AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Survey of topographic levels and drainage patterns in the Dungeness area, Queensland

Topographic levels within the study area were measured along 10 transects. The location and direction of each transect was selected on the basis of aerial photographs, the vegetation map prepared by Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service and a preliminary site inspection by Barry Clough.Trees were tagged, or 1.8 metre timber stakes were placed at approximately 20 metre intervals, numbered sequentially starting from the landward margin, along each transect. On 17 February 1992, 1.5 metre lengths of cotton tape, previously dyed with a water-soluble food dye were nailed to the tagged trees or to the stakes. Following the extremely high tide of 18 February 1992, measurements were made of the distance between the water mark on the tape and the soil surface. Where necessary, a correction was applied for the difference in elevation between the base of the tree and the surrounding soil. A total of 202 such measurements were made in the study area. In the course of making these measurements, the direction of movement of the receding tide was also noted.
 The survey of topographic levels and drainage patterns in the Dungeness area was undertaken to determine whether a planned development adjacent to Enterprise Channel would allow sufficient tidal exchange to maintain the mangroves in the study area in a relatively intact condition.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.6 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators of Coral Response to Dredging Related Pressures - SEA SIM LAB EXPERIMENTS, Western Australia

Overall objectives of WAMSI DREDGING SCIENCE NODE Project 4.6 were to better understand the effects of dredging pressures on corals by better understanding cause:effect pathways, and identified, determining pressure:response relationships.
This report describes a series of 5 experiments conducted at the National Sea Simulator (Sea Sim) based at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS, Townsville, Queensland) using 8 different coral species. Experiments followed a logical sequence with treatment levels usually based on previous experimental results and were separated into studies associated with suspended sediments and light attenuation (experiments 1, 2, and 3), sediment deposition (experiment 4), and the effects of bleaching (from thermal stress) on sediment clearance capability of corals (Experiment 5).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Parent record: Temperature salinity (CTD) profiles conducted within Jervis Bay and out across the shelf

This record describes components of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). The initial aims of the project were to obtain current and wind observations from Jervis bay over a six week period in order to detail the wind driven circulation and provide a data set for comparison with the numerical modelling work being simultaneously undertaken. However, after this initial experiment it became clear that there were significant currents in the bay that are not simply related to direct wind forcing. Therefore, alternative mechanisms for driving the flow had to be investigated, through the measurement programs and data analysis, as well as through numerical modelling. The result was a series of approximately six separate experiments aiming to define the water circulation around the bay and through the bay entrance, to gain an understanding of the processes that drive the currents, and to investigate the influence of stratification on the nature of the currents.
The last of these six experiments consisted of a program of approximately monthly surveys of temperature and salinity distributions from within Jervis Bay, out to the edge of the continental shelf. All temperature, conductivity and pressure measurements were made using a high accuracy Neil Brown "Smart" CTD operated in a direct reading mode. The instrument was lowered and raised using a hydraulically operated winch at a speed of less than 1 m/s. Measurements were made on both lowering and raising of the CTD.
As this is a parent record, no data is available to download. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to this project is available through this record. Also available are some pdfs of published working papers documenting this experiment and the results. There are nine subsiduary records that directly relate to this parent, through which the data is provided (see hierarchical tree): 
6d523cb0-0b78-11dd-89fa-00188b4c0af8
05818c50-14c2-11dd-bdaa-00188b4c0af8
a98cd420-14c3-11dd-bdaa-00188b4c0af8
a44b1850-15bd-11dd-9ec7-00188b4c0af8
eb65dd50-14c4-11dd-bdaa-00188b4c0af8
7e03e540-14ba-11dd-bdaa-00188b4c0af8
4919d4f0-1192-11dd-a074-00188b4c0af8
7f83d0c0-1194-11dd-a074-00188b4c0af8
0c995f90-15a8-11dd-9ec7-00188b4c0af8

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Water Masses, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Components, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Currents
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Newcastle Beach

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
Future Reef MAP - December 2012 (Northbound)

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sea surface topography (dynamic ocean topography) effects on the Australian Height Datum

The Australian Height Datum (AHD) forms the vertical spatial data framework for Australia.  It was established in 1971 through the least-squares adjustment of &gt;190,000km of spirit levelling and was adjusted to zero MSL at 30  tide gauges. The un-modelled sea surface topography (dynamic ocean topography) seems to have caused distortions in the AHD, and we plan to improve the AHD in the longer term.

Tags: Australian Height Datum, Dynamic Ocean Topography, Oceans | Sea Surface Height | Sea Surface Height, Solid Earth | Geodetics/gravity, Solid Earth | Geodetics/gravity | Geoid Properties
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Manly Hydraulics Laboratory - Eden Offshore Wave Data Buoy (WAVEEDN)

This is a metadata record for the Eden offshore wave data buoy (station code WAVEEDN) operated by Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL), NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH). The buoy is moored off Eden at a water depth of approximately 100m.
This metadata record includes a down-loadable .pdf summary document which includes a map with numbered deployment locations and a listing of deployment number, location, water depth and deployment period.
Data from February 1978 to December 2011 was gathered by the Waverider system developed by the Dutch company, Datawell. The Waverider system uses an accelerometer mounted in a loose tethered buoy (0.7 or 0.9m in diameter) to measure the vertical accelerations of the buoy as it moves with the water surface. The accelerations are integrated twice within the buoy and the displacement signal so obtained is then transmitted to a shore station where it is processed to provide wave data statistics. 
In December 2011, the station was upgraded with a Datawell Directional Waverider buoy. The Directional Waverider buoy utilises a heave-pitch-roll sensor, two fixed X and Y accelerometers and a three axis fluxgate compass to measure both vertical and horizontal motion. An on-board processor converts the buoy motion to three orthogonal (vertical, north-south, east-west) translation signals that are transmitted to the shore station. The directional spectrum is also routinely transmitted to the receiving station for further processing. This buoy also collects sea surface temperature (SST) data from thermistors that are mounted inside the hull of the buoys, at the base of the buoy about 0.5m below the water surface. The wave and SST data are stored on the receiving station PC before routine transfer to Manly Hydraulics Laboratory via email.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, sea_surface_wave_maximum_wave_height, sea_surface_wave_mean_crest_period, sea_surface_wave_mean_wave_height, sea_surface_wave_mean_wave_height_of_top_one_tenth, sea_surface_wave_period_at_second_largest_peak_of_variance_spectral_density, sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum, sea_surface_wave_root_mean_square_amplitude_from_variance_spectral_density, sea_surface_wave_root_mean_square_wave_height, sea_surface_wave_significant_height, sea_surface_wave_significant_wave_period, sea_surface_wave_variance_spectral_density_zeroth_frequency_moment, sea_surface_wave_zero_upcrossing_period, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Macquarie Harbour WHA oxygen logger dataset

Fixed position oxygen and water temperature logger data from the Macquarie Harbour World Heritage Area (WHA). Two Hobo oxygen data loggers are positioned at approximately 15 m depth at different sites within the WHA, with the intent of monitoring representative mid-bottom water oxygen values in the WHA as these were identified in previous studies to be naturally low due to limited seawater exchange at the harbour entrance, and thus likely to be most susceptible to anthropogenic factors that may increase oxygen demand and alter WHA conservation values. These values include core habitat of the Maugean Skate, a listed threatened species. This work is funded by WHA advisory board via the Nature Conservation Branch of DPIPWE and is part of a larger study being conducted by IMAS undertaking a biological baseline study of the biodiversity of the Macquarie Harbour WHA.
This data spans 08/11/14 to present (most recent update 02/02/17).

Tags: Concentration of dissolved oxygen (adjusted), Maugean Skate, Temperate Reef, Water Quality
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Survey of the Marine Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Christmas Island intertidal habitat and all subtidal habitats to 20m were surveyed by the Western Australian Museum from 10-24 February 1987.  Fauna surveyed included hermatypic corals, molluscs, decapod crustaceans, echinoderms and fishes.

Tags: Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Biosphere | Zoology | Echinoderms, Biosphere | Zoology | Fish, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RTM Wakmatha Underway CO2 Measurements

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Atmospheric Pressure, Countries | Australia, Fugacity, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, IMOS Platform | 9V2768 | Wakmatha, Marine Features (Australia) | Gulf of Carpentaria, NT/QLD, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbonate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | pH, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Partial Pressure, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, pCO2
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.5 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - SETTLEMENT 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.
 Settlement studies (Project 7.5): It is believed that coral larvae prefer to settle on sediment-free surfaces and this key recruitment process may be affected by suspended solids and deposition from dredging. The objective of project 7.5 is to examine if the settlement of broadcast spawning and brooding corals are affected by sediments from dredging and the primary cause:effect pathway whereby sediments can affect settlement. Larval settlement and metamorphosis will be examined in small (200 L) or larger (up to 1000 L) mesocosm tanks where light, turbidity and sedimentation rate can be controlled and measured and where corals will be exposed to a realistic range of TSS concentrations and PSDs on settlement success over an incubation period of several days. The experiment will require developing settling media which present the larvae with differently orientated locations/planes in which to settle. Light levels will also be manipulated to mimic the shading expected during dredging events and the combinations of orientation, sedimentation, TSS and light levels will help identify cause-effect relationships that affect settlement success. The settlement studies will be conducted with planulae with either broadcast spawning or brooding species and these projects may be combined depending on availability of test material (planulae) for experimentation. Experiments will be conducted each year (over a 3 year period) during the coral spawning period (October-December) for broadcast spawning species and during the year with brooding species.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Zooplankton community structure and copepod egg production in coastal waters of the central Great Barrier Reef

A 20 month study of zooplankton at three stations located across the transition zone between coastal and offshore waters in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon was undertaken.The abundance and egg production rate of constituents of the zooplankton assemblage characteristic of the coastal zone rapidly increase subsequent to events such as flooding and upwelling. Sampling spanned two summer monsoonal seasons, the first of which (1990-91) was very wet. The second monsoonal season (1991-92) was very dry and was characterised by intrusive upwelling events from the Coral Sea. Chlorophyll a concentrations did not rise in the wet year, probably because of light limitation, but did rise as a result of upwelling. Terrestrial run-off in the wet year had a greater apparent effect on zooplankton abundance patterns than did upwelling in the dry year, except where coastal trapping allowed sufficient time for increases in zooplankton abundance to occur. Egg production rates by the copepods Acrocalanus gibber and Acrocalanus gracilis showed haphazard spatial differences. Nitrogen-specific egg production ranged between 0.03 and 0.21/day for Acrocalanus gibber, and between 0.13 and 0.41/day for Acrocalanus gracilis. The egg production rate by Acrocalanus gibber was food limited for most of the year and showed a poor correlation with temperature.
 This research was undertaken to examine the effects of the interaction between coastally trapped water and offshore water on zooplankton community structure and production.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Quantifying colour patterns on the black carapace of the fiddler crab Uca capricornis

Fiddler crabs are often spectacularly coloured and capable of dramatic colour changes. While the adaptive significance of variation resulting from short- or long-term colour changes is generally well known, the phenotypic diversity in colour pattern between individuals is often neglected. To fully understand the development and function of colour pattern variation, it is necessary to first describe its morphological basis and the naturally occurring diversity. - NB Colour pattern refers to the configuration of any coloured areas on the black carapace, regardless of their spectral composition. 
During this experiment 276 fiddler crabs of the species Uca capricornis were photographed - 117 females and 159 males. Using these pictures and a host of software programs, images were constructed that illustrate the probable colour patterns of various groups of crabs, including males and females in general, and males and females with various size classes; &lt;8mm, 8-9.9mm, 10-11.9mm, 12-13.9mm, 14-15.9mm, 16-17.9mm, and males &gt;18mm (no photographed females were &gt;18mm).   These images are the equivalent of an average crab's colour pattern. 
To more clearly illustrate the variation in colour pattern between the groups, similar images were constructed using the standard deviation of crabs coloured at each coordinate (1mm x 1mm square).

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Colour Pattern, Fiddler Crab, Mate Recognition, Neighbour Recognition, Ocypodidae, Uca capricornis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS BENALLA ProjectID: HI504BEN_M From: 2011-08-18 To: 2011-10-06

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 609 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI504BEN_M from HMAS BENALLA.
The CTD was manufactured by Applied Microsystems Limited and is the "Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the MVP200_CTD. This CTD is fitted with a 4 electrode platinized conductivity cell, thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor.
The CTD sensors are calibrated at the manufacturer Applied Microsystems Limited on a 12-18 month schedule. The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated against 'Hart' temperature standards. The pressure sensor is calibrated using 'Budenburg Deadweight' standards. The conductivity sensor is calibrated using 'Hart' temperature standards and seawater samples of known conductivity.
The CTD sensors are mounted to a fish-shape probe. The probe is controlled by an electric winch (MVP200 type). For downcasts the fish is allowed to free-fall (winch is in 'free-wheel' mode) under its own weight at about 2-3 ms-1 and then is winched back. Data is recorded in downcast and usually in upcast direction at a sampling rate of 25 Hz. The downcast data is of higher quality because sensors encounter undisturbed seawater that flows through the nose of the fish. On the upcast the fish is flipped around (tail first) and the sensors in the nose encounter disturbed flow from the fish tail.
This type of CTD is prone to a phenomenon called 'salinity spiking' caused by a mismatch between the response times of the temperature and conductivity sensor. Data undergoes a salinity de-spiking routine to correct for this. See the history metadata for further details on the salinity de-spiking process.
Raw CTD pressure data is not always monotonic due to transient up/down motion of winch/ship. Raw pressure data is subsetted to give a monotonic (increasing) sequence and then linearly interpolated to 1 decibar pressure intervals. Data is then flagged with quality control flags after visual inspection and comparison to average climatology and historical CTD casts.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WaveWatch3 Regional - Forcing dataset (for MARVL)

WAVEWATCH III model of the Australian region (model version 4.18).
WAVEWATCH III™ (Tolman 1997, 1999, 2009) is a third generation wave model developed at NOAA/NCEP in the spirit of the WAM model (WAMDIG 1988, Komen et al. 1994). It is a further development of the model WAVEWATCH, as developed at Delft University of Technology (Tolman 1989, 1991) and WAVEWATCH II, developed at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center (e.g., Tolman 1992). WAVEWATCH III™, however, differs from its predecessors in many important points such as the governing equations, the model structure, the numerical methods and the physical parameterizations. Furthermore, with model version 3.14, WAVEWATCH III™ is evolving from a wave model into a wave modeling framework, which allows for easy development of additional physical and numerical approaches to wave modeling.
This is purely a description of the forcing dataset used within the MARine Virtual Laboratory (MARVL).

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network