AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Understanding bio-cultural values of Moonjaniid jina baaliboor (Brue Reef) in the Kimberley Marine Park: Co-designing a project between Traditional Owners, the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Parks Australia

Government agencies and Traditional Owners share a responsibility to manage Australia&rsquo;s Sea Country and marine assets according to both statutory law and customary Lore. In recognition of this shared responsibility, the linked report below summarises preliminary surveys of the fish fauna of Brue Reef, which in Mayala language is Moonjaniid jina baaliboor. These surveys were conducted with Traditional Owners, scientists, and marine park managers. The report also provides insights into cultural information shared during the voyage to Moonjaniid jina baaliboor on the vessels RV Solander and Karma IV on the 11-13th October 2022 in which 12 Mayala and Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners participated and includes a series of summary recommendations from a subsequent workshop at Ardyaloon on the 18th of April 2023.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Myrmidon Reef (GBRMYR) Mooring

The QLD Myrmidon Reef Mooring (IMOS Platform Code: GBRMYR) is one of two moorings, offshore from Townsville in Queensland, Australia at Latitude: -23.513, Longitude: 151.955 (approximate, adjustments with each deployment).
The mooring’s sensors are adjusted and potentially change with each deployment, below is an example from 2009:
- SBE19Plus CTD
- NORTEK ADCP (wave data)
- 3x SBE39 temperature recorders
- 2x WetLabs Water Quality Meters

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | GBRMYR | Myrmidon Mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, moles_of_oxygen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water, optical_backscattering_coefficient, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Shell cross sections of the bivalve Ostrea angasi collected from Severs Beach, NSW

Petrological and some geochemical analysis methods require the sample to be made into a thin or thick section. This record provides a series of shell cross-sectional images and also outlines the process involved in thin/thick section preparation. 
This is part of a project that assesses the viability of interpretating environmental records (such as temperature, salinity and heavy metal pollution) from shell geochemistry through trace element and isotopic analysis.

Tags: 23257002, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Trace Elements, Ostrea (Eostrea) angasi, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - August 2013 (Southbound)

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
s4 Current Meter data sets for south Cleveland Bay - 1993

This is data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993.  Data are divided into a number of main groups: Wind, tide gauge, wave rider, S4, sediment traps, water samples and nephelometers.
Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Current Meter, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, depth, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment in the Southern Ocean (March - June 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider in the Southern Ocean.
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), Fluorometers, Glider, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, 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, Seaglider, 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
Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997): Tide gauge deployments

Four Aanderaa Water Level Recorders (tide gauges) were deployed during the Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study.Deployment details:Site 2: WLR 880 (-21.822067, 114.073783) Southern entrance to southern lagoonDeployed 26/11/97: Recovered 11/12/97. Depth at deployment: 2m.Site 4: WLR 599 (-21.81195, 114.084267) Inshore of gap in reefsDeployed 28/11/97: Recovered 11/12/97. Depth at deployment: 2m.Site 5: WLR 869 (-21.8076, 114.082133) Front of northern reefDeployed 28/11/97: Recovered 11/12/97. Depth at deployment: 9m.Site 6: WLR 799 (-21.8137, 114.069717) Front of southern reefDeployed 26/11/97: Recovered 11/12/97. Depth at deployment: 9m.Sensor: Pressure sensorSampling regime: 41 second averaging every 5 minutes (for all instruments).
 These data are a component of the project 'Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)'.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (July-August 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the region of Two Rocks (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
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, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, 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
Temperature inside nest-boxes of Little Penguins.

In order to assess the potential impact that artificial nest boxes may have on the occupation rate or physical condition of adults and chicks of little penguins (Eudyptula minor), temperature was recorded continuously from 24 August 2002 (0000 hours) for 37 days inside 7 nest boxes and in surrounding bush on Penguin Island, Western Australia.

Tags: 40 001008, Eudyptula minor, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Birds, nest boxes, temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
D6 Socio-economic benchmark nationally modelled recreational fishing effort

The data represents the results of a national model of boat-based recreational fishing effort (number of trips) around Australia. The model reflects boat-based line fishing trips in marine waters and is reported on a 5x5 nautical mile grid to a distance of 100 km from the Australian coastline. The model includes two parts: (i) allocation of fishing trips from a reporting region to individual boat ramps and (ii) allocation of fishing trips from boat ramps to adjacent marine waters.
Raw fishing effort data could not be made available. Aggregated effort data is supplied as summary plots in the final report: https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/social-and-economic-benchmarks-australian-marine-parks

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Breeding season, larval development and dispersal of the brachiopod, Lingula anatina in north Queensland

Monthly sampling of adult Lingula anatina was conducted on the intertidal sand flat at Shelly Beach, near Townsville between February 1973 and February 1974. Gonad indices (100xgonad wet weight/total wet weight) were calculated for 20 female specimens from each sample. Smears of gonad tissue from each animal were made and 20 ova per specimen were measured.Oblique plankton hauls were made at 8 stations along a transect between Townsville and Coil Reef at fortnightly intervals between July 1972 and February 1975. The stations were located at 8, 17, 26, 38, 53, 66, 77 and 86 km from Townsville. Paired nets (mesh size 190 µm and 106 µm, each with a 25 cm aperture) were hauled from the bottom or from a maximum depth of 30 m. Larvae from both nets were treated as a single sample. Plankton samples were also collected in Cleveland Bay at a station 5 km from Townsville at least monthly between April 1974 and February 1976 and then weekly until November 1977. Samples were collected using a single net with mesh size of 120 µm and a 7.5 cm diameter aperture. Calibrated flow meters allowed calculation of the volume of water sampled on each occasion.Larvae were counted and the number per cubic metre of water sampled was calculated. A total of 199 larvae were fixed, stained with carmine and mounted on slides. Measurements were made of the width and length of the larval valves and the protegulum and the lophophoral ciri were counted. The stage of development of the pedicle, mantle setae, alimentary tract and muscles were recorded.
 This research was undertaken to determine the breeding season of the brachiopod, Lingula anatina. Comparisons were made between the occurrence of larvae in the plankton and the results of gonad studies, to confirm the duration of the breeding season.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ERIN Dual-processed Landsat TM tiles in Western Australia - Summary

Landsat TM images from Onslow southwards in Western Australia were cut using NATMAP Geoscience Australia 1:250 000 scale maps and were geometrically rectified to GDA94 (Datum) and MGA (Projection).
A dual enhancement technique was conducted to Landsat TM satellite data where land was enhanced using bands 741 (RGB) and water was enhanced using bands 321 (RGB).
Images were saved in GeoTIFF format with a 25m pixel size

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 6.1 - Offshore and coastal engineering and the effects of climate change - Wave model (future)

This output contains predicted surface wave field for future climate scenarios.  The North (West) Australian Climate Change Study (NACCS) dataset was used to force the models for future climate scenarios

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Transport, tides, surges, waves, sea level, extremes, coastal flooding, erosion
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The physiographic zones 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. Remote sensing data (Landsat TM image) and the application ER Mapper 5.5 was used to differentiate Wistari Reef into 5 zones: Surf zone / reef rim, Reef flats, Sanded Reef flats, Lagoon and Leeward Reef Edge. The area of each is determined with the lagoon physiographic zone exhibiting the greatest area, followed by the reef flats.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, area
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fine-scale associations between blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra) and encrusting algae

The survey comprises two streams of data, including (1) the availability of different attachment sites and (2) the algal composition of abalone attachment sites ('homesites').  The survey was conducted at three sites at each of three regions on the east coast of Tasmania.

Tags: Attachment surface orientation, Blacklip abalone, Depth, Encrusting algae, Haliotis rubra, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Percentage cover attachment surface, Peyssonelia algae, Plant/animal interactions, Shell length
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biomarkers of exposure in fish inhabiting the Swan-Canning Estuary, Western Australia - a preliminary study

Black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) were collected from seven sites in the Swan-Canning estuary during August and September 2000 to assess containination to the estuary using the biomarkers - the mixed function oxygenase (MFO) enzyme ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity and PAH bile metabolites.

Tags: 37 353003, Acanthopagrus butcheri, Black bream, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Contaminants, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, aquatic toxicology, bioindicators, biomarkers
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SA Water, environment impact: water quality survey Spencer Gulf

Water quality data collected offshore adjacent three tidal creeks, 2km, 15km and 30 km south of Whyalla, South Australia. Surveys undertaken in August 2005, May 2012, September 2012.

Tags: Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean/ Australia extension, Marine Features (Australia) | Spencer Gulf, SA, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ammonia, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Dissolved Solids, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ph, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Water Column Samplers, mass_concentration_of_ammonia_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, mass_concentrations_of_total_dissolved_solids_in_sea_water, mass_concentrations_of_total_suspended_solids_in_sea_water, pH, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_temperature, total_faecal_coliforms_in_sea_water, total_nitrogen_in_sea_water, total_oxidsed_nitrogen_in_sea_water, total_phosphorus_in_sea_water, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Interannual variability in fish biomarkers in a contaminated temperate urban estuary

Data from sampling black bream from four sites in late winter 2000 and late winter 2002 in addition to five sites during summer 2001 and summer 2002 from the Swan-Canning Estuary are compared to determine whether patterns of responses within the estuary were sufficiently strong to overcome natural annual variability.

Tags: 37 353003, Acanthopagrus butcheri, Black bream, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Contaminants, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, aquatic toxicology, bioindicators, biomarkers
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nephelometer data sets for Rattlesnake Island - 1993

This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993.   Data are divided into a number of main groups: Wind, tide gauge, wave rider, S4, sediment traps, water samples and nephelometers.  The data are grouped according to collection method and sampling location. See the metadata record title for collection method and geographic extent for the sampling location. Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Nephelometer, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, suspended_sediment_concentration
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Morocco (Laayoune) Bathymetry and Fish Egg Distribution in EASy GIS.

Modelling Ocean Nourishment in Morocco Using the EASy GIS system. A set of fisheries and bathymetry data was processed to show the trend of pelagic fish production along the coast of Morocco using the EASy GIS, in 1998.

Tags: Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens habitat, Nubeena, eastern Tasmania

The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east coast of Tasmania, each comprising 3 subsites, this dataset refers to the Nubeena region, and its 3 subsites: Cape Raoul, Salters Point and Wedge.

Tags: 25 211001, Algal coverage, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Substratum type, Temperate Reef, Urchin barren coverage
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of coral diversity and the status of coral reefs in the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, eastern Indonesia

Coral reefs at 51 locations in the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia were surveyed in October/November 2002. At 43 of the locations, sites were surveyed at two depths (deep: &gt;10m and shallow: A complete inventory of coral species was compiled for each site. At the end of each survey, the inventory was reviewed and each taxon was categorized in terms of its relative abundance in the community. For each coral taxon present, a visual estimate of the total amount of injury present on colonies at each site was made in increments of 0.1, where 0 = no injury and 1 = all colonies dead. In addition, for each species a damage score was attributed and the population, sorted in three size classes - up to 10cm, 10 to 50cm and greater than 50cm colony diameter. When identification of coral species was not possible, notes and photographs were taken and, if necessary, samples were collected. Some coral samples were taken to Australia to compare with reference collections in the Museum of Tropical Queensland and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.The same type of data was recorded for soft corals, zoanthids, sponges, macro-algae and other sessile macro-benthos.Site characteristics were also recorded in a semi-quantitative manner and include depth range, slope, bottom cover of the major benthic groups, physical structure, reef development level, exposure rating and visibility.
 This research was undertaken to complement and complete existing data on marine biodiversity and ecosystem condition. The inventory of scleractinian coral species was used to compare biodiversity in the Raja Ampat Islands with other reef systems in the region.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Algal culture medium

This resource provides instructions to prepare Modified Provasoli's Enriched Seawater (PES). The solution is suitable for  growing marine algae under laboratory conditions.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Phytoplankton, Biosphere | Vegetation | Algae, Biosphere | Vegetation | Macroalgae, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, artificial seawater, culture
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Draft - WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 5.3 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary producers - Seagrass pressure-response relationships - Experiment 1

Project 5.3 will address three of the tasks required in the Dredging Science Node Science Plan (tasks 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5).  
Objectives of Project 5.3 are to:
(1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, 
(2) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; 
(3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery.
Specifically Experiment 1 will be studying "Effect of different intensity, duration &amp; timing of light reductions on seagrasses (Laboratory)"

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, TBC
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.3 - Harnessing the science of social marketing in communication materials development and behaviour change for improved water quality in the GBR: a desktop review (Project 2.1.3 - Stage 2), 2017-2017 (JCU)

This project extends project 2.1.3 which contains an analysis of communications to land holders for the Reef Trust Tender – Burdekin and The Reef Programme concerning readability, message framing, message tone and visual imagery, factors that significantly impact on message acceptance, engagement and adoption of recommended behaviours. The analysis identified that: 1. Material is written in too complex language; 2. Message tone may be a barrier; and 3. Visual imagery may have unintended effects. These findings have implications across wider programs and there has been considerable interest in extending this analysis to assist in developing and revising foundational material and messages.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network