AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Spencer Gulf Fisheries, Rock Lobster Fisheries Catch and Effort Logbook Data (includes Giant Crab)

Southern Rock Lobster catch and effort information monitoring fluctuations in South Australia since 1969. The fishery is divided into 2 zones northern and southern. The rock lobster fishery is a single species (Janus edwardsii) fishery. It operates seasonally and is a quota managed fishery.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean/ Australia extension, Janus edwardsii, Logbook/Catch Data, Marine Features (Australia) | Spencer Gulf, SA, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Southern Rock Lobster, catch
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tagging Study of Green Turtles at Barrow Island Marine Park/Barrow Island Marine Management Area.

This long-standing marine turtle tagging program monitors numbers of nesting green turtles on John Wayne Beach on the west coast of Barrow Island.  New and remigrant nesting turtles are tagged and data (carapace measurements, egg counts etc) are collected.
Data are sent to DEC's Science Division in Woodvale.  DEC Pilbara Region produces basic summary reports to meet DEC Animal Ethics Committee requirements.  These are held at the DEC office in Karratha.

Tags: Green Turtles, Long-term Monitoring, Marine Features (Australia) | Barrow Island, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Pilbara Coast, WA, Nesting, Tags and Tracking Devices
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.3 - Harnessing the science of social marketing and behaviour change for improved water quality in the GBR: an action research project, 2016-2018 (JCU)

Working in partnership with staff from the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment (DotE), and the Queensland Government’s Departments of Science Information Technology and Innovation (DSITI) and Environment Heritage and Protection (DEHP), this project will use data collected from land managers and elsewhere to critically evaluate the way water quality (WQ) improvement programmes are ‘marketed’. It will use insights from those evaluations to inform the reconfiguration of marketing and engagement strategies associated with programmes scheduled for roll-out during 2017, demonstrating methods for monitoring and assessing the extent to which these different Programmes and changed strategies improve adoption and alter behaviours.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 6.2 - The Impact of tides and internal waves on offshore engineering - Summary

From 2007 to 2011, a field measurement program, a numerical circulation model development program, and a laboratory program will provide a comprehensive understanding and predictive capability of the tidal motions and tidally driven internal wave climatology on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. This will encompass the generation, propagation and dissipation of internal waves and their effects on the marine environment. This precise understanding of the local ocean environment will link with issues of loading on structures, seabed stability and bottom erosion, and hence engineering design criteria for the design and operation of pipelines and offshore structures.

Tags: Modelling, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Internal Waves, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Currents
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Historic Vessel Strikes with Whales in Australian Waters

Records of collisions between vessels and whales in Australian waters between 1872 and 2015 as described in the paper Peel, D., Smith, J. N., &amp; Childerhouse, S. (2018). Vessel Strike of Whales in Australia: The Challenges of Analysis of Historical Incident Data. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 69.
This record has been created to facilitate access to the original data collection at https://doi.org/10.25919/5be5086a6fda1

Tags: Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera physalus, Eubalaena australis, Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology), Megaptera novaeangliae, National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, Department of the Environment, Physeter macrocephalus, vessel strike
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.9 - Risk assessing dredging activities, 2016-2018 (AIMS)

The project will use novel analytical techniques/instrumentation to accurately quantify, for the first time, key proximal stressors associated with dredging/spoil disposal (i.e. sedimentation, light quantity/quality, suspended sediment concentrations) and will determine how these parameters vary with increasing distance from dredging. We will then test the response of corals, sponges, seagrass and algae to environmentally relevant/realistic conditions over appropriate time-frames. Matrices of hard data will be generated to derive water quality thresholds for key habitat forming organisms and for use as input parameters for pressure field modelling (including cumulative-impact modelling). This will dramatically improve risk assessment processes, provide greater surety for regulators and proponents, allow more informed decision-making and inform future dredging policy.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Beaufort Inlet (WA) Seagrass 2009

This data is part of the 2013 report "Synthesis of seagrass mapping studies" conducted by the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water.
Surveys were conducted by the WA Department of Water together with Geoscience Australia. The objective of these surveys was to collect baseline data on seagrass composition and distribution in key estuaries of southern and south-western WA.
This data was acquired by the ACEAS Seagrass Group as part of the 2013 Australia-wide risk assessment of Seagrass.
The datasets making up the Beaufort Inlet seagrass survey data are:
WA_Beaufort_SAV_sites - point dataset of species presence/absence and survey methodology at each site.
WA_Beaufort_SAV_polygons - polygon dataset showing interpolated percentage cover in polygons derived from site points.

Tags: Benthic habitat, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (June - July 2013)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters measured by a Slocum glider in Storm Bay (Tasmania). 
Slocum glider data from the oceans around Australia have been collected by the Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), since June 2008 and are ongoing. The data are obtained from an onboard suite of instruments which include Seabird-SBE41 CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), WETLabs BBFL2SLO 3 parameter optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM and 700nm Backscatter) and an Aanderaa oxygen optode (measuring concentration of dissolved oxygen in seawater.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, 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, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, 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
Feeding rates of planktonic copepods from inshore waters, near Townsville, north Queensland

Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the feeding rates of 5 species of tropical planktonic copepods. Calanopia elliptica, Eucalanus subcrassus, Paracalanus aculeatus, Tortanus gracilis and Temora turbinata were selected from plankton samples collected from inshore waters near Townsville, from May to October, 1976. Seawater was also collected from the sampling sites and filtered for use in experiments.Prior to commencement of experiments, subsamples of copepods were taken for dry body weight measurements. Experiments commenced 3-4 hours after collection. Individual Eucalanus, Tortanus or Calanopia were placed in 50 or 75 ml beakers of filtered seawater and 20 to 50 Artemia nauplii were added. Beakers were placed in a glass incubator so that the copepods were subjected to natural light cycles. Temperatures were maintained close to that of the water where the copepods were collected (22-25°C). To examine differences in feeding rates between day and night, each copepod was removed and placed in a new beaker, under the same conditions, twice a day (0800 and 1700hr) until the copepod died. Artemia nauplii remaining in the beaker after removal of the copepod were counted and the feeding rate calculated. The effect of container volume on feeding rates was also tested by placing single females of Eucalanus subcrassus or Tortanus gracilis in containers of different volumes (50, 200, 1000 ml).Experiments with Temora turbinata and Paracalanus aculeotus were carried out in 24.5 ml vials instead of beakers and each copepod was removed and placed in a new vial once per day. The concentration of the phytoplankton food cells introduced to each copepod was between 1-3 x 10^6 µm³/ml. Incubations were carried out in the dark to prevent cell sedimentation and addition growth of food cells. The concentration of cells prior to and after incubations were determined in terms of total cell volume with a Coulter Counter TAII.The experimental results were used to calculate daily ration for each copepod species, expressed as a percentage of body weight.
 This research was initiated to 1. measure feeding rates of copepods from tropical waters2. enable comparisons with published feeding rates of copepods from temperate and boreal seas.
 Food species:Eucalanus, Tortanus and Calanopa: newly hatched Artemia naupliiTemora: Dunaliella salina Paracalanus: Skeletonema costatum

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Palau, Micronesia

All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset comprises 58 surveys from 10 reefs.On each reef 1-3 sites were surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) per site at pre-defined depths (1-3m, 3-8m, 8-13m, 13-18m and reef flat).Species recorded: octocorals (63 genera belonging to 24 families and 3 orders - soft corals, gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea pens, leather corals, arborescent octocorals, blue coral, stoloniferans), black and wire coral. Note that species are mostly at generic level.Site variables comprise: visibility (a modified Secchi technique - estimating maximum visible distance of a bright object in metres); depth; exposure (very exposed, protected, exposed, moderate); orientation (E, NNE, etc.); formation (Point, Face, Bay/Inlet, Channel); slope angle (assigned to 5° categories); flowspeed (estimated by 5 timings of the traveling speed of suspended particles along a ruler at cm/second); wave exposure (0=sheltered to 4=very exposed); sediment deposit (0=none, 1=thin layer, 2=considerable, 3=thick layer); rubble % cover; sand % cover.Visual estimates of overall abundance (percent cover) were estimated in 2% increments from 1-10%, 5% increments from 10-30% and 10% increments over 30%). Categories are: hard corals, soft corals, dead coral, turf algae, coralline algae, macroalgae (conspicuous macroalgae - Halimeda and sargassum - were recorded separately), and total percent cover including sand and silt.Octocoral genera (in some cases species) were given a taxon abundance ranking (0=absent, 1=rare, 2=uncommon, 3=common, 4=abundant, 5=dominant).Zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate richness was calculated based on the numbers of octocoral taxa with (or without) zooxanthellae.Where applicable, samples taken for taxonomic purposes are noted.Site locations: Big Dropoff, German Channel, Heliofungia Lake, Ngerdmau, Niko Bay, Peliliu-West, PICRC House reef, Soft coral arc, Taoch Reef, Toachel Mlengui.
 To survey the cover of the main benthic groups, richness and abundance of octocorals in the reefs of Palau and related spatial and water quality gradients. To examine principal drivers of biodiversity, community composition, and ranges of coral reef benthos.
 Comparable data are held for the Great Barrier Reef, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait, and Rowley Shoals (WA).A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://iobis.org/OBISWEB/DisplayMetaData.jsp?content=meta/1459.html).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Daily River Reports

Data regarding state river water levels, flow, and storage. Updated every weekday. Statewide reports and specific river reports for:


Border Rivers


Barwon-Darling River Basin


Gwydir River Basin


Hunter River Basin


Lachlan River Basin


Macquarie River Basin


Murray River Basin


Murrumbidgee River Basin


Namoi River Basin


North Coast Rivers


Sydney and South Coast Rivers



Tags: natural-resources, water
Organization: DPI - Water
Floodplain Management Study Spring Street Drain, Muddy Creek and Scarborough Ponds - Volume 1

Objective
This Floodplain Management Study defines the nature and extent of the flood hazard in the three
catchments. It also identifies and assesses strategies and measures aimed at reducing the impact
of flooding on both existing and future development, and measures to prevent future development
from making flooding worse.
The results of this Floodplain Management Study are being used to prepare a Floodplain
Management Plan (FPMP). The objective of the FPMP is to establish a cost-effective floodplain
management strategy for the area and to recommend a programme for implementation of the Plan.
The Study Brief is attached as Appendix A.
What is in the Study
The Floodplain Management Study and Plan will not totally eliminate flooding. Flooding is a natural
phenomenon which cannot be fully controlled by human works. In fact, excessive artificial controls
are likely to be very costly and to have adverse environmental effects. Therefore the Floodplain
Management Study and Plan aim to provide a package of best management practices which give a
balance between reducing flood hazard and flood damages, allowing appropriate development, and
protecting and enhancing the environment of the floodplain.
This Report has been divided into the following sections:

Section 1: Introduction (page 1)
Establishes the context and basis for the plan.
Section 2: Background (page 5)
Describes the study process, including previous studies, and the background technical
information which is available. It includes a review of the previous Muddy Creek Flood
Studies.
Section 3: Existing Flood Behaviour (page 15)
Summarises the available data and modelling results concerning flood behaviour.
Section 4: Social and Economic Impacts of Flooding (page 23)
Examines the potential flood damages and other social and economic effects of flooding for a
range of flood events, including an extreme flood.
Section 5: Choosing the Designated Flood (page 28)
Discusses the issued to be considered by Council in choosing a designated flood for
Rockdale, and recommends that the 1% AEP flood be adopted.
Section 6: Available Floodplain Management Options (page 35)
Describes in broad terms the range of flood mitigation and other management works and
other measures available to address the existing, future and residual flooding problems in the
study area.
Sections 7, 8 and 9: Options for Management Areas (page 48)
These three sections describe in detail, for the Muddy Creek, Spring St Drain and
Scarborough Ponds catchments respectively, the feasible options and their likely benefits and
costs.
Section 10: Assessment of Management Options (page 86)
Reviews the financial aspects and the justification for the proposed management measures,
identifies priorities and possible sources of funding. These issues will be further addressed in
the future Floodplain Management Plan.
Section 11: References (page 90)
Technical detail which supports the main report is provided in the Appendices, in Volume 2.


Tags: Muddy Creek, Scarborough Ponds, Spring Street
Organization: Bayside Council
Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 1 Subproject 3.1.1)

A total of 365 towed video transects were completed in the 2006/2007 surveys. The sampling has identified a vast array of habitats and will be used for broad scale mapping of benthic communities in the marine park, however further transect tows will be conducted in 2008 in areas of special interest, where sampling is considered limited and where ground-truthing is required. Towed video sampling effort was concentrated around Mandu, Osprey, Yardie, Winderabandi and Point Cloates in 2006. In 2007, to ensure adequate sampling effort throughout the marine park, sampling was stratified at 5 km intervals from Point Murat to Red Bluff conducting 3-4 transects from the back of the reef out to the seaward marine park boundary at each point.
 Towed video allows for the visualisation of the range of benthic communities occurring within the marine park, ground truthing of areas with significant bathymetric and textural properties and provides detailed information on the variability in diversity, abundance and biomass of all the different communities.
 Visual imagery of the benthos was captured using a 1/3 inch single CCD colour video camera mounted on a Para vane and controlled by a winch with 320m of electromechanical cable. Two 12 volt, 35 watt underwater lights illuminated the field of view. The video signal was recorded on a shipboard miniDV tape recorder. In addition to the visual imagery the miniDV tape recorder received GPS data (latitude and longitude, ground speed, true heading, date and time), which was recorded on the audio track. A computer-based application (TowVid), developed by AIMS (Speare et al. 2004), allows for real-time touch-screen classification of substrata, benthos and individual organisms interfaced with a GPS to facilitate real-time geo-referencing of all data points. C-MapTM vector charts and MaxseaTM electronic navigation software were used to record the ship's track and water depth. Data points were recorded at 8-second intervals or on demand when a new substrate, benthos or organism was recorded on TowVid. An average speed of 1.5 knots was achieved over the Towed Video surveys equating to a horizontal resolution of 6m.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in November 2017

Flow cytometry data was collected in November 2017, 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 (DCM) 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 | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, 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, 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
IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - Temperature Records

This report details the quality control applied to the temperature data collected from the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) moorings between 2006 and 2019. These measurements quantify heat and fresh water transfers, help to distinguish Eulerian from Lagrangian influences on seasonal records, and contribute to understanding controls on surface mixed layer depth (and thus light availability to primary production). The quality controlled datasets are publicly available via the AODN Data Portal. This report should be consulted when using the data. 
The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Observatory located at 141°E and 47°S provides high temporal resolution observations in sub-Antarctic waters. It is focused on the sub-Antarctic Zone because waters formed at the surface in this region by deep wintertime convection slide under warmer subtropical and tropical waters, carrying CO2 and heat into the deep ocean, where it is out of contact with the atmosphere. This process also supplies oxygen for deep ocean ecosystems, and exports nutrients that fuel ~70% of global ocean primary production. Local biological production also impacts carbon cycling and the SOTS moorings measure several variables important to these processes.

Tags: Southern Ocean Time Series Observatory Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Kimberley - Montgomery Reef: Composited Imagery

In September 2008 WAMSI led a field experiment over the Montgomery Reef (North Western Australia) including flight hyperspectral, trispectral and photographic imaging.  The photos / imaging has been corrected for distortion and merged to create large composite images of the reef and surrounding water.  The 184 images were used in  western sub-set of the image (approx. 2m pixel) and 495 images for eastern sub-set of the image (approx. 1m pixel). These can be downloaded in 2 separate files - Western Reef (41.5MB) and Eastern Reef (160.2MB) from http://rssrg.ivec.org/static/montgomery/downloads.html
For answers to questions contact m.gray@curtin.edu.au

Tags: Marine Features (Australia) | Kimberley Coast, WA, aerial photography
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network