AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Competitive interactions in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.

The resource provides information on the rates of growth, competitive ability and life spans of species in the epifaunal community at Portsea.
Estimates of rates of growth for all species were collected from panels immersed on 16/11/1977 except for the common barnacle (Elminius modestus) and ascidian (Didemnum augusti) which were collected from panels immersed on 24/10/1975. Length and average width of colonies or individuals and maximum height of arborescent bryozoans were made at regular intervals during the time of immersion. Colonial ascidians were the most rapid occupiers of space. In general, colonial ascidians and sponges attained a larger size and occupied space more rapidly than encrusting bryozoans. 
Competitive interactions between species were examined using the same panels as described in the record 'Patterns of development in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria' (File identifier: a88f2d70-ebf6-11dc-a93a-00188b4c0af8). These panels had been immersed for 2 to 42 months and fixed in formalin-sea water solution. Approximately 5500 interactions were recorded between 52 species. An interaction was defined as the overgrowth or smothering of an organism by another organism of the same or different species. For each interaction the species involved were identified, the sizes of the interacting organisms were measured and the percentage of overgrowth, if any, was estimated visually in increments of 5% overgrowth of the colony or individual. There was no single competitively dominant species in the marine epifaunal community at Portsea. The competitive ability of a species depended on the rate of growth of the species and the maximum size they could attain. The relative size of interacting colonies was often important in determining the outcome of an interaction with larger colony generally winning. 
The maximum life span for each species was estimated from observations of communities on panels and on pier pilings over the 4 year period of the study (October 1975 to November 1979). The life spans of the major groups of epifauna on panesl at Portsea followed the order sponges (&gt;24 months) &gt; ascidians (~ 12 - 20 months) &gt; bryozoans (~ 8 - 20 months) &gt; barnacles, polychaetes, tubicolous amphipods and hydroids (4 - 12 months).

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
Orpheus Island Relay Pole 3

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.
 The project looks to deploy sensor networks at seven sites along the Great Barrier Reef to measure a range of physical parameters at a range of scales. The project will install communications, data and platform infrastructure that will support future sensor work looking at biological and chemical parameters.
 The FAIMMS Project is part of the GBROOS or Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project which in turn is part of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System or IMOS.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia, Kimberley 100m (KIM100) Mooring Platform

The Kimberley 100m mooring (IMOS platform code KIM100) is part of the Kimberley array. It was initially deployed on the 01/02/2012 at (15.69 S, 121.96 E). The site depth is 95m. This mooring array was discontinued, and this mooring removed in August 2014.
Mooring Designs replicate where possible similar instrumentation to the Shelf ITF moorings. Observations of currents, temperature and salinity are collected throughout the array with the coastal mooring also observing optical water quality parameters of fluorescence and turbidity. 
The Kimberley array, in combination with the Pilbara array and the ITF Array will help determine the influence of the Indonesian Throughflow on the currents along the Northwest shelf  and as well as processed driving cross shelf exchange. 
The Kimberly line will help document the southward flowing seasonal Holloway shelf current (thought to be connected to the Indonesian Throughflow). The Kimberly coast is characterised by high freshwater inputs, leading to a cross shelf density gradient.  The cross shelf arrays will allow variability in the  gradient of density and the resultant gravitational currents to be determined.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), IMOS Platform l KIM100 l Kimberley 100m Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Indonesian Throughflow, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Polyp bail-out in the scleractinian coral, Seriatopora hystrix, from the Great Barrier Reef

Colonies of the coral, Seriatopora hystrix, were collected monthly from Britomart Reef and Davies Reef between November 1979 and June 1981 for a study of seasonality in planulation.In the laboratory colonies were placed in non-aerated aquaria with non-circulating seawater to induce planulation. While monitoring the release of planulae, it was also observed that individual polyps were detaching themselves from the skeleton. Branches were collected and the detachment process was examined closely with a dissecting stereoscopic photo-microscope (Wild M-5A) and documented.Polyps were collected and transferred to plastic jars containing clean seawater, where individual polyps were monitored for up to 9 days to record the success of settlement and initiation of skeleton secretion. Polyps showing evidence of skeleton secretion were collected, tissue was removed from the skeletons and the skeleton examined using a scanning electron microscope. Field observations of polyp bail-out were also made at Britomart and Davies Reefs and were photographed using a Hasselblad 50 OEL/M camera in an underwater housing.
 During a laboratory study of seasonality of planulation in the coral Seriatopora hystrix, it was observed that the environmental stress used to induce planulation, resulted in individual polyps detaching themselves from the coral skeleton. Further research was initiated to describe this escape response.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ERIN Dual-processed Landsat TM tiles in Western Australia - Pemberton tile

A Landsat TM image was cut using a NATMAP Geoscience Australia 1:250 000 scale map named Pemberton (Map number SI50-10) and was saved in GeoTIFF format.
The image was geometrically rectified to GDA94 (Datum) and MGA50 (Projection) and a dual enhancement technique was conducted to Landsat TM satellite data where land was enhanced using bands 741 (RGB) and water was enhanced using bands 321 (RGB).  This is one of a series of tiles processed by ERIN from Coastal Atlas project in the 1990's.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 4.10 - Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural land conversion to wetlands, 2018-2020 (JCU)

Government (e.g. Major Integrated Projects, MIPs) and private investors (e.g. Kilter Rural Group, WWF, and Greening Australia) are increasingly interested in nitrogen reduction projects, particularly via conversion of land to wetlands. Investing in such projects requires understanding the environmental benefits to be accrued and cost-effectiveness. The best way to provide these data is to evaluate already constructed land-wetland conversion sites that resemble what future projects might look like. This project will collect data from previously completed land-wetland conversion sites, on construction and ongoing maintenance costs, and the water quality and biodiversity benefits. In doing so it will provide explicit data for government and private investors to make informed decisions on future investments of this kind.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Microsatellite loci for the reef-building coral, Acropora millepora, from the Great Barrier Reef

Nine novel, polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora (Acroporidae) from the Great Barrier Reef. The specificity and polymorphism of 5 microsatellite loci previously developed for a Caribbean congener, and one locus developed for an Indo-Pacific congener were also assessed - only one of those 6 loci produced reliable results: yielding a total of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Acropora millepora. To construct a microsatellite library, genomic DNA was isolated from sperm (which lacks algal symbionts) of an Acropora millepora colony collected in December 1998 at Magnetic Island, an inshore island in the central Great Barrier Reef. The partial genomic library was constructed using hybridization capture for enrichment of microsatellites using the following probes: dimers (AC) 13 and (AG) 12, trimers (AAC) 6 and (ATC) 8, and tetramers (AATG) 6 and (ACAG) 6. Of 397 clones sequenced, 110 contained microsatellite repeats (excluding a small percentage of repeated clones) after only one round of enrichment. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were designed from 31 of those clone sequences.53 Acropora millepora individuals (colonies) were tested, 10 from each of 3 locations (Magnetic Island, Davies Reef and the Keppel Islands), and 23 from Great Palm Island. 31 loci were tested: 20 were abandoned due to the lack or non-specificity of the amplification, one was abandoned because only 2 alleles were observed among the 53 individuals; 3 of 5 Mendelian loci developed for the Caribbean Acropora palmata were initially found to amplify reasonably well and highly polymorphic in Acropora millepora, but nonspecific products were visible when analysed on a capillary sequencer for 2 of the 3 loci making an objective interpretation of allelic patterns impossible. The microsatellite marker developed for Acropora formosa yielded specific and polymorphic products in Acropora millepora, but was discarded as a relatively large fraction of non-amplifying individuals suggested a high frequency of null alleles for this locus.Nine novel and polymorphic microsatellite loci for Acropora millepora were presented. An additional microsatellite locus previously developed for the Caribbean congener Acropora palmata produced specific and polymorphic products. There was no evidence of linkage disequilibrium among these 10 loci as tested in the online software package genepop; of the 45 pairwise comparisons, one pair of loci showed significant linkage, but this statistical significance was lost after sequential Bonferroni correction.GenBank Accession numbers for the 9 novel loci: EF014480, EF014481, EF014482, EF014483, EF014484, EF014485, EF014486, EF014487, EF014488.
 To construct a microsatellite library from sperm (lacking in algal symbionts) of an Acropora millepora colony.To test variability on different populations resulting in 5-20 alleles per locus.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.1 - Seagrass mapping synthesis – A resource for marine park and coastal management, 2015-2015 (JCU)

Key to understanding the desired state of Queensland seagrasses is reliable data on seagrass distribution, abundance and species composition, and how this changes through time. Also valuable is the ability to reliably “drill” down from large-scale (World Heritage Area) to small-scale estuaries and meadows. TropWATER provides a composite map of seagrass for the GBRWHA available through eAtlas, GBRMPA and Pangaea. However this layer has not been updated since 2010 and is missing changes from important areas and extensive new data, and provides no meadow-specific information. This project will recompile existing GIS layers, update with 2010-2015 data, and provide meadow-specific information.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Coolum

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Drake Passage Pressures  1976-82

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 pressure recorded at the northern and southern ends of Drake Passage during the International Southern Oceans Studies (ISOS) project.
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, Drakes Passage, 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, PACIFIC OCEAN, 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
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Merimbula

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Water Flow in Seagrass Ecosystems - Seagrass Density Effects on Water Flow

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to study the effects of water velocity on bending of shoots and canopy compression at different densities of Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia sinuosa.  A hydrodynamic study associated with the project investigated the differences in water flow caused by manipulating the density of an Amphibolis griffithii meadow.  
The laboratory experiments investigated the hydrodynamic differences between Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia sinuosa, in terms of the bending behaviour of the plants under varying water flow regimes, and the degree of canopy compression as a result of bending.

Tags: 63 617003, 63 618004, Amphibolis antarctica, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia sinuosa
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia (ConocoPhillips)

Towed Video transects + Digital StillsStereo BRUVSMultibeamSmith And McIntyre sediment grabsPanda Cam (drop cam)CTD
 A seabed biodiversity survey was conducted north of Darwin during an 18 day voyage, 13 September -1 October 2015, on the RV Solander. Areas identified for assessment included two mid-shelf regions and three submerged shoals. Multibeam and towed video were used at all locations to map the seabed and classify seabed habitats. At the shoals additional sampling of biodiversity, specifically the fish communities, was undertaken using sBRUVS.The mid-shelf locations were separate areas along a potential cross-shelf pipeline route from the Barossa field to Darwin. The southernmost of these was to the west of Cape Helvetius, at the southwest corner of Bathurst Island. The second area was midway to the shelf break, adjacent to and off the western side of Goodrich Bank. Evans and Tassie Shoals, lying further northwest on the outer shelf, were selected for investigation as larger submerged shoals, closest to the Barossa field. An initial towed video inspection was also undertaken at the much smaller Blackwood Shoal, lying a few kilometres to the west of Evans Shoal. In total the survey sampled in five principle locations, consisting of Evans, Tassie and Blackwood Shoals, open shelf adjacent to Goodrich Bank and open shelf adjacent to Cape Helvetius.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Air Sea Flux Station (ASFS) Sub-Facility, Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) Platform

SOFS is an observing platform in the Sub-Antarctic Zone, approximately 350 nautical miles southwest of Tasmania. It obtains frequent measurements of the surface and deep ocean properties that control the transfer of heat, moisture, energy and CO2 between the atmosphere and the upper ocean to improve understanding of climate and carbon processes.
The mooring was first deployed at (46.7S, 142E) in March 2010 and recovered in April 2011. It was re-deployed in November 2011 at (46.8S, 142E) and recovered in July 2012, it was then re-deployed in August 2012 at (-46.7S, 142E) and recovered in January 2013, it was then re-deployed in May 2013 at (-46.8S, 142E) and recovered in October 2013. The mooring was redeployed in March 2015. 
The SOFS is equiped with two identical ASIMET systems and telemetry to provide real time data to marine observers and researchers.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Surface Pressure, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Air Temperature, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Humidity, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, Atmosphere | Precipitation | Precipitation Amount, Atmosphere | Radiation Budget | Longwave Radiation, Atmosphere | Radiation Budget | Shortwave Radiation, Buoys | Moored Buoys, IMOS Facility | Deep Water Moorings, IMOS Platform | SOFS | Southern Ocean Flux Station Mooring, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, air_pressure, air_temperature, eastward_wind, northward_wind, relative_humidity, sea_surface_temperature, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_salinity, surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air, surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air, thickness_of_rainfall_amount, wind_speed, wind_to_direction
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Satellite Tracking Reveals Nesting Patterns, Site Fidelity, and Potential Impacts of Warming on Major Green Turtle Rookeries in the Red Sea

Major aggregations of nesting green turtles (Chelonia mydas) occur in the northern Red Sea, although little is known about the reproductive ecology of this endangered species in the region. To address this issue, we satellite-tracked 30 female green turtles to document their movements and to identify factors driving habitat use at two major rookeries in the Red Sea, Jazirat Mashabah (Mashabah Island) and Ras Al Baridi in Saudi Arabia. Between successive nesting events, turtles displayed high fidelity to nesting beaches and adjacent in-water habitats (inter-nesting habitats). Using generalized linear mixed models, we estimated the mean probability of nesting per beach emergence (nesting success rate) to be 0.628, and the mean duration between a successful nesting event and the successive emergence onto the beach (re-nesting interval) to be 10.8 days at each site. The nesting success rate was relatively high (&gt;0.8) when the preceding daytime land surface temperature (LST) was lower than 37&deg;C but decreased with elevated daytime LST (47&deg;C). Re-nesting interval was longer at lower water temperatures and towards the end of the nesting season of individuals. Our study improves the robustness of abundance estimates from census data (e.g., track counts) and shows that the protection of nesting and inter-nesting habitats during a breeding season would be an effective conservation strategy for the species. We discuss how global warming could increase energy expenditure due to lowered nesting success, ultimately compromising the reproductive fitness of these populations.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network