AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program sediment analysis data 1992-1996, northern Great Barrier Reef

As a sub-project of the now discontinued water quality component of the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project, sediments were examined along cross-shelf transects commencing at the mouths of the Johnstone and Barron Rivers, which drain heavily cultivated areas. Results were compared with sediments from a transect commencing near the Pascoe River, which drains an uncultivated area of Cape York. Observations were made between November 1992 and April 1996. Sampling was conducted in alternate dry and wet seasons 1992-1993 but only in wet (summer) season 1994 and 1995. Inshore stations were located within 1 km of the shore and seaward stations approximately 20km offshore.Stations were located along and across the Great Barrier Reef shelf from 3 river mouths (Barron, Johnstone and Pascoe) out to individual reefs: Pascoe River mouth, off Portland Roads, Dolphin Reef, Bourke Reef; Barron River mouth, Port Douglas, Low Isles, Green Island, Thetford Reef, Fitzroy Island; Flying Fish Point (at the mouth of the North Johnstone River), Russell Heads, North Barnard Island, Flora Reef, Feather Reef, Ellison Reef.Nutrient flux samples were examined for dissolved inorganic nutrients (ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate) using standard automated techniques. Solid-phase nutrients were measured in bulk sediment samples for total organic carbon, total carbon, total nitrogen and total phosphorus. Total carbonate was estimated by the difference between total carbon and total organic carbon concentrations multiplied by 8.33.
 This research was undertaken to determine the extent of temporal and spatial variability of nutrient regeneration rates and nutrient concentrations in surface sediments of the far northern GBR shelf by:1. assess the role of river run-off in delivering nutrient and sediment loads in the GBR by monitoring changes in the quantities of nutrients (and related variables) in the interstitial porewaters and bulk sediments.2. measure the rates of nutrient flux across the sediment-water interface in order to determine the flux nutrients between the sediments and the overlying water column.
 Parameters measured: Carbon/Nitrogen Total Bulk Sediment, Particulate Organic Carbon (POC), Sedimentary Organic Carbon, Total Dissolved Carbon, Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen, Total Dissolved Nitrogen, Total Dissolved Phosphorus, Salinity.The water quality component of the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project has a separate metadata record.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tide gauge deployments, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef (1985-1988)

3 deployments of tide gauges (Aanderaa WLR) were made at Raine Island (-11.753, 144.023).
 This dataset is a component of the project 'Water Level Variations along the Outer Great Barrier Reef 1985-1988'
 Deployment 1: Date deployed: 24/11/85 Date recovered: 31/10/86 Deployment 2: Date deployed: 31/10/86 Date recovered: 12/11/87 Deployment 3: Date deployed: 12/11/87 Date recovered: 3/3/88

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Historical February Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates Utilising Diatom Transfer Functions with Core MD88-784

The purpose of this study was to estimate past sea-surface temperature in the Southeast Indian Ocean. The accumulation of diatom microplankton assemblages in sediments being the proxy for these records of climatic change. 
A transfer function is a mathematical method that allows quantitative estimations of environmental parameters from past biogenic sedimentation. In this study, a diatom transfer function was established to relate biological species to selected environmental parameter of the ocean (sea-surface temp). These equations were then employed on observed fossil species from core samples to provide quantitative estimates of sea-surface temperature.
Estimates of sea-surface temperature are given here for core MD88-784. The information provided gives the extrapolated age-scale through the core, and two estimates of feb SST based on different diatom transfer functions (DTF 109/24/6 and DTF 166/34/4). 
It is probable that the 'real' SST signal lies between the model estimates. The model diagnostics and lower number of non-analogue events from DTF 109/24/6 over that of results produced by DTF 166/34/4 suggest that SST estimates are closer to those provided by the former model.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Diatoms, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Transfer function, core_depth, diatom_transfer_function_communality, diatom_transfer_function_sea_surface_temperature, extrapolated_age_scale, latitude, longitude, taxonomic_group_count, taxonomic_name
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 2.1 - Dynamics and predictability of the Indo-Pacific Ocean as a global condition on marine climate impacts in WA - POAMA

The Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia (POAMA) is a state-of-the-art seasonal to inter-annual seasonal forecast system based on a coupled ocean/ atmosphere model and ocean/atmosphere/land observation assimilation systems.  This project will establish the limits of predictability of large-scale variations of the marine environment in Western Australia using POAMA. 
POAMA-1.5 hindcast and realtime data consists of three types output.


Hindcasts
Comprehensive set of hind-casts with a 10 member ensemble


Forecasts
These are realtime forecasts, which are run one per day. Most products involve putting together forecasts for the last 30 days to form an ensemble.


Model Climatologies
Model climatologies in same format as the forecasts and hindcasts. These can be used to creat forecast anomalies and therefore removing model biases. Each set starts on the first of the month. Note, for realtime forecasts starting on different days of the month, one should interpolate the two surrounding climatologies starting on the first of the month.


Forecast model output includes monthly means of global fields of upper ocean temperatures, currents, and salinity. Atmospheric fields include global fields of all surface fluxes (momentum, radiation, sensible and latent heat), and winds, temperatures, humidity, clouds, etc. 
A subset of daily data, suitable for driving offline mixed layer models and downscaled models, including surface fluxes, surface winds, surface currents and temperature, is also archived.

Tags: Climate Model Forecasts, Climate Model Predictions, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Seasonal Forecasts, Seasonal Prediction
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Separation of dead and live fine mangrove roots in core samples from Hinchinbrook Island, north Queensland

The dead and live fine root content of mangrove soils was analysed from cores taken from Rhizophora stylosa and Ceriops tagal forests in Missionary Bay, Hinchinbrook Island.One metre long sediment cores, 6cm in diameter, were taken in mangrove forests in the high, mid and low inter-tidal zones. Cores were cut into 10 cm segments and sediment was removed from the roots by wet sieving in the field. Roots were stored in plastic bags at -18°C for up to 3 months until live and dead fine roots were separated using a technique involving solutions of colloidal silica (LUDOX). The method is based on separating roots on the basis that live roots have a lower specific gravity than dead roots. Optimal results were achieved when samples were first mixed in a 11% LUDOX solution. The top layer was then decanted off and further separated by mixing in a 6% LUDOX solution.The efficiency of the method was quantified by staining and examining all roots from separated samples microscopically, to identify dead and live roots not separated by the process.
 This research was undertaken to develop a rapid, highly efficient method for separating dead and live fine roots to enable investigation of fine root mass and the role of fine root dynamics in plant community materials budgets in tropical mangrove forests.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Wallis Lake, Great Lakes Council

The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) developed CLAM in 2004 when contracted by the NSW State Government to provide sustainability assessments of 8 coastal lakes. Several projects have since been established directly with local government and NRM groups.
To date, 27 CLAMs have been developed in New South Wales, where they generally fit within estuary management or catchment management plans. To develop these CLAMs and build local capacity to maintain them, ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd - the commercial company of ANU developed an Accreditation Scheme whereby local consultants are trained in the CLAM approach.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Agriculture | Agricultural Plant Science | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Agriculture | Forest Science | Forest Fire Science, Agriculture | Forest Science | Reforestation, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Lakes, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Rivers/stream Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Saline Lakes, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Agricultural Lands, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Estuarine Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Riparian Wetlands, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources | Agricultural Economics, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Eutrophication, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Sewage, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Urbanization, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Water Management, Human Dimensions | Land Use/land Cover | Land Management, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Lakes, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Rivers/streams, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Nutrients, Land Surface | Erosion/sedimentation | Suspended Solids, Land Surface | Landscape | Landscape Management, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Lagoons, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Level Rise, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Wallis Lake
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Reef surveys of the Eastern Reefs of the Torres Strait - 2022

Cruise on the RV Solander to the Eastern Reefs (mer, Erub and Ugar) of the Torres Straits in March-April 2022 under the NAMMA project. 
Data collected included:
Manta Tow surveys for coral cover, COTS, bleaching

Diver Photo Transects

BRUVS videos

eNDA samples

The cruise followed on from a similar one in 2021.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Ambient Water Quality monitoring program - Site U4

Site U4 is sampled monthly by Nyrstar Hobart as part of the Derwent Ambient Water Quality monitoring program.
Since 2003, ambient water quality monitoring has been carried out on a monthly basis at up to 28 sites throughout the Derwent estuary by Norske Skog Boyer, Nyrstar Hobart and the State Government. Monitoring is carried out by three different boat-based sampling parties, but is co-ordinated to occur on the same day each month. 
At each site, in-situ field measurements are taken using calibrated sensors for temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. Water clarity is also measured using a secchi disk. Surface and bottom water samples are collected for analysis of true color, total suspended solids(TSS), total  and dissolved nutrients, organic carbon and zinc. at most sites, depth integrated samples are also collected for chlorophyll a using a plastic tube. Bottom samples in the Middle and Outer estuary are collected using a niskin bottle. Pumps are used in the upper estuary site to fill up the bottles. All water samples are analysed at Analytical Service Tasmania, a National Association of Testing Authorities-accredited laboratory. Monitoring site depth is 2 meters

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ammonia, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrite, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Nitrogen Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Phosphorous Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Secchi Disks, True Colour, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Long-term monitoring of the health of Ninglaoo Reef.

We propose a collaborative study between AIMS, CALM and UWA that develops cost effective methods of monitoring the health of coral reef communities at Ningaloo. Our study will use existing methods and develop recent advances in more sophisticated methods to provide current and future insights in the health of keystone communities, including corals, fish and algae.
Firstly, we will use the most commonly used methods of quantifying changes in benthic communities (e.g. coral, algae) from video footage, and fish communities using visual censuses. These methods will be applied to determine the levels of spatial (number of sites/reefs) and temporal (number of surveys) replication necessary for detecting predetermined changes in community structures, through use of statistical tests such as power analysis. These data will be the basis of a long-term, cost-effective, monitoring program for Ningaloo.
Secondly, we intend to quantify the demographic parameters that underlie the changes in the abundances of adult communities, of which rates of recruitment are among the most important. Rates of recruitment of corals and fish will be quantified at different sites and reefs along Ningaloo, to determine background variation and to identify the likely sink and sources of recruits. Knowledge about which reefs supply and receive most recruits, is vital to an understanding of their resilience and the levels of protection they should be provided.
Thirdly, changes in the size-frequency of key groups of corals and fish will be combined with information about adult abundances and recruitment rates to follow cohorts through time and to infer the effects of significant events on the current and future health of the communities.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Long-term Monitoring, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Shallow Water
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Genetic subdivision of Roe's abalone, Haliotis roei Grey in south-western Australia

Starch-gel electrophoresis was used to investigate population structure of the commercially and recreationally exploited abalone, Haliotis roei.  Samples were obtained from abalone taken from 10 sites in south-western Australia between March 1997 and April 1998.

Tags: 24 038005, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Haliotis roei, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Roe's abalone, gene flow, genetic subdivision
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Hardy Inlet (WA) Seagrass 2008

Aquatic flora surveys of the Hardy Inlet were conducted from the top of Molloy Island and the Scott River Basin to the mouth of the Inlet. 
Surveys were initially conducted in 2008 by Murdoch University’s Marine and Freshwater Research Laboratory (MAFRL) and forms part of the 2013 report "Synthesis of seagrass mapping studies" conducted by the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water.
This data was acquired by the ACEAS Seagrass Group as part of the 2013 Australia-wide risk assessment of Seagrass.
Surveys were conducted again in 2018, 2020 &amp; 2023 by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation as "Hardy Inlet Seagrass Survey".
The datasets making up the 2008 Hardy Inlet seagrass survey data are:
WA_MAFRL_Hardy_seagrass_polygons - polygon dataset showing interpolated percentage cover of Ruppia spp.
This record provides access to the initial MAFRL surveys. See associated DWER records in Data WA catalogue for access to newer surveys at this site.

Tags: Benthic habitat, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Storm Tide and Wave monitoring of Coastal Queensland

Wave height, direction and sea surface temperature are recorded daily at 12 sites on the Coast of Queensland. Cairns, Weipa, Townsville, 
Mackay, Hay Point, Emu Park, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Tweed River, Caloundra, Mooloolaba are monitored daily by waverider buoys fitted with a accelerometer. 
This website also contains data from Storm surges from Mornington Island down to Caloundra.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Sea State, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Storm Surge, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Swells, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Length, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, Oceans | Tides | Storm Surge, sea_surface_temperature, sea_surface_wave_significant_height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Deep Water Arrays (DA) Sub-facility, Indonesian Throughflow array, Ombai (ITFOMB) Mooring Platform

The Ombai deep water mooring was first deployed on 2011-06-19 at (8.53 S, 125.09 E) in the Indonesian Throughflow, and was decommissioned in October 2015.
Instrumentation includes 150 kHz and 75kHz ADCPs, Seabird SBE39s, discrete current meters and Pressure Inverted Echo Sounders (PIES).
The mooring provides profile velocity data above 500m and point source velocity between 500m and 1200m (depth of controlling sill). Temperature and salinity data are collected for the entire water column.
The aim of IMOS Indonsian Throughflow moorings (Indoflow) is to sustainably and directly measure the leakage of Pacific thermocline and intermediate waters from the western equatorial Pacific into the South Indian Ocean. The Indonesian Passages represent an important 'choke point' of the global ocean overturning circulation and the climate system. The interannual to decadal variability of the size and depth distribution of the flow through this choke point remains a troublesome unknown. In particular, changes in this flow will reflect long term changes in the Pacific and Indian Ocean wind fields, particularly any change in the Walker Circulation, as predicted by coupled climate models forced by increasing Greenhouse Gas scenarios. Changes in the associated heat flux are also anticipated at the global oceans warm. The Indoflow array design is based on the more comprehensive INSTANT process study and is deemed the minimal required mooring array to monitor the Indonesian Throughflow. The Ombai Strait and Timor Passage Throughflow components comprise about 11Sv of the 14 Sv total interbasin exchange. The Indoflow array integrates with the AIMS NAOS shelf line, allowing estimates of the interbasin exchange to include the transport of very warm waters across the Australian North West Shelf. All moorings in the Timor Passage are located along a high precision swath line of the TOPEX/Jason satellite altimeter missions. These data will shed light on how best to exploit altimetric data over our shallow northern shelves, especially in data assimilating models.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), IMOS Facility | Deep Water Moorings, IMOS Platform | ITFOMB | Ombai Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Indonesian Throughflow, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Genetics and demography of marine invertebrates at Ningaloo

Study of the genetic structure, demography and recruitment of several  species of marine invertebrates.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Demography, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Population Genetics
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Reciprocal knowledge exchange between climate-driven species redistribution and invasion ecology

This record contains the R code and bibliographic data used in the publication 'Reciprocal knowledge exchange between climate-driven species redistribution and invasion ecology' (doi:10.21425/F5FBG60804).
The aim of this study was to examine the current degree of cross-fertilisation between range shift ecology and invasion ecology, as a first step in determining the level of need for increasing connection between the two fields. To that end, here we examine (1) the structure and degree of similarity of themes explored within range shift and invasion ecology publications, (2) the extent that range shift and invasion publications draw on a common pool of research, and (3) the extent that range shift and invasion publications directly cite publications from the other field of study.
This dataset includes:
1) R code used in the litsearchr package to generate a semi-automated search string,
2) publication data used for bibliographic analysis, and 
3) R code used with the bibliometrix package for keyword co-occurrence analysis.

Tags: Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effects of the herbicide diuron on the early life history stages of corals from the Great Barrier Reef

This research examines the effects of herbicide on the reproduction and early life stages of coral of broadcast spawning and brooding corals. Laboratory experiements were conducted to determine the potential effects of herbicide diuron on: fertilisation rates of broadcasted coral oocytes with and without symbionts, rates of metamorphosis of coral larvae, and the photosynthetic efficiency, extent of bleaching and rates of survival of coral recruits and adult colonies.
Collections of mature collonies occured in 2002 and 2003:
Acropora millepora and Montipora aequituberculata at Lizard Island

A. millepora and P. damicornis at Magnetic Island

The oocytes of M. aequituberculata contain parentally derived dinoflagellate symbionts, whereas oocytes from A. millepora are symbiont-free. Pocillopora damicornis larvae contain symbiotic dinoflagellates.
At Lizard Island colonies were held in aquariums at the research station. After spawning in November 2002, gametes were collected and cultured. 
Colonies collected from Magnetic Island were held in outdoor aquariums at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. Following spawning, the larvae were harvested from the tank. 
Following spawning of corals and collection of larvae, experiements were performed to examine the effects of diuron on:
fertilization of broadcast spawning corals, effects of diuron on

metamorphosis of broadcast spawning coral larvae

metamorphosis of brooding coral larvae

indoor exposure of recruits: survival and cleaching

outdoor exposure of recruits: bleaching and tissue retration

outdoor exposure of recuits: photosyntheyic efficency

outdoor exposure of adult colonies: photosynthetic efficiency


Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network