AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 05/2007 - Voyage of discovery - benthic biodiversity of the deep continental shelf and slope in Australia's "North West Region"

The overall aims were to provide data on the distribution of deep seabed habitats and fauna that are amenable to scientific hypothesis testing, can be immediately applied to marine resource management processes, and that enable strategic development of tools and techniques for understanding the processes that maintain deep sea biodiversity. This work was to support the process of NWR Estate inventory and management performance assessment by providing interpreted benthic habitat maps, faunal inventories, distribution maps and conservation values. Data will be collected at scientific reference sites from potential MPA areas that can be re-visited for monitoring purposes in the future. Sampling along environmental gradients (geographic range and depth) in this section of Australia's coast will also provide the opportunity to evaluate biogeographic hypotheses. Further refinement of predictive methods for identifying seabed habitat types, initially developed in temperate and cool-temperate environments, will be enabled by data collection from this tropical location in Australia. We intended to highlight the importance of this underlying science as a modern "Voyage of Discovery" given the likely significance of the findings in terms of Australia's biodiversity and its biogeography and evolution. (From Voyage Plan)
This record describes the biological samples taken during the survey. Fishes were lodges in the CSIRO Fish collection, invertebrate specimens were photographed and distributed to Australian museums for identification by taxonomists, focusing on sponges, corals, echinoderms, ascidians, molluscs and crustaceans. To date (as per Dec 2016) we are aware of 27 manuscripts of taxonomic revisions and/or descriptions that have used material collected from this survey.

Organization: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Information and Data Centre
Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 02/98 CTD Data + DOX

This dataset contains the processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected on Southern Surveyor voyage SS 02/98. The voyage took place in the Southern Ocean during 10-31 March 1998. This dataset has been processed and is archived within the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise report for this voyage and/or the data processing report (as available).

Organization: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Information and Data Centre
South Australian Sheet Music (State Library of South Australia)

    

Selected sheet music (101 individual songs) related to or published in South
Australia. The collection is particularly strong on the genre of patriotic
songs from World War One and sentimental ballads. Includes full colour scan of
the sheet music and additional contextual research.



Tags: ballads, firstworldwar, libraries, libraryhack2011, music, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, sheetmusic, worldwarone
Organization: State Library of South Australia
South Australian Photographs (State Library of South Australia)

    

Selected photographs (92522) from the collections of the State Library of
South Australia. Photographs relating to South Australia feature localities
across the state, houses and buildings, portraits, social and historical
events, industry, farming, transport and more.



Tags: historicaldata, historicbuildings, historicmonuments, historicplaces, libraries, libraryhack2011, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, photographs, shipping, ships
Organization: State Library of South Australia
Sonde data measured during a high rainfall event in Port Jackson, 25 August 2007.

The Sydney Harbour catchment area includes a number of different river systems which drain into the Port Jackson estuary. During high rainfall events the catchment areas behave differently to deliver contaminants into the Port Jackson estuary. Under conditions of high rainfall contaminants are delivered to areas very quickly as freshwater slides over the top of the denser more saline waters of the estuary. Sonde samples, for measurement of conductivity, salinity, turbidity and temperature; were taken along the Port Jackson estuary over three days to determine the behaviour of the freshwater plume as it travels in a layer of freshwater to be flushed or flocculate out at some point in the estuary.

Tags: Conductivity, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: University of Sydney
Sonde data measured during a high rainfall event in Port Jackson, 23 August 2007.

The Sydney Harbour catchment area includes a number of different river systems which drain into the Port Jackson estuary. During high rainfall events the catchment areas behave differently to deliver contaminants into the Port Jackson estuary. Under conditions of high rainfall contaminants are delivered to areas very quickly as freshwater slides over the top of the denser more saline waters of the estuary. Sonde samples, for measurement of conductivity, salinity, turbidity and temperature; were taken along the Port Jackson estuary over three days to determine the behaviour of the freshwater plume as it travels in a layer of freshwater to be flushed or flocculate out at some point in the estuary.

Tags: Conductivity, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: University of Sydney
Sonde data measured during a high rainfall event in Port Jackson, 21 August 2007.

The Sydney Harbour catchment area includes a number of different river systems which drain into the Port Jackson estuary. During high rainfall events the catchment areas behave differently to deliver contaminants into the Port Jackson estuary. Under conditions of high rainfall contaminants are delivered to areas very quickly as freshwater slides over the top of the denser more saline waters of the estuary. Sonde samples, for measurement of conductivity, salinity, turbidity and temperature; were taken along the Port Jackson estuary over three days to determine the behaviour of the freshwater plume as it travels in a layer of freshwater to be flushed or flocculate out at some point in the estuary.

Tags: Conductivity, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: University of Sydney
Solar Report (VIC)

    

Using data from the Bureau of Meteorology and figures from the Climate Group,
the Solar Report shows the percentage cost and greenhouse gas emissions that
households in Victorian regions would save on their hot water bill if they had
a solar water heater. Data is also expressed in the equivalent number of cars
taken off the road and black balloons saved.



Tags: blackballoons, emissions, greenhouse, hotwater, savings, solar
Organization: Sustainability Victoria
Social monogamy in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis: The response of paired crabs when faced with intruders of differing sex

A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to determine if males and females are unable to associate with multiple partners because their partners aggressively repel same-sex intruders. Experiments were conducted in the East Point Reserve, Darwin from November-January in 2002-2006. 

15 male-female pairs were located and the burrow of the male or the female (in a random order) was blocked. We tethered a size-matched same-sex or opposite sex intruder (in a random order) half way between the burrows. Once the focal individual emerged we documented whether it pushed or grappled (fought) with the intruder within 5 minutes. After each trail, we unblocked the burrow and allowed the pair to interact normally for 10 minutes before running the next trail. In this way we observed the reactions of both pair members to same- and opposite-sex intruders. Therefore for each pair, 4 experiments were undertaken: original female vs. intruder female, original female vs. intruder male, original male vs. intruder male, original male vs. intruder female.   

The results indicated that males and females were equally likely to respond aggressively to intruders of the same sex. Both were less likely  to fight intruders of the opposite sex.

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Neighbour Relations, Ocypodidae, Stranger Relations, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Size-assortative pairing in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis

A unique relationship exists between neighbouring males and females in the fiddler crab Uca capricornis. This experiment was designed to examine whether the nearest female or male neighbour was correlated with the size of a focal male. Throughout different experiments a total of 746 neighbour relations have been investigated. The size data collected during these experiments (531 male-female neighbours : 215 male-male neighbours) is the basis of this dataset. 

Female size was found to be positively correlated with the size of her nearest male neighbour. Male size was also positively correlated with the size of his nearest male neighbour, but more weakly than between male-female pairs.

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Neighbour Relations, Ocypodidae, Size-assortative pairing, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Significance of Halimeda bioherms to the global carbonate budget based on a geological sediment budget for the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Since the correlation between carbon dioxide levels and global temperatures was established in the ice core records, quantifying the components of the global carbon cycle has become a priority with a view to constraining models of the climate system. The link between the marine carbonate budget and atmospheric CO2 levels draws attention to the fact that this budget is still not adequately quantified. 

It is widely accepted that the calcareous green alga Halimeda is a prominent contributor of carbonate to reef sediment facies in the tropics, however, Halimeda bioherms remain one of the main reservoirs of unaccounted for carbonate. In fact, it has been suggested that Halimeda bioherms on the shelf of the Northern Great Barrier Reef may contain an equal or greater volume of carbonate than the reefs themselves.

Here we attempt to determine the quantitative relationship between Halimeda bioherm and coral reef derived carbonate accumulated during the Holocene on the outer shelf of the Northern Great Barrier Reef Province using data from seismic profiles, reef drill cores and Halimeda bioherm piston and vibrocore cores from the published literature. 

The methodology used is detailed in the document availble for download through this record.

Calculations reveal that the ribbon reefs of the Lizard Island and Cooktown regions cover areas of approximately 18.5 and 20.5 km2 and comprise approximately 0.52 and 0.92 Gt CaCO3 respectively. The Halimeda bioherms of the Lizard Island and Cooktown regions cover areas of approximately 184 and 118 km2 and comprise approximately 2.06 and 0.86 Gt CaCO3 respectively. 

Thus, that ratio of ribbon reef to Halimeda bioherm CaCO3 is approximately 1:4 and 1:1 for the Lizard Island and Cooktown regions respectively. If we assume that the carbonate content of the Lizard Island region bioherms ranges from 20 to 90 %, we estimate that the mass balance of Halimeda bioherm CaCO3 is between 0.55 and 2.5 Gt. The ratio of ribbon reef to Halimeda bioherms CaCO3 may vary between 1:1 to 1:5 depending on the carbonate content of the Lizard Island bioherms.

Tags: Carbonate, Carbonate Sediments, Coastal Processes, Coral Reefs, Halimeda, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans
Organization: Australian National University
Short-Lived Radium Isotopes and Hydrodynamic Surface Water Modelling in the Surface Layer of Cockburn Sound W.A.

In late winter 2003, early summer 2003, late summer 2004, and mid-winter 2004 water samples were taken for radium isotope analysis which was combined with modelling to determine whether groundwater fate and transport varied with season in the surface waters of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.

Tags: Aquifers, Conductivity, Geochemistry, Ground Water, Hydrosphere, Isotopes, Marine Sediments, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Circulation, Oceans, Oxygen, Ph, Sediment Characteristics, Solid Earth, Stable Isotopes, Water Quality, Water Temperature, Wind-driven Circulation
Organization: HydroNumerics Pty Ltd
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Saccostrea glomerata collected from Pambula Lake, NSW

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257006, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Saccostrea glomerata, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Saccostrea glomerata collected from Moreton Bay

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257006, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Saccostrea glomerata, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Pinctada imbricata collected from Moreton Bay

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23236012, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Pinctada imbricata, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Ostrea angasi collected from Severs Beach, NSW

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257002, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Ostrea angasi collected from Pambula Lake, NSW

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257002, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Ostrea angasi collected from Little Swanport, Tasmania

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257002, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Strategic Planning Areas within Cardinia Council

A layer of strategic planning areas located within Cardinia Shire Council. Geometry represented as polygons. No attribute data.

Strategic Planning Areas within:
Lang Lang,
Koo Wee Rup,
Bunyip,
Garfield,
Nar Nar Goon,
Tynong,
Pakenham, 
Officer,
Beaconsfield,
Emerald,
Gembrook,
Cockatoo.

There is no attribute data associated with the polygon geometries

Tags: strategic planning
Organization: Cardinia Shire Council
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis collected from Pambula Lake, NSW

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23220001, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis collected from Little Swanport, Tasmania

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23 220001, Biosphere, Isotopes, Mollusks, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Crassostrea gigas collected from Little Swanport, Tasmania

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 

This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257001, Biosphere, Crassostrea gigas, Isotopes, Mollusks, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Paleoclimate, Trace Elements, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Shade-induced Response and Recovery of the Seagrass Posidonia sinuosa

A number of physiological, morphological and growth characteristics (photosynthetic photon flux density, sediment redox potential, sediment nutrients, shoot density and biomass, morphometrics, growth, carbohydrates, chlorophyll, photosynthetic characteristics, crude wall fibre, nutrients and 13C) previously known to respond to changes in light availability were measured in P. sinuosa that were exposed to a range of shade intensities.  This experiment occurred from 1st October 2003 to mid-May 2005 in Cockburn Sound, north-east of Garden Island.

Tags: 63 617003, Bathymetry, Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Ecological Dynamics, Light Transmission, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Oceans, Photosynthesis, Posidonia sinuosa, Water Depth, Water Quality, seagrasses
Organization: Centre for Tropical Waters and Aquatic Research (TropWATER), James Cook University (JCU)
Sex ratio and distribution within a large population of the fiddler crab Uca capricornis

The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether females may be a limited resource within a population of Uca capricornis. The experiment was part of a larger study looking at the relationship between neighbouring males and females in this species. Experiments were conducted in the East Point Reserve, Darwin. Fieldwork was conducted yearly in 18 plots (4mx4m) from November-January in 2002-2006.

All individuals within the plots were caught and carapace widths measured. This allowed the sex ratio in relation to size to be determined. The location of burrows were also recorded to determine whether the males and females were distributed independently of each other. The distance to, and sex of, the nearest resident for each individual was also measured to compare mean distances between male-female neighbours and between male-male neighbours.

Results indicate that an average of 7 crabs per square metre were active on the surface at any time. The sex ratio was strongly male biased, with only 30% of crabs being female. The sex ratio also changed with size; females were significantly rarer in large size classes.

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Ocypodidae, Sex distribution, Sex ratio, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Servicing Indigenous Job Seekers in Job Services Australia

The Servicing Indigenous Job Seekers in Job Services Australia report evaluated the performance of Job Services Australia in servicing Indigenous job seekers, from July 2009 to November 2011. It examined the role of Job Services Australia in closing the gap in Indigenous outcomes, the demographic and labour force characteristics of Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous Australia, and key outcomes and areas of operation. This report is provided by Department of Jobs and Small Business (previously Department of Employment).

Tags: closing the gap, employment, evaluation, indigenous, job services australia, unemployed
Organization: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Superannuation Funds – Outside Life Offices

From June 1988, the data are derived from ABS Cat No 5655.0. Coverage includes approved deposit funds but excludes assets held ‘within the statutory funds of life offices’ and, prior to December 1988, excludes small funds other than those managed by professional fund managers. From December 1988 inclusive, includes estimates for small directly investing funds and ‘excluded funds’. For longer run annual data on some items refer to the Reserve Bank Bulletin, December 1991 or Australian Economic Statistics 1949-50 to 1994-95.

Tags: finance, rba, statistics, superannuation
Organization: Reserve Bank of Australia