AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS MERMAID ProjectID: HI489MER_M From: 2011-02-14 To: 2011-04-14

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 69 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI489MER_M from HMAS MERMAID.
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
The Australian Marine Quaternary Program

The Australian Marine Quaternary Program is a loose association of researchers who visited the Geology Department (now called Department of Earth and Marine Sciences) at the Australian National University (ANU) since approximately 1990, when Patrick De Deckker took on the charter to work on the marine Quaternary record of the Australasian region as part of a new initiative in the Geology Department. 
This resource provides a list of theses and papers published in international and national refereed journals by those associated with the group.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Diatoms, Biosphere | Microbiota | Flagellates, Biosphere | Microbiota | Foraminifers, Biosphere | Microbiota | Radiolarians, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Radiocarbon, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Sediments, Quaternary
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Benthic Habitat Mapping in Cockburn Sound 2004

Detailed surveys were undertaken to accurately map the benthic coverage and assemblages of the Eastern Shelf, Cockburn Sound for summer 2004, using sidescan sonar and extensive groundtruthing.  The priorities were to obtain additional information on the following:
- Species assemblage (for example, distinguish between seagrass species, reef areas, wrack material, mussel beds);
- Vegetation percentage cover;
- Presence of epiphyte material; and
- Habitat information for areas deeper than 10 m or with poor water clarity.
These results were presented in Report No. 321/1

Tags: 54 001021, 54 105000, 63 605002, 63 605004, 63 617001, 63 617002, 63 617003, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Reef Habitat, Halophila decipiens, Halophila ovalis, Hincksia mitchelliae, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia angustifolia, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa, Sargassum sp., soft sediment, vegetated habitat, sea grass, reef habitat, benthic habitat
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Exmouth Gulf & NW Shelf sediment sample locations

This dataset contains location data of surface sediment samples and cores from Exmouth Gulf and the Australian NW Shelf, collected between 1994 - 1996. Associated datasets contain geochemistry and radiochemistry data for these samples.

Tags: Corers, Grabs, Mapping, Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Exmouth Gulf, WA, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Characteristics
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pre-settlement Fish Northwest Cape, WA

The late stage larvae of fish were collected using light traps at stations along a cross-shelf transect on the NW Shelf in the region of Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia during spring and summer months (October to February) in 1997/98 and 1998/99.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History, Larval Fish, Mapping, Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Exmouth Gulf, WA, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment in Western Australia off Ningaloo (September 2010 - October 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider in the region of Ningaloo (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)),) located at the University of Western Australia manages Seagliders to monitor the boundary currents surroundings Australia.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, 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, 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
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) data collected on the RV L'Astrolabe from 14/01/2007 to 19/01/2007 (Hobart - Dumont d'Urville)

These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 14/01/2007 to 19/01/2007 on a trip from Hobart to Dumont D'Urville.
Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF), Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean, Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256), Latitude, Longitude, Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass), Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Photosynthesis, connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light, functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc, maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL), primary production, time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI, variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, Princess Royal Harbour, South-Western Australia. II. Distribution, composition and abundance of macrofauna

Quantitative samples of the macrofauna from three seagrass species, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, and nearby non-vegetated area were collected from three sites within Princess Royal Harbour in January 1998.  The structure and composition of the macrofaunal communities in these habitats were described.

Tags: 63 617002, 63 617003, 63 618004, Amphibolis antarctica, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastline Movements DoT WA

Spatial representation of Coastline Movements data for the Department of Transport (DoT), WA. The Polyline feature class contains line work that represents the position of the vegetation and generalised water lines for WA held by DoT. The dataset also includes lines that mark the extent of sand drift areas along the WA coast. This dataset has been captured using available imagery and photogrammetric techniques. These coastline movement lines are used by the Department of Transport, WA, to produce coastline movement drawings. These drawings and their associated data are used by coastal engineers to estimate horizontal setback datum used in coastal planning. The dataset is currently not available for download. The vegetation lines for the years 1875 - 2009 may be viewed via the web map at the following link:
https://mapsengine.google.com/09372590152434720789-17447516222354999649-4/mapview/?authuser=0
The full dataset may be requested from the Department of Transport, 1 Essex Street, Fremantle WA 6160.

Tags: Downloadable Data, australia, WA, western australia, coast, coastal, shoreline, movements, department of transport, DoT, vegetation, water, sea, ocean, w
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wave and current dynamics near outer continental shelf reefs in Western Australia - CTD data

An oceanographic pilot study was carried out at Scott Reef to investigate the behaviour of surface and internal waves in the vicinity of an isolated coral reef. Oceanographic instruments deployed included 4 pressure gauges on the reef edge and 2 current meter arrays extending across the reef slope. 64% of possible data was recovered from the 25 instruments deployed. 4 instruments were lost or stolen, 2 instruments leaked and 3 instruments did not perform to specifications. CTD data was also collected.

Tags: Marine Features (Australia) | Scott Reef, WA, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Internal Waves
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Sawtell

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
IMOS - East Australian Current (EAC) Deep Water moorings array - Quality Control Report: September 2019 to May 2021

The East Australian Current (EAC) is a complex and highly energetic western boundary system in the south-western Pacific off eastern Australia. It provides both the western boundary of the South Pacific gyre and the linking element between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean gyres. The EAC deepwater moorings consisted of an array of full-depth current meter and property (CTD) moorings from the continental slope to the abyssal water off Brisbane (27oS).
This report details the quality control applied to the data collected from the EAC array (deployed from September, 2019 to May 2021). The quality controlled datasets are publicly available via the AODN Portal. The data should be used in conjunction with this report.

Tags: Deep Water Arrays Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: NINGALOO, MAY 2007

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) undertook a series of trials were undertaken in collaboration with scientist from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to assess benthic habitats off the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia in May, 2007. 
These trials were aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of using an AUV for conducting biodiversity assessment in waters beyond diver depths.  The particular focus of these deployments was on documenting sponge habitats in 40m to 80m depths and in exploring canyons in depths of up to 250m.
The dive reports from this campaign summarise AUV activity during each dive. Data for this campaign will soon be available.

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, Turbulence Sensors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap - Sightings of range shifting marine 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). Note that the accuracy of spatial elements has been reduced for distribution purposes. This data set 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 precise spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Tags: body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania: Sampling trip 06/09/2005

Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay,  Tasmania, from November 2004 to October 2005, the data represented by this record was collected on the 06/09/2005.
The composition of the mesozooplankton community was typical of inshore, temperate marine habitats, with seasonally higher abundance in summer and autumn and lower numbers in winter and spring. Copepods were the largest contributors to total abundance across all seasons and stations, while cladocerans and appendicularians were proportionally abundant in spring and summer. The faecal pellets of these three main groups, along with those of krill and amphipods, also contributed significantly to material recovered from sediment traps. Meroplanktonic larvae of benthic animals showed short-term peaks in abundance and were often absent from the water column for long periods. Spatially, North West Bay and the Channel had a higher representation of typically marine species, including Calanus australis and Labidocera cervi, while truly estuarine species, such as the copepod Gladioferens pectinatus, were more important in the Huon Estuary.

Tags: Abundance, Grazing rates, Secondary productivity, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effects of trampling on rocky intertidal communities

This data is from an experiment that was designed to assess the impact of trampling on Hormosira mats, Xenostrobus beds and in areas of 'bare-rock' where Siphonaria diemenensis are the numerically dominant gastropod species. Experimental plots were walked on a number of times per month to match the seasonal changes in the number of people using the reefs. The experiment started in early February 1990 and sampled approximately every 3 months, after 10, 17, 25, 39 and 45 visits.  The variables measured in each strip were the percent cover of Hormosira and other non-turfing algae, number of gastropods per strip, number of Siphonaria and percent cover of Xenostrobus.

Tags: 23 220013, 24 488001, 54 100001, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | rocky intertidal, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Bunurong Marine Park, Hormosira banksii, Marine Protected Areas, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants | macroalgae, Siphonaria diemenensis, Xenostrobus pulex, taxonomic_group_count
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phytoplankton Ecology in the Upper Swan River Estuary, Western Australia - Species composition and distribution patterns

This study correlated temporal and depth differences in phytoplankton species distribution  with various physical and chemical parameters in the upper Swan River Estuary between November 1995 and May 1999, with the aim of identifying environmental or physiological factors that may enhance one species' competitive advantage over others.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Phytoplankton, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ningaloo Marine Park Drupella Long-term Monitoring Program

Between the mid 1980s and early 1990s, the feeding activity of unusually high densities of the corallivorous gastropod  Drupella cornus resulted in massive coral damage along at least 100 km of Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP), with coral mortality approaching 100% at some areas. To date, the density of D. cornus, the area and severity of associated coral damage and longevity of the outbreak itself that occurred at NMP during this event was on a greater scale than recorded on other reefs elsewhere in the world.
As coral communities are a key performance indicator of management of NMP and the Muiron Islands Marine Management Area (MIMMA) it is essential to keep a watching brief on spatial and temporal changes to Drupella densities and cover of associated corals in these conservation reserves. Adhering to this management need, the aim of the Ningaloo Marine Park Drupella Long-term Monitoring Program (NMPDMP), lead by the Department of Environment and Conservation, is to monitor long-term changes to the density of Drupella sp. and cover of associated coral communities at the NMP and the MIMMA. Monitoring of Drupella at NMP has resulted in a data set describing the status of Drupella populations and coral communities dating back to 1987. Between 1987 and 2006, the direction and amplitude of change in Drupella density and percent cover of live hard coral has varied considerably between locations. 
Overall however, relative to the outbreak densities recorded during the late 1980s and early 1990s, D. cornus densities have been low to moderate and have not greatly affected coral cover at the NMP and MIMMA. Survey data indicate that the current Drupella population represents no immediate threat to the coral communities at NMP or MIMMA.

Tags: 24 200158, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Corallivorous gastropod, Drupella cornus, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Oceans | Marine Environment Monitoring
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network