AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef, Great Barrier Reef

The extent to which short-term 'losers' (vulnerable to episodic disturbances) can continue to re-establish themselves was examined at Pandora Reef, an inshore shallow turbid-water patch reef. Coral community changes were followed in sites chosen to maximise the range of depth, shelter and species composition represented at Pandora Reef.Data was collected in 1981, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2001 and 2005 from 7 long-term monitoring sites, 4 photo quadrats and 3 sets of video transects (from 1991), which were established on the reef. Photo transects (9 cells in each transect grid) were set up on both the fore- (P1, P2) and back-reefs (P3, P4). In each cell the number of each species was recorded and then assigned to its broader taxonomic group (hard coral, algae, and soft coral) as a total. Benthic cover of each taxonomic group was assessed in 10% increments, and any difference (plus or minus) calculated.Video survey transects (250 m long, made up of five 50 m sub-transects) were carried out on sections of the reef reflecting exposure scales: most sheltered (V1), intermediate shelter (V2), and most wave-exposed (V3). In the laboratory, 5 fixed points were sampled at 40 paused positions separated by a fixed time interval, giving a total of 200 points per sub-transect. In V3 where the transect wraps around the reef's northeast corner, the fifth sub-transect (t5) is characterised separately from the rest (t1-4).Pulse disturbances potentially affecting Pandora Reef were: cyclones (Gertie, 1971; Althea, 1971; Dawn 1977; Keith, 1979; Sadie 1994; Justin, 1997; Tessie, 2000); floods (Burdekin River, 1974, 1991); and heated periods (1973, 1987, 1998, 2002).
 To determine the variation of impacts from pulse disturbances (and recovery from these) around the reef, depending on the degree of exposure to the events, the relative local abundance of tolerant or susceptible species, and site-specific variability in the processes and rates of recovery of impacted coral populations.
 Species recorded in the quadrats:Corals: Acropora cerialis; Acropora cuneata; Acropora elseyi; Acropora formosa; Acropora hyacinthus; Alveopora sp.; Echinopora lamellosa; Favid species; Fungia sp.; Galaxea astreata; Galaxea fascicularis.; Goniastrea sp.; Goniopora sp.; Millepora tenella; Montipora aequituberculata; Montipora spp.; Pectinia lactuca; Pectinia lactuca; Platygyra lamellina; Pocillopora damicornis; Pocillopora sp.; Porites cylindrica; Porites massive; Psammocora contigua; Psammocora digitata; Stylophora hystrix; Stylophora pistillata; Turbinaria frondens; Turbinaria mesenterina; Turbinaria patula; other hard coral. Acropora growth forms (bush, staghorn, plate) and rubble were recorded.Soft corals: Briarium sp.; Cladiella sp.; Clavularia sp.; Lobophytum sp.; Sarcophyton sp.; Sinularia sp.; Xenia sp.; Zoanthus sp.Algae: Asparagopsis sp.; Dictyota sp.; fleshy macroalgae; Laurencia sp.; Lobophora sp.; Padina sp.; Sargassum sp.; Sponges:- 'Porifera'; Brown sponge

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Measurement of Seagrass Photosynthesis Using PAM Fluorometry - Comparison of photosynthetic rates and meadow characteristics of two 'visually' different meadows

Two sites with apparent differences, west and east Mangles Bay, Cockburn Sound, W.A., on 4 June 2005 were examined in terms of seagrass photosynthetic activity and meadow characteristics.  Variables measured include maximum electron transport rate, effective quantum yield, potential quantum yield, canopy height, shoot density, leaf area index, epiphyte biomass and sediment grain size.

Tags: 63 605002, 63 617002, 63 617003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Photosynthesis, Canopy height, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Epiphyte biomass, Halophila ovalis, Leaf area index, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa, Seagrass, Sediment grain size, Shoot density
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - April 2013 (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
Turbidity effects on coral reefs as a result of mine construction and operation, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

In November 1995, 10 sites within the 'reef crest' habitat of the fringing reefs of Lihir Island, Masahet Island and Mali Island were surveyed to collect data on percent hard coral cover and the ratio of live to dead standing corals. Previously, modelling based on sediment dispersal in the marine environment and on assumed responses of coral reef biota were used to predict zones of "severe", "transitional" and "minor" impact due to mining activities. Survey sites were distributed across these zones.In addition general observations were made on the size/age and species composition of corals observed. However, a detailed species inventory was not made.
 In this component of the project, surveys were undertaken to assess the accuracy of model predictions relating to the location and severity of impacts due to mining activities on the fringing reefs of Lihir Island.
 The overall brief for this project was to provide an expert opinion concerning "the potential effect of elevated turbidity in the water column and increased sedimentation rate on the fringing coral reefs and, in particular, its severity, the spatial and temporal extent of the effect, including recovery both during and after mining."

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Current meter deployments, Lady Elliot Island, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)

Two consecutive deployments of a RCM4S rotary current meter were made at Lady Elliot Island (Station CM2) in 29 meters of water.Deployment Details: Deployment 1: Date deployed: 28/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 19/10/89 (SGBR2)Instrument: RCM4S #4326; Deployment Code: EL11Instrument Depth: 14mDeployment 2: Date deployed: 26/10/89 (SGBR2) Date recovered: 25/2/90 (SGBR3)Instrument: RCM4S #4326; Deployment Code: EL21Instrument Depth: 14mSampling interval: 60 minutes with 16 revs per count
 These deployments were components of the SGBR Project 1989-1990.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - New Technology Proving - Profiling Moorings Evaluation

Profiling Moorings Evaluation trialled the deployment of two different commercially available profiling mooring platforms (McLane Prawler and  Delmar Wirewalker). The project aimed to determine the operational needs of these profiling systems and assess increases in sampling efficiencies and spatial resolution of data through the water column.
During the assessment phase, the two profiling mooring systems were co-located in a range of ocean environments to ensure reliability and longevity over long deployment periods. 
The first deployment of the two systems was completed in March 2020, just south of Myrmidon Reef in Queensland by staff from AIMS and CSIRO, to test deployment in a tropical environment. The second deployment took place in inner Storm Bay, Tasmania; a temperate location, with this site similar to the conditions at the IMOS National Reference Stations at Maria Island, Port Hacking and Kangaroo Island.
Subsequent deployments took place in outer Storm Bay in 500m to test the deeper profiling capabilities of both systems; and returned to Myrmidon Reef, Queensland, for final testing after improvements to system and mooring configurations.
These moorings measure ocean temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity, photosynthesis available radiation, using instruments fixed along the mooring, and a profiler which moves along the mooring wire.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: OSU-MBARI Monterey Bay Experiment

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the OSU-Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Monterey Bay Experiment.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, PACIFIC OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Howrah East

Howrah East monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Beach Watch program. Derwent Beach Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 18 swimming sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (Queensland) - Sightings of Mammal Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.
Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.
The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken.  Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.
This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy.  It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old).  If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Kimberley hyper-spectral data - 22nd September 2008

On the 22nd of September 2008 a hyper-spectral scanner (AISA+ Airborne Hyperspectral System from Specim - Spectral Imaging Ltd.) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Coulomb Point, Quondong Point and Gourdon Bay). Detailed flight lines and information are included in the .kmz files attached.

Tags: Hyper-Spectral Scanner
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Deep Water Arrays (DA) Sub-facility, Totten array, Totten2 Mooring Platform

It is one of three deepwater moorings located off the Adelie Land Coast in Antarctica. These moorings comprise the Totten Polynya Array, a one-year pilot deployment in 2014/2015.
The Totten2 (Totten region) deepwater mooring was deployed on 2014-02-17 at (-66.21 S, 120.63 E) off the Adelie Land Coast in Antarctica, and was decommissioned/recovered in January 2015. 
Instrumentation includes 75kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (RDI longranger ADCPs), and Seabird SBE37s (SM and SMP-ODO).
The mooring will collect a time series of full-depth profiles of water velocity and discrete temperature and salinity measurement at four depth on each mooring, between the seafloor and 300m depth (the mooring are limited to this depth to avoid contact with icebergs).
The aim of the IMOS Mertz and Totten Polynya mooring array is to measure the export of dense Antarctic Bottom Water from the Adélie Land coast. Sinking of dense water near Antarctica supplies the deep branch of the global overturning circulation, a pattern of ocean currents that strongly influences climate. Several studies have recently shown that the properties of the bottom water in the Australian Antarctic Basin are changing. Monitoring the temperature, salinity and oxygen of bottom water will provide observations to detect how the Southern Ocean limb of the overturning circulation is responding to changes in high latitude climate forcing. The goal of the new Totten region location is to obtain measurements of "warm" inflow to, and (if possible) outflow from the Totten Glacier system. As it happened, access right to the Totten was not possible, and moorings were sited closer to the Dalton Iceberg Tongue and Moscow University Ice Shelf, possibly part of the Totten inflow story.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), IMOS Facility | Deep Water Moorings, IMOS Platform | TOTTEN2 | Totten2 Mooring, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sea Surface Temperature: NAVOCEANO_SST_Raster :updated daily

This visualisation [WMS] is from NAVOCEANO, which The Naval Oceanographic Office operationally processes real-time Global Area Coverage Advanced Very-High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data from POES NOAA-14 and NOAA-15. Over 300,000 global Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) retrievals are generated and distributed daily in less than 5 hours from the time the satellites acquire the data. Global match-ups of satellite retrievals with drifting buoy measurements of sea surface temperature consistently maintain a global root-mean-square difference error of less than 0.7 oC. 
For more information about NAVOCEANO, as well as for links to the data, visit its separate metadata record [http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_NAVOCEANO_MCSST.html].
NB: The Naval Oceanographic Office's global 10 km SST analysis is now available in L4 netcdf format (GDS Version 1 Revision 1.7) on the JPL GDAC. 
It is updated daily with the NAVOCEANO operational N-18, N-17, MetOp, and GOES West SSTs, the Remote Sensing Systems orbital AMSRE SSTs, and the JPL 9km climatology. 
Please contact bruce.mckenzie@navy.mil with any questions about the data.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
National Shipwreck Database.

The Australian National Shipwrecks Database includes all known shipwrecks in Australian waters and allows users to search for those historic shipwrecks protected by Commonwealth or State/Territory legislation. The database was developed by the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology with financial assistance from the Commonwealth and was previously maintained by the Western Australian Maritime Museum with Commonwealth funding. This Department now maintains the database.
The information in the database has been collected by each of the State and Territory historic shipwreck agencies and the data is subject to ongoing editing and refining. The positions of many wrecks are unknown or estimated. Some wrecks are represented by a bounding box where the wreck is thought to occur. Further information on a particular shipwreck may be obtained by contacting the agency in the same State or Territory as where the shipwreck is located.
A new Australian National Shipwreck and Relic Database is planned to be launched later in 2008. This database will have an increased search function and will allow for shipwreck artefacts (relics) to be associated with shipwreck files.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coral growth rates of massive Porites, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

Colonies (27) of massive Porites were collected in February 2001 from Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. Eleven were from shallow water and 16 from deep water. Each colony was cut in half with a chain saw and at least two, 6-7 mm thick slices were cut vertically, close to the centre of each half-colony, air-dried and X-radiographed. Tracks across the slices were measured from the core edge to the centre using a densitometer - 3 for the shallow colonies, and 2 tracks for the deep water colonies.For each colony, a unique identifier, the longitude and latitude, collection date, and depth (shallow 10m) was given. Densitometric track measurements recorded distance from the edge (cm), minimum and maximum density (g.cm-3); and luminescence.A number of variables were calculated from the densitometric track measurements:Annual minimum and maximum density (g.cm-3)Annual density range from minimum to maximum density (g.cm-3)Average annual density - average of minimum and maximum densities (g.cm-3)Annual luminescence extension, and minimum, maximum, and average luminescenceAnnual extension - the distance between adjacent high density maxima (mm)Annual calcification or mass of CaCO3 deposited per unit area per year (g.cm-²) - the product of average annual density and annual extension.
 To examine skeletal growth characteristics of massive Porites.
 Analysis of the skeletal growth of corals provides insights into the effects of environmental changes.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997): Bathymetry data

Bathymetry data was recorded throughout the study region using a downward looking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler mounted in the transom of a small boat. Data was recorded along transects within the lagoons, in front of both reefs, across the reef tops and within the reef gaps. This activity relied heavily on favourable weather and tidal heights.
 These data are a component of the project 'Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)'.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Quantifying the isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon through time in the core GC04, located off the coast of New Caledonia

Core GC04 was collected from the southeastern side of the New Caledonian Basin. In relation to isotopic composition there appears to be a correlation between 13C and 18O measurements. The results also highlight a definite change in average 13C at isotopic stage 5e.

Tags: Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes, amount_of_carbon-13_isotope, amount_of_oxygen-18_isotope, core_depth, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Groote Eylandt Environmental Survey 2016, Northern Territory (ALC)

Towed Video transects + Digital Stills
Stereo BRUVS
CTD
Multibeam
Sediment Samples
RV Solander completed a broad-scale multibeam survey of the Groote Eylandt Indigenous Protection Aarea (IPA) covering as much of the IPA from the 15m isobath to the nominated Anindilyakwa Land Council (ALC) IPA boundary for sea country as possible, based on an approximately 1.2km grid. In addition running towed video transects of ~1.5km length for benthic communities and deploying stereo BRUVs units to assess fish diversity and abundance in a subset of the area surveyed was completed. Surface sediments were collected to establish baseline/background environmental conditions for metals and other selected contaminants.
The project comprises seven different components across several years that together will provide the data required to produce benthic habitat maps of the Groote Eylandt declared IPA. Each of these components will be completed through collaborations between the AIMS and ALC Staff and the Rangers. 
Anindilyakwa Land Council contact https://anindilyakwa.com.au/preserving-culture/anthropology/research/

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
[SUPERSEDED] An Estuarine Inventory for New South Wales, Australia 1984

This dataset has been superseded by https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5d62676f-63d6-4282-9b23-ba1aedfc4fdd (NSW Estuarine Macrophytes).
Fisheries oriented inventory that consists of tabular information and an atlas of estuarine wetlands describing 69 estuaries and embayments along the NSW (Australia) coast.

Tags: Australia, Benthic habitat, New South Wales
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network