AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Bristol Channel, western English Channel, Celtic Sea Plankton Surveys - RV Corystes 08/1990

Analysis of plankton samples collected on one in a series of surveys in 1990 
to determine the extent and timing of sole (Solea solea) spawning. Numbers of 
ichthyoplankton, Nephrops larvae and edible crab (Cancer pagurus), along with 
associated positional and environmental data (temperature and salinity).

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
South Rigg Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Acoustic Data - 2012

Multibeam sonar survey covering South Rigg Marine Conservation Zone MCZ in 
2012, full site coverage outwards of between 43-146 m depth (chart datum). 
Lines run at varying spacing with no cross lines run. Data collected at 300 
kHz,WGS84 latitude and longitude coordinates collected by Differential Global 
Positioning system, MBES system mounted on a moving blade, Raw and processed 
data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 
UK (CEFAS_ completed with georeferenced backscatter mosaics and GeoTiff 
images.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Acoustic data

Output imagery of multibeam echosounder backscatter (tiffs) from within six 
experimental boxes (three treatments and three control) during a fishing 
impact recovery survey within the Fladen Grounds. Data were collected at three 
time points (before impact (time 0), immediately after impact (time 1) and 8 
months after impact (time 2) during two research surveys on the RV Cefas 
Endeavour in April 2015 and November 2015.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Thames Estuary Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Acoustic Survey Data - 2011

Multibeam sonar survey covering Thames Estuary MCZ in 2011. Part site coverage 
outwards of between 18-53 m depth (chart datum). Lines run at varying spacing 
with no cross lines run. Data collected at 300 kHz,WGS84 latitude and 
longitude coordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning system, 
MBES system mounted on a moving blade, Raw and processed data delivered to 
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (CEFAS_ 
completed with georeferenced backscatter mosaics and GeoTiff images.

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2013 onwards, Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), Cuckmere, biannual small fish surveys by beach seine

The Sussex IFCA in collaboration with the Environment Agency (EA) undertake biannual small fish surveys at two sites near the entrance of the Cuckmere river during spring and autumn each year, the first survey being in spring 2013. The IFCA standard operating procedure for surveying small fish is used (a copy of this document is held by the IFCA) and the methodology conforms with the Centre for Environment and Fisheries and Aquaculture (Cefas) advice for surveying juvenile bass. One survey method is used; a beach seine. All fish caught are identified to species level. The first 50 of each fish species are measured (total length from snout to tip of tail) with the remainder being counted. In addition, fork length is measured for bass, and for all bass greater than 21cm a scale sample is taken for age determination. The surveys are always conducted at slack water and at similar tidal heights. Additional information recorded includes; Water analysis (temperature, salinity, specific conductivity, dissolved oxygen (percentage and mg/L) and pH ), tidal state, tidal height, persons present, fish identifier and meteorological information. The data is currently stored in MS Excel spreadsheets. The objective of monitoring small fish is to develop a time series of relative abundance in the near shore habitats (areas which are commonly utilised by juvenile fish as nursery grounds). The information collected has many applications e.g. to monitor abundance over time, to investigate responses to specific events or to investigate the growth rate of a species.

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RV ENDEAVOUR 05/2009 Low Resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Data

The data in this archive were collected from CEFAS (Or DFR) research cruises. 
They broadly cover the European Shelf with some data from the Iberian Abyssal 
Plain. Data were collected using the lowered CTD rosette system which is used 
when the vessel is stationary. Usually bottles were fired at particular depths 
and samples taken for calibration. In early years only a limited set of 
parameters were collected. Notably Pressure (Depth), Temperature and 
Conductivity (CTD). From Conductivity Salinity can be calculated using the 
UNESCO 1978,1983 formulations . In subsequent years more sensors have been 
added, notably fluorometers, Optical back scatter or transmissometers and 
Light (PAR, photo synthetically available radiation). The exact configuration 
varies between cruises and this is reflected in the data format of the output 
files.

Data was collected from research vessels on station, a profile from the 
surface to near the sea bed is undertaken. The down cast data should be a 
clean profile. Water bottles for sample collection and calibration are fired 
on the up cast.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
North Sea Plankton Survey - RV Cirolana 04/99

This survey was conducted in July 1999 in the North Sea with the aim of 
determining the distribution and abundance of edible crab larvae in relation 
to fishing grounds and seabed sediments. Data was collected from a total of 
141 plankton stations on the main sampling grid between latitudes 52° 30'N to 
55° 15'N. The finer scale plankton grid consisted of 58 stations between 
Flamborough and the north Norfolk coast. This data consists of the numbers of 
crab larvae (and mackerel eggs), along with associated positional data and 
volumes filtered.

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Potentially toxic phytoplankton counts from water samples collected from shellfish growing areas in Jersey from 2004 to 2019

Counts (in cells per litre) of potentially toxic algal cells for The States of 
Jersey analysed using the Utermohl method with light microscopy. These data 
are from water samples collected from designated shellfish growing areas 
around the coast of Jersey for the period 01/4/2004 - 31/3/2019.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Goose barnacle growth rates measured from specimens collected in Celtic Sea in April 2018

This data resulted from an opportunistic interception of biofouled marine 
litter floating off the coast of Cornwall. A colony of goose barnacles (
*Lepas anatifera*) and a neustonic isopod *Idotea metallica *were found 
attached to the drifting litter. Both these species are not native to the UK. 
The interception was used as a case study to model the path of the drifting 
litter to a probable origin in the Western Atlantic, using the biological 
traits of the attached animals. This data contains photographic images, 
location map, and text describing the specimens collected from the litter, 
along with photos of the litter object. The floating litter was intercepted at 
50.145 N 6.019 W between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on the 11/04/18 by 
the RV *Cefas Endeavour*. Forty-five individuals of goose barnacles were 
retained along with one specimen of the Isopod. Descriptions of each species 
are given. Measurements of the length of three goose barnacle plates 
(Capitellum, Scutum, and Carina) are included. By comparing total plate length 
against different growth rates, we could derive probable growth durations for 
each of the goose barnacle specimens and this was used to paramaterize our 
model.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Natural bed disturbance modelling outputs

This dataset consists of output from a computer model that attempts to predict 
annual seabed disturbance caused by waves and currents. Disturbance was taken 
to mean physical movement of the seedbed sediments and was quantified as a 
disturbance frequency (days per year disturbance occurred). For sandy regions 
the disturbance depth is also predicted (days per year disturbance occurred to 
a given depth below the seabed). For gravel and mud substrates the depth of 
disturbance was left unquantified. Format: Zipped ASCII (space delimited) 
files covering the period 2000-2008 inclusive.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Seawater salinity trend analysis for the North East Atlantic (North West European Shelf)

This gridded data product provides a trend analysis to estimate the changes in 
Seawater Salinity at sea surface and near sea bed for the North West European 
Shelf from 1st January 1985 to 30th June 2014 at 7 Km spatial resolution. 
Monthly and seasonal trend values were generated by applying a Generalised 
Additive Model (GAM) on a time series of modelling output data for Salinity at 
7 Km spatial resolution from the North West Shelf Reanalysis product (004_009) 
provided by Copernicus Marine Services (CMEMS).

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Historic Marine Protected Areas

Historic Marine Protected Areas Historic MPAs are designated under Section 67 of the Marine Scotland Act 2010 to protect marine historic assets (e.g historic shipwrecks) of national importance within Scottish territorial waters. The Historic_Marine_Protected Area dataset comprises the boundaries of all Historic Marine Protected Areas in Scotland. The purpose of this dataset is to allow the user to identify the boundaries of Historic Marine Protected Areas in Scotland. The user should refer to the Historic Marine Protected Area Order documentation for exact locations of individual boundary points and supplementary information. The Scottish Government is committed to clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse marine and coastal environments, managed to meet the long-term needs of people and nature. This includes protecting and, where appropriate, enhancing our most important historic wrecks and other marine heritage sites in such a way that they can be valued and understood. One way Scottish Ministers can achieve this is by designating nationally important marine historic assets in Scottish territorial waters as Historic Marine Protected Areas under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.

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RV ENDEAVOUR 17/2007 Low Resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Data

The data in this archive were collected from CEFAS (Or DFR) research cruises. 
They broadly cover the European Shelf with some data from the Iberian Abysal 
Plain. Data were collected using the lowered CTD rosette system which is used 
when the vessel is stationary. Usually bottles were fired at particular depths 
and samples taken for calibration. In early years only a limited set of 
parameters were collected. Notably Pressure (Depth), Temperature and 
Conductivity (CTD). From Conductivity Salinity can be calculated using the 
UNESCO 1978,1983 formulations . In subsequent years more sensors have been 
added, notably fluorometers, Optical back scatter or transmissometers and 
Light (PAR, photo synthetically available radiation). The exact configuration 
varies between cruises and this is reflected in the data format of the output 
files.

Data was collected from research vessels on station, a profile from the 
surface to near the sea bed is undertaken. The down cast data should be a 
clean profile. Water bottles for sample collection and calibration are fired 
on the up cast.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Irish Sea Annual Egg Production Method (AEPM) Plankton Survey 1995

Between February and May of 1995 a series of plankton surveys were carried out 
in the Irish Sea by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture 
Science, and a number of partner research institutes, to undertake stock 
assessment by the egg production method. The species targetted were cod, sole 
and plaice. Ichthyoplankton samples were collected at each site on a planned 
survey grid. The data described here consists of the numbers of fish eggs and 
larvae identified from the main net samples collected, along with associated 
positional and ancillary data and volumes filtered.

In addition, 69 main net samples were later analysed for mesozooplankton (12 
to 16 samples from 5 of the cruises), and these data are also included.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
RV ENDEAVOUR 15/2008 High Resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Data

The data in this archive were collected from CEFAS (Or DFR) research cruises. 
They broadly cover the European Shelf with some data from the Iberian Abysal 
Plain. Data were collected using the lowered CTD rosette system which is used 
when the vessel is stationary. Usually bottles were fired at particular depths 
and samples taken for calibration. In early years only a limited set of 
parameters were collected. Notably Pressure (Depth), Temperature and 
Conductivity (CTD). From Conductivity Salinity can be calculated using the 
UNESCO 1978,1983 formulations . In subsequent years more sensors have been 
added, notably fluorometers, Optical back scatter or transmissometers and 
Light (PAR, photo synthetically available radiation). The exact configuration 
varies between cruises and this is reflected in the data format of the output 
files.

Data was collected from research vessels on station, a profile from the 
surface to near the sea bed is undertaken. The down cast data should be a 
clean profile. Water bottles for sample collection and calibration are fired 
on the up cast.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Cod End Mesh Size Trials in the SW Otter Trawl Fishery 2017/18 - Fisheries Science Partnership

Eleven days of sea trials comprising 40 tows were successfully completed on 
board the twin-rig otter trawler ‘Our Olivia Belle’ (BD277) in the Western 
English Channel in August 2017 allowing catch comparisons of cod end mesh 
sizes ranging from 48mm to 128mm stretched mesh with those of the standard 
85mm stretched mesh. The main aim of the project was to evaluate the use of 
larger cod end mesh as a means of selectively reducing catches of haddock in 
the SW trawl fishery.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
CLiP South Africa Marine Litter Accumulation Study (Cefas-UKZN) 2019

This dataset contains 2 csv files. The file 
South_Africa_Marine_Litter_Data.csv contains data on marine litter found 
during beach surveys in Umhlanga (north of Durban) and Amanzimtoti (south of 
Durban) in South Africa in September 2019. The number of items and the weight 
in kg is reported for each litter category. Each survey is named with the name 
of the location plus a capital letter between A and L for Amanzimtoti; and 
between A and K for Umhlanga. The capital letter indicates the order of the 
returning surveys at the same site. The list of item categories was obtain 
merging OSPAR and Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific 
items. Item categories marked with '*' were added during the operations in 
South Pacific, item categories marked with '**' were added during the 
operations in Belize, and item categories marked with '***' were added during 
the operations in South Africa. An array of metadata (location names, survey 
date, GPS coordinates in decimal degrees) is also reported per each data 
point. 

The file South_Africa_Marine_Litter_Metadata.csv reports other metadata 
collected during the surveys following the OSPAR protocol to describe factors 
potentially influencing litter characteristics. A READ-ME text file contains a 
legend of the columns of the csv files.

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West Central North Sea Plankton Survey - RV Cirolana 08/87

Numbers of herring and sprat larvae caught by plankton survey. This survey was 
carried out as part of the International Council for the Exploration of the 
Sea (ICES) coordinated herring larvae survey of ICES Region IVb during the two 
standard sampling periods in October. Dataset includes associated positional 
data and sample volumes filtered.

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2014 Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum (SARF) Scotland Crassostrea gigas records

A quadrat survey of Crassostrea gigas in Scotland conducted by the Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum (SARF) for the Scottish Association for Marine Sciencew (SAMS).  The purpose of this survey was to determine the extent of C. gigas in Scotland.  Abundances and shell dimensions were measured, as well as habitat descriptions.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2011 Kent Wildlife Trust Thanet intertidal monitoring survey

This study has provided much of the baseline information for monitoring the marine biotopes and associated fauna and flora at sites along the 23 km stretch of coast.  Fowler and Tittley (1993) reviewed the importance of coastal chalk cave and cliff habitats in Britain. Their extent in Thanet was described and mapped by Tittley (1985) and this provides an important baseline for comparison. The structure and composition of the associated algal communities was analysed by Tittley and Shaw (1980). Since 1997 additional coastal biotope mapping has been undertaken in the Thanet coast cSAC between Walpole Bay and Foreness Point (Anon., 1998). An appraisal in 2004 looked at the occurrence and impact of the non-native alga Sargassum muticum in Thanet (Vahid, 2004). More recently, studies have been undertaken on the impact of non-native species with particular emphasis on Crassostrea gigas (McKnight, 2009 and 2011).

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
West Coast Palaeolandscape Project (Pilot Project)

The West Coast Palaeolandscapes Project builds upon the results of comparative work carried out within the Southern North Sea as part of the North Sea Palaeolandscape Project (NSPP). The results of that project, and the associated data audit variation, suggested that several other areas existed within the UK where sufficient data could support similar work. The west coast of Britain was identified as one area where any information derived on existing palaeolandscapes would have a significant impact on our understanding of the Mesolithic and, potentially, the Palaeolithic in England and Wales, whilst also informing the archaeological records of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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2012 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Batten Bay Corella eumyota survey

Targeted search for the Orange-Tipped Sea Squirt Corella eumyota at Batten Bay. Targeted search for the Orange-Tipped Sea Squirt Corella eumyota at Batten Bay. For each Corella eumyota found, the following observations were recorded: Length (mm), width (mm), aggregation size (number of individuals in aggregation). Photographs of some specimens were taken.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre

The Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre is located in the small harbour of Charlestown, near St Austell in Cornwall. It is a privately owned maritime museum housing many objects recovered from historic shipwrecks. The objects on display range in date from the 16th century ot the present day.
     The main aim of this project is the recording of objects in the Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre originating from wrecks currently protected under the Protection of Wrecks act 1973 (PWA). The record includes a finds database, a provenance record detailing how the objects ended up in the museum and a detailed photographic record of the objects.

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1962 - 2001 John Hawthorne, Weymouth Beach records, littoral survey

The simplest method of evaluating beach fauna is to visit after a period of strong easterly or south easterly winds at spring tides. John Hawthorne regularly wrote an update on the marine invertebrates he had recorded washed up on Weymouth Beach for the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, which was published annually in their Proceedings. He notes that slight shifts in the wind may result in different communities being sampled and that the site of the offshore eelgrass community needs identifying.

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2000 National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC), Poole Bay Dorset, Maerl density and distribution dive quadrat survey

A qualitative pipe-dredge survey was undertaken by Ken Collins and Jenny Mallinson in 1990 as part of a proposed oil pipeline environmental impact assessment, and has formed the basis for this quantitative diving survey. Six days diving were carried out during the summer of 2000 with the help of volunteers. Since tidal currents are strong in the survey area, surveys were carried out around the slack periods during neap tides. Typically 3 pairs of divers were deployed at 100m spacing. Each pair collected all the live maerl from within two 0.5m2 quadrats at the drop point and then moved with the current some 100m to repeat the exercise. 
     Over 110 samples were collected, dried and weighed to give a quantitative measure of the maerl density and distribution. Drift dives were also carried out to confirm the general pattern of distribution. The samples entered here record the presence of live maerl and have been provided electronically by Dr Ken Collins to Dorset Environmental Records Centre for inclusion on the Dorset Marine Biodiversity Database. 
     Please note, these records have also been incorporated into subsequent reports written by the same author.

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Teign Mussel Stock Assessment 2018

In 2012 and 2018,  Devon and Severn IFCA has carried out a stock assessment on the public mussel beds on the Teign Estuary, south Devon. These surveys determine the area of each bed, the density of mussels, the percentage cover, and the estimated stock (in tonnes), and marketable stock (mussels greater than 50mm in length) for each bed, and are used to assess the condition of the bed and whether the bed could support a viable mussel fishery.

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2013 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Loch Sween Sargassum muticum records

The pMPAs on the west coast of Scotland encompass a number of sea lochs, including Loch Sween, which forms the subject of the present investigation. The principal aim of the work was validation of historical records and determination of the current distribution of the MPA search features: burrowed mud, inshore deep mud with burrowing heart urchins and beds of maerl, flame shells and native oysters; as well as assessment of the condition of these features. A further objective was the validation of records of representative sublittoral mud and mixed sediment communities.

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Reconstruction of North Sea trawling effort 1985-2015

Spatial distribution of total international otter and beam trawling fishing 
effort, for all ICES rectangles (0.5 degree latitude by 1 degree longitude) of 
the North Sea, covering a 31-year time span from 1985 to 2015. The dataset was 
largely reconstructed using compiled effort data from 7 fishing effort 
time-series and completed by estimations of missing data. Lat and Long 
coordinates in the data represent the centre of each ICES rectangle.

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