AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Responses of ambon damselfish, a common Great Barrier Reef species, to the organophosphorus insecticide, chlorpyrifos

Pomacentrus amboinensis embryos were exposed experimentally, to a range of concentrations of the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos and monitored for survival and sublethal effects. Eggs from a single clutch were obtained from the captive breeding program at James Cook University and transferred to aquaria at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Appropriate amounts of chlorpyrifos were added to 50 µL of acetone and 700 ml of 1 µm filtered seawater to produce treatment solutions with concentrations of 50, 125, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 2000 µg/L. A control, which contained 50 µL of acetone in seawater was also used. Water quality parameters were monitored throughout the experiments (dissolved oxygen &gt;85% saturation, pH 8.1±0.1, temperature 27±1°C, salinity 33.3±0.2 0/00).Toxicity tests were carried out using healthy fertilised eggs, less than 10 hours old. Twenty randomly selected eggs were placed in each of three replicate 900 ml treatment chambers for each chlorpyrifos concentration. Numbers of dead, immobilised or abnormal embryos were counted after 72 and 120 hours and dead embryos removed. Heart rates were measured over a 1 minute period for 5 embryos from each treatment after 96 hours, using a Hi-8 video system connected to a stereo dissecting microscope.On completion of hatching, numbers of normal, dead, or deformed larvae were counted and the percentage viable hatch calculated for each replicate. Surviving larvae were killed and their standard lengths measured. The experiment was terminated at 144 hours, as all eggs had hatched and mortality was extremely high at the highest concentrations.
 This research was undertaken to assess the potential for use of the ambon damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis), a widespread and abundant reef fish species, as a potential bioindicator of the effects of toxic contaminants in Great Barrier Reef waters.
 The organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos was selected for testing, as it is the most widely used insecticide in the sugar cane growing regions of Queensland.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Hobart Rivulet

Hobart Rivulet monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Bay Watch program. Derwent Bay Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 19 bays, coves and other sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seagrass nutrient uptake influenced by below-ground sulphide: a split-chamber hydroponic experiment.

Rhizome sections of Halophila ovalis were collected from the Swan River Estuary at Pelican Point (31°59 S, 115°49 E) in January 2006 and were planted into a hydroponic, split-chamber experiment with constant water flow, designed to only expose below-ground seagrass biomass to sulphide.  Sulphide concentrations were maintained at 0, 0.25 and 1 and 4 mM S2- and uptake of seagrass measured by removal of phosphate and ammonium from below-ground water. It was hypothesised that exposure of Halophila ovalis to below-ground sulphide would inhibit the capacity for ammonium and phosphate uptake and photosynthetic efficiency would be reduced.

Tags: 63 605002, Halophila ovalis, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Biogeochemical Cycles, ammonium, growth, phosphorus, photosynthetic efficiency, sulphide
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Pilbara hyper-spectral data - 25th September 2008

On the 25th of September 2008 a hyper-spectral scanner (AISA+ Airborne Hyperspectral System from Specim - Spectral Imaging Ltd.) collected data from near Karratha (Regnard Bay). 
The thumbnail shows flight lines.  Further information can be obtained through contacts listed below.

Tags: Hyper-Spectral Scanner
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Toxicity of aromatic hydrocarbons on Acropora millepora adult corals

This collection consists of a series of data sets assessing the sensitivity of the adult coral, Acropora millepora, to three individual dissolved aromatic compounds (toluene, naphthalene and 1-methylnaphthalene). Physico-chemical data, hydrocarbon analysis data, and coral survival and growth response data were collected during ecotoxicity tests performed at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Townsville site).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Ambient Water Quality monitoring program - Site U3

Site U3 is sampled monthly by Nyrstar Hobart as part of the  Derwent Ambient Water Quality monitoring program.
Since 2003, ambient water quality monitoring has been carried out on a monthly basis at up to 28 sites throughout the Derwent estuary by Norske Skog Boyer, Nyrstar Hobart and the State Government. Monitoring is carried out by three different boat-based sampling parties, but is co-ordinated to occur on the same day each month. 
At each site, in-situ field measurements are taken using calibrated sensors for temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. Water clarity is also measured using a secchi disk. Surface and bottom water samples are collected for analysis of true color, total suspended solids(TSS), total  and dissolved nutrients, organic carbon and zinc. at most sites, depth integrated samples are also collected for chlorophyll a using a plastic tube. Bottom samples in the Middle and Outer estuary are collected using a niskin bottle. Pumps are used in the upper estuary site to fill up the bottles. All water samples are analysed at Analytical Service Tasmania, a National Association of Testing Authorities-accredited laboratory. Monitoring site depth is 2 meters

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ammonia, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrite, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Nitrogen Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Phosphorous Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Secchi Disks, True Colour, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (March 2009)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the region of Two Rocks (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (Victoria) - Sightings of Algae and Plant Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.
Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.
The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken.  Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.
This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy.  It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old).  If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Photographic documentation of some of the impacts of a 1-in-30 year storm on the ocean beach at South Curl Curl, NSW (8th June, 2007)

Friday 8th June 2007 saw a severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meterology. They warned of winds gusting to 90kph, flash flooding, waves exceeding 5m in the surf zone and significant beach erosion. It was dubbed a 30-year storm, and came as a costly reminder of the devasting power of the natural environment. These photographic images were taken on Wednesday 13th June and illustrate some of the impacts of the storm on Sydneys beaches, and the response of local councils in the clean-up effort.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Zone Management in Northern Australia: 1984 WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

The workshop on 'Coastal Management in Northern Australia' was organised by the N.T. Branch of the Australian Marine Sciences Association and the North Australia Research Unit of The Australian National University. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 'Conference on Coasts and Tidal Wetlands of the Australian Monsoon Region', at the Museum of Arts and Science, Conacher Street, Bullocky Point, Darwin, NT between 4-11th November 1984. This record links to the proceedings of the workshop currently archived in the ANU institutional repository, Demetrius.

Coastal zone management is primarily about conservation of resources. As an objective, conservation must be viewed not only as a way of retaining what we have but also for creating what we want. In the Northern Territory, coastal environments are for the most part still unspoilt and very often near to original, except in localised areas. There is, therefore, an opportunity not existing elsewhere in the tropical world, to assess what we wish to plan towards and to establish the infrastructure by which such plans can be achieved.

Tags: Coastal Ecology, Coastal Management, Human Dimensions | Attitudes,preferences,behavior | Social Behavior, Oceans | Marine Environment Monitoring
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Uncertainty and the Active Adaptive Management of Marine Reserves: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Crawford School of Economics and Government at The Australian National University in Canberra.

Unpredictable environmental fluctuations are a major problem in fisheries. To mitigate these uncertainties, reserves are advocated to help ensure population persistence, reduce population and harvest variance and to provide a hedge against management failures. Using recent insights from the modelling of marine reserves that indicate that reserves can generate a win-win in terms of economic payoffs and ecological benefits, we propose a six-step process for managing reserves with uncertainty and argue in favour of initially establishing less than desirable reserve sizes where stakeholder resistance to reserves may be preventing their implementation.

Tags: Adaptive Management, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Marine Reserves, Uncertainty
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Contaminated sediments in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia.

Comprehensive investigations of estuaries in central New South Wales has identified Port Jackson as the most contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard of Australia. Extensive areas of the estuary are mantled in sediment, containing high concentrations of a large range of metallic and organic contaminants. Although extensive, this database does not provide an effective basis for determining the potential adverse effects of chemicals on living resources. The Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) sediment quality guidelines have been used in the current study to assess possible adverse biological effects of toxicants.

Tags: Oceans | Water Quality | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Water Quality | Organic Matter, Oceans | Water Quality | Toxic Chemicals
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Meteorological measurements at Governor Head, Jervis Bay between 02/11/88 and 31/10/90: 1 hour averages

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) was located several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and was 63m above sea-level. This record contains 3 datasets. The first two contain data relating to wind velocity, direction (E/W and N/S components) and atmospheric pressure for the time periods 02/11/88-29/01/90 and 10/08/90-31/10/90. The third dataset provides cross- and long-shore wind velocities for the first sampling period between 02/11/88-29/01/90.
In these datasets samples have been averaged to provide an hourly mean. Data is presented in the 'ocean format' i.e.  "direction going to".
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Atmospheric Pressure, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, air_pressure, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ningaloo Cluster Project 4: Estimation and integration of socio economic values of human use of Ningaloo in the MSE model structure

From 2006 to 2010 survey data was collected to develop an empirical model (such as Random Utility Models (RUMs)) to explain choice of recreational sites and use as a basis for economic welfare and policy evaluation. This project is part of Ningaloo Cluster project 4 and has three sub-projects - 1) Understand destination choice for users of the NMP 2) Estimate economic values associated with recreational
fishing in the NMP 3) Estimate economic values
associated with other recreational activities in the
NMP.  See credit for other researchers involved.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: South East Queensland, OCTOBER 2010

SE Queensland – Moreton Island (Babcock): Dive sites were selected inside and outside of a green zone offshore of Moreton Island.  A broad grid was completed at each site and three dense grids completed in each of the depth bands 15‐20m, 20‐25m and 25‐30m.  There was insufficient ship time available to deploy at other sites in the region where kelp has been documented, including in deeper waters and further north. Sites for targeted dredging, sub-bottom profiling and AUV imaging were then selected for detailed study of particular features.  
All activities were undertaken during a 21-day cruise aboard the R/V Southern Surveyor, Australia's Marine National Facility operated by CSIRO. 
The study of these structures may yield insights regarding potential future sea level changes and their potential impact on sensitive reef areas such as the GBR.

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, Turbulence Sensors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in January 2012

Flow cytometry data was collected in January 2012, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (FM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
MCD43A2: MODIS/Terra and Aqua BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid V006

The MODIS MCD43A2 Version 6 Bidirectional reflectance distribution function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Quality data set is a 500 meter daily 16-day product that contains all the quality information for the corresponding 16-day MCD43A3 Albedo and the MCD43A4 Nadir-BRDF (NBAR) products. The Julian date in the granule ID of each specific file represents the 9th day of the 16 day retrieval period.

Tags: 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Earth Sciences, coastal modelling, marine, model hydrodynamic, scallops
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Ambient Water Quality monitoring program - Site U5

Site U5 is sampled monthly by Nyrstar Hobart as part of the Derwent Ambient Water Quality monitoring program.
Since 2003, ambient water quality monitoring has been carried out on a monthly basis at up to 28 sites throughout the Derwent estuary by Norske Skog Boyer, Nyrstar Hobart and the State Government. Monitoring is carried out by three different boat-based sampling parties, but is co-ordinated to occur on the same day each month. 
At each site, in-situ field measurements are taken using calibrated sensors for temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. Water clarity is also measured using a secchi disk. Surface and bottom water samples are collected for analysis of true color, total suspended solids(TSS), total  and dissolved nutrients, organic carbon and zinc. at most sites, depth integrated samples are also collected for chlorophyll a using a plastic tube. Bottom samples in the Middle and Outer estuary are collected using a niskin bottle. Pumps are used in the upper estuary site to fill up the bottles. All water samples are analysed at Analytical Service Tasmania, a National Association of Testing Authorities-accredited laboratory. Monitoring site depth is 2 meters

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ammonia, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrite, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Nitrogen Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Phosphorous Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Secchi Disks, True Colour, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network