AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WAMSI Node 3.2.2d - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Exploited Lagoon Invertebrates

Field surveys undertaken between 2006 and 2009 have been compiled to provide an extensive baseline of the distribution and abundance of rock lobster species from the Muiron Islands in the north to Turtles sanctuary in the south of Ningaloo Marine Park. The abundance of lobsters of all species were low, however there were regions that held significantly higher abundances of lobsters. The geographic regions and habitats types in which lobsters were found varied with lobster species.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Natural Area Prioritisation for Perth and Peel

This dataset categorises the 2020 native vegetation extent mapping by the number of agreed ecological criteria. The set of criteria were developed through the Regional Framework for Local Biodiversity Conservation Priorities for Perth and Peel project, delivered via WALGA’s Perth Biodiversity Project in 2012. The prioritisation criteria builds on State Government endorsed local biodiversity conservation planning methodology adopted by Local Governments preparing Local Biodiversity Strategies in Perth and its surrounds. 

Tags: prioritisation
Organization: Western Australian Local Government Association
Commercial and Industrial Waste 2014-15

The commercial and industrial waste (C&amp;I) data represents total waste produced per year by ABS statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries. The figures represent the total C&amp;I waste that is produced by institutions and businesses; including waste from schools, restaurants, offices, retail and wholesale businesses, and industries including manufacturing for the 2014-15 period.
The SA2 population data was obtained from the 2016 ABS census. Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2) are medium-sized general purpose areas built up from whole Statistical Areas Level 1. Their purpose is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically and generally represent populations of &gt;25000 and where possible will mirror suburb and LGA boundaries though this will not always be the case. 

Tags: WA-WS
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
WAMSI Node 6.1 - Offshore and coastal engineering and the effects of climate change - Summary

WAMSI Node 6.1 deals with the modelling of past and future sea level / storm surge and waves.
Western Australia is vulnerable to climate change impacts which may alter the prevailing wind conditions.  The altered wind fields will have a strong influence on the wind wave climate and in the generation of storm surges.  The combined effects of an altered wind wave climate and the magnitude and frequency of storm surges together with relative sea level rise would have important implications for coastal stability and vulnerability.  
In this project the output from the Woodside Energy North Australian Climate Change Study (NACCS) will be used to force wave, storm surge and sediment transport models to predict changes in beach stability under different climate change scenarios. 
A key facet of the project is development of a capacity to link science and management. This will be done through direct delivery of regional and sub-regional scenarios for climate change to Local and State Government agencies, in particular, the Department of Planning and Infrastructure for consideration in preparation of policy for coastal management in response to climate change.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.7 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators of Coral Response to Dredging Related Pressures - CORAL DEMOGRAPHY, Western Australia

An understanding of coral population dynamics (demography) is needed when designing and evaluating studies that aim to detect the effects of natural and anthropogenic mediated impacts on coral communities, and in particular when making predictions about the likelihood of and speed of recovery from such impacts. This study was undertaken to gather baseline data on demographic processes to improve our understanding of the fundamental population dynamics in relation to recruitment, growth and survival of reef building corals in the Pilbara. Measurements of key demographic processes were carried out annually over two years (April 2014 and March 2015) at Enderby and West Lewis Islands in the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Locations sampled at Dampier Archipelago (where coral populations existed) were relatively unimpacted by bleaching mortality that occurred between 2011-2014. At each location permanent transects were established sufficient to provide up to several hundred tagged colonies in order to derive valid demographic rates (growth, mortality, shrinkage, fragmentation) for individuals of each size class, as well as to allow estimates of recruitment. Censuses were conducted using a combination of wide angle photographs of the permanent transects, detailed field censuses of recruits and adult corals, and direct measurements of tagged colonies. The corals investigated in this study were Acropora millepora, Turbinaria mesenterina and massive Porites spp. (mainly P. lobata and P. lutea). These species were chosen because they were among the most common coral taxa on reefs of the Pilbara, and on many reefs globally, making them fundamental to reef primary productivity and carbonate accretion, and because they have contrasting life histories and susceptibilities to disturbances.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
South Coast Crustacean Managed Fishery Sea Lion Exclusion Device (SLED) Zones

South Coast Crustacean Managed Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2015
Australian sea lions (ASL) are protected by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. 
Sea Lion Exclusion Devices (SLEDs) are required to be used in the waters within the SLED Zones. 
The Zones have been established to reduce the risk of ASLs interacting with fishing equipment when foraging around their breeding colonies and to maintain a viable commercial fishery. SLED Zones are prescribed in Schedule 4 of the South Coast Crustacean Managed Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2015

Tags: SLED, boundaries, crustacean, fisheries, legislation, sea lion, seal
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.5 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - SETTLEMENT STUDIES, Western Australia

Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the experiments. 
Settlement studies (Project 7.5): It is believed that coral larvae prefer to settle on sediment-free surfaces and this key recruitment process may be affected by suspended solids and deposition from dredging. The objective of project 7.5 is to examine if the settlement of broadcast spawning and brooding corals are affected by sediments from dredging and the primary cause:effect pathway whereby sediments can affect settlement. Larval settlement and metamorphosis will be examined in small (200 L) or larger (up to 1000 L) mesocosm tanks where light, turbidity and sedimentation rate can be controlled and measured and where corals will be exposed to a realistic range of TSS concentrations and PSDs on settlement success over an incubation period of several days. The experiment will require developing settling media which present the larvae with differently orientated locations/planes in which to settle. Light levels will also be manipulated to mimic the shading expected during dredging events and the combinations of orientation, sedimentation, TSS and light levels will help identify cause-effect relationships that affect settlement success. The settlement studies will be conducted with planulae with either broadcast spawning or brooding species and these projects may be combined depending on availability of test material (planulae) for experimentation. Experiments will be conducted each year (over a 3 year period) during the coral spawning period (October-December) for broadcast spawning species and during the year with brooding species.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node - Project 1.4 - Remote Sensing in support of marine environmental monitoring

The Kimberley region is vast, remote and difficult and expensive to access and carry out field work in. Remote sensing technologies can provide cost effective methods to gather historical and baseline data at synoptic scales as well as near-real-time observations from metre to kilometre resolution.
The Kimberley Node Project 1.4 focused on monitoring turbidity with reference to its impact on the water column and substrate light environment. The projects objectives were to analyse uncertainties of remotely sensed turbidity products by comparison of different algorithms and different resolution products with each other and with archived in situ data; and to analyse time series of remotely sensed turbidity data to provide first-stage pilot products that may be applicable for future use as marine management tools.
In-situ water quality data was obtained from a number of cruises that occurred along the Kimberley coastline including Collier Bay; Walcott Inlet, Outer King Sound, Koolama Bay and Lesueur Islands, Van Diemen Gulf and the Pilbara Coast and used to validate remote sensing products. Data associated with this metadata record relates to in-situ water quality. MODIS satellite data obtained from IMOS has not been stored as part of this record, but can be accessed direct via IMOS (http://www.imos.org.au/).

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.1.1 - Review of Plume Characteristics

Predicting the distribution and fate for suspended sediment plumes associated with dredge operations may be achieved by advanced hydrodynamic modelling (REFS). The accuracy of the model outputs, or the level of confidence we associate with the modelled forecasts, depend to some degree on the model inputs, including parameters such as particle size distributions, particle densities, and particle settling rates.  There is potential to infer optical products from the modelled 3 dimensional plume distribution, including spectral light attenuation, and spectral light intensity at the substrate.  One of the approaches to testing or monitoring the accuracy of plume distribution models is to compare the modelled distributions to observed plume distributions. Optical remote sensing methods can provide reliable “maps” of plume extent, and reasonable estimates of various in-water geophysical parameters. Examples of remote sensing products include suspended sediment concentration, particle backscattering, and spectral light attenuation coefficients.
This review encompasses two main components:
1) Satellite and in situ observations used to monitor sediment plumes and assess the suitability of the different sensor platforms to provide the spatial and temporal resolution needed for model validation and calibration in WAMSI Dredging Theme 3.4. Remote sensing platforms will include MODIS data and high resolution products such as WorldView and RapidEye;
2) Available water quality data (such as TSS levels, light levels, sediment deposition rate, particle size distribution etc.) collected in Western Australia and associated with different types of dredges working in different geotechnical settings and metocean conditions.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Historical Crown Allotment - Crown Allotment

Data formerly available through the Historical Crown Allotment Enquiry search function in Landgate's Land Enquiry System (LEN). Primarily used a resource to assist in identifying historical crown allotment information in Western Australia.
Contains information related to

District Name
Town/Lot
Allotment Numbers, Fraction and Suffix
Region
Status
Date of Status
Register
Crown Land Record 
and more 

The state is divided into many different areas called Land Districts and Town site Allotments. These parcels are created under the Land Act but have links with the Transfer of Land Act parcels. These Land District and Town site allotment areas are themselves subdivided into parcels.
This data is for historic search purposes only. Refer to current titles and surveys for legal purposes.
© Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions. 

Tags: allotment, allotments, cal, crown, historical, history, lot on survey, survey
Organization: Landgate
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.2 - Genetic variability of seagrass in NW Australia

The aims of this study for the WAMSI Dredging Science Program were:

To establish fundamental knowledge on the genetic diversity of seagrass meadows; and if this varies among sites and with different environmental conditions, particularly clear and turbid water;
To understand the gene flow among populations; and
To inform the design of mesocosm and laboratory experiments on seagrass resilience.

This study was the first of its kind to examine the patterns of genetic diversity in seagrasses in the Pilbara region of WA. Three species were assessed: Halophila ovalis (6 populations), Halodule uninervis (8 populations) and Thalassia hemprichii (3 populations) at a range of spatial scales, within a meadow (centimetres−metres), among meadows at a local scale (2−60 km) and among meadows at a regional scale (up to 500 km). Due to the varied distribution of species we could not sample all species across the same spatial scale and range of environments, so we designed a nested approach, with sites replicated at a distance of 2−5 km, and then different species at varied larger spatial scales.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Roads - Dedications and Closures - 2004

A static historical database of road dedications and closures used for research purposes based on information originally sourced from analogue Road Cards. This tabular database consists of multiple tables with the last known digital edit performed in March 2004.
The database is useful when looking for details / historical background regarding old road numbers. Apart from road dedication / road closure details, results could also show if there was a road name applied to a road number at the time of gazettal.
Contains information related to
•   Description of road affected by action
•   Government Gazette Date
•   Government Gazette Page
•   Local Government Authority
•   Map plan reference
•   Purpose 
•   Road name
•   Road number
•   Survey reference
•   and more 
© Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions. 

Tags: Dedication, Roads, closed, closure, historical
Organization: Landgate
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks and rays - Offshore / longline survey data

Longline fishing was used to survey elasmobranchs outside the reef and was carried out from the Western Australia Fishery Department vessel RV ‘Naturaliste’.  
A total of 111 longline sets were made between Three Mile Camp towards the southern extremity
of the Marine Park, to northeast of the Muiron Islands outside the northern limits of the Park; the distribution of these sets are shown in the thumbnail.
Of these 111 sets, 17 were in sanctuary zones and  94 in non-sanctuary zones (in the thumbnail picture the hatched areas are sanctuary zones).

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Perth Metro LiDAR data

LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is an increasingly popular remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser (typically from an aircraft) to measure 'ranges', thereby being able to accurately calculate distances and elevations in a 3D environment.
Landgate commissioned a LiDAR capture over the 'built up' areas of the Perth metropolitan area between the summer of 2021 and autumn of 2022. This supplements previous captures undertaken in recent years in the more remote regions - usually in support of state and local government initiatives.
As the State's custodian of elevation data, Landgate makes its Capture WA funded LiDAR acquisitions available for use by state &amp; local governments and industry. 
Additional information is available on the  Landgate website.
© Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate).
 Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions. 

Tags: 2022, 2d, 3d, LiDAR, Metropolitan Perth, Perth lidar, classified data, elevation data, point cloud, raw data, tree canopy
Organization: Landgate
South West Regional Ecological Linkages Axis Lines

This dataset identifies regional ecological linkage axis lines that aim to link patches of remnant vegetation judged to be of regional significance by retaining the best (condition) and/or most contiguous patches available to act as stepping stones for flora and fauna between regionally significant areas. Read the South West Regional Ecological Linkages (SWREL) report for more information on how to interpret the current dataset and on how to use a proximity analysis tool available to the study area.
Reference: Molloy, S., Wood, J., Hall, S., Wallrodt, S. and Whisson, G. (2009) South West Regional Ecological Linkages Technical Report, Western Australian Local Government Association and Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth. 

Organization: Western Australian Local Government Association
SLIP Data Update API

Datasets available through the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP) are uploaded via the data upload tool (DUT). DUT has its own Application Programming Interface (API) that provides the date and time of the last successful upload of active datasets. 
The API can be called with an HTTP GET request. Data WA uses this API to automatically update the "Data last updated" field for SLIP datasets listed on data.wa.gov.au. 
The API is currently an open API that requires no authentication or API Key.

Tags: api, slip, successful, update, upload
Organization: Landgate
Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery - Schedule 6 Closed waters

Australian sea lions (ASL) are protected by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The Australian sea lion Gillnet Exclusion Zones (Zones) are the latest changes in WA to address concerns about ASLs.
Waters within the Zones will be closed to gillnet fishing by commercial demersal gillnet and demersal longline operators, however fishers will still be able to use gillnets outside these Zones.
The Zones have been established to reduce the risk of ASLs interacting with demersal gillnets when foraging around their breeding colonies and to maintain a viable commercial fishery.

Tags: boundaries, demersal, fisheries, gillnet, legislation, sea lion, seal
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
2020 vegetation extent by administrative planning categories

This dataset categorises the 2020 native vegetation extent mapping by administrative categories relevant to local biodiversity conservation planning. It identifies ‘Local Natural Areas’, various categories of Parks and Wildlife Service managed lands, Regional Parks and Bush Forever. ‘Local Natural Areas’ are the focus of Local Biodiversity Strategies prepared in accordance of the Local Government Biodiversity Planning Guidelines (del Marco et al 2004). 

Organization: Western Australian Local Government Association
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.3 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - FERTILIZATION STUDIES, Western Australia

Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the experiments. 
Fertilization studies (Project 7.3): The fertilization of broadcast spawning corals occurs at the ocean surface where interactions with dredging plumes are likely. The objectives of Project 7.3 are to examine if success fertilization of corals gametes is affected by water quality conditions that can occur during dredging programs. Fertilization experiments will be conducted with two broadcast-spawning species and involve examining fertilization success in response to a realistic range of TSS concentrations and PSDs over an incubation period of several hours. Experiments will be conducted each year (over a 3 year period) during the coral spawning period (October-December of 2013, 2014 and 2015). The first 6 months of the project will involve developing protocols and experimental procedures and equipment to conduct the work.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI Node 6.3 - Ocean Gliders - Western Australian Integrated Marine Observation System (WAIMOS)

Australian National Ocean Glider Facility (ANFOG) has Slocum gliders (operate at max. depth of 200m and max. endurance of 30 days) and Seagliders (operate max. depth of 1000m and max. endurance of 6 months).  Within WAIMOS, the operational costs of the deployment and recovery of these ocean gliders was not included in the original WAIMOS investment and this project provided funding for this purpose.  
Both the Seaglider and Slocum glider measured temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity and CDOM data.  The Seaglider will take measurements from the West Australian shelf and slope waters between Dampier and Fremantle while the Slocum glider will take measurements from Two Rocks along the SRFME transect a return via the Perth Canyon.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks and rays - Summary

From April 2007 to June 2009, six field trips were undertaken to investigate the elasmobranch faunal composition of the Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP), determine the distribution and abundance of species, and examine the habitat utilisation, movement patterns and activity space of selected key species. Dive and longline surveys, passive acoustic telemetry and satellite tracking were used to collect data.
Of interest to management, was whether existing sanctuary zones were effective for elasmobranchs as well as the location and timing of aggregation sites reported for some species.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution