AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment off Perth (October 2010 - December 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider off Perth (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, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Seaglider, 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
Future Reef MAP - May 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
Banana Boat Cruise to South of Lucinda Jetty 14 February 2004

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a technique to monitor the dynamics of sediments and nutrients entering the coastal ocean with river plumes associated with high intensity low frequency events (e.g. floods), using ocean colour remote sensing. The data collected included surface salinity, turbidity, Secchi disk and meteorology parameters.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Air Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, air_temperature, depth, relative_humidity, salinity, sea_water_salinity, secchi disk depth, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, turbidity, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Impacts of heavy fuel oil on recruits of the coral Acropora millepora

This collection consists of a series of data sets assessing the sensitivity of 1-week-old (aposymbiotic) and 2-month-old (symbiotic) recruits of the coral Acropora millepora to the dissolved fraction of a commonly used heavy fuel oil under two light conditions: visible light in the absence of ultraviolet radiation and visible light in the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Data was collected on the sensitivity of recruit survival, growth, algal symbiont uptake, tissue colour, maximum quantum yield as well as latent survival and growth through laboratory experiments performed at the Australian Institute of Marine Science Townsville site following the December mass coral spawning event in 2017. The data was analysed using Bayesian dose-response modelling using the package bayesnec in the software R.
For full methodological and analytical details please refer to the full research report, Nordbord et al. (2022)  its supplementary materials and the associated GitHub repository (https://github.com/MNordborg/Nordborg-et-al.-2022-Recruit-HFO).
Photographs collected before, during and after exposure of 1-week-old aposymbiotic recruits of the coral Acropora millepora as well as before, during and after exposure of 2-month-old (symbiotic) recruits of the coral Acropora millepora are available on request.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in February 2012

Flow cytometry data was collected in February 2012, 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 (FM) 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), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/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: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program -Little Sandy Bay North

Little Sandy Bay North 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
Understanding movement patterns of key reef species, with respect to determining appropriate spatial management regimes

Black Jew fish in the Northern Territory and Banded Morwong and Bastard Trumpeter in Tasmania have been tagged with acoustic tags and tracked using VR2's (presence/absence data) and VRAP (triangulated positional data) (Tas fish only).

Tags: Banded morwong, Bastard trumpeter, Black jewfish, Cheilodactylus spectabilis, Latridopsis forsteri, Movement, Position, Protonibea diacanthus, Residency, Spatial management, Spawning aggregations
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Case Study - Traditional management of marine resources in Torres Strait

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Case Study "traditional management of marine resources in Torres Strait". The full Case Study, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Case Study are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOCUS OF THE CASE STUDY
The Torres Strait region is renowned for its ecological complexity and biodiversity, providing a multitude of habitats and niches for the highly diverse Indo-Pacific marine flora and fauna, including dugongs and marine turtles. The Torres Strait is of enormous significance from an Indigenous cultural resource management perspective.  Marine and island resources traditionally have been, and continue to be, vital to Torres Strait Islanders from a subsistence and cultural viewpoint.  Torres Strait Islanders have a strong and abiding connection with their islands and sea country, governed by the unique Ailan Kastom (Island Custom).  
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN CASE STUDY
Relevant peer review publications and reports. Case study based on literature review.

Tags: case study, expert assessment, marine resources
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (August - September 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters measured by a Slocum glider in Storm Bay (Tasmania). 
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, 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) | Tasmania, 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
Utilisation of the introduced New Zealand screwshell (Maoricolpus roseus) by native hermit crabs in eastern Tasmania - shell preferences

Interactions between native and introduced species can help to elucidate the impact of exotic species on the broader community. This work examines utilisation of an introduced gastropod, the New Zealand screwshell (Maoricolpus roseus) by native hermit crabs in eastern Tasmania.

Tags: 24 079001, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Hermit crab occupancy, Maoricolpus roseus, Shell length, Shell weight, Shell width
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Albedo 16-Day L3 Global 500m

The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Albedo product (MCD43A3) provides 500-meter data describing both directional hemispherical reflectance (black-sky albedo) and bihemispherical reflectance (white-sky albedo). The MCD43A3 product contains 16 days of data provided in a level-3 gridded data set in Sinusoidal projection.

Tags: 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Earth Sciences, coastal modelling, marine, model hydrodynamic, scallops
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Transcriptome and SNP data for Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora acuta and Acropora millepora from the Great Barrier Reef

Transcriptome data of Pocillopora damicornis type beta (Pocillopora acuta), SNP data for loci that show significant G x E association Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora acuta and Acropora millepora.The Acropora millepora transcriptome of this study can be downloaded at:http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab/matzlab/Data.htmlSpecimens were collected from innershelf, midshelf and outershelf reefs in the far northern, northern, central and southern Great Barrier Reef. The reefs sampled were: Wallace Islet, Five Reef, Night Island, Wilkie Reef, Tydeman Reef, Lizard Island, Emily Reef, Sudbury Reef (2 sites), Trunk Reef, Rib Reef, Dip Reef, Pelorus Island, Wheeler Reef, Darley Reef, Holbourne Island, Ross Reef, Boulton Reef, Goble Reef, Calder Island, Reef No. 20-344, Reef No. 21-121, High Peak Island, North Keppel Island, Miall Island, Outer Rocks and Child Reef.
 To try and identify loci that are under selection and are therefore for putative Quantitative Trait Loci.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Sydney 140m Mooring

The NSW Sydney 140m Mooring (IMOS platform code: SYD140) is one of seven regional moorings in New South Wales. 
Instruments on the mooring collect temperature and pressure data (Aqualogger 520PT) and temperature data (Aqualogger 520T). In addition, water velocity/current data is collected by a Workhorse Sentinel 300hz ADCP.
The mooring is deployed in a cable exclusion zone to avoid trawling activity at Latitude:-33.994, Longitude:151.459.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | SYD140 | Sydney 140m Mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Patterns of development in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.

This experiment examined the temporal changes in species composition and diversity of a developing epifaunal community on artificial substrata at Portsea. The substrata used were the bare uncaged panels and cage control panels used in the experiment described in the record 'Effects of predation by fishes on the establishment of the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria' (File Identifier: fd9aa0f0-e4c2-11dc-9b6b-00188b4c0af8). There were 4 replicate panels that were immersed for 2, 4 or 7 months on rigs under the Portsea Pier and 6 runs of the experiment from October 1975 to November 1977. At the conclusion of each run of the experiment the panels were fixed in 4% formalin-seawater solution. In the laboratory, the number of individuals and percent cover of colonial species on each panel were recorded.
In general, the 3 most abundant colonists (barnacle Elminius modestus, tubicolous amphipods and the colonial ascidian Diplosoma rayneri) in the first 2 months decreased as the experiments proceeded. In the following months the surfaces were invariably dominated by arborescent bryozoans, particularly Bugula dentata and Tricellaria porteli and encrusting bryozoans, particularly Celleporaria fusca. Once arborescent bryozoans exceeded a height of 15mm they frequently escaped overgrowth by most encrusting species. In all runs of the experiment there was an initial and usually rapid increase in diversity followed by a decrease.

Tags: 10 000000, 11 000000, 20 000000, 22 000000, 27 558003, 28 401000, 35 000000, 35 013002, 37 465002, Ascidiacea, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | artifical substrata | pier piling, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | rocky substrata, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Competition, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Succession, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Bryozoa, Didemnum augusti, Elminius modestus, Hydrozoa, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | epifauna, Penicipelta vittiger, Phyoxocephalidae, Polychaeta, Porifera, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea Pier
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pigment sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania

Water samples for the analysis of pigments using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) were collected only in the first 12 months of the sampling program. Pigment analysis is used to estimate algal community composition and concentration. Pigments which relate specifically to an algal class are termed marker or diagnostic pigments. Some of these diagnostic pigments are found exclusively in one algal class (e.g. prasinoxanthin in prasinophytes), while others are the principal pigments of one class, but are also found in other classes (e.g. fucoxanthin in diatoms and some haptophytes; 19′-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin in chrysophytes and some haptophytes). The presence or absence of these diagnostic pigments can provide a simple guide to the composition of a phytoplankton community, including identifying classes of small flagellates that cannot be determined by light microscopy techniques. There was general similarity in pigment composition between all sites, with a presence of diatoms (as indicated by fucoxanthin), haptophytes (hex-fucoxanthin), prasinophytes (prasinoxanthan), cryptophytes (alloxanthan), cyanophytes (zeaxanthan) and green algae (chl-b) in nearly all monthly samples at all sites. The green algae could be in the form of euglenophytes or prasinophytes; the absence of the pigment lutein in all samples indicates that chlorophytes are not present in Storm Bay, at least at the sites sampled.

Tags: Pigment description, Storm Bay, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Measuring shell hardness in Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) using a durometer

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) that are about to moult or have recently moulted have reduced market value due to higher mortality in live transport, higher cannibalism and lower meat recovery.
Limiting the landing of softer shelled lobsters is desirable to maintain product quality.
The effects of several factors on durometer readings were evaluated: sex, temperature (ambient plus elevated 3°C), location (from around the coast), and size (carapace length).
Individuals were collected across two regions South Australia and Tasmania.

Tags: 28 820001, Durometer, Jasus edwardsii, South Australia, Southern rock lobster, Tasmania
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier Reef

Five species of aspidochirotide holothurians, (Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis, Holothuria nobilis [now whitmaei], Stichopus chloronotus and Stichopus variegatus) were subjected to multiple choice feeding preference experiments in aquaria, to investigate selectivity of sediment patches. Experiments on Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis and Stichopus chloronotus were conducted at AIMS using specimens collected from Great Palm Island. Experiments on Holothuria nobilis and Stichopus variegatus were carried out at Lizard Island on specimens collected from the local reefs. Sediment was collected from the natural habitat of each species, for the culture of sediment microalgae. Samples of sediments were subjected to one of four treatments (which were designed to create sediments with differing amounts of microalgal biomass) for a period of 8-12 days: TR1=dark, TR2=nutrient reduced, TR3= normal, TR4= nutrient enhanced. Only TR1 and TR3 were prepared at Lizard Island.Five replicate sediment samples per treatment and experiment were analysed for chlorophyll a and phaeophytin prior to commencement of each experiment. Duplicate water samples from all treatments used in 2 experiments with Holothuria atra, 1 experiment with Holothuria edulis and 3 experiments with Stichopus chloronotus were analysed for dissolved inorganic nitrogen (ammonium, nitrate, nitrite) and phosphate.Experiments were conducted with Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis and Stichopus chloronotus by placing individuals in aquaria with one pre-weighed sediment dish from each of the four treatments placed randomly in the corners of the aquaria. After 48 hours, the sediment dishes were removed and re-weighed. Experiments with Holothuria nobilis and Stichopus variegatus were conducted in a similar manner except that two dishes of each of the two treatments prepared for these species were placed randomly at each corner of the container.Field sediment samples for analysis of chlorophyll a and phaeophytin were collected from underneath the feeding tentacles of holothurians (15 samples for each species) and also haphazardly collected from the surrounding sediment (15 samples). Sediment was collected at Great Palm Island from a shallow area where Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus occur and from a deeper area where Holothuria edulis occurs. Samples were collected from the reef flat at John Brewer Reef for Holothuria nobilis and from the reef slope at Britomart Reef for Stichopus variegatus.
 To investigate whether holothurian species are patch selective in their feeding behaviour.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network