AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NESP TWQ Project 2.3.3 - Building Indigenous livelihood and comanagement opportunities in the northern GBR–ecosystem services and conservation governance for water quality, 2016-2017 (CSIRO)

This project supports Indigenous co-management and livelihoods by scoping and developing culturally-appropriate ecosystem services (ES) products focused on water quality. Local and regional Indigenous development agencies in CYP will collaborate with researchers with expertise in Indigenous water, co-benefits, ES, wetland ecology, and governance issues. The project will:
i) evaluate international examples of nutrient offsets and watershed ES;
ii) scope investor demand and develop innovative water quality ES products suitable for Northern GBR geographic, demographic, and market conditions; and
iii) improve wetland protection, co-management, business, and governance capability.
Key project objectives are to leverage existing ES-based livelihood opportunities and to realize social co-benefits.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Mona Vale

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 - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment off Yamba (New South Wales) (May - June 2013)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, 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
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Case Study - Southern bluefin tuna

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Case Study "Southern bluefin tuna". The full Case Study, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Case Study are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOCUS OF THE CASE STUDY
Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) are an important apex predator within Australia’s marine environment with juveniles seasonally aggregating in the Great Australian Bight during the summer, subadults and adults utilising southern and south-eastern waters primarily during the winter months and adults aggregating in an areas off the north western region of Australia primarily during the spring and summer months on the only spawning ground for the species.
Southern bluefin tuna are a highly prized target species of international commercial and national recreational fisheries. Within Australian waters, a purse-seine fishery catches juvenile (2-4 yr old) SBT in the waters of the Great Australian Bight during the summer months, and is of significant value to the regional economy (~$150M annually). A longline fishery targeting large SBT off the eastern Australian seaboard during the winter months catches a smaller amount of Australia’s commercial allocation.
ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE
The SBT spawning biomass (a measure of the adult population) is estimated to have been depleted by fishing to a low fraction of its original size. The depleted nature of the stock has led to the listing of SBT as Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act and Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Unaccounted mortalities associated with discards, unreported catches and recreational catches of SBT can impact on achieving current stock rebuilding targets set by the CCSBT.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN CASE STUDY
The case study is based on stock assessment information produced in annual reports of the Extended Scientific Committee and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna. Assessments are based on data relating to fishery catches, aerial surveys and close-kin mark recapture methods covering the spatial area of the Commission and a temporal period of 1951-2014.

Tags: case study, expert assessment, fisheries management, population status, tuna
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sources of Turbidity in Torres Strait Waters

This report gives details of laboratory analyses carried out by the Ocean Sciences Institute on behalf of the Maritime Systems Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation. The terms of reference for the study were as follows: 

To make grain size analyses by Malvern Laser Diffraction Particle Sizer on 6 water samples;
To compare and contrast the clay mineralogy of filtered water samples with core samples from the Great North East Channel and Fly River mouth using combination of X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive x-ray analysis;
To compile carbonate content data (measured in the mud size fraction) of surficial sediment samples from the Great North East Channel and central to northern Torres Strait; and
To interpret the results derived, with respect to the source and nature of water turbidity in the Torres Strait area.


Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Dispersion and fates of produced formation water (PFW) constituents in a North West Shelf shallow water ecosystem, Western Australia

This was a study of produced formation water (PFW) discharged into a shallow tropical marine ecosystem on the North West Shelf of Australia. A combination of oceanographic techniques, geochemical tracer studies, chemical and biological assessment methods, and dispersion modelling was used to describe the distribution and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons and added nutrients discharged from an offshore production platform. Using fine scale volatile hydrocarbon data, the horizontal and vertical diffusion parameters for a three dimensional dispersion model were calibrated under local conditions. Trace hydrocarbon chemistry studies and integration of the data into a mass balance model, facilitated a comprehensive description of dispersion and degradation pathways and rates. Bioaccumulation into bivalves and water column microbial growth inhibition studies confirmed the chemistry and model predictions that the area of potential biological impact extended to 0.5 nautical mile (~900 m) from the discharge with additional skewing in the direction of the predominant tidal flows. Impact would be expected to be concentrated in transient surface slicks and near surface seawater. Dispersion and degradation processes were fast enough to prevent any long term accumulation of contamination within the system. Trace levels of oil in the near field sandy sediments were directly related to the magnitude of the daily discharge. The study is a bench-mark to help predict the effects of further oil industry expansion in this pristine coastal region.
 This was one of the first studies to use chemistry data to verify and adjust the workings of a dispersion model.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
West Cape York Marine Park – Multibeam Survey (Carpentaria Shoal)

The primary objective of the survey was to undertake approximately 24hrs of Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) surveying to quantitatively map parts of the seafloor within the West Cape York Marine Park to build knowledge of the values of the park and to provide data that can inform future, targeted bathymetric and biological surveys.  In this survey we comprehensively mapped Carpentaria Shoal and ran additional survey lines to the south of Carpentaria Shoal.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Microbial community dynamics in a larval aquaculture system of the ornate rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus

This study examined microbial infestation of phyllosomas, including proliferation of bacteria in the hepatopancreas and heavy external fouling of appendages and cuticle with filamentous bacteria and sessile protozoa.Culture- and molecular-based microbial community analysis was performed on the water column, tank biofilm and whole phyllosomas of standard larval-rearing environments.Scanning electron microscopy confirmed fouling by filamentous bacteria of at least two morphological types and also fouling by rod-shaped bacteria.Phyllosoma survival as a percentage of the whole population (measured over 3 separate standard larval-rearing trials) were calculated from daily counts of dead animals siphoned from the bottom of each larval-rearing tank. No correlation between bacterial numbers (measured as colony-forming units mL-1) and phyllosoma mortalities was established.
 To investigate the microbiological and histopathological factors affecting early stage phyllosomas.
 Phylogenetic closest relative identities (and GenBank accession number): Alcanivorax sp. EPR 27 W (AY394880); Desulfobulbus mediterraneus (AF354663); Marine bacterium ATAM407_56 (AF359535); Methylophaga buryatica (AY128533); Methylophaga sulfidovorans (MS16SRB1S); Sulfitobacter sp. GAI-37 (AF007260); Thiothrix sp. B2-8 (AB042537); Uncultured bacterium clone CR98-35-21 (AF428903); Uncultured bacterium ECS1 (AB041271); Uncultured Crater Lake bacterium CL500-55 (AF316693); Uncultured gamma Proteobacterium Sva0862 (UGA240968); Uncultured Pirellula clone 6O13 (AF029077); Vibrio sp. PH1 (AF513461).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Conservation of the endangered loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta): health assessment and hatching success of Western Australian populations

To identify &amp; quantify various biotic &amp; abiotic risk factors that reduce hatching success of loggerhead turtles.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Endangered Species, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Survival, Caretta caretta, Hatching Success, Loggerhead turtle, Risk Factors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Importance of Photosynthetic Symbionts in Sponges

Data was collected on the biogeography and biodiversity of photosynthetic symbionts of marine sponges in Australia.  From 2000, sponges from around Australia were sampled using a Diving PAM (pulse-amplitude modulation), molecular analyses and classical taxonomy to quantify the abundance of photosynthetic symbionts in sponges, particularly in temperate Western Australian waters.

Tags: 10 000000, Biological Classification | Animals/Invertebrates | Sponges, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Symbiosis, Sponges, cyanobacteria, photosynthetic symbiosis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effect of particle size on feeding rates of larvae of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, from the Great Barrier Reef

The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) larvae used in feeding experiments were reared at 28°C in natural seawater, enriched with a phytoplankton culture medium, at the Lizard Island Research Station until they reached the early brachiolaria stage. Seawater used in these experiments was collected 1 km offshore from the research station and filtered through a 25 µm mesh screen. Duplicate subsamples were then filtered onto .45 µm black filters for phytoplankton counts.A series of feeding experiments using natural seawater were conducted using bipinnaria larvae (4 days old) and brachiolaria larvae (6 days old). Starved larvae (n =10-23) were added to 10 ml of 25 µm filtered seawater and incubated for 15 minutes. A buffered gluteraldehyde solution was added to the vials, which were then kept refrigerated until the number and size of phytoplankton in the gut of the larvae were measured under an epifluorescence microscope. Ingested cells were also classified as either cyanobacteria or eukaryotes.Ingestion rates (number of cells ingested per larva per unit time) and clearance rates (volume of seawater cleared per larva per unit time) were then calculated on the assumption that no defaecation occurred during incubation. Starved early brachiolaria larvae were incubated for 3 to 5 minutes in suspensions of the cultured phytplankton, Dunaliella tertiolecta or various concentrations of fluorescence labelled plastic beads of 1, 6, or 20 µm diameter. Incubations were also conducted using different concentrations of mixed suspensions of the three sizes of beads. After incubation, samples were preserved and examined using the same procedures as natural seawater samples.
 This research was undertaken to investigate the effects of phytoplankton size on the feeding rates of Acanthaster planci larvae. This information was used to assess whether observed changes in phytoplankton composition to larger size classes, as a response to terrestrial runoff and upwelling, affects the nutrition of Acanthaster planci larvae.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Historical effects of periodic trampling on the cover of Hormosira banksii

This study examines the effects of experimental trampling on Hormosira banksii dominated rocky intertidal platforms within the Point Nepean National Park, Victoria between 1991 and 1996. This dataset gives the percent cover of the brown algae Hormosira banskii in response to different intensities and histories of experimental trampling.  Percent cover of Hormosira banksii was assessed on three occasions: end of summer 1994-1995, pre-summer 1995-1996, end of summer 1995-1996.  A comparison of areas of shoreline that had been trampled for two and four summers did not appear to influence the response to a new trampling episode.  However, it was recognised that a mild summer experience during the trial may have reduced the potential impact of trampling,  weakening the capacity to detect historical effects.

Tags: 54 100001, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Adaptation, Biosphere | Vegetation | Macroalgae, Hormosira banksii, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Civil Disturbance, Mornington Peninsula, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Point Nepean National Park, coverage, experimental_method, experimental_method_history, periodic
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Ocean Reference Station (ORS065) Mooring

The NSW Ocean Reference Station Mooring (IMOS platform code: ORS065) is one of several regional moorings in New South Wales. The Ocean Reference Station is maintained and funded by Sydney Water Corporation. Sydney Ocean Reference Station data was historically collected and processed by Clive Holden at Oceanographic Field Services under contract to Sydney Water Corporation. 
The ORS was first deployed in 1991 by Sydney Water Corporation and provides a valuable long-term water quality time series. 
ORS parameters include: Temperature measured at 14 different depths, Salinity at 55 m, east-west and north-south current components at 29 nominal depths.
The mooring is located at Latitude:-33.898, Longitude:151.315.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Sydney, NSW, Coastal Waters (Australia) | New South Wales Coast, NSW, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | ORS065 | Ocean Reference Station Sydney Mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, eastward_sea_water_velocity, northward_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, water_level
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seasonal changes in major ions, nutrients and chlorophyll a at two sites in the Swan River estuary, Western Australia.

Seasonal variations in major ions, nutrients and chlorophyll a were examined at two sites in the upper reaches of the Swan River estuary, Western Australia.  These water characteristics were tested between 1993 and 1994 with the objective of assessing how seasonal transitions between fresh and brackish water influence fluxes and transformations of nutrients in the Swan River estuary.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Delayed Mode QA/QC Best Practice Manual

This document is the IMOS Ocean Gliders' (formerly known as Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)) Best Practice manual for delayed mode processed data. Ocean Gliders is a facility under Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
This document describes the quality analyses/quality control (QA/QC) methods and correction procedures employed by the Ocean Gliders facility for delayed mode glider data files available for public download through the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) portal (https://portal.aodn.org.au/).

Tags: Ocean Gliders Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Measurement of Seagrass Photosynthesis Using PAM Fluorometry - Recovery and survival of Posidonia sinuosa sprigs and plugs after transplantation

Data was collected on the photosynthetic rates of Posidonia sinuosa plugs (shoots with sediment intact) and sprigs (shoots with bare roots) before, during and after transplantation from Parmelia Bank to Southern Flats, Cockburn Sound, W.A. and from Woodman Point to Woodman Point, W.A. between November 2004 to February 2005.

Tags: 63 617003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Photosynthesis, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia sinuosa, fluorescence, seagrass, transplantation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Securing WAs Marine Futures Project - Biodiversity sampling - Drop camera

“Drop photo” sampling utilises still photography to capture a photo quadrat of benthic assemblages. Captured images are then analysed to provide information regarding the composition of benthic assemblages.
Study areas include Abrolhos Islands, Jurien Bay, Rottnest Island, Capes / Geographe Bay, Broke Inlet, Mt. Gardner, Point Ann, Middle Island.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2019-20 Honours project - Characterising the variability of the Indonesian Throughflow in ocean models

The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) is connects the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean in the tropics. The ITF plays an essential role in ocean circulation and regional climate: it hosts strong mixing that can change water-mass properties, influences the sea surface temperature in both oceans and affects the global ocean volume and heat transports. The ITF transports water properties across Indonesian Seas characterized by complex topography with most of the water entering through two main inflow straits, Makassar and Lifamatola straits, and exiting into the Indian Ocean through three main outflow straits, Ombai, Lombok and Timor straits.
The ITF shows variabilities on different time scales, including decadal, interannual, seasonal and intra-seasonal. The ITF variability on intra-seasonal time scales is driven by remotely generated Kelvin and Rossby waves that propagate into the Indonesian Seas from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. This project focuses on the variability driven by Kelvin waves that propagate into Indonesian seas through three main outflow straits (Ombai, Lombok and Timor). We use a global ocean model and a high-resolution regional ITF model to characterize these variabilities at different depths and in different straits. We also use the mooring observations from the INSTANT program to validate the ocean models.

Tags: Kelvin waves, frequency spectra, temperature, velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network