AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan to the removal of growing tips: short term patterns of regeneration.

In colonial organisms, physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony.  Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter patterns of growth and reproduction.  In this study, the response of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to physical damage was tested in three experiments: 1) short term regenerative responses to the removal of zooids from growth tips; ii) growth and reproductive responses to damage imposed at different locations within the colony; and iii) the effects of damage produced by a natural predator, the nudibranch Polycera hedgepethi. This dataset gives the growth response of immature colonies over two weeks following the removal of zooids from growth tips of branches from one side of a colony; the remaining side of the colony was left intact. Immature colonies which had undergone four branching events were used in the experiment.  After damage was imposed, colonies were returned to the field site at Williamstown, Victoria.  Colony size (branching score) and the proportion of branches with budding tips were measured on damaged and intact sides of each colony for three weeks between January and February 2000.  Branch tips resumed budding within a few days of damage being imposed and the proportion of budding tips on the damaged sides of the colonies did not differ from intact sides after two weeks.  Damaged sides of colonies were smaller than intact sides two weeks after injury but growth rates were similar by day seven.

Tags: 20 000000, 20 331013, 24 424002, Adaptation, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Bryozoa, Bugula neritina, Civil Disturbance, Ecological Dynamics, Environmental Impacts, Human Dimensions, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Polycera hedgpethi, Population Dynamics, Port Phillip Bay, colony damage, disturbance, modular organisms
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to the removal of growing tips at different locations within the colony

For colonial organisms physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony.  Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter patterns of growth and reproduction.  In this study the response of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to physical damage was tested in three experiments: 1) short term regenerative responses to the removal of zooids from growth tips; ii) growth and reproductive responses to damage imposed at different locations within the colony; and iii) the effects of damage produced by a natural predator, the nudibranch Polycera hedgepethi. 

This data set gives the size and reproductive output of B.neritina colonies over a 4 week period in January and February 2000 following 3 damage treatments: i) full tip removal, ii) half tip removal and iii) branch removal and a control or 'intact colony'. Twenty replicate colonies were assigned to each treatment. The damage treatments removed 32 zooid pairs from each colony (approximately 20%) of each colony and were undertaken on colonies in the laboratory and then returned to the field site at Williamstown, Victoria. Size and reproductive output of the colonies were measured once a week, over 4 weeks in January and February 2000. There were no differences in colony size between the damage treatments but colony fecundity was reduced by 70% in the full tip removal treatment.

Tags: 20 331013, 24 424002, Adaptation, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Bryozoan, Bugula neritina, Civil Disturbance, Ecological Dynamics, Environmental Impacts, Human Dimensions, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Nudibranch, Oceans, Polycera hedgepethi, Port Phillip Bay, colony damage, disturbance, modular organisms
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
ResourceSmart Retailers (VIC)

    

The ResourceSmart Retail Program provides information available through over
300 partnering stores to help consumers compare the environmental performance
and running costs of the products they-C/re looking to buy. This dataset
provides address and contact information for all program partner stores.

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material is protected by copyright it is licensed on the applicable terms



Tags: appliances, emissions, greenhouse, saveenergy, savewater, savings, water
Organization: Sustainability Victoria
Residential density

This layer is displayed on the Residential density overlay map in City Plan version 7, and identifies designated residential densities. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Tags: City Plan, City of Gold Coast, CoGC, Residential density, planning
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Reproductive patterns of the intertidal limpet, Siphonaria diemenensis at Griffith Point, Victoria

A combination of surveys and experiments were used to assess the reproductive patterns of Siphonaria diemenensis in 2 zones on the rocky shore at Griffith Point, San Remo, Victoria. One zone was in the high intertidal (Zone 2) and one was in the low intertidal area on the shore. There were 3 sites in Zone 1 and 2 sites in Zone 2 (see parent record for more details).

The breeding season of S. diemenensis was between August and May and spawning correlated with the phases of the moon. The numbers of egg masses at each site were recorded from regular searches during the breeding seasons in 1980-81 and 1981-82. The reproduction rates were highly variable between seasons in Zone 1 and less variable in Zone 2. It was suggested that the variation in reproductive rates between the different zones was correlated with changes in food availability. 

An experiment was conducted to determine the reproductive effort of different sized individuals and to examine how responsive reproductive patterns are to changes in environmental conditions. On 18 August 1980, limpets were collected and placed within steel mesh enclosures (10x10cm). The enclosures were assigned to 8 different treatments groups (n=3). Details of the treatments are outlined in the attached resource. Egg masses were collected from the enclosures at regular intervals and at the completion of the experiment on 4 April 1981, 5 limpets were collected per enclosure. The shell length and dry weight was recorded for each limpet.

Tags: 24 488001, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Competition, Ecological Dynamics, Feeding Habitat, Griffith Point, Invertebrates, Life History, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Population Dynamics, San Remo, Siphonaria diemenensis, Zoology, food availabiltiy, gastropoda, intraspecific, limpet, rocky shore
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Ridges and significant hills protection

This layer is displayed on the Ridges and significant hills protection overlay map in City Plan version 7 as 'Ridges and significant hills protection'. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Tags: City Plan, City of Gold Coast, CoGC, Ridges and significant hills protection, hills, planning, ridges
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Reproduction of Holothuria whitmaei (sea cucumber) in the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions of Australia

Seasonal trends in the gonad index (GI) of two widely separated populations of black teatfish, Holothuria whitmaei (Bell, 1887), were investigated between Pacific (Great Barrier Reef) and Indian Ocean (Ningaloo Reef) coral reefs of Australia.

Tags: 25 416033, Biosphere, Ecological Dynamics, Holothuria whitmaei, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Reproduction, Species Recruitment, black teatfish
Organization: BMT Oceanica
Report of geological work done during the relief voyage of the M. S. "Thala Dan" December-March 1961-62

Legacy product - no abstract available

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Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Record, geology, marine, marine survey
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Relay Pole 3 deployment at Orpheus Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A 6m steel self supporting pole was erected on the north/west side of Orpehus Island in the channel between Pelorus Island and Orpheus Island but positioned to face more towards the ocean and just on teh entrance to the channel.

RP3 on the seaward side of Orpheus Island is set up the same as RP1 and RP2 although as of early 2010 only the two MEA thermistors at 50 and 100m are installed, the SBE37 and SBE39 wil be instaled later in 2010. A vaisala WTX520 weather station is installed on this pole.

Tags: Buoys, Coastal Processes, Conductivity, Coral Reefs, Data Loggers, EARTH SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Marine Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Moored Buoys, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceanography, Oceans, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Physical Oceanography, Radiation Sensors, Surface Winds, Suspended Solids, Thermistors, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Relay Pole 2 deployment at Orpheus Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A 6m steel self supporting pole was erected on the northern side of Orpehus Island in the channel between Pelorus Island and Orpheus Island.

The pole is set up as per RP1 with two MEA thermistors located at 50m and 100m from the pole and an SBE39 located 100m from the pole and an SBE37 located 200m from the pole in the deeper water.

Tags: Buoys, Coastal Processes, Conductivity, Coral Reefs, Data Loggers, EARTH SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Marine Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Moored Buoys, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceanography, Oceans, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Physical Oceanography, Radiation Sensors, Surface Winds, Suspended Solids, Thermistors, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Relay Pole 2 deployment at Lizard Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A 6m galvanized pole has been deployed in the eastern part of the lagoon in behind Seabird Islet. 

The Relay Pole has three functions. The first is to propagate the wireless network through which the buoys talk and so it forms part of the network backbone talking directly to Relay-Pole 1. The second function is that a vaisala WXT520 weather station is mounted on the top and so this pole provides above water met observations. These include air temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed and direction and rainfall.

The third function is that a sensor string is attached to the pole, the sensor string runs through a channel in Seabird Islet across the exposed seaward reef flat to the reef crest and then down the reef slope to around 20m. This gives a profile down the reef slope and gives readings of the water coming onto the reef complex.

The pole has two Campbell Scientific loggers (one for the weather station, one for the sensors), spread-spectrum radio and 2.4/5 GHz 802.11 wireless for communicating with the base station (located at the workshop near the Research Station). The sensor string as of August 2010 has a SeaBird SBE37 at the end of the sensor string (around 230m out from the pole), and two SeaBird SBE39's located at teh reef crest and down at the start of the reef slope.

The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.

Tags: Buoys, Coastal Processes, Conductivity, Coral Reefs, Data Loggers, EARTH SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Marine Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Moored Buoys, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceanography, Oceans, Physical Oceanography, Surface Winds, Thermistors, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Relay Pole 1 deployment at Orpheus Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A 6m steel self supporting pole was erected on the southern side of Pelorus Island in the channel between Pelorus Island and Orpheus Island. The pole provides network connectivity for the other Relay Poles located on the northen edge of Orpheus Island (RP2 and RP3) as well as a back-haul link to the mainland using a nextG connection.

The pole has an array of sensors on it including two MEA thermistors located 50m and 100m away from the pole on a transect from the pole into the deep water of the channel. The pole also has a SeaBird SBE39 (temp + pressure) located around 100m from teh pole and a SBE37 (conductivity, temperature and pressure) located approximatly 200m from teh pole in the deep waters of the channels. See the sensor metadata records (children of this record) for the exact locations and depths.

Tags: Buoys, Coastal Processes, Conductivity, Coral Reefs, Data Loggers, EARTH SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Marine Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Moored Buoys, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceanography, Oceans, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Physical Oceanography, Radiation Sensors, Surface Winds, Suspended Solids, Thermistors, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reference lines, fault classification, transform systems and ocean-floor spreading: discussion

Wellman (1971) has presented erroneous data relating to lineaments in Papua New Guinea. The main faults and folds in Papua New Guinea as determined by ground and remote sensing surveys by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, the Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea and by oil exploration companies are shown on the new BMR - GSPNG 1:1,000,000 Scale geological map of Papua New Guinea.

Wellman (1971) in a recent issue of this journal produced an account of fault systems in the Pacific region. However, his Figure 5and related text (p.205) cannot go unchallenged in so far as they refer to the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, i.e., Papua New Guinea.

An example of the inaccuracy of Figure 5 (Wellman, 1971), is the omission of major faults such as the Owen Stanley Fault (Fig.1) and the Frieda Fault (Fig.2), and the depiction of a non-existent major fault system (which he called the New Guinea Fault).

Exhaustive examinations of airphotos, both vertical and oblique, at scales from 1:20,000 to 1:80,000, and of side-looking airborne radarimagery, by numerous officers of the Bureau of Mineral Resources and theGeological Survey of Papua New Guinea during the last 5 - 10 years have failed to detect the lineations shown by Wellman. Furthermore, these studies, and extensive field mapping by government and oil exploration company geologists over the last 25 years, have revealed the existence
of the fault and fold systems shown here in Figures 3a and 4.

Although a strike slip type of movement is suspected for some of these faults only vertical movements have been proved. Thus the sinistral movement claimed for the imagined "New Guinea Fault" should not be regarded as typical of the fault system of Papua New Guinea.

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Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Record, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Reef Plan monitoring of inshore water quality, Great Barrier Reef (RRMMP)

This data collection was started in 2005 as part of the Reef Plan.

Nearshore water quality data from direct water sampling by Niskin cast (suspended solids; chlorophyll; nitrogen, phosphorus and organic carbon species; silicate), summarised for the whole Great Barrier Reef and for each Natural Resource Management (NRM) region, by year (2005/06, 2006/07, etc.) and season (dry season, May-Oct; and wet season, Nov-Apr). Salinity, secchi depth, and temprature.

From October 2007 data loggers are deployed at 14 sites to record readings of chlorophyll a and turbidity every 10 minutes.

Water column profiles of salinity, temperature and turbidity (as % transmission) using CTD casts.

Geographic areas (note not all locations have all data in all years/seasons) relate to the NRM regions: mainly Wet Tropics NRM, Burdekin NRM, Mackay Whitsunday NRM, Fitzroy NRM, some mention of Burnett Mary NRM and Cape York NRM.

From 2008 sampling points are focused close to inshore reefs.

Tags: Aquatic Ecosystems, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Coastal Processes, Coral Reefs, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Carbon, Salinity, Secchi Depth, Suspended Solids, Turbidity, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reef fish life history, 1995 - 2010 (MTSRF 4.8.3, JCU)

This data set contains life history data from 46 species of coral reef fish from four families (see list below).  The data and samples on which these analyses are based were collected as part of the Effects of Line Fishing Project and the East Torres Strait Coral Reef Fishery Project.  Species included in this data set include:

Labridae: Cheilinus undulatus, Choerodon cyanodus, C. fasciatus, C. schoenleinii, C. venustus

Lethrinidae: Lethrinus atkinsoni, L. lentjan, L. nebulosus, L. olivaceus

Lutjanidae: Aprion virescens, Lutjanus adetii, L. carponotatus, L. fulviflamma, L. gibbus, L. vitta, Symphorus nematophorus

Serranidae: Aethaloperca rogaa, Anyperodon leucogrammicus, Cephalopholis argus, C. boenak, C. cyanostigma, C. microprion, C. miniata, C. sexmaculatus, C. sonnerati, C. urodeta, Epinephelus corillicola, E. cyanopodus, E. fasciatus, E. fuscoguttatus, E. heagonatus, E. howlandi, E. maculatus, E. merra, E. microspilus, E. ongus, E. polyphekadion, E. quoyanus, E. tauvina, Variola albimarginata, V. louti


Data Units:

Length and age frequency, length-weight relationships, von Bertalanffy growth functions, length and age at maturity, length and age at sex change, total mortality (from catch curves), spawning season, reproductive cycles. Not all data are available for all species.

Tags: marine
Organization: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (JCU)
Recovery of the encrusting bryozoan, Parasmittina delicatula, from damage at Queenscliff, Victoria.

Parasmittina delicatula colonies were located on the Queenscliff pier in early 1999 and assigned to a small size class (10-15mm) or large size class (30mm or more). Each colony was 'damaged' by scraping colony parts according to assigned treatment. The treatments were large control (>30mm diameter), large fragment with edge intact, large fragment with edge removed, central fragment and small control (see attached resource for more details). Colonies were photographed in situ with an underwater camera using slide film at intervals of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 months. A total of 47 established colonies were photographed over the 8 month period. In the laboratory, the slides were projected onto graph paper, and the outlines of the colonies traced. The images were then scanned and colony survival, mortality, size, growth and fragmentation were recorded using SigmaScan 2.0.

Tags: 20 431028, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Buildings, Competition, Ecological Dynamics, Human Dimensions, Infrastructure, Invertebrates, Life History, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Parasmittina delicatula, Port Phillip Bay, Queenscliff Pier, Survival, Zoology
Organization: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B), Columbia University
Rib Reef Automatic Weather Station (Great Barrier Reef)

This data contains historical weather data from Rib Reef, covering the periods 29-2-1980 to 25-6-1983, and 3-7-1983 to 30-12-1985. Both sets of data were recorded at the same location, the Rib Reef beacon.
 
The earlier sequence was derived from data recorded on tape at the station, collected and then uploaded back at AIMS. The second sequence used telemetery to send binary data daily to a computer controlled base station. Data was verified by comparing three sets of the same data, received over three days. The base station passed data to the central computing facility at AIMS for processing. Lightning destroyed this system in 1985.

Data recorded: Wind direction (0-360°); Wind speed (km/hr); Air temperature (°C); Barometric pressure (mb); Solar radiation PAR (µE/sec/m²).

Other variables:
Time of day (e.g. 21:53:54); Day of year (e.g.118); Year (e.g. 86).

Tags: Atmosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Atmospheric Sciences, EARTH SCIENCES, Meteorology, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceans, Surface Winds, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Recovery of the encrusting bryozoan, Parasmittina delicatula, from damage at Flinders, Victoria.

Parasmittina delicatula colonies were located on the Flinders pier in early 1999 and assigned to a small size class (10-15mm) or large size class (30mm or more). Each colony was damaged by scraping colony parts according to assigned treatment. The treatments were large control (>30mm diameter), large fragment with edge intact, large fragment with edge removed, central fragment, small control and small fragment with edge removed (see attached resource for more details). Colonies were photographed in situ with an underwater camera using slide film at intervals of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 months. A total of 56 established colonies were photographed over the 8 month period. In the laboratory, the slides were projected onto graph paper, and the outlines of the colonies traced. The images were then scanned and colony survival, morality, size, growth and fragmentation were recorded using SigmaScan 2.0.

Tags: 20 431028, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Buildings, Competition, Ecological Dynamics, Flinders Pier, Human Dimensions, Infrastructure, Invertebrates, Life History, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Parasmittina delicatula, Survival, Western Port Bay, Zoology
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Recovery of algal communities from human disturbance

This data is from an experiment investigating the recovery of disturbed areas of Hormosira banskii. This experiment was done at 3 sites within Bunurong Marine Park from May 1990 to December 1991. Quadrats were disturbed by removing as much H.banksii as possible by hand and then scuffing the area to remove most remaining fronds. Variables measured in each quadrat were the percent cover of H.banksii and other non-turfing algae and the number of gastropods.

Tags: 54 100001, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Bunurong Marine Park, Coastal Habitat, Hormosira banksii, Macroalgae, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Marine Protected Areas, Oceans, Vegetation, gastrpods, rocky intertidal
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Recent Earthquakes

    

The effects of an earthquake depend on many factors, such as the distance from
the epicentre and the local ground conditions.

Geoscience Australia provide data on recent earthquakes in australia, nearby
regions and the work.

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Tags: earthquakes, emergencymanagement, emergencymanagementnational, geosciences, geospatialinformation
Organization: Geoscience Australia