AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
CRCP-Prey choice of corallivorous snails

The snail, Coralliophila abbreviata, is a common generalist corallivore and can be a major contributor to Caribbean acroporid tissue mortality.  Considering the imperiled status of Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis, understanding the interactions of factors contributing to acroporid tissue loss can contribute to enhanced conservation strategies.  This data set examined variation in prey choice of C. abbreviata based on host-origin, prey condition, and potential social interaction using paired choice assay experiments with A. cervicornis prey sourced from a field nursery.   Choice assays were conducted adjacent to the nursery in flow-through y-maze boxes mounted on cinder blocks.  Choice treatments compared preference for a healthy  fragment versues a diseased fragment, or a mechanically damaged fragment, or a fragment with immediate snail predation.  In the last type of choice assay, snails were presented a healthy coral fragment versus a solitary snail with no coral. Preference of the target snail was scored by travelling down the y-maze toward one of the two pairwise choices offered.

Tags: 0162230, 1091, 162230, acropora cervicornis, acropora demographic monitoring, acropora palmata, animals - individual - behavior, animals/invertebrates, atlantic ocean, biological, biological classification, biological data, biology, biosphere, coastal waters of florida, coral, coral - species identification, coral predation, coral reef conservation program (crcp), coral reef studies, coralliophila abbreviata, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, esa listed species, evaluation of esa listed acropora spp. status and recovery actions, fl laboratory, florida, florida keys (24n081w0007), florida keys national marine sanctuary, florida reef tract, gastropods, geographic information, laboratory analyses, marine biology, miami, mollusks, monroe county, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean basin, oceanography, oceans, predation, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, visual observation, visual observations, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fishery Dependent Pelagic Longline Temperature Depth/Data

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories conducts research and develops gear modifications to mitigate bycatch in fisheries.  The data set includes data from three pelagic longline bycatch mitigation research projects, including the Grand Banks sea turtle mitigation research (2002-2003), Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Cooperative Research Project (CRP, 2005), and Gulf of Mexico bluefin tuna mitigation research (2008-2012). These data were collected in conjunction with the SEFSC Pelagic Observer Program (POP) to augment the existing POP data. This data set contains temperature, depth, and time data taken from Temperature Depth Recorders (TDRs) placed on the gangions along the length of the sets approximately nine meters above the hooks.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery dependent, gom, gulf of mexico, longline, mississippi laboratories, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pelagic longline, pelagic longline position and temperature data, southeast fisheries science center, temperature, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2012 GA-SC-NC red snapper multi-gear CRP project

Surveys were completed at 1,656 locations, yielding 173 red snapper length and 159 red snapper age samples.  Catches were greatest in waters off GA (n  133), and declined with increasing latitude off SC (n  39) and NC (n  5).  Resulting size and age distribution data are available for planned 2014 stock assessment data workshops.   Lengths ranged from 360 to 900 mm, with a mean length ( SD) of 612  115 mm and median of 620 mm.  Ages ranged from 2 to 22 years, with a mean age ( SD) of 5.1  2.6 years and median of 5 years.  These data will be combined with fishery-independent data from FL waters (collected in a separate but collaborative CRP-funded project to the FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission FWC) to accurately characterize the age distribution of red snapper throughout their range in the U.S. South Atlantic.  Additionally, red snapper catch locations have provided new stations to NMFS fishery-independent surveys.

Tags: 0157033, 157033, 2012-2014, atlantic ocean, commercial vessel, depth sounder, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fish species, fisheries biology and ecology, laboratory analyses, measuring board, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, otoliths, scale, southeast fisheries science center, species identification - age, species identification - count, species identification - sex, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, vessel for-hire
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands

The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the spiny lobster.  Comparisons of past studies with current densities from these areas continue to show that queen conch populations are depleted although we may be seeing small signs of increase.  This data set investigates the population status of queen conch around St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, through mark and recapture, habitat availability and utilization, acoustic tracking, and seasonal migration studies to provide needed information for improved management.

Tags: 1873, 2005-2010, acoustic tags, algae, algal cover, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, benthic habitat, biosphere, calipers, caribbean sea, census, country/territory, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, fish census, galveston fisheries ecology projects, macroinvertebrates, marine biology, marine invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, population density, queen conch, recovery of conch populations in the u.s. virgin islands, southeast fisheries science center, st. john, st. john (18n064w0011), u. s. virgin islands, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, vegetation, virgin islands
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Burrowing behavior of penaeid shrimps

Brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, and white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus, were held were held under natural light conditions before experiments. Experiments were conducted in twelve rectangular tanks (58 cm x 149 cm) under fluorescent lighting (7-10 microEinsteins/sec/sq m). Shrimp were placed in randomly-assigned tanks the day before observations were initiated at 0730 h, the lights were turned on, and observations of thepercentage of shrimp burrowed ( 1/2 of their body beneath the substrate) were recorded hourly (starting at 0830 h) throughout the daylight hours. For both species, burrowing rates decreased significantly as the substrate became courser. Brown shrimp burrowing was marginally affected by salinity with the lowest burrowing rates at 5 ppt white shrimp burrowing was not significantly affected by salinity. Large brown shrimp burrowed more than small and medium sized shrimp, but size did not significantly affect burrowing of white shrimp. The presence of a fish predator in the tanks did not affect burrowing of either species, but hunger level significantly affected burrowing for both species.

Tags: 1984-2015, animals - individual - behavior, atlantic ocean, brown shrimp, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, farfantepenaeus aztecus, galveston fisheries ecology projects, galveston island, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, laboratory analysis, litopenaeus setiferus, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, penaeus aztecus, penaeus setiferus, shrimp behavior, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, white shrimp
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cetacean and sea turtle visual observations using line-transect survey methods aboard a NOAA DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (TO) aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico, during the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS survey TO18Fa) from 10/12/2018 to 11/28/2018.

As part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted aerial surveys of the U.S. continental shelf waters (up to the 200-m isobath) in the Gulf of Mexico from 10/12/2018 to 11/28/2018. The survey was designed for a two-team independent visual observer approach with distance sampling to estimate abundance and characterize spatial distribution of marine mammals and sea turtles. This dataset includes marine mammal and sea turtle visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes marine mammal photographs used to aid in species identification

Tags: 0243468, 10.25921/y796-a161, 14450, 2018, aircraft, airplane, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, baleen whales, binocular, binoculars, biological, biological classification, biological records, biosphere, camera, cameras, cetacean, cetaceans, climate indicators, community dynamics, continent, dehavilland dhc-6 twin otter aircraft, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, dolphin, earth science, ecological dynamics, endangered species, fl laboratory, gommapps, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, gulf of mexico marine assessment program, gulf of mexico marine assessment program for protected species, gulf of mexico marine assessment program for protected species (gommapps), in situ, indicator species, line-transect survey, m17pg00013, mammals, marine mammal observation, marine mammals, miami, na15oar4320064, na20oar4320472, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, noaa de havilland dhc-6-300 twin otter, noaa twin otter, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, oceanography, paleoclimate indicators, photograph, photographs, population abundance, sea turtle, 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
CRCP Changes in growth, vitality, and habitat value of Acropora cervicornis in the US Caribbean

The project was planned to document the habitat value of Acropora cervicornis, staghorn coral, colonies or stands/thickets as they changed in configuration through growth and disturbance. Research addressed environmental condition and productivity of A. cervicornis by investigating variations over time in health, vitality, and growth and use as habitat for reef fishes, including disturbances by human or natural events.

Tags: 10292, acropora cervicornis, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, belt transect, benthos analysis, biology, biosphere, caribbean sea, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, cnidaria, coastal pollution, coastal processes, coral, coral cover, coral diseases, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, damage assessment, description, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, fish, fishing practices, galveston fisheries ecology projects, geographic information, habitat damage, hydrosphere, isla de mona (18n067w0002), la parguera, la parguera (17n067w0013), lajas, leeward islands, lesser antilles, linear transect (point), lovango key, mona island, national marine fisheries service, natural, no name bay, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, photograph analysis, productivity of acropora cervicornis habitat and impacts from natural and human disturbance, puerto rico, puerto rico (18n066w0000), quadrat monitoring, reef damage assessment, reef fish census, reef fishes, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, southeast fisheries science center, sponges, st. john, st. john (18n064w0011), st. thomas, st. thomas (18n064w0033), staghorn coral, thatch key, transect monitoring, u. s. virgin islands, u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, usvi, virgin islands, water quality, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRCP-Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation

Corallivorous snail feeding scars are a common source of tissue loss for the threatened coral Acropora palmata, accounting for roughly one quarter of tissue loss in monitored study plots averaged over seven years.  Meanwhile, corallivory is one of the few major sources of partial mortality (contrasting with threats such as bleaching, disease, or storm disturbances) that may be locally managed. Thus we conducted a field experiment to explore both the effectiveness and feasibility of snail removal. Long-term monitoring plots on six reefs in the upper Florida Keys were assigned to one of three snail removal treatments: 1) removal from A. palmata only 2) removal from all host coral species 3) No-removal controls. During the initial removal in June 2011, 639 snails were removed from twelve 150m2 plots. Snails were removed 2 additional times during a seven month removal phase, and then counted at five surveys over the next 19 months to track recolonization. At the conclusion, snails were collected, measured and sexed.

Tags: 0161266, 1091, 161266, 201, 2011-2013, acropora demographic monitoring, acropora palmata, animals/invertebrates, atlantic ocean, biological classification, biology, biosphere, carysfort reef (25n080w0013), coastal waters of florida, conservation biology, coral, coral predation, coral reef conservation program (crcp), coral reef studies, coral reef surveys, coralliophila abbreviata, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, ecology, ecosystem science, elbow reef (25n080w0020), elkhorn, esa listed species, evaluation of esa listed acropora spp. status and actions for management and recovery, evaluation of esa listed acropora spp. status and recovery actions, fl laboratory, florida, florida reef tract, french reef (25n080w0022), gastropods, key largo dry rocks (25n080w0039), marine biology, miami, molasses reef (25n080w0003), mollusks, monroe county, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, predation, predator, sand island (25n080w0036), snail, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, upper florida keys, us doc, visual analysis, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Telemetry data and movement patterns for sea turtles tagged near Cape Lookout, North Carolina from 2007-05-11 to 2015-05-15 (NCEI Accession 0162439)

Seasonal capture efforts were conducted to evaluate patterns of catch rates, species and size compisition.  Acoustic and satellite telemetry were used to evaluate residency, movements, and dive behavior.  AUV-borne sidescan sonar surveys were conducted at the peak of sea turtle abundance on the spring.

Tags: 0162439, 162439, 2008-2009, abundance, animals - individual, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, autonomous underwater vehicle, beaufort, biological classification, biological data, calipers, cape lookout bight, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, funded projects, girth, green sea turtle, kemp's ridley, loggerhead, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nc laboratory, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, north carolina, ocean, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, reptiles, satellite sensor - active microwave, scale, sea turtle, side-scan sonar, southeast fisheries science center, telemetry, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2003 Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic SPCE angler survey data (processed)

This dataset contains information angler experiences and preferences for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tags: alabama, bag limits, biogeme, corypha hippurus, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, dolphinfish, economic value, epinephelus spp., fishery-dependent, florida, georgia, groupers, king mackerel, louisiana, lutjanus campechanus, mississippi, mycteroperca spp, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north caroliona, red snapper, scomberomorus cavalla, size limits, snapper, south carolina, south east usa, southeast fisheries science center, species, texas, the economic value of catching and keeping or releasing saltwater sport fish in the southeast usa, u.s. department of commerce, wtp
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SEAMAP Ichthoplankton Databases Provided to NRDA

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has collected standardized ichthyoplankton resource surveys in the Gulf of Mexico since 1982.  Several surveys are conducted throughout the year and focus on different areas of the northern Gulf of Mexico.  The spring survey is an offshore survey that samples primarily from the edge of the continental shelf to the Economic Exclusion Zone, while the summer and fall surveys primarily focus on the continental shelf.  Typically, the fall plankton survey is selected as the source of larval abundance data because of its spatial coverage, as opposed to surveys in the summer which did not adequately cover the eastern Gulf of Mexico prior to 2008.   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: deepwater horizon and nrda data and reports, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, gom, gulf of mexico, ichthoplankton, mississippi laboratories, national marine fisheries service, noaa, nrda, seamap, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cooperative Marine Turtle Tagging Program sea turtle tagging records on rehabilitated and released sea turtles from NOAA Galveston

The database is a summary of records of:  sea turtle size tags applied release and capture location are summarized in this database which is derived from paper data sheets submitted to the Cooperative Marine Turtle Tagging Program CMTTP at the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research ACCSTR, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Tags: 0157625, 157625, 2003-2017, animals - individual - behavior, animals - individual - marks or tags, animals - individual - mass, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, biological classification, calipers, coastal waters of texas, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, galveston historical turtle projects, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, oceanography, reptiles, scale, southeast fisheries science center, turtles, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, ysi - handheld multi-parameter instrument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
PELAGIC OBSERVER PROGRAM (POP).  Catch/Effort data collected by observers on board U.S. commercial Pelagic Longline vessels

This data set contains data that are collected by trained observers aboard pelagic longline vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The fishery observers are deployed to collect catch and effort data and record information on the types and numbers of fish that are discarded and interactions with marine mammals or endangered species.  Vessels that have Federal permits to fish for swordfish are required to take a fishery observer onboard for the duration of a trip if the vessel is selected. The data that are submitted to the mandatory pelagic longline logbook program are used as the population from which the vessels are randomly selected. A 5 to 8 percent sample of vessels is selected to carry an observer for at least one trip during a calendar quarter.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishdep, fishery-dependent, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pelagic longline observer program, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Summary of sea turtles rehabilitated at NOAA Galveston 2001-2016

The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory.  Data includes the number of each species rehabilitated and the year in which each sea turtle was rehabilitated.

Tags: 0157625, 157625, 2001-2016, animals/vertebrates, atlantic ocean, biological classification, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, coastal waters of texas, dermochelys coriacea, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, eretmochelys imbricata, galveston, galveston historical turtle projects, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, hand, lepidochelys kempii, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, person, rehabilitation, reptiles, sea turtle, sea turtles, southeast fisheries science center, species, texas, turtles, u.s. department of commerce, us doc
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cold Core Ring / Mesoscale Eddy Scombrid Habitat Ecological Study (MESHS)

The coupling of physical, biological, and fisheries oceanography is requisite for the proper assessment and description of these features as spawning and nursery habitat by examining e cold-core cyclonic eddies in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Tags: 2006, 2007, abundance, alabama, benthic samples, cold core ring / mesoscale eddy scombrid habitat ecological study (meshs), distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, finss, fisheries independent data, florida panhandle, gom, gulf of mexico, habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, physical oceanography, southeast fisheries science center, spring, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Assessment Aerial Surveys - NRDA

Aerial surveys were conducted during the spring-summer of 2010 and seasonally during 2011-2012 to assess the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals and sea turtles within the region impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Surveys were conducted in high-winged twin engine aircraft flying at altitudes of 600-750 feet. Visual observations of marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, and other species are recorded including species identifications, counts of animals. Surveys are conducted along line transects oriented perpendicular to the shoreline and follow protocols consistent with analysis using Distance approaches to estimate detection probability and abundance. These data have been used to evaluate the potential impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on protected species.

Tags: 2010-2012, doc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fl laboratory, gulf of mexico, gulf of mexico marine mammal assessment aerial surveys - nrda, miami, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce