AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012-2014

Photographs of the seafloor were collected during benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in Timor-Leste. Photographs were collected along transects at fixed climate survey sites in October 2012 and September-October 2014 (10 sites and 8 sites, respectively), and during reef fish surveys surveys at 150 sites that were selected using a stratified random sampling design in June 2013. 

Climate sites were established by CREP to establish ecological baselines for climate change by measuring multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. The reef fish surveys were conducted to generate baseline data on the nearshore coral reef fish assemblages and associated benthic communities around Timor-Leste's north coast and Atauro Island. The photographs can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. 

The imagery from 2013 and 2014 has been quantitatively analyzed using image analysis software to derive an estimate of percent benthic cover. The benthic cover data, and the associated reef fish survey data and parameters measured to establish ecological baselines for climate change are documented separately.

Tags: aquatic habitat, atauro, baseline studies, baucau, benthic biology, benthic habitat, biosphere, bobonaro, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral cover, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, coral triangle initiative, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, democratic republic of timor-leste (east timor) (09s126e0001), dili, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, habitats, imagery, in situ biological, indian ocean, lautem, liquica, manatuto, manufahi, marine biology, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, oecusse, pacific islands fisheries science center, photoquadrat images, pifsc, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, timor leste, timor sea, timor-leste, u.s. department of commerce, united states agency for international development, us doc, usaid, vila mpa, visual images, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Akule and 'Opelu Larval Data from Plankton Tows Conducted off the Kona Coast in West Hawai'i between 1997 and 2018

The data described here includes the analysis of plankton samples for the presence and size of akule and 'opelu larvae, as well as the tow metadata of samples including tow type, mesh size, and distance from shore. This data was collected as a part of Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD)'s West Hawai'i Ichthyoplankton Time Series Project. This project targeted the biosampling of commercially important species including billfish and tuna, but included all available ichthyoplankton; from 2016-2018 the focus shifted to plankton community structure around the island and in/out of oceanographic features. This data was produced by analysis of plankton samples collected off the Kona Coast of Hawai'i from 1997 throughout 2018 by NOAA ships and small boats. Ichthyoplankton samples were collected by 6 ft. Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawls and 1m ring-nets towing aside the ships/boats. Neuston and vertical tows were conducted from 2016-2018 to better assess the vertical distribution of larvae in the top 10m.

Tags: animals/vertebrates, aquatic habitat, aquatic sciences, biological classification, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal habitat, coastal waters of hawaii, continent, country/territory, date, decapterus macarellus, discrete sample, distance to shore, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecological characterization, ecosystem sciences division, esd, fish, fish eggs and larvae, fish species, fisheries, gear type, geographic information, gps, habitat- slicks, hawaii, hawaii island, hawaiian islands, integrated ecosystem assessment, kona coast (19n155w0002), latitude, longitude, mesh size, microbiota, national marine fisheries service, neuston, nmfs, noaa, north america, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, plankton, profile, ray-finned fishes, sample identification, selar crumenophthalmus, species identification- organism length, survey, time series, tow depth, tow type, townsend cromwell, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, visual observation, water column habitat, water depth- average
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Chlorophyll accessory pigments collected from OSCAR ELTON SETTE in North Pacific Ocean from 2008-03-01 to 2011-04-01 (NODC Accession 0129395)

These data represent the chlorophyll accessory pigments measured from discrete depth water samples collected in CTD-mounted 10 liter Niskin bottles as part of NOAA surveys in the central North Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. Accessory pigments were measured post-survey at the University of Hawaii using HPLC methods.

Tags: 0129395, 129395, 33oc - oscar elton sette, biological, biological data, chlorophyll, chlorophyll - extracted, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, eop, eop in situ observational data, esd, in situ, national marine fisheries service, niskin bottle, nmfs, noaa, north pacific ocean, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific islands fisheries science center (nmfs/pifsc), pifsc, pigments, profile, u.s. department of commerce, us doc
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Hapu'upu'u Reproductive Biology Data

Unique specimen "IDNumber" for over 750 specimens of Hawaiian grouper (hapu'upu'u, Hyporthodus quernus; family Epinephelidae) are included in this dataset.  Each specimen has the following information associated with it: standard body length, body weight, and gonad weight metrics, date of collection, and both macroscopic & microscopic sexual identities and sexual maturation states (the latter based on E. DeMartini's examination of histological slides prepared by several outside contractors (Pathology Labs of Queen's Hospital & John Burns Medical School).  All specimens were collected by hydraulic handlines from either NOAA research vessels or commercial bottomfish boats.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, frmd, gonads, hapu, hapu'upu'u, kauai, lhp, life history estimates, main hawaiian islands, national marine fisheries service, niihau, noaa, northwestern hawaiian islands, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, reproduction, townsend cromwell, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
OW NOAA Pathfinder v5.0 & v5.1

The dataset is a reanalysis of historical data from the  AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) sensor onboard the NOAA polar orbiting satellite constellation, that have been improved using extensive calibration, validation and other information to yield a consistent research quality time series for global climate studies. At 0.05 degrees per pixel (approximately 4 km/pixel), this dataset provides a global spatial coverage ranging from October 1981 - 2009. Our data holdings include descending passes (nighttime). 
The data is available as monthly and weekly composites, as well as a monthly climatology, at a spatial resolution of 0.05 degrees. The geographic coverage extends for the entire globe.

Tags: avhrr, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, global, monthly, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ow, pacific islands fisheries science center, pathfinder, pifsc, pifsc oceanwatch (ow) metadata portfolio, remote sensing, satellite, sea surface temperature, sst, u.s. department of commerce, weekly
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AMLR station hydrographic data 1995-2011 v2-0

Dataset contains continuous underway measurements of shipâs position, sea surface temperature, salinity, turbidity, fluorescence, air temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, plus wind speed and direction. These data are part of a long term ecosystem project centered on the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. The datasets incorporated into this archive have been collected by researchers affiliated with the U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program under the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); funding for this project was from the NMFS AMLR Program. Actual data collected any given year varies, dependent on funding availability for resources, staging and sea days.

Tags: acc, admiralty bay, amlr, amlr station hydrographic data 1995-2011 v2-0, antarctic, antarctica, bathymetry, benthic, bransfield strait, cape shirreff, ccamlr, chile, chlorophyll, clarence island, copacabana, ctd, deception island, doc/noaa/nmfs/swfsc, drake passage, ecosystem, elephant island, environmental, ice, king george island, livingston island, marine, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, oceanography, peninsula, phytoplankton, population, salinity, san telmo islands, satellite, seabed, seal island, south shetlands, southwest fisheries science center, surveys, temperature, upper mixed layer, water zones, weather
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- Oceanographic- CTD

CTD casts were conducted during cetacean shipboard surveys.

Tags: american samoa, central pacific ocean, cetaceans, cetaceans - shipboard surveys, chlorophyll, commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, ctd, dissolved oxygen, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, fluorometer, high seas, johnston, line transect, main hawaiian islands, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northwestern hawaiian islands, oceanographic sampling, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific islands region, palmyra, papahanaumokukea marine national monument, salinity, ship surveys, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, wake, western pacific ocean
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic photoquadrat imagery and benthic cover data collected in Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef in American Samoa from 2024-11-11 to 2024-11-21

This metadata record describes the benthic imagery, raw benthic cover, mean benthic cover, and mean macroalgae cover data of Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef in American Samoa, produced from the benthic imagery analysis performed by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) and funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). Benthic imagery was collected at 20 randomly-selected sites during coral demographic surveys by the NOAA ESD during the 2024 fly-in mission to American Samoa (MP2502). After processing and sorting site photos, imagery was qualitatively analyzed using the web-based CoralNet image annotation tool. CoralNet projects random points on each image, and the benthic elements falling directly underneath each point are identified by trained scientists. 

Data from benthic surveys of Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef establishes a comprehensive biological baseline for land-based sources of pollution impacts on benthic composition and coral demography. These efforts feed into the higher-level CRCP objectives by establishing an in-situ tracking system to assess the effects of management and mitigation strategies and activities in the target watersheds to reduce land-based sources of pollution impacts on coral reefs.

Tags: 31454, algae, algal cover, american samoa, animals/invertebrates, anthozoans/hexacorals, aquatic habitat, archipelagic research program, aua (14s170w0028), baseline studies, belt transect, benthic, benthic biology, benthic communitiies, benthic cover, benthic habitat, benthic species, benthos analysis, biological classification, biosphere, cnidarians, coastal processes, coral cover, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef studies, coral reefs, coralnet, corals, country/territory, crustose coralline algae, develop monitoring capacity of american samoan jurisdictional partners and observing lbsp impacts on, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, encrusting macroalgae, esd, fleshy macroalgae, hard coral cover, hard or stony corals, image analyses, imagery, land-based source pollution, lbsp, macroalgae (seaweeds), macroalgal cover, marine ecosystems, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, photographic analysis, pifsc, plants, reef, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, transect monitoring, turf algae, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fisheries Water Column Sonar Data 1990 - Present

Water column sonar data are an important component of fishery independent surveys, habitat studies and other research.  NMFS water column sonar data are archived here.

Tags: 1990 to present, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, global ocean coverage, multi beam sonar, national marine fisheries service, nmfs water column sonar database, noaa, office of science & technology, split beam sonar, u.s. department of commerce, water column backscatter
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
LEGACY - EOP Black Corals Survey

These data contains video of fish surveys conducted by divers in the black coral beds off of Lahaina Maui.

Tags: 1 week a year, august, black coral, continuous for 20 minute segments, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, eop optical surveys, fish assemblages, hawaiian islands, legacy data set, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, precious coral fishery, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
HMSRP Hawaiian Monk Seal Shark Predation Mitigation Shark Sightings and Incidents

Data on direct sightings of large sharks around monk seal pupping sites and shark incidents on preweaned and newly weaned pups at French Frigate Shoals are entered on a standardized form in the field and transcribed to an excel worksheet at PIFSC.  Video at Trig islet (FFS) is recorded in some years; video was systematically viewed from the 2009 monk seal breeding season and shark presence was recorded for 57 days of video.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, french frigate shoals, hawaiian archipelago, hawaiian monk seal, hmsrp, hmsrp hawaiian monk seal shark predation mitigation, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northwestern hawaiian islands, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific region, pifsc, protected species, psd, shark incidents, shark predation mitigation, shark sightings, survival enhancement, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EOP Gold Coral (Gerardia sp.) Growth Measurements

Gold coral (Gerardia sp.) trees that were inspected years earlier on Pisces submersible dives were revisited and their change in size measured. The fishery for Gerardia operates using an estimate of average growth at 6mm/yr which would yield adult trees in a span of a few to several decades. In contrast independent radiometric studies suggest that large adult Gerardia colonies could be as much as a millenia old. The intent of this work was to revisit corals that had been inspected earlier and see if any appreciable growth could be seen. If not then the 6mm/yr estimate could be dismissed.

Tags: before after comparison of growth, deep coral, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, eop, eop optical surveys, esd, fishery, gerardia sp. precious coral, gold coral, growth rate, legacy data set, longevity, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, point data, precious corals, radiometric estimates, submersible dives, submersible dives., u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
HCBC 2015 Hawaii Bleaching Analysis Ready Clustered Data

The analysis-ready data described here result from performing hierarchical clustering of individual coral bleaching surveys conducted across the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2015.  In order to resolve issues of spatial autocorrelation, the surveys were grouped into distinct clusters with a spatial resolution of 1km. This dataset contains environmental data paired for all 2015 observations, used to analyze drivers of the coral bleaching event.  This dataset also contains weights assigned to each observation.

Tags: 31075, aquatic habitat, belt transect, benthos analysis, biology, biosphere, bleaching, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral, coral - bleaching, coral - species identification, coral bleaching, coral bleaching assessment and analysis, coral cover, coral diseases, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, dar, department of land and natural resources, division of aquatic resources, dlnr, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, esd, hawaii, hawaii (21n160w0000), hawaii institute of marine biology, hawaii island, hawaii island (19n155w0003), hawaiian islands, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027), hawaiian islands humpback whale national marine sanctuary, hihwnms, hiialakai, himb, honolulu, in situ biological, lanai island, lanai island (20n156w0002), main hawaiian islands, marine biology, maui, maui island, maui island (20n156w0004), mhi, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north pacific ocean, numeric data sets, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean and climate change, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, photoquadrat assessments, pifsc, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments, rea, reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, suas photogrammetry, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, the nature conservancy of hawaii, tnc, towed diver surveys, transect monitoring, transect-intercept assessments, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, various small vessels, video transects, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Longline Temperature-Depth Recorder Data: Observer-Collected

These data include temperature and depth (pressure) recorded every minute while deployed on longline gear.  They provide information on the depth at which both deep- and shallow-set gear are fishing, as well as ocean temperatures in the fished environment.

Tags: aquatic sciences, central pacific ocean, continent, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, fisheries, geographic region, hawaii, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north america, north pacific ocean, ocean, ocean temperature, oceania, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc esd pelagic research program (prp) metadata portfolio, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Guam Exploratory Survey Data

These datasets contain information on contracted fishing trips for an exploratory analysis of the feasibility of a fishery-independent bottomfish survey in Guam. Fishing occurred in 2012 and 2014 on Galvez bank using similar research-fishing practices to the exploratory fishing surveys done in the Main Hawaiian Islands. The data contain information on trip, catch, and effort. The trip specific data contains information on fisher and vessel, observer (person who entered the data), the port trip started in, start time and day and end time and day of trip, the fishing area, and species targeted. The effort data contains information on fishing set up including the number of hooks, species targeted, rigging type, bait used, drift and anchor usage, and time spent fishing; as well as environmental information including wave height, depth, current and wind speed. The catch data contains vessel identification, location, date, the species caught and their length, and whether gonads or the head were saved for reproductive and age measurments.

Tags: bottomfish, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, exploratory, exploratory fishery-independent survey in guam (2012 and 2014), fishery-independent, frmd, galvez bank, guam, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, research fishing, sap, stock assessment, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CNMI, American Samoa, and Guam Small Boat Fishery Trip Expenditure (2009 to present)

This is a time-series dataset of trip expenditure data including actual fishing trip expenses, input usage, and input prices, for boat-based reef fish, bottomfish, and pelagic fisheries in CNMI, American Samoa, and Guam.  Specifically, the surveys intend to collect information on: gallons of fuel used for the fishing trip, price per gallon of fuel, cost of ice used, cost of bait & chum used, cost of fishing gear lost, and the engine type of the boat.  These economic data are collected through an add-on to boat-based creel surveys initiated  by local fisheries agencies in CNMI, American Samoa, and Guam to collect fisheries dependent data.  The data collection program was implemented in April 2009 in CNMI, August 2009 in American Samoa, and September 2011 in Guam.

Tags: american samoa, cnmi, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, economics, guam, national marine fisheries service, noaa, operating trip cost, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, pifsc socioeconomics program: economics research metadata portfolio, small boat fisheries, socioeconomics, trip, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Guam coral - Bomb radiocarbon record (1939-2000)

High-resolution radiocarbon (14C) analyses on a coral core extracted from Guam, a western tropical Pacific island, revealed a series of early bomb-produced 14C spikes.  The typical marine bomb 14C signalâphase lagged and attenuated relative to atmospheric recordsâis present in the coral and is consistent with other regional coral records.  However, 14C levels well above what can be attributed to air-sea diffusion alone punctuate this pattern.  This anomaly was observed in other Indo-Pacific coral records, but the Guam record is unmatched in magnitude and temporal resolution.  The Guam coral Â¿14C record provided three spikes in 1954â55, 1956â57, and 1958â59 that are superimposed on a normal 14C record.  Relative to mean pre-bomb levels, the first peak rises an incredible ~700â° and remained elevated for ~1.2 years.  A follow up assay with finer resolution increased the peak by ~300â°.  Subsequent spikes were less intense with a rise of ~35â° and ~70â°.  Each can be linked to thermonuclear testing in the Pacific Proving Grounds at Bikini and Enewetak atolls in Operations Castle (1954), Redwing (1956), and Hardtack I (1958).  These 14C signals can be explained by vaporization of coral reef material in the nuclear fireball, coupled with neutron activation of atmospheric nitrogen (14C production), and subsequent absorption of 14CO2 to form particulate carbonates of close-in fallout.  The lag time in reaching Guam and other coral records abroad was tied to ocean surface currents and modeling provided validation of 14C arrival observations.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, life history estimates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce