AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.3 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - FERTILIZATION STUDIES, Western Australia

Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the experiments.
 Fertilization studies (Project 7.3): The fertilization of broadcast spawning corals occurs at the ocean surface where interactions with dredging plumes are likely. The objectives of Project 7.3 are to examine if success fertilization of corals gametes is affected by water quality conditions that can occur during dredging programs. Fertilization experiments will be conducted with two broadcast-spawning species and involve examining fertilization success in response to a realistic range of TSS concentrations and PSDs over an incubation period of several hours. Experiments will be conducted each year (over a 3 year period) during the coral spawning period (October-December of 2013, 2014 and 2015). The first 6 months of the project will involve developing protocols and experimental procedures and equipment to conduct the work.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: BEST (Benguela Source and Transport)

This experiment, which included inverted echo sounders and pressure gauges as well as well as current meters, was designed by World Ocean Circulation Experiment coponent ACM4.
The data have been organized into four groups, by ocean basin. 
* Atlantic Ocean data
* Pacific Ocean data
* Indian Ocean data
* Southern Ocean data

Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data. These links are:
* Electronic data reports
* History of the Group
* How to use this disk


Tags: ATLANTIC OCEAN, Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bioturbation and seasonal activity of Holothuria whitmaei (sea cucumber) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Data on the rates of activity and sediment egestion of Holothuria whitmaei (Bell 1887) at Ningaloo Reef were collected over a two year period between 2002 and 2003.

Tags: 25 416033, Holothuria whitmaei, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Bioturbation, Seasonal activity, black teatfish
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bardi-Jawi Rangers and AIMS Sea Country Monitoring Partnership

Bardi-Jawi Rangers joined forces with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in 2018 to develop a monitoring partnership for looking after Sea Country. The monitoring program was designed to provide scientific data to address the main concerns of Bardi-Jawi Rangers regarding the health and status of their marine resources (increased visitation, recreational fishing, climate change), and to align with management objectives in their existing Healthy Country Plans. Participatory mapping of Sea Country by Bardi-Jawi and Oorany Rangers was used as the basis of the program&rsquo;s sampling design, to best assess location of monitoring sites and also provide a permanent record of local ecosystem knowledge.
Monitoring occurs once a year during August, and targets benthic organisms, fish and year-round in-situ water temperature. Surveys are conducted with remotely operated systems that allow collection of long-term data which can be archived and queried at a number of levels. Fish data are collected using single-camera Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS) at coral reef and mangrove habitats along the east (2 sites) and west (2 sites) of the Dampier Peninsula. Benthos data are collected using DropCam, a still photography tripod system deployed from a small vessel that collects images of benthic organisms along a set transect following GPS track coordinates. There are 3 sites for benthic data collection (1 west, 2 east of Dampier Peninsula), all on solid reef; at one of these sites, benthic data are also collected via photo transects by walking on emergent reef at low tide. Temperature data are collected with HOBO loggers at benthic data collection sites (1 east, 1 west of Dampier Peninsula).
All data are collected by the rangers with support from AIMS. Data analysis occurs at AIMS, where video and photos are scored to estimate fish abundance and diversity, as well as the abundance of coral and other benthic organisms of interest. Temperature data contributes to AIMS&rsquo; National Temperature Data Program.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 4.3.1a - Trophic interactions - Assessing the ecological impact of the Western Rock lobster fishery in fished and unfished deep water areas

This study aims to use closed areas to examine the potential for the western rock lobster fishery to impact ecosystem structure, function, diversity, productivity and habitats through the removal of target stocks. The project will provide baseline information essential for the assessment of the impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem including information on trophic linkages between lobsters and their predators and prey.
5 main datasets related to this project:
a) Hydroacoustic data collected by FUGRO including high-resolution bathymetry for the area surrounding the new closed area. 
b) Raw towed video footage collected by UWA to ground truth hydroacoustic data and develop predictive models
c) Predictive models showing biota and substrate (see thumbnail).
d) Catch information from annual lobster sampling in the closed area (prior to closure) that forms the basis of future monitoring and has been used in building predictive relationships between lobsters and habitats. 
e) High resolution benthic images collected with the AUV (in conjunction with WAMSI 4.2) and available via IMOS portal.
This project is also part the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project FRDC 2008/013 - "Assessing the ecological impact of the Western Rock lobster fishery in fished and unfished areas".

Tags: Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Genetics of Sargassum from the Great Barrier Reef

Allozyme variation was examined in 175 individuals representing 13 putative species of Sargassum (Sargassum aquifolium, S. carpophyllum, S. decurrens, S. fissifolium, S. ligulatum, S. linearifolium, S. oligocystum, S. opacum, S. parvifolium, S. polycystum, S. siliquosum, S. spinifex, S. swartzii) and 34 populations from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Allozyme variability was examined (five polymorphic loci, 12 alleles total), between morphological species and those between different geographical populations of the same taxon. Sargassum decurrens, S. oligocystum, S. parvifolium and S. swartzii + S. aquifolium, were sampled in sympatry. S. carpophyllum and S. polycystum are conspecific. Single populations of 3 different species were thought to be possible misassignments (S. opacum = S. polycystum; S. aquifolium = S. swartzii and S. linearifolium = S. fissifolium), but may be morphological variants of the species with which they clustered. Finally, S. oligocystum (subgenus Eusargassum) clustered with S. decurrens, (subgenus Phyllotrichia) suggesting a revision of subgeneric boundaries in the genus Sargassum is required. Allele frequencies at five loci (GPI, SOD-1, ACO-1, ME-1, PGM-1) were examined. Calculation of gene frequencies and population genetic statistics were carried out using BIOSYS-1 package. Genetic relationships were represented using Nei's genetic distance and Roger's genetic distance, and clustered using the UPGMA method.Collection sites: Cooktown, Cape Tribulation, Alma Bay, Geoffrey Bay, Shute Harbour, Heron Island, One Tree Island
 Differentiation of Sargassum taxa by means of allozymes.
 Allozyme markers will be useful for species identification of Sargassum within the GBR, as many species are only clearly distinguishable morphologically for a short time of the year (when they have reproductive organs).Voucher specimens were deposited at the Adelaide Herbarium:S. carpophyllum A61833 (Alma Bay, 5 specimens); S. carpophyllum A61834 (Cooktown, 9 specimens); S. carpophyllum A61839 (Alma Bay, 5 specimens); S. decurrens A61807 (Cooktown, 10 specimens); S. decurrens A61808 (Shute Harbour, 5 specimens); S. fissifolium A61817 (Heron Island, 5 specimens); S. fissifolium A61818 (Shute Harbour, 5 specimens); S. fissifolium A61840 (Cooktown, 5 specimens); S. ligulatum A61810 (Heron Island 2 specimens); S. linearifolium A61843 (Alma Bay, 5 specimens); S. oligocystum A61815 (Shute Harbour, 3 specimens); S. oligocystum A61816 (Cooktown, 5 specimens); S. oligocystum A61841 Geoffrey Bay, 1 specimens); S. opacum A61831 (Cooktown, 8 specimens); S. parvifolium A61806 (Shute Harbour, 5 specimens); S. polycystum A61811 (Heron Island, 5 specimens); S. siliquosum A61812 (Shute Harbour, 5 specimens); S. swartzii A61829 (Cooktown, 10 specimens).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Heron Island Sensor Float 4

A round 1.4m yellow buoy has been deployed in the Heron Island lagoon as part of the sensor network infrastructure at Heron Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef off Gladstone, Australia. The buoy is configured as a sensor-float with a Campbell Scientific logger, a spread-spectrum radio for communicating with the on-reef wireless network, a GPS and initially a surface mounted (30cm under the water surface) thermistor.The float is moored in the lagoon of Heron Island in around 3m of water and will be used to monitor the flow of water through the lagoon. It will be fitted with surface salinity and bottom depth and temperature in late 2008. The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors. The buoy is re-locatable and the GPS data should be used to find the current location.
 The buoy is one of five re-locatable platforms in the lagoon at Heron Island onto which sensor will be located. The buoys initially have a Campbell Scientific loggers powered off two 5W solar panels, a Garmin GPS unit and one thermistor located at the base of the buoy around 30cm below the water line. The buoys use a Campbell Scientific spread-spectrum radio to talk back to the base station located on Heron Island.
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 2 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 174Logger Setup as node (isRouter = False)CSDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 Neighbours range: 1-1, 140-140, 160-160SCD7 beacon = 21600Over-Reef RF Network - RF411 attached to the CSIO port of the loggerRadio Settings - Active Interface - Datalogger CSDCSDC Address 7Protocol: Pakbus awareRadio Net Address - 0Hop Sequence - 0Power mode - less than 2mA 1 SecondRetry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Hermatypic corals of Vanuatu

Hermatypic coral communities on the coral reefs of Vanuatu were examined at 22 locations, covering a wide range of environments along the length of the island arc, in 1988. The reefs around nine islands (Ureparapara, Reef Islands, Gaua, Espiritu Santo, Pentecost, Cook's Reef, Efate, Tanna and Aneityum) were surveyed. An accumulative inventory of hermatypic corals at each location was compiled until no further species were recorded. Where there appeared to be a significant difference between the appearance of species at Vanuatu and the same species on the Great Barrier Reef, specimens were collected for further study.
 The objective of this component of the survey was to compile an accumulative species inventory of hermatypic corals, with the aim of reaching a complete species list for Vanuatu.
 This research was a component of a survey of Vanuatu marine resources conducted in March/April 1988 and was funded by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau.The overall objectives of the survey were:1. to survey and describe the shallow water reef habitats from selected islands of Vanuatu, adequately covering geographical and environmental variation2. to survey and describe the marine habitats around the shores of Malakula, including offshore islands3. to derive a coastal management plan for Malakula and offshore islands which can serve as a basis for Coastal Zone Management plans for the rest of the country4. to train Ni-Vanuatu personnel in marine survey and marine conservation methods

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seed predation by insects in mangrove forests in north Queensland

Field surveys of insect damage to mangrove seeds or propagules were carried out at 12 locations in north Queensland. Mangrove forests at the Escape River, Wenlock River, Claudie River, Lockhart River, McIvor River, Endeavour River, Daintree River, Missionary Bay (Hinchinbrook Island), Ross River, Alligator Creek and Haughton River were surveyed.Data were collected on the seeds or propagules of Avicennia marina, Bruguiera exaristata, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Bruguiera parviflora, Bruguiera sexangula, Ceriops australis, Ceriops tagal, Heritiera littoralis, Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora stylosa, Xylocarpus australasicus and Xylocarpus granatum. Not all species were available for sampling at every location. Sampling was carried out during the peak periods of seed or propagule fall for each species.Random samples of between 54 and 1000 fallen seeds or propagules of available species were collected from the floor of each forest. Additional collections of seeds or propagules still attached to the parent tree were made from Ceriops tagal, Heritiera littoralis and Rhizophora stylosa.Seeds or propagules were then assigned to one of the following damage categories: no damage; insect damage (borer holes or feeding tracks); crab damage; insect + crab damage; and other damage. The amount of damage was not recorded. Subsamples of insect damaged and undamaged seeds or propagules were collected for shadehouse experiments and to capture insects for identification.In the shadehouse, replicate groups of damaged and undamaged seeds or propagules were grown until seedlings began to lose their first leaves. The number of surviving seedlings and height of seedlings from the soil surface were recorded. Seedlings were cleaned of sediment and the component parts (leaves, stems and roots) were separated and dried for 4 days at 80°C and weighed.
 Field studies were undertaken to determine the impact of insect predators on seeds or propagules of common mangrove species at different locations in tropical Queensland. Shadehouse experiments were used to compare the viability and growth of predated and non-predated seeds or propagules.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Hinsby Beach

Hinsby beach monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Beach Watch program. Derwent Beach Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 18 swimming sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Estimating above-ground biomass in multi-stemmed mangrove trees along the arid coast of the Pilbara region, Western Australia

Single and multi-stemmed trees of the mangroves Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia marina were sampled from Port Hedland, Dampier and Exmouth Gulf in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, to determine allometric relationships for estimating above-ground biomass from stem diameter.The stems of eleven Rhizophora stylosa and thirteen Avicennia marina trees were measured. The trees were then felled, divided into component parts and weighed. Weighed subsamples of each component part were also collected to determine dry weight.
 This research was undertaken to:1. derive allometric relationships between stem diameter at breast height (DBH) and above-ground biomass for Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia marina, which commonly exhibit a multi-stemmed growth habit along the arid coastline of the Pilbara region.2. provide data to compare with the same species growing in eastern Australia, which exhibit a single stemmed growth habit.
 This research was a component of the project: "The ecology of arid zone mangroves in northwestern Australia". The project was developed around the working hypothesis that regional mangrove forest structure and growth, mangrove-based food chains and soil biogeochemistry are strongly regulated by aridity.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Boston Bay CTD Data 29 September 1997

Fifteen samples were collected from Boston Bay using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) device on 29th September 1997, and analysed for water temperature and salinity data.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node 3.2.1 - Plume Characteristics (Field) - Field Trip 2

Plume Characterization:
The key objectives of Project 3.2:
(1) Characterize the physical/optical properties of sediment suspensions;
(2) Map the dredge-generated plume;
(3) Provide data to optimize and validate plume modelling;
(5) Assess the spatial and temporal variability (~10 years) of background suspended sediment loads using archived remote sensing data;
(6) To estimate the benthic light field with respect to TSS;
3D plume mapping was conducted over a 10 day period at Chevron’s Wheatstone dredging operation near Onslow Western Australia.  Dredge plums created by a cutter suction dredge were sampled from CSIRO vessel RV Linnaeus on voyage number LI2014_v11. Underway measurements were made using a ship mounted ADCP to measure vertical velocity profiles and backscatter intensity and DALEC that measured the spectral qualities of incoming and reflected sea surface light. Profile data were collected using LISST (particle size distributions)  , CTD (backscatter, temperature and salinity), Hydroscat, Hydrorad (used measure light profiles, extinction coefficients , and scattering properties). Surface and bottom water samples were be collected at selected sites and analyzed  for particle size distributions
A mooring was deployed for 8 days in 8 metres of water. The mooring consisted of two Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (ADVs) and an ADCP

Tags: ADCP, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, CDT, Chevron, Hydrorad, Hydroscat, LI2014_v11, LISST, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, RV Linnaeus, Wheatstone, dredge plume mapping, dredging
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Holocene evolutionary history and accumulation rates for the granite based MacGillivray Reef System, Northern Great Barrier Reef

MacGillivray Reef (formerly known as Shadwell Reef) is located in the Northern Great Barrier Reef province, approximately 270km north of Cairns. Reef drilling was undertaken to investigate the Holocene evolution of the reef using radiocarbon dating of the cored coral material.
Two windward and two leeward cores were recovered from MacGillivray Reef. Two of the cores were initiated through thrown up coral blocks on the leeward margin which allowed a longer drilling window during the tidal range. Cores Mac 3 and 5 were abandoned due to the rising tide and equipment failure respectively; Mac 4 was abandoned after encountering a thick sand layer. The maximum depth reached was 11 m and 15 m an the windward and leeward margins respectively.
The cores were logged and photographed, and thin sections were made and petrographically examined. Corals that were determined to be in situ (by the orientation of their corallites) and free from internal cement and detritus by microscope examination were selected for radiocarbon dating.
Radiocarbon dating suggests that MacGillivray platform reef developed on a topographic high, which is assumed to be granite, at a depth of 15 m below the reef flat approximately 8.2 cal kyr BP. The reef only approached present day sea-level within the last 500 years (260 - 80 cal yr BP). Rates of vertical accretion ranged from 1.4 to 5.8 m/kyr.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbonate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbonate Sediments, calibrated_age, conventional_radiocarbon_age, depth, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Handbook of Western Australian Birds. Volume 2- Passerines ( Blue-winged Pitta to Goldfinch)

Covers Western Australia and all offshore islands including Ashmore Reef ,Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands. Each species comprehensively treated with information on morphology, distribution, status, habitat preferences, migration ,nests, eggs, food and behaviour.

Tags: Biosphere | Zoology | Birds, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 4.4.2-3 - Spatially explicit assessment models for the west Coast demersal scalefish fishery

The capacity of management areas to sustain abundances of exploited species depends upon the dynamics of recruitment, and in particular the extent of dispersal between areas and the age classes contributing to dispersal.  Like other marine fishes with pelagic larval stages (ca. the first 20-30 days), the dispersal of larval dhufish is likely to be profoundly influenced by oceanic currents.   There is extensive evidence that the pole-ward flowing Leeuwin Current is responsible for the long-distance transport of marine fauna in the south-western Australian area (Hutchins &amp; Pearce, 1994, Caputi et al., 1996, Beckley et al., 2009, Pearce &amp; Hutchins, 2009).  In addition, during the austral summer (December-February), when most spawning occurs in dhufish, wind driven currents drive flows along the west coast northwards and inshore of the Leeuwin current (the Capes Current; Pearce &amp; Pattiaratchi, 1999, Feng et al., 2010), and these are believed to transport the larvae of marine fishes (Lenanton et al., 1996, Lenanton et al 2009b). The dhufish is characterised by inter-annual variation in recruitment (Lenanton et al., 2009), and it has been speculated that this may in part reflect variation in the strength of the prevailing currents.  
The aim of the study, in including alternate hydrodynamic conditions, was to explore the potential influence of a range of realistic larval dispersal scenarios on dhufish population dynamics.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Connectivity, Dhufish, Management Strategy Evaluation, Metapopulation, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Simulation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network