AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Towed Video deployments in Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea), Western Australia (NERP)

Towed video surveys were carried out in targeted shallow seabed environments within the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (&lt; 200m) of the western part of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. In total, 52 towed video transects were collected at depths of between 31 and 129 metres. Sampling involved habitat classification, conducted in real-time during the surveys, and taking downward and forward facing photographic still images at 5 second intervals for subsequent analysis. The cameras were towed across the shoals at a speed of 0.5 - 1.5 knots at an altitude of 0.5 - 2 metres above the seabed.
 The Marine Biodiversity Survey of the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea was a research collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Geoscience Australia (GA), University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Museum &amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MGNT). The survey was undertaken between 12 September and 6 October 2012 on the AIMS Research Vessel, RV Solander, and formed part of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme 4: Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The coral Acropora loripes genome reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in animals

A. loripes samples were collected from Trunk Reef on the Great Barrier Reef. High&ndash;molecular weight DNA was extracted from frozen sperm and genomic DNA was recovered. Genome size and heterozygosity were estimated. RNA was extracted from a single nubbin, and quality was assessed.
The genome of the coral Acropora loripes was assembled and explored for alternative cysteine biosynthesis pathways
All sequencing data were deposited to NCBI and can be found under the BioProject accession PRJNA660608. Full methods of analysis are available in the paper Salzar et al (2022)

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Shallow water biodiversity inventories - stock assessments for targeted invertebrate species

This project addresses the needs of Project A1.3, shallow water biodiversity inventories. It provides for an extensive survey of targeted invertebrate species along the length of Ningaloo Marine Park in order to generate a comprehensive status report on stocks of species potentially under pressure from extractive activities.

Tags: Abundance, Biodiversity, Distribution, Field Surveys | Biological Survey, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NW Shelf ARGOS Drifters

The extent to which the major coral reef systems of the Western Australian Coast are interconnected through hydrodynamic pathways is not well understood. Over the last 4 years, a fleet of satellite tracked "Davis" type near-surface drifters (see Bird et al., 2004 for details) has been deployed from Scott Reef, Ashmore Reef and the Rowley Shoals to investigate and describe the hydrodynamic connectivity between these isolated coral reefs.

Tags: Marine Features (Australia) | North West Shelf, WA, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Advection, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in New South Wales off Crowdy Head (October 2009)

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 Crowdy Head (New South Wales).
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) | New South Wales, 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
Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) - Declared

This dataset details the Declared Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme. These boundaries are not legally binding.
An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional Indigenous owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation.
The Indigenous Protected Areas element of the Caring for our Country initiative supports Indigenous communities to manage their land as IPAs, contributing to the National Reserve System. Further information can be found at the website below.
http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/index.html
Declared IPAs in order of gazettal date:
Nantawarrina
Preminghana
Risdon Cove
putalina
Deen Maar
Yalata
Warul Kawa
Watarru
Walalkara
Mount Chappell Island
Badger Island
Dhimurru
Guanaba
Wattleridge
Mount Willoughby
Paruku
Ngaanyatjarra
Tyrendarra
Toogimbie
Anindilyakwa
Laynhapuy - Stage 1
Ninghan
North Tanami
Warlu Jilajaa Jumu
Kaanju Ngaachi
Great Dog Island
Babel Island
lungatalanana
Angas Downs
Pulu Islet
Tarriwa Kurrukun
Warddeken
Djelk
Jamba Dhandan Duringala
Kurtonitj
Framlingham Forest
Kalka - Pipalyatjara
Boorabee and The Willows
Lake Condah
Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr - Stage 1)
Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong
Uunguu - Stage 1
Apara - Makiri - Punti
Antara - Sandy Bore
Dorodong
Weilmoringle
Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)
Minyumai
Gumma
Mandingalbay Yidinji
Southern Tanami
Angkum - Stage 1
Ngunya Jargoon
Birriliburu
Eastern Kuku Yalanji
Bardi Jawi
Girringun
Wilinggin
Dambimangari
Balanggarra
Thuwathu/Bujimulla
Yappala
Wardaman - Stage 1
Karajarri - Stage 1
Nijinda Durlga - Stage 1

Tags: BOUNDARIES Administrative, BOUNDARIES Administrative_Management, BOUNDARIES Cultural, Downloadable Data
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fine scale surface currents in Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Islands, Great Barrier Reef

Aerial photographs, releases of numbered paper drogues and fluorescein dye were used to study fine-scale surface currents in Cid Harbour, Whitsunday Islands, during August 1975.Initially, existing aerial photographs were used to identify gyres formed by the tidal current behind rocky promontories or small islands, eddies, current directions and mixing patterns within the harbour (shear zones, frontal systems, convergences and divergences). Additional colour aerial photographs were taken at specified intervals from a height of 800m and the apparent rotation of the gyres in the photographs was compared to the rotational speed of the current measured from the position of drogues released from small boats within the gyres or eddy currents.Sets of 10-20 drogues were released from different locations within the harbour and at various times throughout the tidal cycle, to provide quantitative information of rates of flow and direction of water flow. Information on tidal cycles used to determine the timing of deployment of drogues was taken from predicted tides for the outer harbour for the city of Mackay. Each drogue in a set was deployed individually, with a specified distance between the release of each drogue. Each set of drogues was released over a period of 3-6 minutes. Corrections were later made to approximate simultaneous release. Observations of wind speed and direction were made at half hourly intervals during the release of drogues. Most drogues were released when the wind speed was Fluorescein dye was released from small boats and the dispersion of the dye photographed from an aircraft, to obtain finer scale measurements of current distribution.
 This study was initiated to obtain descriptive data on the fine-scale distribution of surface water currents in Cid Harbour, to complement studies of patterns in the distribution of zooplankton in the same area.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
s4 Current Meter data sets for dump site bottom 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
Browse Island Environmental Survey December 2016, Western Australia (ARP7 Reefs)

Towed Video transects + Digital StillsSloVid Digital StillsCTDBRUVSSBRUVSEcho SounderSediment Samples (CSIRO)
 ARP7 Reefs Trip 6578To characterise the status of and natural temporal variability in sessile benthic biota and associated fish communities, across the plateau areas around Browse Island and its deeper waters. The project will provide a reference dataset, updated seasonally for two years, for the status of key biodiversity indicator habitats around Browse Island.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The North West Cape oceanography study

This study was initiated to observe physical and biological processes on a range of time scales (seasonal to hourly) within the shelf and slope domain spanning Ningaloo Reef, the entrance to Exmouth Gulf and north as far as Thevenard Island off Onslow. The study was interdisciplinary and involved physical oceanographic, ocean colour/primary productivity and fisheries dispersal studies. Only the physical oceanographic sampling by AIMS is outlined here. Instrumentation was provided by other organisations in order to allow a suitable sampling array.

Tags: Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | North West Cape, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Surface Height, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Advection, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Thermohaline Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Thermocline, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off the coast of Kimberley (May - June 2012)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, 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, 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
Data of Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observation: Japan Meteorological Agency

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) carries out oceanographic and marine meteorological observations through research vessels and ocean data buoys in the western North Pacific and the seas adjacent to Japan.
Oceanographic and marine meteorological observations are conducted in the western North Pacific and in the seas adjacent to Japan by five JMA research vessels named the Ryofu Maru, the Keifu Maru, the Kofu Maru, the Chofu Maru and the Seifu Maru. Background marine pollution and greenhouse gases are also observed.
JMA operates drifting ocean data buoys. The buoys are equipped with sensors near the sea surface level to measure positioning, air pressure, sea surface temperature and wave height/period.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Chemistry | Methane, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Air Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Hydrocarbons, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Wind Shear, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, PACIFIC OCEAN - NW, air_pressure, carbon dioxide, concentration_of_cadmium_in_sea_water, concentration_of_carbon_dioxide_in_sea_water, concentration_of_hydrocarbon_in_sea_water, concentration_of_mercury_in_sea_water, concentration_of_methane_in_sea_water, concentration_of_phaeophytin_in_sea_water, depth, hydrocarbon, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_dissolved_molecular_oxygen_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_dissolved_nitrogen_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_carbon_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_freon_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, oxygen, pH, phosphate, pollutants, relative_humidity, salinity, sea_surface_swell_wave_period, sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height, sea_surface_temperature, sea_water_density, sea_water_salinity, temperature, wind direction, wind speed, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Zooplankton community composition of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory

The composition of the zooplankton community in a macrotidal (8m), tropical estuarine system (Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia) was studied over a 2 year period.In all, 32 copepod species were recorded, with small euryhaline marine copepod species such as Parvocalanus crassirostris, Bestiolina similis and Oithona aruensis dominating the zooplankton. Salinity, temperature, silica, particulate phosphorus (PP), total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), particulate nitrogen (PN) and total chlorophyll a were measured. Environmental variables were correlated with salinity, which had the strongest influence on community structure. Sites were grouped into three sample sets: River (BR - Blackmore River and ER - Elizabeth River); Inner Harbour (MA - Middle Arm and EA - East Arm); Middle (MH) and Outer (OH) Harbour. There was a significant drop in species richness from harbour to river sites. Samples were taken day and night at another site, B, to determine diurnal patterns.Seasons were designated as: Wet 2003 (December 2002 and February 2003), Dry 2003 (June and September 2003), Wet 2004 (December 2003 and February 2004), and Dry 2004 (July and October 2004).Plankton biomass was partitioned into 350µm size fractions. Average abundance (individual m-3) was measured and relative abundance (%) was calculated for the zooplankton community. Plankton abundances ranged between 30,000 and 110,000 m-3, and there were significant year, season and site differences.
 To describe biodiversity and determine the environmental factors that have the greatest impact on community structure.
 Copepod species: Acrocalanus gibber, A. gracilis, Arcatia pacifica, A. erythraea, A. fossae, A. sinjiensis, Bestiolina similis, Canthocalanus pauper, Corycaeus andrewsi, C. catus, C. dahli, C. dubius, C. pacificus, C. subtilis, Eucalanus pileatus, Euterina acutifrons, Labidocera minuta, Microstella sp., Oithona aruensis, O. attenuate, O. fallax, O. simplex, O. nana, O. nishidai, O. rigida, Onacea paraclevei, Paracalanus indicus, P. aculaeatus, P. aculaeatus minor, P. indicus, Parvocalanus crassirostris, Pseudodiaptomus sp., P. annandalei, P. griggae, P. mertoni, Tortanus barbartus; Calanoid, Cyclopoid, and Harpacticoid nauplii and copepodites.Other zooplankton components: Holoplankton (Chaetognatha, Euphausiid calyptosis, Appendicularia, Ostrocoda, Pteropoda, Salpida, decapod larvae); and Meroplankton (barnacle larvae, Bivalva, fish larvae, fish egg, Gastropoda, Polychaete, Brachyuran Zoea).A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://iobis.org/OBISWEB/DisplayMetaData.jsp?content=meta/1463.html).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
LarvalBase

LarvalBase (2,228 species, 4,229 pictures, 4,513 references, 72 Collaborators, 120,000 Hits/month). LarvalBase is an online database module for FishBase to provide key information on fish larvae, juvenile stages and on propagation of fish. Most general tables (e.g. nomenclature, distribution, reproduction) are shared with FishBase. LarvalBase is maintained at the Leipniz-Institute for Marine Science in Kiel, Germany, in collaboration with the FishBase Team.

Tags: Eggs, Egg development, Fish Propagation, Juvenile stage, Juvenile Development, Larvae, Larval Dynamics, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, swimming_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Water and fine sediment dynamics in King Sound, Western Australia

Two field trips were made to King Sound, in the dry seasons of 1997 and 1998. King Sound drains an area of 121,315 km², most of which is in the Fitzroy River catchment. In 1997, two moorings (M1 and M2) were deployed in the upper reaches of King Sound. Attached to each mooring were a Dataflow salinometer, 4 Analite nephelometers, 2 Inter-Ocean S4 current meters and an Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauge. M1 was deployed on 2/10/1997 and recovered on 13/10/1997. M2 was deployed on 3/10/1997 and recovered on 13/10/1997. An Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauge was also bottom mounted near Sunday Island at the mouth of King Sound on 1/10/1997 and recovered on 5/10/97.During this trip, vertical profiles of temperature, salinity and suspended sediment concentrations were collected at both moorings and at a number of sites along 2 long axis and 1 cross axis transects of the sound using a Seabird CTD equipped with an Analite nephelometer. In addition, CTD casts were made every hour for one tidal cycle (13 hours) at a site approximately 300 m from M2. At many CTD stations samples were also collected using a Niskin bottle, equipped with a microscope slide with a 3mm deep well, for microscopic observations of settling particles (floc).In 1998, four moorings (A, B, C and D) were deployed in the upper reaches of King Sound. Attached to moorings A, B and D were a Dataflow salinometer, 3 Analite nephelometers and 2 Inter-Ocean S4 current meters. Attached to mooring C were a Dataflow salinometer, 2 Analite nephelometers, 1 Inter-Ocean S4 current meter and an Aanderaa WLR7 tide gauge. All moorings were deployed on 20/9/1998. Moorings A and B were recovered on 27/9/1998 and moorings C and D were recovered on 26/9/98. An Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauge was also bottom mounted near Sunday Island at the mouth of King Sound on 21/9/1998 and recovered on 28/9/98.During this trip, vertical profiles of temperature, salinity and suspended sediment concentrations were made at each mooring and at the Mouth of Cone Bay and the pearl farm, using a Seabird CTD equipped with an Analite nephelometer. CTD casts were also made at 10 sites along a transect from mooring B to outside the sound. Samples for floc analysis were also collected. In addition, CTD casts were made every hour over a period of 24 hours at site E, midway between moorings A and E. Three droques were released in Cone Bay on 24/9/98. Two were recovered on the same day and the third was lost.On both trips, bottom sediment was sampled at all anchor stations and at the mooring sites for particle size analysis. Wind data was collected from the ship's anemometer. A 210 kHz Furono echo sounder was used to map the extent of fluid mud beds.
 This research was undertaken to gain an understanding of the dynamics of sediment transport within King Sound in order to assess the possible environmental impact of proposed development projects, such as an irrigation dam on the Fitzroy River. Process oriented studies were undertaken and the results were incorporated into a numerical model of fine sediment dynamics within King Sound.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Oxygen-isotope records, age-model results and sedimentation rates of core MD88-787

Core MD88-787 was recovered during the French ASPARA IV cruise in 1988, aboard the Marion Dufresne. The core was located on the Tasman Fracture Zone of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, within the Polar Front Zone.  
Sediment samples were taken at 10cm intervals. Isotopic analysis was performed on tests of the planktonic foraminifera Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (200-250um), and revealed that the core covered two climatic cycles. The base of the core was found to represent the end of isotope-stage 7, as was suggested by the last abundant appearance datum (LAAD) of H. karstenii.
The core contained 195kyr of sedimentation within its 1030cm length. The results also indicate that the Holocene period has the highest rates of sedimentation observed through time. Further variations (excluding isotope-stage 1) appear to indicate that a reduction of the sedimentation rate occurred during the interglacial periods, in contrast to that of the glacials.

Tags: Age model, Biosphere | Microbiota | Foraminifers, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Oxygen Isotopes
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network