AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Theme 3 - Synthesis Report - Characterisation and prediction of dredge-generated sediment plume dynamics and fate.

Dredge plume modelling is often used in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of large-scale port and coastal developments to quantify and model the transport and fate of sediments released during dredging operations. 
The objectives of the WAMSI Dredging Science Node (DSN) Theme 3 was to provide insights and guidance on ways to improve the modelling and monitoring of passive dredging plumes to support the EIA and management of dredging programs, with a focus on the Pilbara region of Western Australia. By carefully designing a number of laboratory, field and numerical model investigations, Theme 3 advanced the modelling and measurement (via remote sensing) of dredging generated plumes. Under an agreement with WAMSI, unprecedented access was granted to baseline, dredging and monitoring data from a major dredging project in the Pilbara region. Effort focused on modelling the dynamics and fate of total suspended solids (TSS) in the passive dredging plume, with the goal of identifying the most important processes and model parameters.
Those processes included in-canopy sediment transport processes, the bed schematization and cohesive sediment transport model parameters. The utility of applying remote sensing techniques to monitor sediment plumes and establishing background conditions was also explored. 
Importantly, the research program was undertaken to ensure the model output parameters and their representations and analyses, were compatible with the critical effects thresholds (e.g. 14 day running percentiles, daily light integral) that were being generated by the biological themes of the WAMSI DSN (see Themes 4 to 7).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Oceanica’s Perth Coastal Waters Imagery 2008

High resolution (0.5m ground sample distance) ortho-rectified aerial imagery over the Perth Metropolitan coastal waters. The coverage extends from 3km north of Two Rocks to 3km south of Becher Point. 
The seaward extent is on average 6km, contains the 20m isobath and includes Rottnest Island. Photography capture was undertaken during favourable atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, allowing excellent light penetration through the water column, yielding high quality imagery of benthic habitats in the region.

Tags: aerial, ortho-rectified, coastal, marine, water penetration, habitat, seagrass
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surveys of benthic communities in the Timor Sea (Big Bank Shoals)

Between May 1995 and January 1997, extensive surveys were undertaken around Big Bank Shoals of the Timor Sea, in depths between 15 and 300m. These surveys were undertaken using remotely operated vehicles equiped with cameras. A total of 205, 50 metre video transects were recorded and later analysed using the AIMS's AVTAS system.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Cameras | Video Cameras - underwater, Field Surveys | Biological Surveys, Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Mapping, Monitoring, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Regional Seas | Timor Sea
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef

An array of current meters and tide gauges was deployed around John Brewer Reef between March and September 1987. Moorings were located to allow recording of data from the far field and near field of John Brewer Reef. These measurements were used to provide boundary conditions and test the accuracy of the numerical model of circulation around the reef.The model boundary was defined by CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5 and CM13. However, the current meters attached to moorings CM5 (deployed 2/4/87) and CM13 (deployed 1/4/87) were not recovered. Mooring CM4 (deployed 2/4/87) drifted to the Whitsunday Islands. The current meter was badly fouled and the data were unusable.The locations for moorings CM6, CM7, CM8 and CM12 were chosen on the basis of results from a complementary project, where numerical models of hydrodynamics and dispersion were used to simulate the wind, tidal, long-period current and wave circulation around GBR reefs, for examination of dispersal of larvae of the crown-of-thorns starfish.The transect CM3, CM8 and CM9 was laid to investigate the interaction between John Brewer Reef and Lodestone Reef. These reefs are only 7km apart and by studying both reefs at the same time it was possible to consider inter-reefal recruitment of crown-of-thorns starfish as well as self-seeding. The current meter attached to mooring CM9 (deployed 3/4/87) was not recovered.Tide gauges were placed at the corners of the model (moorings CM1, CM2, CM4 and TG1) and in the centre of the model, close to John Brewer Reef (TG2). The mooring CM1 drifted from its original position and only data up to the 27/5/87 are considered reliable. Mooring CM4 drifted to the Whitsunday Islands and the data were not considered reliable. The tide gauge (TG2) was placed near the reef to monitor any tidal differences between the reef and the adjacent deep water.The study utilized ancillary data from a wind gauge placed in the lagoon of John Brewer Reef by AIMS and wind data from Cairns, Cardwell, Townsville and Mackay supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology.
 The aim of this project was to collect field data to calibrate a numerical model for the combined tidal and wind-forced circulation at John Brewer Reef, and to apply those circulation patterns to calculate the trajectories, residence times and likelihood of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish on areas of the reef.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - February 2014 (Southbound)

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
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.10 - The application and adaption of mine site rehabilitation approaches to alluvial gully rehabilitation in the Bowen Catchment, 2016-2017 (GU)

This project will develop the partnerships and the institutional framework for implementing large scale innovative rehabilitation works which aim to directly reduce sediment supply from the large alluvial gullies on the lower Bowen River. These gullies are the largest single source of suspended sediment loads into the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The project will work directly with Glencore and Q Coal, who are some of the largest grazing landholders along the section of the Bowen River with the highest concentration of large alluvial gullies. The central premise underpinning the strategy is that alluvial gully rehabilitation is more akin to mine site rehabilitation, and such techniques are more appropriate for tackling this major GBR sediment source than grazing BMPs. The strategy aims to draw upon the mine site rehabilitation experience and expertise within these two major Queensland mining companies, applying and adapting mine rehabilitation approaches to the rehabilitation of alluvial gullies.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.1.1 - Current state of knowledge regarding the effects of dredging-related ‘pressure’ on seagrasses

This project (5.1) is comprised of two literature reviews. The first is a review of thresholds of seagrasses to dredging related stressors and seagrass bioindicators of these stressors.

Tags: Angiosperms, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Dredging, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, Thresholds
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
QuickBird multispectral satellite images of the Australian coastline

QuickBird is a satellite owned and operated by DigitalGlobe, which offers highly accurate, commercial high resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery of the earth. This data package consists of 83 QuickBird satellite images, each of four spectral bands at 2.4 metre spatial resolution. The scene locations are scattered around the Australian coastline.
 The data was acquired as part of a joint project involving Geoscience Australia (GA), CSIRO Land and Water and the University of Tasmania, as part of the National Land and Water Resource Audit (NLWRA).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Mooring CM6: Current Meter

An Aanderaa RCM current meter was attached to mooring CM6, which was deployed in 50m of water. Deployment Details:Date Deployed: 2/4/1987Date Recovered: 6/9/1987Instrument Deployed:RCM #6332; Depth: 25m
 The aim of this project was to collect field data to calibrate a numerical model for the combined tidal and wind-forced circulation at John Brewer Reef, and to apply those circulation patterns to calculate the trajectories, residence times and likelihood of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish on areas of the reef.
 The locations for moorings CM6, CM7, CM8 and CM12 were chosen on the basis of results from a complementary project, where numerical models of hydrodynamics and dispersion were used to simulate the wind, tidal, long-period current and wave circulation around GBR reefs, for examination of dispersal of larvae of the crown-of-thorns starfish.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (June 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
OSU Buoy Group: Ross Ice Shelf PRISM experiment

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the PRISM experiment at the Ross Ice Shelf.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, ROSS ICE SHELF, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Gascoyne Offshore Scalefish Sustainability

The Shark Bay commercial Snapper Managed Fishery operates on the oceanic stock of pink snapper (Pagrus auratus), which is distinct from the inner Shark Bay stocks. Licence-holders in the managed fishery and other commercial fishers in the region also catch a variety of other species, including goldband snapper (Pristipomoides multidens), red emperor (Lutjanus sebae) and several emperor species (Lethrinus spp.). Current management issues include rebuilding the stock of pink snapper to 40 per cent of the unfished breeding biomass and the very rapid growth of the deepwater fishery, particularly for goldband snapper.
Proposed changes to the management of commercial wetline fishing in the Gascoyne region will need accurate estimates of both catch and effort annually. Pink snapper will still need a high level of research input until the stock has recovered.
This project will:
* Provide scientific advice for management of demersal marine scalefish fisheries in the Gascoyne Bioregion, including the Shark Bay Snapper Managed Fishery. Methods include monitoring commercial catch and fishing effort information and sampling ages (using otoliths) and lengths of snapper in the commercial catch.
* Continue to monitor bycatch and endangered species as part of ESD reporting and broaden the scope to cover other key species which are relevant to the wetline and Integrated Fisheries Management process

Time : ongoing

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Geometry and grain-size sorting of ripples on low-energy sandy beaches: field observations and model predications

Ripple height, length and sediment composition were measured in the nearshore of several low-energy beaches with concurrent measurements of incident waves.  The distribution of sediment sizes over individual ripples was investigated, and the performance of several models of ripple geometry prediction was tested both spatially and temporally.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Transport
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Metabolic consequences and vulnerability to stress during reproduction in spawning corals

Of key interest is the change in oxygen metabolism through the coral reproductive cycle, and the influence of mass coral spawning on water column oxygen levels, which has led to large fish kills in the Coral Bay region. Initial work will establish baseline "natural" rates of photosynthesis, respiration and calcification and overall oxygen demand of the system. Natural observations and manipulative experiments will examine the effect of temperature, spawning slicks, sedimentation and nutrient influx on these processes. As these environmental variables are of particular concern at Ningaloo Reef it is important to understand whether our coral reef communities can survive potential perturbations and if so how will they be altered. 
Sexual reproduction has narrower tolerance to stress than other life functions, and as a result corals divert resources away from reproduction in response to variety of sublethal stresses. Additionally, as the gametogenic cycle of corals at Ningaloo Reef occurs during a period of natural environmental extremes, with some evidence such as bleaching to suggest corals are under stress, it is possible that the tolerance of corals to additional perturbations may be lower than normal. 
Key questions being addressed include: 
1.      What are the baseline rates of photosynthesis, respiration and calcification of corals?
2.      What influence do temperature, sediment load, nutrient input and mass spawning have, individually and in combination?
3.      How do these processes affect overall oxygen demand of the coral reef ecosystem? 
4.      Is there a change in metabolic stress in corals during the coral reproductive cycle?
 A programme of field and laboratory experiments will address these questions.

Tags: Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, Metabolism, Reproductive Biology, Spawning, Stress
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) surveys on reefs within the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

Surveys of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) were undertaken in the western half of the Dampier Archipelago, at 3 fringing reefs (Enderby Island, Goodwin Island and Kendrew Island) and 1 barrier reef (Sailfish Reef) in 1987. The manta tow technique was used to record the relative abundance of crown-of-thorns starfish, numbers of white feeding scars on corals and estimates of live and dead hard coral cover. This technique was also used to identify suitable collection sites where Acanthaster planci was abundant.Samples of Acanthaster planci were collected using scuba at 2 sites on each of Kendrew and Enderby Reefs, and at 1 site on Goodwyn and Sailfish Reefs. Crown-of-thorns starfish were collected from each of these sites, except for Goodwyn Reef, where no individuals were observed.The diameter of each starfish was recorded and samples of pyloric caeca were taken. The labelled samples were stored in liquid nitrogen and returned to AIMS for genetic analysis. Photographs were taken of each starfish collected at Enderby Island (site 1), and then a portion of aboral disc and 2 arms removed from each. These samples were labelled, stored in 5% sea-water formalin and returned to AIMS for subsequent morphometric analysis. Observations were also made on gonad development and any damage sustained by the starfish.
 The purpose of this study was to collect samples of Acanthaster planci from the Dampier Archipelago for genetic and morphometric analyses and to conduct preliminary surveys of the distribution, abundance and impact of Acanthaster planci upon coral community structure within the Dampier Archipelago.
 The results of genetic studies of the starfish collected during this survey are reported in the metadata record "Genetics of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci in Australia"

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine wildlife distribution in the proposed Montebello/Barrow island and Dampier Archipelago/Cape Preston marine conservation reserves

This record is  derived from DEC Marine Policy Branch Endnote library and spatially referenced SIER Database.

Tags: Conservation, Distribution, Fauna, Field Surveys | Biological Surveys, Marine Features (Australia) | Barrow Island, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Dampier Archipelago, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Montebello Islands, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Pilbara Coast, WA, Marine Reserves, Nearshore
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The percentage breakdown of carbonate/non-carbonate fractions in core GC04, located off the coast of New Caledonia

Core GC04, was collected from the southeastern side of the New Caledonian Basin (22.99965 S, 166.150716 E). Carbonate percent in the curve has an average value of ~79% and varies between 51.4% and 88.8%. Carbonate pecent does show small variations in scale and repeating patterns, however data tends to stay between 70-80%. It is interesting to note that the carbonate percent minimum of 51.4% occurs at the beginning of isotope stage 4 (~73Ka BP). This anomaly is relatively simultaneous to a decrease in 18O and slight increase in sedimentation rate. Significant non-carbonate sediments include glass shards, sub-rounded quartz, radiolarians, sponge spicules, manganese nodules and 'red opaque' material. Trends of glass shard and quartz percentages can be seen in the results. Radiolaria and sponge spicles tend not to show any definite trend, however both tend to increase subsequent to a broader non-carbonate sedimentation increase.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Carbonate Sediments, amount_of_carbonate, amount_of_non-carbonate, core_depth, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park - Small giant clams (Tridacna maxima)

A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: 
a) provide detailed information on variation in biodiversity along the length of the Ningaloo Marine Park; and 
b) determine the appropriate design of a monitoring protocol powerful enough to determine predefined levels of change.  
As part of the larger WAMSI Node 3.2.2b study there was specific sampling of small giant clams (Tridacna maxima).  Data available includes


Lengths of small giant clams (Tridacna maxima) mapped at 20 sites (3119 rows x 11 columns including identifying information for each length):
[WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.csv]


GPS readings as UTM values for locations of transects used to map positions of Tridacna maxima (giant clams) (404 rows x 6 columns, including sample identification information):
[WAMSI3.2.2bTridacnaUTM.csv]


Shoreward, southern corners of Transect 1 and some others for areas where Tridacna maxima were measured as reported in Research Chapter 4.
[WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.kmz]
Data files come with metadata / descriptions of the column titles and codes.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Sampling_location, Sanctuary Zone, Tridacna maxima 23 340005, body_colour, body_length, date, distance_relative_to_transect, location_on_transect, location_x_coordinate, location_y_coordinate, site_code, transect
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nephelometer data sets for Dredge_West around Cleveland Bay - 1993

This metadata record covers a subset of the 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.  The data are grouped according to collection method and sampling location. See the metadata record title for collection method and geographic extent for the sampling location. Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Nephelometer, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, suspended_sediment_concentration
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network