AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Panama City Habitat Mapping Survey

This data set contains processed multibeam sonar data (Geotiff files) from 3 narrow (0.5-2.0 nm) cross-shelf transects from about 20 to 75 m depths near the border between Bay and Walton counties in NW Florida.  The data set also contains  morphometric data (reef maximum relief, area, maximum length, and distance to nearest reef on all individual reefs identified in the raw digital side scan sonar data from 1) 21 cross-shelf single-swath (150 m) transects between 20 and 50 m depths from off Panama City west to the Florida-Alabama border, and 2) 13 cross-shelf single-swath (150 m) transects between 10 and 50 m depths from just east of Cape San Blas east and south to about Cedar Key, FL.

Tags: 2008 - present, apalachee bay, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery independent, ground truthing, gulf of mexico, hard bottom, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast gom, panama city laboratory reef fish video survey, reef fish, side scan, southeast fisheries science center, stereo cameras, trapping, u.s. department of commerce, video, west florida shelf
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2015 Data

This contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-15-02/03 conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 11 April 2015 and 02 June 2015.  This was a merged research cruise combining the Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (LBTES), Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER), and Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE) field efforts for 2015.

CLEARANCE COUNTRIES:
Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands


The data includes:

CTD: processed and raw data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) 
     casts (ASCII format)

LADCP: processed and raw data from all lowered acoustic Doppler profiler 
       (LADCP) casts (ASCII and binary format)

SADCP: processed and raw hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track (matlab .mat data file, .asc ASCII data file surface velocities only, and raw binary and ASCII files).

TSG: processed and raw sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed cruise ship track (XLS and ASCII format)

FISH: processed and raw larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data collected from the   various net tows performed during the cruise (XLS and PDF format)

Tags: 2015, acoustic velocity, atlantic ocean, atlantic oceanographic and meteorological laboratory, bluefin tuna ecology (bte), caribbean sea, chemical, conductivity, coral reef ecosystem research (crer), ctd, density, depth, derived products, dissolved oxygen, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, doc/noaa/oar/aoml, earth science, fl laboratory, fluorescence, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, hydrostatic pressure, in situ, larval distribution and supply 2015-2018, miami, nancy foster, nancy foster (ices code: 33nf), national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship nancy foster, north atlantic ocean, oar, ocean, ocean acoustics, ocean chemistry, ocean optics, ocean pressure, ocean temperature, oceans, oxygen, physical, potential temperature, potential temperature (theta), salinity, salinity/density, ships, sound velocity, southeast fisheries science center, straits of florida, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, water density, water pressure, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2015 at OBIS-SEAMAP

As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducts aerial surveys of continental shelf waters along the US east coast from Cape Canaveral, Fl to Cape May, NJ. The survey was conducted during 2015 between 23 January and 3 March. It was conducted along tracklines oriented perpendicular to the shoreline that were latitudinally spaced 20 km apart aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft at an altitude of 600 feet (183 m) and a speed of 110 knots. The survey was designed for analysis using Distance sampling and a two-team (independent observer) approach to correct for visibility bias in resulting abundance estimates. The survey covered waters from Cape May, NJ to Cape Canaveral, FL including fine-scale tracklines in waters offshore of New Jersey. The majority of survey effort occurred in waters from Cape Hatteras, NC and south. Due to weather conditions during the survey, a few areas of the study area were not surveyed.

Tags: 14450, 1852, 2015, aircraft, airplane, animals/vertebrates, atlantic marine assessment program for protected species, atlantic ocean, baleen whales, binocular, binoculars, biological, biological classification, biological records, biosphere, camera, cameras, cetacean, cetaceans, climate indicators, coastal waters of deleware, coastal waters of florida, coastal waters of georgia, coastal waters of maryland, coastal waters of new jersey, coastal waters of north carolina, coastal waters of south carolina, coastal waters of virginia, community dynamics, continent, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, endangered species, fl laboratory, in situ, indicator species, line-transect survey, mammals, marine mammal observation, marine mammals, miami, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, noaa de havilland dhc-6-300 twin otter, noaa twin otter, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, paleoclimate indicators, photograph, population abundance, sighting, southeast fisheries science center, species abundance, species identification, species/population interactions, toothed whales, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, video, video camera, visual estimate, visual observation, visual observations
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NMFS Bottom Longline Analytical Dataset Provided to NRDA (NCEI Accession 0147683)

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic since 1995.  These surveys provide fisheries independent data for stock assessment purposes for as many species as possible.  These surveys are conducted annually in the Gulf of Mexico and/or the South Atlantic.   Longline data from these standardized surveys were provided to the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) to support assessment of the environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Tags: 0147683, 147683, 1995-2013, agricultural aquatic sciences, agriculture, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric winds, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bay st. louis, biological classification, biomass, biosphere, bottom longline, chlorophyll, cloud frequency, cloud properties, clouds, coastal waters of florida, coastal waters of louisiana, coastal waters of texas, conductivity, ctd, deepwater horizon and nrda data and reports, depth, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, fish, fisheries, florida keys national marine sanctuary, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, laboratory analysis, ms laboratory, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship oregon ii, north atlantic ocean, nrda, ocean, ocean chemistry, oceans, oregon ii, pascagoula/stennis, precipitation, ships, southeast area monitoring and assessment program (seamap), southeast fisheries science center, surface winds, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, vegetation, water depth, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Leatherback sea turtle age and growth

This involves two studies.

This first study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in scleral ossicle bones of 33 leatherback sea turtles stranded dead along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico US coasts (hatchling to adult) and 8 captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks and provides age estimates

The second later study involves leatherback back-calculated age and growth in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Tags: 2001-2008, animals - individual - age, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, biological classification, biological data, camera, dermochelys coriacea, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, funded projects, leatherback turtles, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north atlantic ocean, north pacific ocean, ocean, pacific ocean, reptiles, sea turtles, skeletal growth marks, southeast fisheries science center, turtles, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Sea Turtle Radio Telemetry Data

Radio transmitters attached to sea turtles captured in various fishing gear enabled us to track and measure surfacing time of each turtle.  Determining location of each turtle required detection and direction (bearing) of radio signals simultaneously by two or more receivers in the area.  From these bearings, the animal's location is determined via triangulation.  Furthermore, because radio signals only transmit in the air, duration of detected signals can be used to determine length of time turtles were spending on the surface of the water.

Tags: 0160089, 160089, 2013-present, animals/vertebrates, beaufort, biological, biological classification, biological data, boat, coastal waters of north carolina, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, national marine fisheries service, nc laboratory, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, oceanography, radio transmitters, reptiles, sea turtle acoustic and radio telemetry data in the atlantic ocean from 2013-2014 (ncei accession 01, southeast fisheries science center, telemetry, turtles, u.s. department of commerce, us doc
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Groundfish/Shrimp and Red Snapper trawl surveys conducted in the Gulf of Mexico from 1990-01-01 to 2014-12-30 (NCEI Accession 0147703)

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized groundfish trawl surveys in the Gulf of Mexico since 1987.  Prior to 1987, the summer survey was conducted under Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) protocols; however, the fall survey operated independent of SEAMAP and dates back to 1972.  Data from these standardized surveys were provided to the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) to support assessment of the environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Tags: 0147703, 147703, 1990-2014, agricultural aquatic sciences, agriculture, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, bathymetry/seafloor topography, biological, biological classification, biological data, biota surveys, caretta, catch statistics, chemical, chlorophyll, coastal waters of alabama, coastal waters of florida, coastal waters of louisaina, coastal waters of mississippi, coastal waters of texas, conductivity, ctd, deepwater horizon and nrda data and reports, depth, depth - bottom, depth - observation, dissolved oxygen, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, fish, fish examination, fish species, fisheries, fishery survey, groundfish trawl, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, in situ, individual fish examination, individual fish examination - length, individual fish examination - sex, individual fish examination - sexual maturity, individual fish examination - weight, individual identity, laboratory analyses, latitude, longitude, lutjanidae, lutjanus campechanus, ms laboratory, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship gordon gunter, noaa ship oregon ii, north atlantic ocean, nrda, ocean, ocean chemistry, ocean optics, oceans, oxygen, pascagoula/stennis, red snapper, salinity, salinity - bottom water, salinity/density, ships, shrimp trawl, southeast area monitoring and assessment program (seamap), southeast fisheries science center, survey, survey - biological, taxonomic code, temperature, tommy munro, trawl, turbidity, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, visual observation, visual observations, water chemistry, water depth, weatherbird ii
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2016-05-01 to 2016-12-15 (NCEI Accession 0169400)

The stationary point count method (7.5m radius cylinder) is used to conduct fish surveys in Florida as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). This method collects and reports information on species composition, density, size structure, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity). Data provided in this data set are from three (3) distinct regions along the Florida reef tract; 1) Dry Tortugas, 2) Florida Keys from Key West north to Miami and 3) Miami north to Martin County. Data are collected using a 2-stage, stratified random survey design. Lead agencies involved include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA Fisheries) and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)

Tags: 0169400, 169400, 2016, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, belt transect, benthic, benthic communities, benthic species, biological, biological classification, biological data, biology, biosphere, coastal landforms, coastal waters of florida, coral, coral reef conservation program, coral reef conservation program (crcp), coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, depth - observation, diver visual survey, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, doc/noaa/nos/nms, doi/nps, earth science, ecosystems, fish, fish - coral reef, fish and wildlife research institute, fish census, fish species, florida, florida fish and wildlife conservation commission, florida florida keys national marine sanctuary, florida keys national marine sanctuary, florida reef tract (26n080w0007), florida state department of environmental protection, geomorphic landforms/processes, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, habitat, habitat - benthic, in situ, marine biology, marine ecosystems, national centers for environmental information, national coral reef monitoring plan (ncrmp) implementation, national coral reef monitoring program (ncrmp), national coral reef monitoring program: assessment of coral reef fish communities in the florida ree, national marine fisheries service, national marine sanctuaries, national ocean service, national park service, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, nos, nova southeastern university, numeric data sets, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, onms, reef fish census, reef monitoring and assessment, rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science, rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science university of miami, solid earth, southeast fisheries science center, species identification, species identification - count, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - swimmer/diver, swimmer/diver, u-miami/rsmas, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. department of the interior, united states of america, university of miami, us doc, us doi, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fish  Structural Habitat Surveys from Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary Research  Open Management Zones

In situ visual surveys were conducted to generate size estimates and species composition of fish community habitat measurements (ledge height, macroalgal ht, sessile invertebrate ht) to characterize seafloor relief at survey locations

Tags: 2010-present, benthic resources, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fisheries biology and ecology, gray's reef, habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2019-2020 at OBIS-SEAMAP

As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted an aerial survey on the continental shelf waters of the US east coast, from Virginia to the Florida Keys. The survey was conducted between 7 December 2019 and 25 January 2020 aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft. Survey tracklines were oriented perpendicular to the shoreline and latitudinally spaced 20 km apart. The main goal of this survey was to assess the distribution and abundance of marine mammals and sea turtles in the US east coast. The survey was designed for analysis using Distance sampling and a two-team (independent observer) approach to correct for perception bias in resulting abundance estimates. Due to unfavorable weather conditions (mainly fog and heavy winds) throughout the survey the northernmost area surveyed was off the Virginia coast. In addition, from northern South Carolina to VA, several segments of the proposed tracklines were not surveyed due to military exercises being conducted over the area.

Tags: 14450, 2019-2020, 2053, aircraft, airplane, animals/vertebrates, atlantic marine assessment program for protected species, atlantic ocean, baleen whales, binocular, binoculars, biological, biological classification, biological records, biosphere, camera, cameras, cetacean, cetaceans, climate indicators, coastal waters of florida, coastal waters of georgia, coastal waters of north carolina, coastal waters of south carolina, community dynamics, continent, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, endangered species, fl laboratory, in situ, indicator species, line-transect survey, mammals, marine mammal observation, marine mammals, miami, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, noaa de havilland dhc-6-300 twin otter, noaa twin otter, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, paleoclimate indicators, photograph, population abundance, sighting, southeast fisheries science center, species abundance, species identification, species/population interactions, toothed whales, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, video, video camera, visual estimate, visual observation, visual observations
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Kemps Ridley and Loggerhead Tracking data in GOM

Satellite tags were deployed on kemps ridley and loggerhead turtles to assess dive behavior to improve estimates of abundance in aerial surveys

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, miami turtles projects, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Consisting Of Biologic Data, LADCP, SADCP, and Flowthrough Data from Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea from 2007-03-30 to 2011-05-07 (NCEI Accession 0273560)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), working with scientists from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) in St. Thomas conducted a multi-year interdisciplinary research project using the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster to conduct biological and physical oceanographic surveys of the Virgin Island's (VI) bank ecosystems and surrounding regional waters. The long-term sustainability of fisheries in the VI and surrounding regions is dependent on a comprehensive understanding of regional spawning aggregations, larval transport, and overall larval recruitment in the study area.

This survey sampled water properties, currents, and dispersal and transport of settlement-stage larvae in the VI and neighboring regions. Data in this archival package includes: processed larval fish data collected from the various net tows (BONGO, MOCNESS, etc.) , processed data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts, processed data from all lowered acoustic Doppler profiler (LADCP) casts, processed hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP), processed sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer collected aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster during cruises NF-0705, NF-0805, NF-0903 NF-1001,NF-1002 and NF-1102 from 2007-04-07 to 2011-05-07.

Tags: 0273560, 2007-2011, 273560, acoustic doppler current profiler, adcp, anguilla, animals - group - number in group, atlantic ocean, atlantic oceanographic and meteorological laboratory, beach seines, british virgin islands, caribbean sea, conductivity, coral reef conservation program (crcp), coral reef studies, ctd, depth, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, doc/noaa/oar/aoml, dominican republic, earth science, in situ, laboratory analyses, mocness, mocness plankton net, multiple opening/closing net and environmental sensing system (mocness), nancy foster, national marine fisheries service, net, nets, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship nancy foster, north atlantic ocean, oar, ocean, ocean temperature, oceans, puerto rico, saba, seine nets, ships, southeast fisheries science center, st eustatius, st kitts and nevis, st maarten, temperature, thermosalinographs, u. s virgin islands, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, usvi larval distribution and supply, virgin islands, visual observation, visual observations, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fishery-Dependent Turtle Excluder Device Catch Assessment Data: Skimmer Trawl

Skimmer trawls are utilized throughout the southeastern United States to target penaeid shrimp (Penaeidae).  Because the codends of these trawls can be readily retrieved, skimmer trawls are allowed to utilize restricted tow times (55 and 75 minute, seasonally) in lieu of Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements as a sea turtle bycatch mitigation measure.  However, observations aboard commercial vessels indicate that tow times are often exceeded.  In 2008, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories began investigating the feasibility of TED use in skimmer trawls.  Dependent testing was conducted aboard twin-rigged contracted commercial vessels during the 2008 and 2009 fishing seasons in the coastal waters of Alabama and Mississippi.  The experimental design consisted of paired comparisons designed to examine shrimp catch retention, bycatch reduction, and TED usability.  A TED was installed in one net (treatment), while the other was left naked with no TED installed (control).   The TED was switched between port and starboard nets daily to remove potential vessel side bias.  Data consists of tow level data for each net (treatment vs control) for five major catch categories; shrimp, finfish, non-shrimp crustaceans, other invertebrates, and debris.  Start and end locations, times, and depths were recorded for each tow along with vessel identifier, date, tow speed, and location of the TED (port vs starboard).  Data were used to determine TED efficiency with regard to shrimp catch and bycatch reduction.  All dependent skimmer trawl TED testing data after 2009 were collected by the Southeast Fisheries Observer Program (SEFOP).

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery dependent, gom, gulf of mexico, mississippi laboratories, national marine fisheries service, noaa, skimmer trawl, southeast fisheries science center, ted, turtle excluder device, turtle excluder device data, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce