, oxygen, pribilof canyon, recruitment processes program, salinity, seabirds, september, u.s. department of commerce, unimak pass, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/NMML/CCEP: Raw telemetry data for California sea lions and northern fur seals in waters off California, Oregon, and Washington

The purpose of this project was to obtain data that are pertinent to assessing aspects of the distribution and foraging ecology of pinnipeds inhabiting the California Current.  The California Current Ecosystem Program has attached satellite instruments and/or archival time-depth recorders on pinnipeds inhabiting waters off Washington, Oregon, and California to examine their haulout and at-sea spatial distribution, diving behaviors, and movement patterns at varying temporal scales.  We aim to integrate telemetry data with aspects of their physiology and diet to assess sex/age-related differences by conspecifics or intra-specific differences among seals, sea lions, or fur seals in the California Current. Locations are calculated and provided by the Argos satellite system (http://www.argos-system.org/). Additional software are required to decode these data. Data are, generally, in the same format as originally delivered from Argos/CLS America and no quality assurance or quality control measures have been implemented.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, argos, california, california current ecosystems program, california sea lion, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, latitude, location, longitude, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northern fur seal, oregon, raw data, telemetry, u.s. department of commerce, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2012 Acoustic-trawl survey of the Shumagin Islands and Sanak Trough dy1201

The surveyâs primary objective was to collect acoustic data and trawl information to estimate midwater abundance and distribution of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Shumagins Region during late winter and early spring. Acoustic data were collected using five split-beam transducers (18, 38, 70, 120, and 200 kHz) and Simrad ER60 scientific echo sounders. Midwater and near-bottom acoustic backscatter was sampled using an Aleutian Wing 30/26 Trawl (AWT) and a poly Norâeastern bottom trawl (PNE) with roller gear. This long-running survey has consistently provided data on the pollock population in the western GOA during winter and spring months. 
Surveys were conducted 13-22 February (cruise DY2012-01) in Sanak Trough and in the Shumagin Islands area (comprised of Shumagin Trough, Stepovak Bay, Renshaw Point, Unga Strait, and West Nagai Strait), and 17-27 March to estimate the distribution andabundance of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma).

Tags: afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey spawning annual shumagins, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Hurst: Effects of elevated CO2 levels on eggs and larvae of a North Pacific flatfish

This dataset is from a laboratory study that examined the growth responses of northern rock sole eggs and larvae across a range of CO2 levels to evaluate the potential sensitivity to ocean acidification.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, climate change, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, early life history, fisheries behavioral ecology program, flatfish, growth rate, hypercapnia, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean acidification, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Ichthyoplankton data collected in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas and the Gulf of Alaska 1972 to Present

The dataset contains records of fish eggs and larvae collected during FOCI assessment surveys. Records include all data pertinent to identify where specimens were collected (lat, lon, date, gear used, max depth of gear, water depth). Specific data on specimens includes scientific name, stage of development,  number collected (whole numbers and CPUE), lengths of larvae, and diameters and stages of eggs. In addition, there are comments that explain any irregularities that may have occurred during sample collection; depending on the reason data is being extracted, comments may indicate a sample is not suitable for consideration.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, beaufort sea, bering sea, biological oceanography, chukchi sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fish larvae, gulf of alaska, ichythyoplankton, national marine fisheries service, noaa, obsolete, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Laurel: Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on polychaete worm tubes and age-0 flatfish distribution

This dataset is from a field experiment that examined how juvenile flatfish distribution changed with worm tube heterogeneity, i.e. density and patchiness.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, benthic recovery, coastal habitats, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, habitat heterogeneity, kodiak island, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northern rock sole, patchiness, seafloor, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Otolith measurements and analyses performed in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas and the Gulf of Alaska. 1995 - Present

Otolith data are collected to measure age and growth of larval pollock.  They are used to determine whether growth rate, hatch data and/or temperature influence fish size.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, biological oceanography, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, growth, gulf of alaska, larval fish, national marine fisheries service, noaa, obsolete, otolith, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Genetics analyses performed in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska 2009 - 2010

The datasets contain nucleotide sequence data that is in text format and each line of sequence has a unique sample code (combination of letters and numbers).

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, aleutian islands, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, genetics, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-federal funding, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/Eco-FOCI: Chlorophyll: groundtruth data for chlorophyll fluorescence sensors on the moorings.

These data are part of a ocean observation study by Stabeno, Napp, and Whitledge sponsored, in part, but the North Pacific Research Board  (Project 410; http://doc.nprb.org).  The grant was titled "Long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf (2004-2005): biophysical moorings at sites 2 and 4 as sentinels for ecosystem change."  Moorings were maintained on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf at M2
(56.9B0N, 164.1B0W), and at M4 (57.9B0N, 168.9B0W). Shipboard
measurements of temperature, salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll, fluorescence and
zooplankton were collected around the moorings on two cruises (3MF04 - April 2004 and 8MF04 - September 2004) to ground truth in situ sensors on the moorings. This long-term monitoring supported major findings: (1) The timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom is determined by the presence of ice, with an early bloom occurring if ice is present after mid-March and later bloom occurring if there
is no sea-ice after mid-March; (2) During the last decade, the southeastern Bering Sea
shelf has undergone a marked warming (~3B0C) that is closely associated with a marked
decrease of sea ice over the southeastern shelf; (3) Nutrients supply and summer salinity
over the shelf has not significantly changed during the last three decades; (4) There is an
indication that cold water zooplankton species (e.g Calanus marshallae) are occurring
in reduced abundance in association with the warming. While the warming over the
southeastern shelf is primarily related to the reduction of ice extent, a combination of
other mechanisms are important: the presence over the eastern shelf of a relatively mild
air mass during winter since 2000; a shorter ice season caused by a later fall transition
and/or earlier spring transition; increased flow through Unimak Pass during winter
introducing warm Gulf of Alaska water onto the shelf; and a thermal feedback
mechanism whereby warmer, summer ocean temperatures delay the southward advection
of sea ice during winter.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, arctic, bristol bay, chlorophyll, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, eastern bering sea shelf, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-federal funding, obsolete data set, phaeopigments, phytoplankton, recruitment processes program, spring, st. lawrence island, summer, u.s. department of commerce, upper water column
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Ryer: Polychaete worm tubes modify juvenile northern rock sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra depth distribution in Kodiak nurseries

This dataset is from a study that evaluates whether inter-annual variability in the depth distribution of juvenile northern rock sole on their nursery grounds around Kodiak Island, Alaska, is a response to changes in the availability of habitat created by polychaete tubes, principally Sabellides sibirica.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, biogenic habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, juvenile flatfish, kodiak island, national marine fisheries service, noaa, refuge, sabellides sibirica, seafloor, u.s. department of commerce, video sled
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Hurst: Thermal reaction norms for growth vary among cohorts of Pacfic cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

This dataset is from laboratory experiments examining intercohort variation in thermal reaction norms of Pacific cod.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, cohort, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, growth, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific cod, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, vertebral counts
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Obsolete - AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI - Zooplankton data collected in support of FOCI assessment surveys and ecosystem observations in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas and the Gulf of Alaska, 1987 â Present

Zooplankton data are abundance by taxanomic group (to species where possible), stage, size and sex. Zooplankton sorting is performed at The Polish Plankton Sorting Institute in Szcecin, Poland. The zooplankton protocol was changed in 2012 to include a wider range of taxaonomic categories for all study areas and to finer taxanomic resolution where possible. Limited biomass information is available using literature values for micrograms carbon of select copepod species. Various gears with different mesh sizes are used to asses different size classes of zooplankton including 20/60cm paired bongos, Tucker, Multinet, MOCNESS, Methot, CalVET and microzooplankton nets hung on nisken bottles.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, beaufort sea, bering sea, chukchi sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, obsolete, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Laurel: Substrate preference and delayed settlement in northern rock sole larvae Lepidopsetta polyxystra

This dataset is from laboratory experiments testing the onset and ontogenetic changes in habitat selection of pre- and post-settling northern rock sole (NRS) larvae, and from field surveys investigating settlement patterns of NRS.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, dispersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, flatfish, habitat selection, kodiak island, larval transport, metamorphosis, national marine fisheries service, noaa, nursery area, seafloor, settlement behavior, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/GAP/ZIMMERMANN: Bathymetry: western Gulf of Alaska Grid

We defined the bathymetry of Shelikof Strait and the western Gulf of Alaska (WGOA) from the edges of the land masses down to about 7,000 m deep in the Aleutian Trench. We made this map by combining soundings from historical National Ocean Service (NOS) smooth sheets (2.7 million soundings); shallow multibeam and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data sets from the NOS and others (subsampled to 2.6 million soundings); and deep multibeam (subsampled to 3.3 million soundings), single-beam, and underway files from fisheries research cruises (9.1 million soundings). The legacy smooth sheet data, some over a century old, was the best descriptor of much of the shallower and inshore areas, but it was superseded by the newer multibeam and LIDAR, where available. Much of the offshore area was only described by non-hydrographic single-beam and underway files. We carefully combined these disparate data sets in an attempt to preserve seafloor features for research purposes. We also attempted to minimize bathymetric data errors so that they would not create artificial seafloor features that might impact such analyses. The main result of the bathymetry compilation is that we observe abundant features related to glaciation of the shelf of Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum including abundant end moraines, some lateral moraines, glacial scour marks, eskers, iceberg keel marks, and two types of pock marks. We developed an integrated onshore-offshore geomorphic map of the region that includes glacial flow directions, glacial moraines, and iceberg keel marks to better define the extent of late Quaternary glaciations.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, bathymetry, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, grid, groundfish assessment program, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific ocean, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/GAP/Zimmermann and Prescott: Eastern Bering Sea Slope Grid

We created a new, 100 m horizontal resolution bathymetry raster and used it to define 29 canyons of the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) slope area off of Alaska, USA. To create this bathymetry surface we proofed, edited, and digitized 18 million soundings from over 200 individual sources. Despite the vast size (~1250 km long by ~3000 m high) and ecological significance of the EBS slope, there have been few hydrographic-quality charting cruises conducted in this area, so we relied mostly on uncalibrated underway files from cruises of convenience. The lack of hydrographic quality surveys, anecdotal reports of features such as pinnacles, and reliance on satellite altimetry data has created confusion in previous bathymetric compilations about the details along the slope, such as the shape and location of canyons along the edge of the slope, and hills and valleys on the adjacent shelf area. A better model of the EBS slope will be useful for geologists, oceanographers, and biologists studying the seafloor geomorphology and the unusually high productivity along this poorly understood seafloor feature

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, bathymetry, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, grid, groundfish assessment program, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific ocean, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/NMML/CCEP: California sea lion adult male migration locations, 1995-2000

The migration and movement patterns of male California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) were investigated to determine the timing and distance of the migration. Adult male sea lions were instrumented with satellite-linked instruments in Puget Sound, Washington, before the southbound migration between 1995 and 2000. This dataset contains the ARGOS location data from the instrumented animals that subsequently was analyzed by the California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA).

Tags: 1995-2000, afsc/nmml/ccep: raw telemetry data for california sea lions and northern fur seals in waters off cal, alaska fisheries science center, and washington, biospheric indicators, california channel islands, california sea lion, climate indicators, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, earth science, male, movement patterns, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, puget sound, satellite telemetry, satellite-linked time depth recorders, species migration, u.s. department of commerce, washington, zalophus californianus
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce