AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Seabirds encountered at sea off the South-Western Coast of Australia - December 1994

A survey of seabirds off the coast between Port Lincoln, South Australia and Fremantle, Western Australia during December 1994 was conducted on the voyage 11/94 of the CSIRO Oceanographic Research Vessel Franklin.  Mean abundances were calculated from a series of 10 minute counts by a human observer through the trip, with sea surface temperature, salinity, water depth, current speed and direction, sea conditions and visibility also measured.

The following birds were recorded: Wandering Albatross;  Royal Albatross;  Shy	Albatross;  Black-browed Albatross;  Yellow-nosed	Albatross;  Sooty Albatross;  Northern Giant;  Blue	Petrel;  Great-winged Petrel;  Gould's Petrel;  White-headed Petrel;  White-chinned	Petrel;  Flesh-footed Shearwater;  Short-tailed Shearwater;  Wedge-tailed Shearwater;  Fluttering Shearwater;  Little Shearwater;  Wilson's	Storm-Petrel;  White-faced Storm-Petrel;  Black-bellied Storm-Petrel;  Australasian Gannet;  Black-faced Cormorant;  Pomarine Jaeger;  Silver Gull;  Pacific Gull;  Crested Tern;  Common Tern;  Bridled Tern;  Sooty Tern

Tags: Anous stolidus, Diomedea chlororhynchos, Fregetta tropica, Larus novaehollandiae, Larus pacificus, Marine Biology, Marine Birds, Morus serrator, Oceans, Pelagodroma marina, Petrel Macronectes, Phalacrocorax fuscescens, Phoebetria fusca, Pterodroma lessonii, Pterodroma leucoptera, Pterodroma macroptera, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus carneipes, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus pacificus, Puffinus tenuirostris, Stercorarius pomarinus, Sterna anaethetus, Sterna bergii, Sterna fuscata, Sterna hirundo
Organization: Murdoch University
Seabed Environments and Shallow Geology of the Vlaming Sub-Basin, Western Australia - Supporting Investigation for Geological Storage of CO2 



GA334 Marine Environmental Survey Post-Survey Report

In March and April, 2012, Geoscience Australia undertook a seabed characterisation survey, aimed at supporting the assessment of CO2 storage potential of the Vlaming Sub-basin, Western Australia.  The survey, undertaken as part of the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan program was targeted to provide an understanding of the link between the deep geological features of the area and the seabed, and connectivity between them as possible evidence for seal integrity.  Data was acquired in two sections of the Rottnest Shelf lying above the regional seal - the South Perth Shale - and the underlying potentially CO2-suitable reservoir, the Gage Sandstone. Seabed samples were taken from 43 stations, and included 89 seabed grab samples.  A total of 653 km2 of multibeam and backscatter data was obtained. Chirper shallow sub-bottom profile data was acquired concurrently. 6.65 km2 of side-scan sonar imagery was also obtained. The two surveyed areas, (Area 1 and Area 2), are set within a shallow sediment starved shelf setting. Area 2, situated to the southwest of Rottnest Island, is characterised by coralline red algal (rhodolith) beds, with ridges and mounds having significant rhodolith accumulations. The geomorphic expression of structural discontinuities outcropping at the seabed is evident by the presence of linear fault-like structures notable in Area 1, and north-south trending lineaments in Area 2. North-south trending structural lineaments on the outer section of Area 2 have in places, mounds standing 4-5 m above the seafloor in water depths of 80-85 m.  Although there are apparent spatial correlations between seabed geomorphology and the structural geology of the basin, the precise relationship between ridges and mounds that are overlain by rhodolith accumulations, fluid seepage, and Vlaming Sub-basin geology is uncertain, and requires further work to elucidate any links.

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Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Record, continental shelf, geological sequestration, geomorphology, marine, marine survey, sedimentary basins
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Vlaming sub-basin, Western Australia: %carbonate and specific surface area of seabed sediments.

Geoscience Australia undertook a marine survey of the Vlaming Sub-basin in March and April 2012 to provide seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of this sedimentary basin. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The Vlaming Sub-basin is located offshore from Perth, Western Australia, and was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially highly suitable for CO2 storage. The principal aim of the Vlaming Sub-basin marine survey (GA survey number GA334) was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Vlaming Sub-basin that may extend up to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota in the areas of interest to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the Early Cretaceous Gage Sandstone (the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit) and the regional integrity of the South Perth Shale (the seal unit that overlies the Gage Sandstone). This dataset comprises %carbonate and specific surface area of seabed sediments.

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Tags: 3D model, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, continental shelf, geochemistry, marine, marine environmental baselines, seabed
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Seabed Environments and Shallow Geology of the Petrel Sub-basin, Northern Australia SOL5463 (GA0335) Post Survey Report
 (NLECI Program)

The Petrel Sub-basin Marine Survey GA-0335 (SOL5463) was acquired by the RV Solander during May 2012 as part of the Commonwealth Government's National Low Emission Coal Initiative (NLECI). The survey was undertaken as a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and GA. The purpose was to acquire geophysical and biophysical data on shallow (less then 100m water depth) seabed environments within two targeted areas in the Petrel Sub-basin to support investigation for CO2 storage potential in these areas.

The survey mapped two targeted areas of the Petrel-Sub-basin located within the Ptrl-01 2009 Greenhouse Gas acreage release area (now closed). Data acquired onboard the AIMS research vessel, Solander included multibeam sonar bathymetry (471.2 km2 in Area 1 and 181.1 km2 in Area 2) to enable geomorphic mapping, and multi-channel sub-bottom profiles (558 line-kilometres in Area 1 and 97 line-kilometres in Area 2) to investigate possible fluid pathways in the shallow subsurface geology. Sampling sites covering a range of seabed features were identified from the preliminary analysis of multibeam bathymetry and shallow seismic reflection data. Sampling equipment deployed during the survey included surface sediment grabs, vibrocores, towed underwater video, conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers and ocean moorings. A total of 14 stations were examined in Area 1 (the priority study area) and one station in Area 2.

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the survey activities and preliminary results from survey SOL5463. Detailed analyses and interpretation of the data acquired during the survey will be integrated with new and existing seismic data. This new information will support the regional assessment of CO2 storage prospectivity in the Petrel Sub-basin and contribute to the nation's knowledge of its marine environmental assets.

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Tags: CO2 capture, GA Publication, Marine Geoscience, Record, environmental, marine, marine survey
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia: seabed sediment laser measured grainsize data

In May 2013, Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science, undertook a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf (survey number SOL5754/GA0340), a sub-basin of the Browse Basin. This survey provides seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Browse sedimentary basin. The basin, located on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially suitable for CO2 storage. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The principal aim of the Leveque Shelf marine survey was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Leveque Shelf area that may extend to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research, combined with deeper geological studies undertaken concurrently, addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit, i.e. the basal sedimentary section (Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous), and the regional integrity of the Heyward Formation (the seal unit overlying the main reservoir). The survey collected one hundred and eleven seabed sediment samples that were analysed for their grain size, textural composition and carbonate content. This dataset includes the results of grain size analysis measured by laser diffractometer.

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Tags: CCS, Continental Shelf, Data, Surface Processes, Thematic Data, geoscience, marine environmental baselines, marine survey, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia - Processed multichannel  sub bottom profiler data

Geoscience Australia undertook a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf (survey number SOL5754/GA0340), a sub-basin of the Browse Basin, in May 2013. This survey provides seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Browse sedimentary basin. The basin, located on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially suitable for CO2 storage. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The principal aim of the Leveque Shelf marine survey was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Leveque Shelf area that may extend to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research, combined with deeper geological studies undertaken concurrently, addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit, i.e. the basal sedimentary section (Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous), and the regional integrity of the Jamieson Formation (the seal unit overlying the main reservoir). This dataset comprises sparker sub bottom profiles processed as shallow, high resolution, multichannel seismic reflection data (SEG-Y format), navigation files (P190) and stacking velocities.

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Tags: Earth Sciences, Marine Data, Sub bottom profiles, geological storage of CO2, marine, marine survey, seismic reflection, seismic sections
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia - %Carbonate and specific surface area of seabed sediments.

Geoscience Australia undertook a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf (survey number SOL5754/GA0340), a sub-basin of the Browse Basin, in May 2013. This survey provides seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Browse sedimentary basin. The basin, located on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially suitable for CO2 storage. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The principal aim of the Leveque Shelf marine survey was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Leveque Shelf area that may extend to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research, combined with deeper geological studies undertaken concurrently, addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit, i.e. the basal sedimentary section (Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous), and the regional integrity of the Jamieson Formation (the seal unit overlying the main reservoir). This dataset comprises total chlorin concentrations and chlorin indices from the upper 2cm of seabed sediments.

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Tags: Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, continental shelf, geochemistry, marine, marine environmental baselines, seabed
Organization: Geoscience Australia
'Seabase' - Marine environmental monitoring data

'Seabase' is a fully relational on-line database which holds all the PLOOM (Perth Long-Term Ocean Outlet Monitoring), SDOOL (Sepia Depression Ocean Landline) and Bunbury Ocean Outfall water quality monitoring data, as well as data from the Perth Coastal Waters Study, the Alkimos Marine Studies Programme and the Metropolitan Desalination Plant Monitoring Programme.  Secure, read-only access is provided to authorised users

Tags: Agricultural Chemicals, Agriculture, Alkimos, Bacteria, Biosphere, Bunbury, Chlorophyll, Coastal Processes, Cockburn Sound, Hydrosphere, Light Transmission, Mandurah Waters, Marine Biology, Marine Environment Monitoring, Marine Habitat, Microbiota, Nutrients, Ocean Reef, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Owen Anchorage, Oxygen, Periphyton, Perth, Pesticides, Phytoplankton, Rottnest, Seagrass, Sedimentation, Sepia Depression, Swanbourne, Trace Metals, Vegetation, Warnbro Sound, Water Quality, Water Temperature, herbicides, light attenuation, outfall, particle size
Organization: Water Corporation
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: Ammonia, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Contaminants, Dissolved Solids, Field Surveys, Marine Sediments, Nitrogen, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Oxygen, Ph, Suspended Solids, Turbidity, Underwater Surveys, Water Column Samplers, Water Quality, Water Temperature
Organization: SA Water
Saving the seas: the economic justification for marine reserves: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Crawford School of Economics and Government at The Australian National University in Canberra.
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We contribute to the understanding of marine reserves and the management of renewable resources with uncertainty. We show that the key benefit of reserves is that they increase resilience, or the speed it takes a population to return to a former state following a negative shock. Resilience can also increase resource rents even with optimal harvesting. We contradict the accepted wisdom that reserves have no value if harvesting is optimal, reserves and optimal output controls are equivalent, reserves have value only with overexploited populations and that reserves must be large to offer benefits to fishers.

Tags: Biosphere, C61, Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncer, D81, Ecological Dynamics, General, Information, Knowledge, Marine Reserves, Mathematical Methods and Programming, Mathematical and Quantitative Methods, Microeconomics, Population Dynamics, Q20, Renewable Resources, Renewable Resources and Conservation, Uncertainty, and Uncertainty
Organization: Crawford School of Public Policy (CSPP), The Australian National University (ANU)
SA Memory (State Library of South Australia)

    

 selected and wide range of digitised archival and published materials
(3,339) from the State Library of South Australia-C/s [SA
Memory](http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm) program. S Memory is an
online gateway to South Australian history, heritage and culture. This
multimedia website focuses on the South Australian experience a what makes
South Australia unique. S Memory illustrates and interprets themes to
highlight South Australiaas people, places, issues and events from the
colonyas beginnings to contemporary times: South Australiaas amemorya.



Tags: education, historicaldata, historicdocuments, historicplaces, history, libraries, libraryhack2011, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, southaustralia
Organization: State Library of South Australia
Salinity Response of the Seagrass Amphibolis antarctica (Labill.) Sonder et Aschers.: an Experimental Validation of Field Results

Viviparous seedlings of Amphibolis antarctica were collected in May 1983 from Monkey Mia, Western Australia (26° 15' S, 113° 36'E) and grown in artificial seawater cultures ranging in salinity from 35 to 65%.  Leaf number and colour were recorded and seedling mortality was assessed at 7-10 day intervals.

Tags: 63 618004, Amphibolis antarctica, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Oceans, Salinity
Organization: School of Plant Biology (SPB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Saline Wastewater Outfall Pipeline (SWOP) infaunal monitoring program near 90 Mile Beach, Victoria

This data was collected to assess the impact of a saline wastewater discharge outlet from a power station that commenced discharging in mid 1983. Infaunal samples were collected from an impacted location (McGaurans Beach) and 2 control locations at Woodside Beach at depths of 3 to 15m. There were five sites within each location and each site was sampled annually from 1982 to 1986. This sampling covered 15km of coastline near 90 Mile Beach and lay within the stretch of coastline covered by the Latrobe Valley Ocean Outfall (LVOO) program.

Tags: Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Community Structure, Ecological Dynamics, Environmental Impacts, Human Dimensions, Invertebrates, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Ninety Mile Beach, Oceans, Victoria, Zoology, infauna, soft sediments, wastewater discharge
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in May 2016

Flow cytometry data was collected in May 2016, 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 (DCM) 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: Bacteria, Bathymetry, Biosphere, Chlorophyll, IMOS Node, Inorganic Matter, Microbiota, Niskin Bottles, Nitrogen, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceans, Organic Matter, Phosphate, Phytoplankton, Picophytoplankton, SA-IMOS, Sea Surface Temperature, Silicate, Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing S, Surface Winds, Suspended Solids, Vegetation, Virus, Water Depth
Organization: South Australian Research and Development Institute
Seagrass, sediment and infauna - a comparison of Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa and Amphibolis antarctica, Princess Royal Harbour, South-Western Australia. III. Consequences of seagrass loss

The study draws on the results of the studies described in metadata records (e3196ef0-e33c-11dc-97b4-00188b4c0af8 and 9c793960-e5af-11dc-a14a-00188b4c0af8) to demonstrate some of the effects of the loss of seagrasses to the total ecosystem.  The area of meadows of the three dominant seagrass species in Princess Royal Harbour in 1960 was compared to the area in 1998.

Tags: 63 617002, 63 617003, 63 618004, Amphibolis antarctica, Biomass, Biosphere, Ecological Dynamics, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Oceans, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa, Primary Production, Range Changes
Organization: School of Plant Biology (SPB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)