AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off the coast of Kimberley (Sept - Oct 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and  turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider off the coast of Kimberley (Western Australia). Note that this deployment doesn't contain any dissolved oxygen data.
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, 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, 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
Effects of a bleaching event in 1998 on soft corals (octocorallia) of the Great Barrier Reef

During the the bleaching event on 1998 on April 6-13, video transects and collection of tissue samples from bleached and unbleached alcyonacean colonies (17 genera) were conducted on 9 reefs in the central section of the GBR. Inshore (Phillips, Pandora, Fantome, and Great Palm Island) and offshore (Lodestone, John Brewer, Bramble, Faraday, Myrmidon) reefs were represented.On each reef, 3-4 transects (0.6 x 50 m) were video-recorded at 2 m and 5-6 m depth. Under 5 fixed points on 40 stops of the video (200 points per transect), alcyonacean and scleractinian corals were identified to genus level where possible. Morphologically similar genera that were indistinguishable on video (e.g. Efflatounaria and Cespitularia) were pooled. Categories of bleaching extent for colonies were: not bleached, partially bleached (either parts of the colony bleached, or the whole colony clearly paler than typical for that genus), and totally bleached.Video surveys were complemented by visual surveys of the extent of bleaching in each genus along each of the transects.Genetic identities of intracellular dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, spp.) in samples were analyzed using PCR denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting analysis of the internal transcribed spacer regions 1 and 2 which yielded 12 genetically distinctive Symbiodinium types consisting of 2clade B types (B1n, B36), 9 clade C (C1:1, C1c, C1:1a, C1:3a, C1:2, C1q, C15, C64, C84a), and one clade D (D3).
 To assess the relative sensitivities of zooxanthellate octocorals to thermal stress during a bleaching event.To determine whether differences in bleaching susceptibility between species, among individuals of a species, and within colonies could be attributed to different endosymbiotic dinoflagellates.
 Soft coral species: Anthelia sp.; Asterospicularia laurae; Briareum sp.1; Briareum sp.2; Cespitularia sp.; Clavularia koellikeri; Efflatounaria sp.; Heteroxenia sp.; Lemnalia sp.; Lobophytum compactum; Nephthea sp.; Paralemnalia digitiformis; Paralemnalia thyrsoides; Pinnigorgia flava; Rhytisma sp.; Sarcophyton sp.; Sinularia cf polydactyla; Sinularia flexibilis; Stereonephthya sp.; Xenia sp.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens habitat, Eddystone Point, eastern Tasmania

The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east coast of Tasmania, each comprising 3 subsites, this dataset refers to the Eddystone Point region, and its 3 subsites: Georges Bay, Lighthouse Point and Purdon.

Tags: 25 211001, Algal coverage, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Substratum type, Temperate Reef, Urchin barren coverage
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Modelling circulation and connectivity on Australias North West Shelf.

Ocean circulation on the North West Shelf (NWS) influences nearly all aspects of the ecosystem, including sediment transport and turbidity patterns, primary production in the water column and bottom sediments, and recruitment patterns for organisms with pelagic phases in their life cycles. Current patterns are also of direct interest to most industries operating on the NWS, particularly those associated with fisheries, shipping, and offshore structures and operations. This study is the first attempt to describe the water circulation and transport patterns across the region on time scales from hours to years, and space scales from 10 km over the entire shelf to one kilometre in a selected focus area around the Dampier Archipelago. It has also provided a framework for embedded models describing processes such as sediment transport, nutrient cycling, and primary and secondary production (described in accompanying reports). A series of nested circulation models have been developed with forcing by realistic winds, tides, and large-scale regional circulation. The simulations cover a period of more than six years, allowing the tidal, seasonal, and interannual characteristics to be investigated, as well as the response to episodic events such as tropical cyclones. Connectivity patterns throughout the shelf have also been characterised by forcing a particle transport model by the modelled circulation. Model results demonstrate that the instantaneous current patterns are strongly dominated by the barotropic tide and its spring neap cycle. However, longer-term transports over the inner and mid shelf were mainly controlled by wind-driven flow, which followed the seasonal switch from summer monsoon winds to southeasterly trades in winter. Over the outer shelf and slope the large-scale regional circulation, provided by the global model, had a major influence. Results were shown to be relatively insensitive to adjustable model parameters and submodel structures. However, model performance was strongly dependent on the quality of the forcing fields. For example, the prediction of low frequency inner shelf currents was improved substantially when the relatively coarse resolution global winds where replaced by locally observed winds in the Dampier model. Lower skill in predicting low frequency currents on the outer shelf can be largely attributed to errors in the global circulation model. Results from the connectivity modelling have been summarised in statistical form and can be accessed through a web-based user-interface developed as part of the project and referred to as the Connectivity Interface or ConnIe (http://www.per.marine.csiro.au/connie). This tool is expected to find applications in areas such as larval dispersion and recruitment studies, and the development of scenarios and risk assessments for contaminant dispersion.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind measurements taken at Huskisson between 1/7/90 and 12/9/90

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.
An anemometer at Huskisson recorded wind measurements between 1st July 1990 and 12th September 1990. The anemometer was run by the NSW Public Works Department and sampled every 15 minutes.
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 all 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 Winds | Surface Winds, air_pressure, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.10 - Benchmarking costs of NRM improvements for the GBR, 2015-2015 (CQU)

This project aims to provide information on cost benchmarks for key management actions to improve water quality into the GBR. The project involves a review and evaluation of summary data about NRM projects that have been funded recently to address water quality issues. By pooling the data across NRM regions and different activities, it will be possible to identify the distribution of cost/outcome ratios. From this, potential benchmarks can be established (e.g. 75% of sediment reduction actions are less than $xxx/tonne, 95% are less than $XXX per ton). It also provides some identification of the most cost-effective strategies across actions and regions.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.5 - Biological oceanography - Plankton samples

Four separate field experiments of ~3 to 6 week duration were conducted in both May and November 2007 and 2008. During each experiment, Eulerian water column sampling was regularly conducted at 6 fixed stations.  At each sampling location, 2 replicate 20 litre surface water samples were taken and filtered within 2 h for chlorophyll a.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Water Masses
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seagrass Cruise IV Leg 2 Gulf St Vincent November 1993

This was the fourth research expedition for the Seagrass cruises.  The expedition was conducted in Investigator Strait, Gulf St Vincent and Backstairs Passage, South Australia.  Data were collected at 39 stations, in November 1993.
The research vessel used was the Ngerin, owned by the South Australian Department of Fisheries.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, air_pressure, air_temperature, depth, potential_density, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, speed_of_sound_in_sea_water, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Movement patterns of the gastropod Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore in Victoria

This study investigated the movement of Lepsiella vinosa on the West Head rocky shore during October 1976 and May 1977. Forty-eight individuals were marked in the October observation period and 100 individuals were marked during the May period. The movements of individuals were followed over 4 intervals that corresponded to conditions of high tide/daylight, low tide/night, high tide/night, low tide/daylight. A Perspex quadrat marked in a grid pattern in 1 cm or 2 cm intervals was placed over the study area and used to record the position of each individual. 
Mean rate of movement in May 1977 (2.70 ± 0.59 cm/h) was greater than during October 1976 (1.11 ± 0.22 cm/h). At low tide, the rate of movement correlated with air temperatures, with lower movement rates at higher temperatures. At high tide, there was no variation in movement.

Tags: 24 200165, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | rocky shore, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History | mortality, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History | reproduction, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Lepsiella vinosa, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | gastropoda | thaid, West Head, Western Port Bay
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
AGDC Time Series Video - Southern Moreton Island

Time Series video to support Project C3 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub NESP 2015-2016 programme. The video illustrates coastal change at the entrance to Moreton Bay QLD, using 118 Landsat observations from within the Australian Geoscience Data Cube (AGDC) from 1987-2016.

Tags: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, Department of the Environment, remote sensing, time series
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 19th September 2008

On the 19th of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Montgomery Reef).  The bands collected were red, green, near infra-red (NIR) (wavelengths ~450nm to ~825nm)
Flight lines are displayed in thumbnail above.  Further detailed information can be obtained from contacts below.

Tags: Tricolour Scanner
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Bondi

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effect of substrate type on population dynamics and growth of coral reef sponges in Torres Strait (CRC-TS Project: Task Number T1.6a)

The influence of substrate type on the ecology of the sponges Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta was examined on the coral reefs at Masig Island and Kodall Island, in central Torres Strait.Twelve 4 m² permanent quadrats, located 2-40 m apart, were established at each reef on the reef slope (30-50°) at depths between 10 and 12 m. Six quadrats at each island were dominated by rock (&gt;=66% of the seafloor). The other 6 quadrats at each island were dominated by rubble (&gt;=66% of the seafloor). The remaining substrate in each quadrat consisted mostly of sand or was occupied by living organisms such as hard and soft coral species.Quadrats were surveyed every 3-5 months for a period of 27 months (December 2004 to March 2007). At the start of the study, each quadrat had between 0-3 individuals of Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta. During each survey, each quadrat was thoroughly checked for the presence of Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta and the position of each sponge marked on gridded data sheets. Sponges that moved out of the quadrat, were not counted even if they were found alive a short distance away.The effect of substrate type on sponge growth was examined by measuring the volume of 27 Coscinoderma matthewsi and 30 Hyrtios erecta individuals attached to either rock or rubble at Kodall and Masig Islands, using a photographic method. For Coscinoderma matthewsi, a close-up photo was taken looking directly down, thus sponge length and width could be accurately determined. For Hyrtios erecta, photos of individuals were taken along their full length including any branches; if needed several photos from different angles were taken so that length of all branches could be calculated.The tagged sponges were measured each time quadrats were surveyed. Sponges were also measured if they moved out of the quadrat area. Water temperature was recorded using HOBO Water Temp Pro recorders, deployed at a depth of 10 m at Kodall and Masig Islands. Data on wind direction and speed was obtained from the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology (www.bom.gov.au) weather station at neighbouring Poruma (Coconut) Island, approximately 50 km away. For each month, the number of days where wind direction was NE, N and NW and wind strength was &gt;50 km/h were counted.
 Rock and rubble are common substrates on coral reefs in Torres Strait, constituting upwards of 70% of the benthic cover. Rubble is typically unbound or unstable in Torres Strait, being moved around by storms and daily water action driven by currents or wind. This study was initiated to determine if there were differences in the population dynamics and growth of Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta on rock or rubble substrates in central Torres Strait within and between years.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Measurement of Seagrass Photosynthesis Using PAM Fluorometry - Absorptance factors

To measure the photosynthetic rate of seagrasses using a Diving-PAM, it is first necessary to determine how much of the light reaching the leaves is absorbed and used in photosynthesis.  The absorptance factors of each seagrass species are then used to determine the electron transport rates (ETR) and subsequently the photosynthetic rate.  
Hence this study determines absorptance factors for Posidonia sinuosa, Posidonia australis and Halophila ovalis, taking into account transmittance, reflectance and non-photosynthetic absorptance of light by the leaves from leaves taken for Woodman Point, WA on 27 May 2004.

Tags: 63 605002, 63 617002, 63 617003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Photosynthesis, Halophila ovalis, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa, Seagrass, absorptance factor, electron transport rates (ETR), photosynthetically active radiation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tessa Shoals Dampier Marine Park Habitat Validation

MScience conducted a restricted habitat mapping exercise on behalf of Robe River Mining to confirm the type and location of a benthic habitat class mapped and identified previously by satellite. Transects were recorded through field use of a drop camera and video.  Habitat type within the transects were assigned a class by experienced marine scientists and the data used to update a GIS of habitats of the area.

Tags: Ascidians, Habitat Class, Habitat mapping, alconarians, gorgonians, poriferans, scleractinians
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - North Bondi

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Mooring Sub-Facility

The New South Wales Mooring Sub-Facility is part of the National Mooring Network Facility. 
This sub-facility is establishing a transect of moorings and measurements off Sydney, which includes the Port Hacking (Sydney) National Reference Station (NRS). Like the NRS sites at Maria and Rottnest Islands, data has been collected for over 70 years at Port Hacking. The transect consists of three moorings in 65, 100 and 140m of water off Bondi and a mooring in 100m at the Port Hacking NRS, where monthly biogeochemical water sampling is conducted. This region is typically downstream of where the East Australian Current (EAC) separates from the coast, and is often influenced by EAC eddies. Data collection supports research on the marine ecosystems associated with these eddies and, as the sub-facility is located in the most densely populated area of Australia, issues such as water quality, waste disposal, shipping hazards, harmful algal blooms and recreation are also of particular research interest.
The sub-facility has also deployed two moorings across the shelf at Coffs Harbour in the north of NSW, and a pair of moorings at the Bateman's Marine Park, off Narooma in the south. These moorings will enhance the ANMN coverage along the coast of south-eastern Australia and also provide long term monitoring of the continental shelf region both upstream and downstream of the EAC separation point.

Tags: Acoustic Observing Station, Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Sydney, NSW, Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, IMOS Sub-Facility | ANMN-NSW | New South Wales, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Shelf Mooring, Slope Mooring, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network