AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Photosynthetic rates verses growth rates of Acropora millepora at Lizard and Heron Island (MTSRF 2.5i.2, UQ)

The aim of this component of the study was to determine how photosynthetic rates related to growth rates both into terms of skeletal deposition and organic carbon accrual associated with linear extension, and with organic carbon accrual associated with fat deposition or lipid enrichment of existent tissue. The study was based on the coral Acropora millepora located at Lizard Island (-14°40’, 145°27’) and at Heron Island (-23°26', 151°54') in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) of Australia, with data collected for winter and summer months.
Coral colonies were monitored for two years, with both summers breaching maximum mean monthly maximum sea surface temperatures, but by less than the NOAA Bleach Watch trigger of 1°C, Lizard Island colonies proved to be highly susceptible to whole colony mortality, with a loss of 2 of 5 colonies monitored. Heron Island colonies proved to be more robust with no whole colony mortality. Interestingly, comparisons of the growth rate of Lizard colonies in summer to that of Heron colonies in winter showed that despite winter heterotrophy in Heron colonies, compared to summer autotrophy in Lizard colonies:  Corals had greater linear extension in the winter at Heron, than they did in the summer at Lizard. Heron and Lizard colonies at these times were equally fat with non-significant differences in lipid per surface area.  Heron colonies appear to maintain their weight (areal lipid concentrations) and growth (positive linear extension) despite a potential reliance on heterotrophy, whilst Lizard colonies appear to struggle despite high rates of photosynthesis. The study therefore reinforces the notion that projections regarding coral health need to greater appreciate the mixotrophic lifestyle of corals.
The following parameters were measured:
Temperature in degrees C;
Pnet max as micromol O2 h-1 cm-2;
Lipid per surface area as mass per cm-2;

Tags: marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surface sediments: Carnarvon Shelf survey, Western Australia (CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub Survey)

Sediment grab sample were collected using a Smith McIntyre seabed grab sampler during fields surveys at Carnarvon shelf. A total of 266 samples were collected from areas including Mandu Creek (81), Point Cloates (92) and Gnaraloo (93) and Muiron Islands.
This component of the project was undertaken to characterise the surface sediments within the study areas. Samples were analysed for sediment grain size (sand, muddy sand, gravelly sand,  gravel). Sediment colour was recorded (brown, grey, olive-brown, yellow, yellow-brown). These data were used to determine to supplement the bedforms mapped to provide evidence of transport of sediments, the geomorphic complexities and interpretation of the origin and ages of some shelf features.
The survey was a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) aboard RV Solander, as part of the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub&#39;s Surrogates Program.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The physical oceanography of Bowling Green Bay, north Queensland: Station BG10 (Twenty Foot Rock)

An Aanderaa WLR was attached to a concrete dump at Station BG10 (Twenty Foot Rock). This tide gauge was one of two placed at either end of the bay to determine the amplitudes and phases of constituents along the open boundary.Deployment Details:Instrument: WLR #615Instrument depth: 3mSampling interval: 30 minutesDate deployed: 22/10/1984Date recovered: 26/06/1985
 This study was initiated to:1. gain an understanding of the circulation of water in Bowling Green Bay2. complement concurrent studies by AIMS scientists researching the ecology, nutrient regime and trophodynamics of the coastal boundary of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Long-term Monitoring of Marine Communities - Montebello Islands and Barrow Islands Marine Parks

Long-term monitoring of coral and other benthic communities, fish and macro invertebrate populations at the MBIMCRs over time.

Tags: Benthic Fauna, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Community Monitoring, Long-term Monitoring, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (February-March 2010)

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 Two Rocks (Western Australia).
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) | 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
Morocco (Agadir) Bathymetry and Fish Production in EASy GIS.

Modelling Ocean Nourishment in Morocco Using the EASy GIS system. A set of fisheries and bathymetry data was processed to show the trend of pelagic fish production along the coast of Morocco at Agadir using the EASy GIS, in 2002.

Tags: Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bioacoustics data from Ships of Opportunity (2008 - 2020)

Shedding light on the distribution and ecosystem function of mesopelagic communities in the twilight zone (~200–1000 m depth) of global oceans can bridge the gap in estimates of species biomass, trophic linkages, and carbon sequestration role. Ocean basin-scale bioacoustic data from ships of opportunity programs are increasingly improving this situation by providing spatio-temporal calibrated acoustic snapshots of mesopelagic communities that can mutually complement established global ecosystem, carbon, and biogeochemical models. This data descriptor provides an overview of such bioacoustic data from Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Bioacoustics Ships of Opportunity Program. Until 30 September 2020, more than 600,000 km of data from 22 platforms have been processed. Approximately 67% of total data holdings were collected by 13 commercial fishing vessels, fostering collaborations between researchers and ocean industry.
A snapshot of this data (up to 30/09/2020) has been assigned a DOI and will be maintained in perpetuity by the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN). The ongoing version of this dataset is freely available through the AODN Portal (https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=8edf509b-1481-48fd-b9c5-b95b42247f82).

Tags: Acoustic Equipment/Echo Sounders, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Bio-Acoustic Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | Mauritius, Countries | New Zealand, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Marine Features | Hawaiian Islands, USA, Micronekton, Ocean Biomass, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Ocean Acoustics | Acoustic Scattering, Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.5.3 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary producers - Seagrass pressure-response relationships - Experiment 3

Objectives of Project 5.5 are to:
(1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, 
(2) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; 
(3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery.
Specifically Experiment 3 will be studying "Effect of burial by different sediment types on seagrasses (Laboratory and Field Experiment)"
Cymodocea serrulata and Halodule uninervis studied.  There are the following worksheets in the Experiment 3 spreadsheet:
- Biomass_impact
- Biomass_recovery
- Biomass all species_impact
- Biomass all species_recovery
- Growth &amp; Morphology_impact
- Growth &amp; Morphology_recovery
- Carbohydrates
- Nutients_impact
- Nutrients_recovery
- Carbohydrates_impact
- Carbohydrates_recovery

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.8 - Innovative economic levers: a system for underwriting risk of practice change in cane-farming, 2017-2019 (CSIRO)

This project will enable reduced DIN exports from cane lands by developing and promoting a tested framework for commercial insurance businesses to underwrite risk of nitrogen practice change in sugarcane farming. We will work with insurance, other relevant businesses and, potentially, government to determine the methods and precision for assessing risk. We will then develop, in collaboration with insurance businesses, the sugarcane industry and government stakeholders, a technically sound and robust system where the negative impact of practice change on cane yield is distinguished from the year-to-year yield variability. We will pilot (and improve) this system with collaborating farmers, mills insurance businesses and, potentially, government in the wet tropics so that the framework can be operationalised by insurance businesses.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Competition between corals and algal turf along a water quality gradient in the nearshore central Great Barrier Reef

The three sites chosen to study competition between algal turfs and coral were located on the reef slope of the fringing reefs at Goold Island, and Coolgaree Bay and Cannon Bay on Great Palm Island. The sites were chosen to represent a cross-shelf gradient in exposure to runoff from the Herbert River. Goold Island, north of the Herbert River, lies directly in the path of flood plumes, which generally move northward. Palm Island, south of the Herbert River is further offshore and rarely exposed to river runoff. The two sites on Great Palm Island differed in that Coolgaree Bay is on the sheltered, inshore side of the island and Cannon Bay is more exposed to offshore waters.In October 1996, twelve 13 x 19 cm quadrats, selected to include a direct boundary between turf algae and coral (Porites lobata) were marked out at each reef. The quadrats were photographed and then four quadrats were randomly assigned to each of three treatments. In the first treatment algae was removed from the quadrat using a wire brush and paint scraper without damaging the coral tissue along the boundary. The second treatment involved scraping the top layer of the tissue and mucus of the coral, but not completely removing the living coral tissue. The third treatment was the control and no manipulation occurred. Quadrats were photographed again after 7 months.The position of the boundary between algae and coral were traced from the initial and final photograph of each quadrat onto plastic film. The tracings were overlapped and a further tracing made of areas along the boundary that had changed. The tracings were scanned and the area of algae and coral was measured using image analysis software.Quantitative water quality data was collected for this study in October 1998. Dissolved inorganic and total nitrogen and phosphorus, chlorophyll a, suspended particulate matter, turbidity and salinity were measured. A longer term data set was achieved by combining these data with similar data collected from the same sites during various surveys since 1992.
 This research was undertaken to determine:1. whether corals and filamentous algal turfs were directly competing for space on reefs2. whether the outcome of competition was enhanced by increased availability of nutrients and sediments due to closer proximity to terrestrial sources.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Variation in maternal provisioning in Watersipora subtorquata

A number of marine organisms do not provide any resources for their offspring other than the initial investment in larva.  The extent of larval provisioning  can be a strong determinant of larval fitness. Considerable variation in  larval provisioning has been demonstrated but the factors responsible for this variation are not well understood. This dataset assesses if larval provisioning in the encrusting bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata is influenced by i) colony size, ii) colony age or iii) physical damage.  To determine if these response vary with site conditions studies were undertaken at two locations within Port Phillip Bay, Victoria; Workshops Jetty, Williamstown and St Kilda pier, between September 2006 and March 2007.

Tags: 20 432002, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, St Kilda Pier, Melbourne, VIC, Watersipora subtorquata, Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, Melbourne VIC, age, area, bryozoan, colonies_settled, damage, diameter, experimental_treatment, larvae, larvae provisioning, panel_number, perimeter, physical_damage, site, time, variability
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Variability in Fitness Trade-Offs Amongst Coral Juveniles With Mixed Genetic Backgrounds Held in the Wild

Colonies of Acropora tenuis were collected from the Great Barrier Reef from far northern and central regions at reefs Curd, Sand Bank 7, Long Sandy, Davies and Backnumbers. Gravid colonies were held in outdoor holding tanks at the National Sea Simulator facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Townsville) for spawning.
Colonies were isolated in individual containers from 26th &ndash; 29th November 2018, where gametes were released between 18:00 and 19:30 h and collected from the water surface. Eggs and sperm were separated through a 120 &mu;m sieve and washed three times using 0.2 &mu;m filtered seawater (FSW).
Eggs were cross fertilised by adding an equal concentration from a separate parent colony standardised to 1 x 106. A total of 17 crossed-colonies were used in this study for settlement and juvenile deployment to Davies Reef, and assessed for survival, growth and colour analysis.
Further details can be found in the published article (Quigley et al., 2021).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Size measurement in soft corals, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Three species of soft corals with different morphologies were chosen for colony size measurements. Sinularia flexibilis has a branching fleshy growth form with a very calcified base. Sarcophyton elegans has an erect mushroom shaped growth form, with a relatively calcified base. Dendronephthya sp. has an erect growth form, with the surface covered with spicule covered tentacles. The interior is mainly filled with water and the base somewhat filled with sclerites, but detaches easily.Sinularia flexibilis and Sarcophyton elegans colonies were measured on Loomis Reef, at the western entrance to the Lizard Island lagoon in September 1993. Dendronephthya sp. colonies on the northern side of Lizard Island were measured in August 1993. Ten colonies of each species were marked and measured 8 times over a 24 hour period to record variability in colony size. For each species, basal circumference (cm) and colony height (cm) were measured. In addition, the diameter of the oral disc (cm) of Sarcophyton elegans was measured. All colonies were touched firmly to cause colony contraction prior to measurement.Field measurements of colony size were also compared with colony volume to determine the best predictor of colony volume, in December 1993. Colonies of each species were measured, removed and placed in 100% formalin. The formalin was changed daily for a week to remove all water, and the volume of the colonies measured under formalin.
 A range of measurements have been used to determine the colony size of soft corals. However, the size of soft corals varies in response to environment and handling. This research was undertaken to determine which measurements give the best estimate of colony size for soft corals with different growth forms.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Compliance Program Evaluation and Optimisation in Commercial And Recreational Fisheries

Measuring compliance and the effectiveness of law enforcement can be difficult, since people engaging in illegal behaviour can, and do, go to great lengths to hide their activities. While detection of a breach can indicate the effectiveness of an enforcement program, detecting no breaches can mean there are no offences occurring, or that the enforcement program is deficient in some way; this is the perennial problem analysts face when dealing with compliance data.
Extending on work already undertaken in the western rock lobster fishery, this project aims to develop data collection, analysis, and reporting protocols for all Western Australian recreational and commercial fisheries. It is anticipated that these protocols will provide a basis for developing national compliance monitoring standards using Western Australia as a model.
This project will develop meaningful compliance performance indicators in order to ensure that industry is not over or under-serviced, and that government-funded enforcement activities are optimally allocated. Use of such data promotes 'clever policing&#8216;, in that activities can be targeted toward those areas within a fishery where non-compliance seems problematic.
The systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of data on enforcement activities will provide enforcement personnel, fishery managers and industry with the information required to ensure enforcement effort is allocated to optimise the level of compliance in the fishery. Currently, there are few systems in place for formally assessing how levels of compliance in different fisheries change over time, or how changes might relate to the effectiveness of enforcement activities.
Spatial and temporal patterns of non-compliance will be identified, and strategies developed for improving the cost-effectiveness of enforcement activities.
Industry will be involved in planning, and periodically reviewing, compliance programs. In Western Australia this has occurred in the Rock Lobster and Pearl Oyster Fisheries, with other managed fisheries to follow. Feedback from such compliance reviews should be used to detect and correct deficiencies in compliance activities.
Time: FRDC project was funded until March 2004, but data collection is ongoing.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Browse Island Environmental Survey December 2017, Western Australia (ARP7 Reefs)

Towed Video transects + Digital Stills
SloVid Digital Stills
CTD
BRUVS
SBRUVS
Echo Sounder
Wave Glider
Sediment Samples (CSIRO)
ARP7 Reefs Trip 6823
To 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
Tide gauge data obtained from a mooring 200m off the west coast of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay

A tide gauge mooring was installed in 10-12m of water 200m off the west coast of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay. Opposed to other moorings in the area, this particular mooring did not house additional current meters. 
Over a period of approx. 9 months the mooring was deployed 4 times in the same location (as illustrated). 
Deployments 1-4  -35.1183 S 150.763 E. 
Approx deployment dates - see individual records for exact date and time of collection: 1) 22/6/89 - 13/7/89... 2) 28/8/89 - 13/11/89... 3) 13/11/89 - 29/1/90... 4) 29/1/90 - 28/3/90.
Datasets presented here correspond to data retrieved from the tide gauge over the study period.
The Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauges used in this study average over 41 seconds for all sampling intervals. In the case of the 2nd and 3rd deployment the sampling interval was 15mins, while for the 4th deployment a sampling interval of 30mins was used. Unfortunately no data is available from the 1st deployment. 
The tide gauge was secured to the mooring line on the sea-bed at a depth of ~10m in all deployments. In addition to depth, the tide gauge also housed a temperature sensor.
This is one of four child records that relate to the parent, 5f4333e0-2ae5-11dd-a735-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to this project is available to download through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Currents, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Height, date, depth, latitude, longitude, sea_water_density, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fine-scale cumulative sound exposure from shipping in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)

Map of cumulative sound exposure from shipping in the GBR for winter 2015 (June-September).

Tags: Cumulative sound exposure from all vessels, Cumulative sound exposure from vessels <25m in length, Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=100m and <200m in length, Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=200m in length, Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=25m and <50m in length, Cumulative sound exposure from vessels >=50m and <100m in length, Density of all vessels, Density of vessels <25m in length, Density of vessels >=100m and <200m in length, Density of vessels >=200m in length, Density of vessels >=25m and <50m in length, Density of vessels >=50m and <100m in length, anthropogenic pressures, shipping noise
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Warraberalgahl and Porumalgal Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) 2014 (TSRA)

This dataset shows the location and size of the 9 islands, cays and rocks that make up the Warraberalgahl and Porumalgal Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). The IPA is recognised as part of the National Reserve System and was officially declared on the 18/07/2014.
The declared area covers approximately 63 hectares. The following Islands, Cays and Rocks make up the IPA: Atub, Bara, Bini, Babui, Guiya, Maza Guiya, Miggi Maituin, Ugain and Ulu. 
GPS coordinates were used to identify the islands using Google Earth and polygons were manually drawn over this imagery to create the dataset.

Tags: marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network