AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Impacts of two introduced suspension feeders in Port Phillip Bay, Australia

This study examined the impacts of 2 of the most common epibenthic suspension feeders, Sabella spallanzanii and Styela clava, in Port Phillip Bay, by transplanting individuals from the surrounding habitat into 2 x 2m experimental plots. Densities in the plots represented naturally occurring densities, ranging from 0.5 to 10 individuals per m-2 for Sabella and from 0.5 to 5 individuals per m-2 for Styela. At the completion of the 10 week experimental period the numbers of alive and dead Sabella and Styela in each plot were counted. The infauna in each plot was sampled by inserting 2 metal cylinders to a depth of 15cm into each plot. The sediment within each cylinder was vacuumed to a depth of 10cm into a 1mm mesh bag using a diver-operated, water-driven suction device. The total area in each plot that was sampled was 0.2m2 (cylinder diameter = 35.5cm). Macrofauna were counted and identified in the laboratory to the lowest possible taxon, which was mostly Family. There were significant effects on individual taxa at Sabella and Styela densities greater than 1-2 individuals per m-2, which are densities greater than those typically recorded in Port Phillip Bay. There was a significant negative relationship between Sabella density and the abundance of lumbrinerid polychaetes and gammarid amphipods, and between Styela density and the abundance of lumbrinerids, tanaids, crustaceans as a group, and the bivalve Laternula rostrata.

Tags: 22 083031, 35 033100, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | soft sediments, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates | epibenthic, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates | suspension feeders, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | introduced species, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Sabella spallanzanii, Styela clava
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment in the Coral Sea (June 2010 - October 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider in the Coral Sea (Queensland).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)),located at the University of Western Australia manages Seagliders to monitor the boundary currents surroundings Australia.
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, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Seaglider, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, 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
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) data collected on the RV L'Astrolabe from 22/10/2008 to 27/10/2008 (Hobart - Dumont d'Urville)

These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 22/10/2008 to 27/10/2008 on a trip from Hobart to Dumont D'Urville.
Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF), Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean, Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256), Latitude, Longitude, Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass), Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Photosynthesis, connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light, functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc, maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL), primary production, time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI, variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mapping Djelk Sea Country and Arnhem Marine Park

This project is a partnership between the Bawinanga Rangers (Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation), the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and Charles Darwin University (CDU) with the objective to protect and conserve the ecological and cultural values in the Arnhem AMP and Djelk IPA through documenting Bawinanga Traditional Owner knowledge of Djelk sea country. Areas identified as of high ecological importance within the marine park will be surveyed using western science methods.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aerial surveys of coral and Trichodesium slicks on the central GBR, November 2018

Aerial surveys for coral spawning slicks were done over four mornings including the 25th of November 2018 (a check flight, no slicks expected) and the 28th, 29th and 30th of November (slicks expected). The locations were then radioed to the R.V. Apollo which conducted water samples of the slicks (only on the 28th and 29th of November).
For each flight geo-tagged images were taken of any slicks found, a hand-held GPS tracked the location of the plane and maps were annotated with the location of observed slicks.
Most of the slicks found were Trichodesmium, only a few on the last two flights appeared to be of coral material.
Images were converted in the following manner:
Photographs of the GPS were taken to measure the difference between the camera clock and the GPS

Raw image files were converted to JPEG using LightRoom

The difference between the GPS and Camera clocks was found  using ExifPro 2.1

The camera images were corrected to the GPS local time using EXIFTool

The GPX track file was downloaded from the hand-held GPS

The camera images were geo-tagged using the GPX file and the EXIFTool software


Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
de novo transcriptomes of Goniopora columna, Galaxea astreata and Galaxea acrhelia

Transcriptomic resources for coral species can provide insight into coral evolutionary history and stress-response physiology. Goniopora columna, Galaxea astreata and Galaxea acrhelia are scleractinian corals of the Indo-Pacific, representing a diversity of morphologies and life-history traits. G. columna and G. astreata are common and cosmopolitan, while G. acrhelia is largely restricted to the coral triangle and Great Barrier Reef. Reference transcriptomes for these species were assembled from replicate colony fragments exposed to elevated (31°C) and ambient (27°C) temperature.Trinity was used to create de novo assemblies for each species from 92-102 million raw Illumina Hiseq 2 x 150 bp reads. Host-specific assemblies contained 65,460-72,405 contigs, representing 20,093-31,693 isogroups (~genes) with an average N50 of 2,254. Gene name and/or gene ontology annotations were possible for 61% of isogroups on average and transcriptomes contained 93.1-94.3% of KOGs comprising the core eukaryotic gene set, indicating fairly comprehensive assemblies.This work expands the complement of transcriptomic resources available for scleractinian coral species, including the first the first reference for a representative of Goniopora spp. as well as species with novel morphology.
 Data collected during these periods: 01 Aug 2016

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Towed Video deployments to address strategic knowledge gaps in the Oceanic Shoals bioregion 2014, Western Australia (AIMS)

Towed video surveys between were carried out in targeted shallow seabed environments within and adjacent to the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (&lt; 200m) of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. In total, 48 towed video transects were collected at depths of between 17.2 and 89 metres. Sampling involved habitat classification, conducted in real-time during the surveys, and taking downward and forward facing photographic still images at 5 second intervals for subsequent analysis. The cameras were towed across the shoals at a speed of 0.5 - 1.5 knots at an altitude of 0.5 - 2 metres above the seabed.
 The survey was undertaken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science between May 8 and May 16 2014 on the AIMS Research Vessel, RV Solander, and aimed to address strategic knowledge gaps in the Oceanic Shoals bioregion.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Multibeam Shoal Surveys In Timor Sea Banks And Shoals (Montara 2)

Multibeam surveys were completed successfully all at the following 9 banks and shoals (Baracuda East and West Shoals, Sheldon Shoal, Wave Governor Bank, Heywood Shoal, Echuca Shoal, Goeree Shoal, Eugene McDermott Shoal, Vulcan Shoal).
This data was collected as part of the S5 Offshore Banks Assessment Survey component of the Monitoring Plan for the Montara Well Release Timor Sea as agreed between PTTEP Australasia and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts , 9 October 2009 and was undertaken between 15 March and 17 April 2011.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2c - Drift current trajectories along the SW Australian continental shelf

Six free-drifting GPS-tracked buoys were released off Mandurah and Cape Naturaliste in November 2008 and March 2009. 
Two of these moved off the continental shelf, one northwards into the equatorial Indian Ocean and the other was entrained into the Leeuwin Current and was carried around to the south coast.  The other four buoys drifted northwards along the continental shelf in the Capes Current, but showed some interesting current reversals and small-scale variability.
These results are giving us a better idea of the likely movements of dhufish larvae (which spawn in this area in summer), both in terms of temporary retention in eddies/reversals and potential dispersal along the shelf.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Buoy Position, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
New Zealand bathymetry

This dataset provides the bathymetry of one of the largest areas of deep-water seabed under national jurisdiction.
The 250m resolution gridded bathymetric data set encompasses New Zealands Exclusive Economic Zone and is available in multiple high-resolution file formats to suit a range of imagery and mapping needs.
https://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/oceans/bathymetry

Tags: 040503 - Physical Oceanography
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Grainsize of surface samples collected from the Lagoon physiographic zone of Wistari Reef

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Nine surface samples were taken from the lagoon area and analysed to determine the grainsize and the sorting coefficient (expressed as the standard deviation of grainsize) within each sample. The results exhibited much variation in grainsize and sorting. A slightly better trend is revealed if the 'lagoon' physiographic zone is sub-divided into 'deep-lagoon' samples (e.g. S16) and 'patch-reef dominated' samples (e.g. S11). The sediments of the 'deep-lagoon' are typically poorly sorted medium to fine sands, with little contribution from in situ patch reef growth. The 'patch-reef dominated' sediment is a poorly sorted medium sand, and contains a high proportion of coarser grains which are derived from patch reefs within the lagoon.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, grainsize_size_category, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Data warehouse and metadata holdings relevant to Australias North West Shelf

From the earliest stages of planning the North West Shelf Joint Environmental Management Study it was evident that good management of the scientific data to be used in the research would be important for the success of the Study. A comprehensive review of data sets and other information relevant to the marine ecosystems, the geology, infrastructure and industries of the North West Shelf area had been completed (Heyward et al. 2006). The Data Management Project was established to source and prepare existing data sets for use, requiring the development and use of a range of tools: metadata systems, data visualisation and data delivery applications. These were made available to collaborators to allow easy access to data obtained and generated by the Study. The CMAR MarLIN metadata system was used to document the 285 data sets, those which were identified as potentially useful for the Study and the software and information products generated by and for the Study. This report represents a hard copy atlas of all NWSJEMS data products and the existing data sets identified for potential use as inputs to the Study. It comprises summary metadata elements describing the data sets, their custodianship and how the data sets might be obtained. The identifiers of each data set can be used to refer to the full metadata records in the on-line MarLIN system.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Storm monitoring of Coastal Queensland

During normal conditions, each storm tide gauge is accessed once a day, between 5.00 am and 7.00 am each morning Australian Eastern Standard Time. During tropical cyclones or other extreme events, the frequency of update will be increased at affected locations.
This website also contains data from Wave Monitoring.

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, water_level
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania: Grazing study in Hideaway Bay, Huon Estuary (20-21 September, 2005)

Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay,  Tasmania. The data represented by this record was collected as part of a grazing study conducted in Hideaway Bay, Huon Estuary (20-21 September, 2005).
The grazing impacts of microzooplankton and mesoplankton on the phytoplankton communities were examined during several process studies. Experiments with mesozooplankton grazers were restricted to dominant omnivorous copepods (e.g. Acartia tranteri, Paracalanus indicus, Centropages australiensis) cladocerans and appendicularians. Grazing rates of microzooplankton reached as high as 96% of daily primary production, while that of mesozooplankton herbivours was never greater than 20%. Trophic interactions between the species are complicated by the recent arrival of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans to the region. This species grazes heavily on phytoplankton, smaller zooplankton and faecal pellets. Noctiluca scintillans accounted for up to 20% of mesozooplankton abundance in autumn and it is capable of both suppressing zooplankton abundance and reducing the sedimentation of faecal pellets to the seafloor.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Zoology | Zooplankton, Clearance rate, Copepods, Grazing rates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota, Secondary productivity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Satellite tracking of female olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory

The movements, diving behaviour and thermal environment occupied by female olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea in northern Australia were determined through satellite telemetry, during the post-nesting migration. Satellite-relayed data loggers (SRDLs) were attached to the carapaces of 4 female olive ridley turtles nesting in the Wessel Islands of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia (Graham Island: 11° 45’ S, 135° 57’ E and Wunpirri Island: 11° 36’ S, 136° 05’ E).
This metadata record, represents several different datasets listed hereafter, which can all be accessed through a multi-WFS service.
CTD - parameters measured by the instruments include time, temperature, and depth. The data represented by this record are presented in delayed mode. 
Diving - parameters measured by the instruments include start and end time and longitude/latitude of each individual dive, post-dive surface duration, dive duration, maximum dive depth, intermediate dive depths and times. The diving data represented by this record are presented in delayed mode. 
Haulout -  a haulout begins when the SRDL has been continuously dry for a specified length of time (usually 10 minutes). It ends when continuously wet for another interval (usually 40 seconds). Haulout data parameters measured by the instruments include haulout start and end dates and longitude/latitude, and haulout number. The haulout data represented by this record are presented in delayed mode. 
Argos locations - parameters measured by the instruments include time, longitude, latitude, location quality, along with other diagnostic information provided by Argos (http://www.argos-system.org/). The Argos data represented by this record are presented in delayed mode. 
Summary Statistics - as well as sending records of individual events such as dives and haulouts, the SRDL also calculates summary statistics of those events over a specified time period (usually 3, 4 or 6 hours). Summary statistics computed by the instruments include the proportion of time spent diving, at the surface and hauled-out, the number of dives, and the average, standard deviation and maximum dive duration and dive depth during each summary period. These statistics are based on all the data recorded by the SRDL and so are not prone to distortion by variations in the efficiency of transmission via Argos. The summary data represented by this record are presented in delayed mode. Note that it is impossible to subset this particular dataset using a bounding box as there is no latitude, longitude coordinates associated with each entry.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Marine Features (Australia) | Gulf of Carpentaria, NT/QLD, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Reptiles, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, Satellite Tag, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, Tags and Tracking Devices
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Tallow Creek, Byron Shire 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, Tallow Creek
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network