AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Data and scripts associated with the publication “Environmental, host, and symbiont drivers of heat tolerance in a species complex of reef-building corals”

Phenotypic variation in the heat tolerance of reef-building corals was measured across the Great Barrier Reef under the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program&rsquo;s Genetic Basis of Coral Traits project. This dataset focuses on measurements of experimental acute heat stress responses for 583 colonies of Acropora hyacinthus from 17 reefs, along with bleaching responses for an additional 60 colonies at 1 reef. Data includes physiological response variables, field collection metadata, host genomic cluster assignments, Symbiodiniaceae ITS2 variants, environmental predictor variables, as well as scripts used to analyse variation in heat tolerance traits.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5146 From 24 Nov 2010 To 29 Nov 2010

'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' aboard the RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5146.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Solander Trip 7514 From 25 Dec 2020 To 03 Jan 2021

'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' aboard the RV Solander Trip 7514.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Palm Islands 2000-03-24 to 2000-04-01

The dataset comprises 739 individuals from 81 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at around Palm Islands using 28 baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS(TM)). 

Approximately 3500 of the best images from all BRUVS (TM) projects are stored in a reference library.

Data recorded concern:
- classification of the habitat in the field of view (topography, sediments, benthos)
- the identity of fish and CAABCODES
- their time of arrival
- their behaviour (8 categories, including feeding on the bait)
- their maturity (adult or juvenile)
- their relative abundance (as MaxN = the maximum number visible at one time, or distinguishable at different times as separate individuals e.g. much larger/smaller, male/female)
- the time elapsed before MaxN and feeding occurs.

A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff, using Microsoft Access, for reading and analysis of BRUVS(TM) tapes.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network Facility - Current velocity time-series

The National Mooring Network Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Mooring Network (ANMN)), is a series of national reference stations and regional moorings designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. This collection contains time-series observations of current velocity from moorings deployed by the facility. The primary parameters are the zonal, meridional and vertical components of the current speed within different bins in the water column, the height above the instrument of each bin, the pressure (when available) and depth at the instrument. Temperature at the instrument is also usually measured. The observations were made using a range of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and Acoustic Doppler Current Meter (single point measurement) instruments. We are also producing a gridded product of sea water velocity time-series based on these data. These will be available in a separate collection.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Coffs Harbour, NSW, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Darwin, NT, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Esperance, WA, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Perth, WA, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Sydney, NSW, Countries | Australia, Countries | Indonesia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Deepwater Mooring, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Marine Features (Australia) | Kangaroo Island, SA, Marine Features (Australia) | Kimberley Coast, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Kimberley Islands, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Maria Island, TAS, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Pilbara Coast, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Rottnest Island, WA, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, Shelf Mooring, Slope Mooring, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Cape Ferguson Trip 6138 From 08 Jan 2015 To 28 Jan 2015

'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' aboard the RV Cape Ferguson Trip 6138.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - all delayed-mode data

This collection consists of observations from the deep-water moorings at the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) site in the sub-Antarctic Zone (SAZ), southwest of Tasmania, near 47S, 142E. The moorings are 1) the Pulse biogeochemistry mooring (instrumentation was moved to the FluxPulse mooring in 2016, and then to the SOFS mooring); 2) the Sub-Antarctic Zone (SAZ) sediment trap mooring; and 3) the Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) (the instrumentation was briefly moved to the FluxPulse mooring in 2016). All three are operated by the Australian Bluewater Observing System. Data are processed in delayed mode and available in NetCDF format. The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) sub-facility provides high temporal resolution observations in sub-Antarctic waters. Observations are broad and include measurements of physical, chemical and biogeochemical parameters from multiple deep-water moorings. The emphasis is on inter-annual variations of upper ocean properties and their influence on exchange with the deep ocean. The time-series provided permit investigation into issues of ocean physics and chemistry, climate change, carbon cycling and biogeochemical controls on marine productivity. The Pulse biogeochemistry mooring is used to measure upper ocean carbon cycle and phytoplankton productivity processes. Measured parameters include temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, clorophyll and turbidity. This mooring also collects water samples for measures of dissolved carbon and nutrients, and phytoplankton microscopic identification. The SAZ sediment trap mooring is used to collect sinking particles to quantify carbon transports, and provides current meter measurements and a deep ocean CTD to measure heat contents below the depth of Argo profiling float measurements. The SOFS mooring has dual sets of radiometers, temperature and humidity sensors, precipitation gauges and sonic anemometers, providing the measurements necessary for computing air-sea fluxes of heat, momentum and mass. Surface photosynthetically active radiation and surface UV are also measured, to help assess light available for phytoplankton production.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Oceans | Marine Biology, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Heat Budget, Oceans | Ocean Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Waves, Oceans | Ocean Winds, Solid Earth | Geochemistry | Biogeochemistry, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP MB Project A14 - Identification of near-shore habitats of juvenile white sharks in south-western Australia, 2019-2020 (CSIRO)

This record provides an overview of the scope of the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project "Identification of near-shore habitats of juvenile white sharks in south-western Australia". No data outputs were generated by this project.

In 2018, CSIRO provided the first estimate of adult abundance for the southern-western Australian white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) population. At the time, total population abundance could not be estimated because of limited information on the juvenile life-history stage.

This project investigated whether juvenile white sharks from this population use near-shore habitats near the head of the Great Australian Bight. It investigated credible anecdotal evidence of juvenile white shark presence in the region and was designed as a pilot study to inform future survey and project development.

The project reviewed existing sources of evidence and undertook unmanned aerial vehicle (AUV) surveys in near-shore habitats within and around the Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park. Thirty-five UAV flights were completed during 2018 and 2019, covering approximately 7.5 km². No white sharks were identified in the UAV footage, although several other marine species and shorebirds were observed. Additional evidence from scientific surveys indicated that the Head of Bight and surrounding marine park areas may be important habitat for white sharks across multiple life stages.

The project included engagement with the Yalata Land Management Indigenous Ranger team, who were consulted during project planning and survey activities. The findings informed future project development by assessing the value of further on-water activities, expanded UAV surveys and targeted monitoring in the Great Australian Bight region.

Tags: Carcharodon carcharias, National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, aggregation, genetics, juvenile, population, white sharks
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Townsville Beaches and Lagoons

Townsville City Council provides recreational access to a number of beaches and lagoons, supported by lifeguard services.

This dataset includes the counts of people utilising patrolled beaches, lagoons and water park within Townsville, based on Townsville City Council Lifeguard Service Patrol Statistics.

Although all due care has been taken to ensure that this data is correct, no warranty is expressed or implied by Townsville City Council in its use.


Tags: beaches, lagoons, lifeguard, visitors, water park
Organization: Townsville City Council
Desktop study of Traditional Owner interests in Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) development areas (NESP MaC 3.3)

It is recognised that Indigenous communities are likely to be impacted by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) wind farm developments. This work conducted a desktop study to identify Traditional Owner interests in areas adjacent to current ORE development areas. The purpose of the work was to gauge the extent of existing knowledge on cultural values and list appropriate avenues for future engagement with Traditional Owners to better understand the potential impact of ORE developments. This included identifying existing Sea Country plans for these communities, identifying existing information on cultural values, investigating Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property, and further notes on preferred methods of engagement for these Indigenous communities potentially impacted by ORE developments.

This raw spreadsheet of compiled information is withheld due to cultural sensitivities, but a synthesis of information is available in the Project 3.3 final report: see sections 4.8, 5.8, 6.8, 7.8 &amp; 8.8 (https://www.nespmarinecoastal.edu.au/publication/guiding-research-and-best-practice-standards-for-the-sustainable-development-of-offshore-renewables-and-other-emerging-marine-industries-in-australia).

Please contact the NESP Data Wrangler (Southern node) to discuss access to the raw spreadsheet of information: Emma.Flukes@utas.edu.au

Tags: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5695 From 04 Feb 2013 To 10 Feb 2013

'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' aboard the RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5695.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP MaC Project 2.5 - Evaluation of recreational fishing behaviour, use, values and motivations that relate to compliance, 2022-2023 (UTAS)

This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub project "Evaluation of recreational fishing behaviour, use, values and motivations that relate to compliance". No data outputs were generated by this project.

Recreational fishing is an important leisure activity in Australia that delivers important social and economic benefits to the community. As the largest and most widely dispersed natural resource-based recreational activity in the country, it is subject to management strategies including bag limits, quotas, and no-take zones. Given the prohibitive cost of deploying compliance officers to monitor Australia’s vast marine estate, strategies are needed to encourage voluntary compliance from fishers.

This project explored behavioural interventions to promote self-compliance among recreational fishers, focusing on no-take zones within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and two Commonwealth parks off Western Australia (Geographe and Two Rocks). The research distributed more than 800 online surveys, followed up by focus groups and analysis to examine how demographics, motivations and fishing patterns influence fishers' intentions to comply with zoning rules.

Survey insights were used to pilot a new targeted approach to awareness campaigns. Using behavioural segmentation, the project tailored messaging to specific audience types and tested these via GBRMPA social media channels. The project also examined perceptions of compliance visibility and found fishers were more likely to comply when uniformed officers were present and engaged directly at ramps or on water.

The project outcomes provide a foundation for evidence-based behavioural interventions and targeted communication campaigns. It delivers a proof of concept for scalable, audience-specific behaviour change approaches that can be refined, implemented, and evaluated in future research.

Outputs
• Fact sheet - characterising recreational fishing population [written]
• Final project report [written]

Tags: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub, behaviour change for improved environmental management, cost-effectiveness analysis, impact evaluation, implementation of environmental management plans, spatial planning, stewardship
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Temporal and spatial variability in stable isotope values on seabird islands: what, where and when to sample

Invasive mammal eradications are widely used for managing island ecosystems. However, tracking the outcomes of such large-scale, whole ecosystem projects is challenging and costly, and monitoring all components of an ecosystem is near impossible. Instead, indicators of ecosystem change may provide more practical and integrated measures of ecosystem response to eradications. As high-order marine predators, seabirds subsidise island ecosystems with nutrients isotopically enriched in nitrogen. Invasive mammals have caused a global decline of seabirds on islands, reducing this nutrient subsidisation. Following eradications, nitrogen stable isotope analysis may provide a useful and resource-efficient indicator of ecosystem functional change on eradicated islands. However, isotope ratios are affected by a myriad of factors, with potential sources of variation being introduced by spatial and temporal variation in sampling, and within and between different taxa and ecosystem components. To correctly attribute isotopic change to post-eradication ecosystem function change, these confounding variables need to be understood. To address this need, we analysed stable isotopes of nitrogen in soil, plant, spider, and seabird guano samples collected at different distances from seabird colonies and at different stages of the short-tailed shearwater breeding cycle on six island sites around south-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Across these cool, temperate islands we detected no temporal variability in δ15N throughout the breeding season. However, there was notable spatial variability in δ15N values. The effects of seabird-derived nutrient subsidisation were highly localised with high δ15N values found inside seabird colonies and then rapidly decreasing from the colony boundary. Higher δ15N values also occurred in areas of higher burrow density within a colony. Variability in δ15N values also existed both within and between ecosystem components. Our results highlight the importance of context dependency when using ecological indicators and have important implications for the design, implementation and interpretation of studies employing stable isotopes as indicators for ecosystem change. We provide recommendations for designing future stable isotope studies on seabird islands.

Tags: island eradication, island food webs, nutrient cycling, seabirds, spiders
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Native Title Determinaion

This resource is a map of  Custodial geospatial data held by the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) consists of those datasets necessary to contribute to the statutory functions associated with Registers and other information, in support of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). 
Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993.

Before an act is done, which may affect native title, a Government party must issue a notice under s 29 of the NTA ("s 29 notice" or "future act notice"). The notice provides details of the proposed act and specifies a date ("notification date") from which persons have either 3 or 4 months to object to the act or become a native title party with rights to negotiate about the doing of the act. The NNTT holds information on all current and historical future act notices. Future act notices for acts that are not yet finalised are referred to as "current" and include notices where: (a) less than 6 months has passed from the notification date of the notice; (b) the act is the subject of a "future act application" under s 75 of the NTA; or (c) the act is not an act attracting the expedited procedure (ss 32 and 237 of the NTA).

Tags: Native Title
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Data to account for environmental and socioeconomic assets: case study comparisons (NESP MaC 1.17)

Decision-makers seek to account for the socioeconomic values of environmental assets. However, understanding the available frameworks and data can be a barrier. We address this here by summarising the data used across four case studies (3 geographic regions and 3 socio-economic value frameworks) to demonstrate what data are available and how they are applied to support decisions in varied contexts.

See 'Lineage' section of this record for additional methodology.

Tags: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub, System of Environmental Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounts (SEEA EA), ecosystem services, total economic value (TEV), values
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Cape Ferguson Trip 4924 From 07 Jun 2010 To 11 Jun 2010

'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' aboard the RV Cape Ferguson Trip 4924.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Lizard Island Humidity From 13 Aug 2010

The 'Wireless Sensor Networks Facility' (formerly known as Facility for The Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems (FAIMMS)), part of the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project (GBROOS), is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
A re-evaluation of wetland carbon sink mitigation concepts and measurements: A diagenetic solution

The capacity of wetlands to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the sum of two services–the protection of vulnerable organic stocks from remineralisation, and the capacity to sequester GHGs relative to their anthropogenic replacements. Organic carbon accumulation (CA) down through the sediment column is often taken as the measure of sequestration because of its capacity to record long-term variability and trends. However, we demonstrate that: i) CA is not equivalent to sequestration as net ecosystem production (NEP) for open systems; it requires the subtraction of the initial deposition rate of labile allochthonous carbon sources; ii) CA also requires subtraction of intrinsically allochthonous recalcitrants down through the sediment column, and together with subtraction of autochthonous recalcitrants from organic stock services; iii) CA as a climatic mitigation service also requires a diagenetic correction, as the annual deposition of labile organic carbon continues to remineralise over the long-term; and iv) preserving of a wetland has a significantly greater mitigation potential than restoring one. To address the above concerns, a global diagenetic solution is proposed, applied, and tested for a tropical seagrass and mangrove. As expected traditional CA estimates were disproportionately larger than their respective cal. NEPs and together with stocks fell within the ranges reported in the literature, with a final carbon accreditation highly dependent on the choice of their anthropogenic replacements. The review demonstrates that mitigation concepts and measurements for natural carbon sequestration solutions require re-evaluation to avoid GHG emissions above their capacity or reduce the ability to fulfil emission targets.

Tags: Allochthonous recalcitrants, Blue carbon, Carbon accumulation, Net ecosystem production, Teal carbon
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ETAS Ocean Model Version 2 - Monthly Means

The ETAS (Eastern TASmania) model is a high-resolution (~2 km in the horizontal) ocean model for eastern Tasmania, providing three-dimensional estimates of monthly mean temperature, salinity, and circulation over the 1993-2016 period. This dataset consists of temperature, salinity, meridional (N-S), zonal (E-W), vertical, along- and cross-shore currents, density, sea level and net surface heat flux organised into yearly files. A MATLAB script to extract portions of the data is available here: https://github.com/ecjoliver/extractETAS

Tags: Eastward component of current, I component of current at left face, J component of current at back face, K component of current at cell centre, Latitude at cell centre, Latitude at centre of back face, Latitude at centre of left face, Latitude at grid corners, Longitude at cell centre, Longitude at centre of back face, Longitude at centre of left face, Longitude at grid corners, Northward component of current, Surface Elevation, Time, Z coordinate at grid layer faces, Z coordinate at sea-bed at cell centre
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network