AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Shark Bay Prawn Sustainability

27 vessels are licensed to fish for prawns in the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery. The species caught consist of king prawns, tiger prawns and endeavour prawns. The king and tiger prawn stocks are fully exploited. Total landings of major penaeids for the 2003 season were ~1632 tonnes, comprising approximately 1,145 tonnes of king prawns, 485 tonnes of tiger prawns and three tonnes of endeavour prawns. There were also 84 tonnes of minor penaeids (coral prawns) landed.
Owing to the multi-species nature of this fishery, levels of exploitation of king and tiger prawn stocks are being carefully monitored with the aim of achieving maximum sustainable catches simultaneously. Current stock and recruitment studies indicate that the king prawn stock remains at a point where recruitment is not affected by spawning stock levels.
At the current levels of exploitation, annual harvests will fluctuate due to fishing effort and environmental variation. Recruitment levels of tiger prawns during the 1980s were affected by spawning stock biomass. A reduction in the fleet size, together with area closures, has benefited tiger prawn stocks since this time.
However, continued increases in the catch of tiger prawns in the last few years have raised some concern and in 2001, a catch rate threshold for tiger prawns was implemented at a catch rate of 10 kg/hr to protect key spawning stock during the spawning period. Monitoring improvement in the efficiency of the current fleet is also required to ensure that tiger prawn spawning stocks are not overfished.
The project provides:
* an overview annual report on the status of the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery, so as to meet Fisheries WA's statutory reporting obligation under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994;
* management advice as to the long-term sustainability of the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery; and
* research to be directed to maintain Shark Bay prawn resources at ecologically sustainable levels and to maximise economic and social benefits derived from this resource.

Time: ongoing.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (September 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters measured by a Slocum glider in Storm Bay (Tasmania).
Slocum glider data from the oceans around Australia have been collected by the Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), since June 2008 and are ongoing. The data are obtained from an onboard suite of instruments which include Seabird-SBE41 CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), WETLabs BBFL2SLO 3 parameter optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM and 700nm Backscatter) and an Aanderaa oxygen optode (measuring concentration of dissolved oxygen in seawater.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, 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, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, 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
IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Acoustic Tracking - Quality Controlled Detections (2007 - 2017) (SUPERSEDED BY ONGOING COLLECTION)

In its first decade, the Integrated Marine Observing System's Animal Tracking Facility (formerly known as the Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System (AATAMS)) established a permanent array of acoustic receivers around Australia to detect the movements of tagged marine animals in coastal waters. Simultaneously, the Animal Tracking Facility developed a centralised national database (https://animaltracking.aodn.org.au/) to encourage collaborative research across the Australian research community and provide unprecedented opportunities to quantify individual behaviour across a broad range of taxa. 
This static dataset presents the first 10 years (2007 - 2017) of quality-controlled animal detections collated via the IMOS Australian Animal  Acoustic Telemetry Database. The dataset comprises 48.5 million valid detections collected at 1891 receiving stations around Australia, and consists of detection data for 3523 tags deployed on 117 species (fish, sharks, rays, reptiles, and mammals), with distances travelled ranging from a few to thousands of kilometres. 
To access subsequent additions in a dynamic database, please refer to the following metadata record: https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/541d4f15-122a-443d-ab4e-2b5feb08d6a0

Tags: Acoustic Array, Acoustic Curtain, Acoustic Receiver, Acoustic Tag, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Migratory Rates/routes, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Cephalopods, Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Mammals, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Reptiles, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, Tags and Tracking Devices
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ACCESS1-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 rcp45

rcp45 is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated
climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for
assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.
4.1 rcp45 (4.1 RCP4.5) - Version 1: Future projection (2006-2100) forced by RCP4.5. RCP4.5 is a representative concentration pathway which approximately results in a radiative forcing of 4.5 W m-2 at year 2100, relative to pre-industrial conditions. RCPs are time-dependent, consistent projections of emissions and concentrations of radiatively active gases and particles.
Experiment design: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf
List of output variables: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.pdf
Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format
Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository
Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf)
as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble
member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc

Tags: 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences, 0401 - Atmospheric Sciences, 0405 - Oceanography, 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Atmospheric Sciences, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Oceanography, Other Chemical Sciences (Environmental Chemistry), Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coral calcification in massive Porites of the Great Barrier Reef, over a 400 year period

Annual calcification rates were investigated using samples from 328 colonies of massive Porites corals from 69 reefs along the Great Barrier Reef. This subset of data contains 16,472 annual records derived from corals ranging in age from 10-436 years, mostly collected in 1983-1992 (139 colonies from 56 reefs) and 2002-2005 (189 colonies from 13 reefs). The data are a subset from the Coral Core Archive of the Australian Institute of Marine Science.The data was further subdivided into two periods: 1900-2005 contained all 328 colonies; 1572-2001 contained 10 long cores (from 7 reefs, colonies that covered all or most of the period).Growth variables were determined from each colony using standard x-ray and gamma densitometry techniques: skeletal density (grams per cubic centimeter), annual extension (linear growth, cm per year), and calcification rate (the product of skeletal density and annual extension; grams per square centimeter per year).Mean annual sea surface temperature (SST) records were obtained from the HadISST1 global SST compilation (1°-square resolution) for the period 1900-2006.As of March 2013, a problem was identified, in which the width of the last measured annual bands might have been underestimated. This was found to have potentially affected 84 last years of the data. A link is provided to the amended dataset, from which these 84 years have been removed. This adjustment reduces the magnitude of the decline in calcification since 1990 reported by De'ath et al (2009) from 14.1% to 11.2% - still significant.
 To examine coral calcification rates over the last 400 years.
 Sampling locations: Cid Harbour, Conical Rocks, Jeannie River, Nelly Bay, Portland Roads; 13-050, 13-055, 20-200, 21-141, Abraham, Agincourt, Ashmore, Batt, Boulder, Britomart, Brook, Coombe, Credlin, Darnley, Dunk, Eel, Flinders, Hannah, Havannah, Hook, Kelso, Kent, Kurrimine, Lagoon, Lodestone, Magnetic, Masthead, McDonald [MacDonald], Middle Percy, Myrmidon, Normanby, Otter, Pandora, Pascoe, Pipon, Rib, Sanctuary, Scawfell, Stanley, Stonehaven, Sweetlip, Two Isles, Tydeman, Undine, Wheeler and Yankee Reefs; Bedarra, Burkitt, Double, East Hope, Flinders, Great Palm, Hay, High, Low, Lupton, Night, North Molle, Red Wallis, Rocky, Shaw, Snapper, South Molle, South Petherbridge, Stephens, Watson and Whitsunday Islands.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in April 2008

Flow cytometry data was collected in April 2008, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (FM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surveys of deepwater benthic communities using a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 1 Subproject 3.1.1)

The ROV was used in four different locations and communities of the marine park to gather more detailed video data of different benthic communities. Two locations were in the northern section of the park, North West Cape and Point Murat and two in the southern part, Red Bluff and Warroora. Four 50m ROV video transects originating from a centre weight at four different bearings (90, 180, 270, 360 degrees) were conducted at each location. Each transect was analysed using AVTAS software to investigate in more detail the diversity and composition of different communities in the marine park.
 The ROV was used in four different locations and communities of the marine park to gather more detailed video data of different benthic communities, previously identified from towed video. Due to its stability and manoeuvrability the ROV was also used to gather 'in situ' video footage of individual sponges, soft corals, gorgonians and other benthic species making up each community. The data will assist the WA Museum with the taxonomy of different species.
 The AIMS LBV Seabotix Remote Operated Vehicle is a small observation class ROV. It is portable and has capabilities of capturing high quality video footage down to 300m. The ROV has dual video camera operation and is remotely operated from a console.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seasonal variation in dissolved organic and inorganic materials in Coral Creek, Hinchinbrook Island, north Queensland

The concentration of dissolved organic and inorganic material was measured in water samples collected near the mouth of Coral Creek, Hinchinbrook Island between December 1982 and July 1984. Sampling was conducted for 16 tidal cycles at 1 to 2 monthly intervals during this period. For each 12 hour tidal cycle, water was sampled at various depths or locations across the channel each half hour. In July 1984, sampling was carried out over 2 consecutive tidal cycles. Water samples were immediately filtered and frozen and analysed within 1 to 2 weeks of collection.Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) analyses were carried out using a thin-film UV oxidation method. Analyses of inorganic nutrients (ammonium, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate) were carried out using an autoanalyser. Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) analyses were carried by first digesting samples for 12 hours in a photodigestion apparatus and then analysing the samples for nitrate and nitrite, or phosphate. The concentrations of these nutrients found in samples analysed for inorganic nutrients only, were then subtracted to derive concentrations of organic N and P.A Microdata weather station was erected above the mangrove canopy, near the channel edge, close to the sampling station, for the duration of the study. Rainfall, humidity, solar radiation, air temperature, mud temperature (30cm below the mud surface), wind speed and wind direction were measured at 30 minute intervals.
 This research was initiated to:1. determine whether mangroves act as a source of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus for adjacent coastal waters and benthic habitats or function as a sink for carbon and nutrients.2. determine if there are seasonal variations in flux rates and directions3. determine whether seasonal variations could be related to climatic factors

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Investigation of light as a limiting factor in the distribution of benthic symbiont bearing foraminifera on the Great Barrier Reef (MTSRF Project 3.7.1)

During August 2005, sediment was collected from four reefs in the Whitsunday Islands and two adjacent midshelf reefs, situated along a previously studied water quality gradient. The reefs at Repulse and Lindeman Islands are influenced by discharge generated by the Proserpine and O'Connell Rivers. In the outer Whitsunday Islands, Hook and Edward Islands reefs, are subject to terrestrial influence, which is largely derived from the islands themselves. The midshelf reefs, Barb Reef and Reef 19-138 are essentially unaffected by terrestrial discharge. Two sites were randomly chosen on the less exposed leeward side of each reef. At each site samples were collected from three depth zones along the reef slope: 2 to 5 m, 6 to 8 m and 9 to 13 m. For each depth zone at each site, three core samples were collected using cut-off 60 ml syringes. Each syringe was pressed vertically into the sand for at least half its length and all but the top 1cm of each core was discarded. Samples were combined to form a single sample per depth station and preserved in ethanol. Samples were later rinsed, dried and subsamples of symbiont bearing foraminifera identified. Amphistegina spp., Calcarina spp. and Heterostegina depressa, collected from the sediment sampling sites at Edward Island were cultured in tubes within a series of tanks in an outdoor aquarium system set up in mid September 2005 at AIMS. Specimens were subjected to three light regimes: open to sunlight, 30% sunlight and 10% sunlight.Over a two week period in November/December 2005, light measurements, temperature and salinity were recorded in each tank. Images of each individual foraminifera were taken before and at intervals during the experiment and the surface area of each individual determined. Pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM) fluorometry was applied to assess the health of the symbiotic diatoms and their adaptation to various light levels. Additional specimens of the three taxa were collected from the Whitsunday Islands and the same process was applied within 2 hours of collection.
 Field and experimental studies were undertaken to investigate the importance of light as an environmental factor influencing physiology and distribution of tropical benthic foraminifera.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Prediction of sea level change around Australia and its calibration and validation by satellite-geodetic measurements

The redistribution of mass and loading due to deglaciation will change the gravity field, spin axis and centre of mass of the Earth. As such, global sea level will not rise by the same amount in all places, and will even fall in some. This project will extend our realistic Earth model, constructed from a previous ARC grant, to simulate such changes in sea level. These simulated values will be compared with contemporary estimates of ice mass balance and temporal gravity changes measured by satellite geodesy. Ultimately, this will allow for more informed management of sea level change in Australasia.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Level Rise
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Reef corals of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, north-western Australia (Australian Indian Ocean Territory)

In 1989, field studies of reef corals were undertaken at sixteen stations around Cocos (Keeling) Atoll, Horsburgh Island and North Keeling Island. Stations were selected to encompass the widest possible range of habitats. Coral collections were made at these stations and the specimens were sent to the Australian Institute of Marine Science for further study. Comparisons were also made with corals from other geographic regions and Cocos (Keeling) Islands corals held in other museums. These specimens would later be lodged with the Western Australian Museum.
 The research undertaken had the following objectives:1. to compile an accumulative species inventory, with the aim of reaching a complete list for the atoll as a whole2. to use this information to determine biogeographic affinities with other regions 3. to assess the effects of geographic isolation and surface circulation patterns on coral diversity4. to assess the effects of previous events such as crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks in the 1960s, the ENSO event in 1983 and the cyclone in 1989, on coral abundance and diversity

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Zonation of assemblages of Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae and Serranidae (Ephinephelinae) within and among midshelf and outershelf reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef

In December 1993, visual census surveys were conducted on three midshelf reefs (Rib Reef, John Brewer Reef and Lodestone Reef) and three outershelf reefs (Myrmidon Reef, Dip Reef and Bowl Reef) in the central Great Barrier Reef region.At each of the 6 reefs, surveys were conducted within 3 zones: the windward reef slopes; the lagoon; and the leeward back reef. Each census consisted of a 45 minute swim (on SCUBA) through a zone, recording the total number of each of the target species within approximately 5 m either side of the diver. All target species were surveyed simultaneously. Three replicate non-overlapping censuses, each covering a distance of approximately 400 m, were made in each zone on each reef.Census dives on the windward reef slope were unidirectional, consisting of a meandering swim from the reef crest to a depth of 12 m. In the lagoon and on the back reef, the paths were roughly unidirectional, meandering between bommies and coral outcrops to depths of 2-8 m and 12 m respectively.
 There was little information available describing the spatial distribution and abundance of demersal reef fish of commercial and recreational fishing significance in Australia. Visual census surveys were used to examine variation in assemblages of species of Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae and Serranidae within and among reefs at similar locations on the continental shelf and within and among reefs at different locations on the continental shelf.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network