AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Derwent Estuary Ambient Water Quality monitoring program - Site RB

Site RB is sampled monthly by the Derwent Estuary Program as part of the  Derwent Ambient Water Quality monitoring program.
Since 2003, ambient water quality monitoring has been carried out on a monthly basis at up to 28 sites throughout the Derwent estuary by Norske Skog Boyer, Nyrstar Hobart and the State Government. Monitoring is carried out by three different boat-based sampling parties, but is co-ordinated to occur on the same day each month. 
At each site, in-situ field measurements are taken using calibrated sensors for temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. Water clarity is also measured using a secchi disk. Surface and bottom water samples are collected for analysis of true color, total suspended solids(TSS), total  and dissolved nutrients, organic carbon and zinc. at most sites, depth integrated samples are also collected for chlorophyll a using a plastic tube. Bottom samples in the Middle and Outer estuary are collected using a niskin bottle. Pumps are used in the upper estuary site to fill up the bottles. All water samples are analysed at Analytical Service Tasmania, a National Association of Testing Authorities-accredited laboratory. Monitoring site depth is 2 meters

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Ammonia, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrite, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Nitrogen Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Phosphorous Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Secchi Disks, True Colour, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Physical Oceanography of Karmt Shoals, Timor Sea (2004): CTD Profiles

In April and December 2004, CTD casts were made at both the Karmt 50 and Karmt 100 moorings.
 This study was undertaken to investigate the distribution of shelf edge upwelling phenomena, a potentially significant attribute of the Oceanic Shoals bioregion.
 This study was a component of the project "Biodiversity and the factors controlling it, for selected habitats in the Timor Sea region", which seeks to integrate data from biodiversity surveys, chemistry, oceanography and geology to understand the processes that sustain the biota of the region.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia, Pilbara 200m (PIL200) Mooring Platform

The Pilbara 200m mooring (IMOS platform code PIL200) is part of the Pilbara array. It was initially deployed on the 20/02/2012 at (19.47 S, 116.16 E). The site depth is 200m. 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 Pilbara array, in combination with the Kimberly 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 Pilbara line will help document the variability  in the the northward flowing Ningaloo Current, characterised by cooler waters. In addition, the Pilbara coast is characterised by high evaporation, 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), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform l PIL200 l Pilbara 200m Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Indonesian Throughflow, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, fluorescence_in_sea_water, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Space as a resource for predatory gastropods on Heron Island Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Data on worm-eating gastropod microhabitat use and abundance within microhabitats were collected along transects located on the Heron Island Reef crest between November 1975 and June 1978. All transects were placed parallel with the reef edge within the study area, which was 10-40 m wide by about 1,500 m long, bounded by a rim of coral and coralline algae to seaward and inshore by a rubble bank. The study area was approximately 50 cm above MLW, but remained covered at low tide due to runoff from the reef lagoon.A series of transects were sampled over a period of 4-8 weeks on three occasions: November 1975 (25 transects); June 1978 (20 transects); and June 1978 (20 transects). Each 10 x 1 m transect was divided into forty 0.25 m² quadrats, with 20 quadrats on each side of a 10 m chain. The first two samples were made during daylight low tides and the June 1978 sample was taken on night low tides. Within each transect an estimate of the substratum composition was made by recording the microhabitat type under every 10th link in the chain (17 cm between points). Gastropod use of these microhabitat types was recorded by noting the microhabitat type occupied by each snail, in addition to its species and shell length to the nearest 0.1 mm. All predatory gastropods found in and near the transects were collected in order to determine the gastropods' diets by faecal sample analysis. These gastropods were subsequently returned to within 30 m of their collection sites.Microhabitat resource use was quantified by calculating niche breadth and overlap estimates for all species with numbers of individuals not less than five. These estimates were calculated separately for the November 1975, June 1977 and June 1978 samples.
 This study of a gastropod assemblage was designed to determine if microhabitat space was a limiting resource at habitat level for predatory gastropods on coral reefs.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Calculating larval growth rates from presettlement reef fish collected with light traps in the central Great Barrier Reef

Light traps were used to collect presettlement fish from Keeper Reef, a midshelf reef and Myrmidon Reef, an outershelf reef on the Great Barrier Reef during the summers of 1990/91 and 1991/92. During both summers, three replicate traps were anchored at the surface within 100 m of the reef crest and sampled nightly during 10 day periods around consecutive new moons between October and February. Traps fished for a total of three hours per night (2100-2200 hrs, 2400-0100 hrs and 0300-0400 hrs) and were emptied each morning. Bulk samples were preserved immediately in 98% alcohol. Chromis atripectoralis were removed from each sample and measured (standard length) to the nearest 0.1 mm. Otoliths (lapilli) were extracted from subsamples of up to 20 individuals per monthly collection from each reef. Each lapillus was ground on both sides, polished and mounted, concave surface up, in Euparal (TM) on a microscope slide and protected by a cover slip.Lapilli were viewed at magnifications of 250x and 400x using a compound microscope with polarising light filter and a high resolution, black and white video camera. Increments in each lapillus were counted directly from the video monitor along a constant axis between the primordium and the margin of the otolith and age was estimated assuming perfect and daily formation of the increments. The radius of the otolith at capture was measured in the same way.Increment widths were also measured in a 1990/91 subsample of individuals from Keeper Reef (4) and Myrmidon Reef (8), for which every increment could be resolved clearly along the fixed growth axis. The standard lengths of these individuals were back-calculated using the intercept-corrected equation:Lp = Lc + (O-Oc) (Lc-Li) (Oc-Oi)-&sup1;where L is fish length; O is otolith radius; and subscripts p , i, and c are previous, initial, and capture ages, respectively.
This study was undertaken to use standard length, and age and growth rate information derived from otoliths to describe the growth trajectory of the damselfish, Chromis pectoralis, from hatching to presettlement.
These fish were collected as part of a larger cross-shelf survey, the logistics of which are fully described in: Moltschaniwskyj NA, Doherty PJ (1994) Distribution and abundance of two juvenile Photololigo species in the central Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. Fish Bull 92: 302-312.Moltschaniwskyj NA, Doherty PJ (1995) Cross-shelf distributions of tropical juvenile cephalods sampled by light-traps. Mar Freshwater Res 46: 707-714.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nephelometer data sets for Dump Site South 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
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay, Victoria

This study investigated the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of shrimp in Western Port Bay from July 1977 to January 1980. Water temperature, salinity and oxygen concentrations at the sediment surface were measured from a boat at high tide during the field sampling (see parent record 'The ecology and trophic role of caridean shrimps in the eelgrass community of Western Port, Victoria', File identifier: 268431c0-f18e-11dc-aaae-00188b4c0af8). Additional measurements of low tide surface water temperature over the mudflats, sediments below the mud-water interface, and surface waters of the large, permanent channels between mudbanks were obtained. Above-ground vegetation cover was sampled monthly for 12 months at Site A. 
The water temperature in the eelgrass ranged from 10 to 24 degrees Celsius during high tide and from 5 to 31 degrees Celsius during low tide. Salinity was close to fully marine throughout the warmer months of 1977-78, but fell to lower levels during the cooler months of 1978, presumably as a result of higher rainfall in the latter period. Oxygen concentrations were above 6 ppm at all sites during high and low tide sampling. The dry mass of above-round eelgrass was spatially heterogeneous with few changes in these patterns between seasons.

Tags: 28 756901, 28 767018, 28 770020, 28 781018, 63 619003, 63 619004, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | tidal flats, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Trophic Dynamics, Biosphere | Vegetation | Flowering Plants | eelgrass, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Chlorotocella leptorhyncus, Heterozostera tasmanica, Hippolyte caradina, Macrobrachium spp., Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | Malacostraca | carid shrimps, Phillip Island, Pontophilus candidus, Rhyll, Western Port Bay, Zostera muelleri, carid prawn, carid shrimp, eelgrass, hump-backed shrimp
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phytoplankton Biogeochemistry Logbooks from the Denman Marine Voyage of the RSV Nuyina, 2025

These data were collected on voyage 3 of the RSV Nuyina in the 2024/2025 season. The voyage was colloquially known as the "Denman Marine Voyage", as it operated in the vicinity of the Denman Glacier.
During the Denman Marine Voyage, the aim of the Biology team was to study the parameters controlling phytoplankton growth near the Denman Glacier and within the Shackleton Polynya. Phytoplankton are microscopic single cell organisms playing key roles in the carbon cycle – through photosynthesis, and in supporting marine ecosystems, by being at the base of most oceanic food webs. In the Southern Ocean, phytoplankton is generally limited by iron, a trace metal present in very low concentrations. However, primary productivity tends to increase strongly near shelfs, where iron supply is much larger. Historical satellite recordings have repeatedly shown higher phytoplankton growth in the Shackleton polynya compared to the waters near the Denman Glacier. To study this, we sampled the CTD for multiple biological parameters (photophysiology, community composition, chlorophyll concentrations, particulate organic carbon, biogenic silica, carbon uptake and bacterial production), associated with trace metal measurements from nearby TMR deployments. We also performed bioassay incubations at two ‘process stations’, one near the Denman Glacier and one within the Shackleton polynya, where we incubated natural phytoplankton communities under modified conditions (e.g., different light or metal levels). Additional underway and opportunistic samples were performed when encountering features of interest (e.g., subsurface iceberg meltwater, aerosols).
This dataset contains data of extracted chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations and photophysiology measured through Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF). Further sample analyses will provide data on particulate organic carbon (POC), biogenic silica (BSi), community composition (through flow cytometry, pigments measurements and microscopy for phytoplankton taxonomy), primary productivity (through use of 14C) and bacterial production (through 3H-leucine).

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DENMAN GLACIER, DENMAN, DMV, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NISKIN BOTTLES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > EAST ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF, PHYSIOLOGY, R/V Nuyina > R/V Nuyina
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effects of salinity and vapour pressure on gas exchange and water use in mangroves from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea

Gas exchange measurements were made on exposed sun leaves from 19 mangrove species (10 genera and 8 families) from 9 estuaries in north eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. The estuaries varied in salinity and climatic regimes.The Australian localities included 5 sites in Queensland (Norman River, Daintree River, Trinity Inlet, Murray River, and Missionary Bay (Hinchinbrook Island) and one site in the Northern Territory (McArthur River). In Papua New Guinea the sites were Era, Wapo and Ivi Rivers (Gulf of Papua), Galley Reach and Motupore Island.Gas exchange measurements were made on between 2 and 27 leaves from each species sampled at each site. Leaves exposed to irradiances above 800 µmol/m²/s were chosen. Measurements were made with a portable photosynthesis system with a purpose designed leaf cuvette. Measurements were made of leaf temperature, the relative humidity and air temperature inside the cuvette. Gases were analysed with an infrared gas analyser. Barometric pressure was measured daily with an aneroid barometer. Ambient relative humidity was measured with an aspirated wet and dry bulb thermometer at 9am and 3pm.The data collected were used to calculate CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance to CO2, intercellular CO2 concentrations and intrinsic water use efficiency. Soil salinity was measured in samples of the pore water, which drained into a 0.45 core hole. Samples were taken at a number of locations within each site.
 This field study was undertaken to determine whether salinity and leaf to air vapour pressure deficit influence photosynthetic carbon fixation and water use efficiency in mangroves.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Elusive Reef (GBRELR) Mooring

The QLD Elusive Reef Mooring (IMOS Platform Code: GBRELR) is one of five moorings, offshore from Gladstone in Queensland, Australia at Latitude: -21.030, Longitude: 152.879 (approximate, adjustments with each deployment). The mooring was recovered in November 2014, and not redeployed. 
The mooring’s sensors are adjusted and potentially changed with each deployment, below is an example from 2008:
- SBE37 CTD
- SBE19Plus CTD
- NORTEK ADCP (wave data)
- SBE39 temperature recorder

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | GBRELR | Elusive Reef Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Cronulla

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
ERIN Dual-processed Landsat TM tiles in Western Australia - Esperance tile

A Landsat TM image was cut using a NATMAP Geoscience Australia 1:250 000 scale map named Esperance (Map number SI51-6) and was saved in GeoTIFF format.
The image was geometrically rectified to GDA94 (Datum) and MGA51 (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
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Palm Beach, QLD

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
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Mooring CM1: Current Meters

Three Aanderaa RCM current meters and a S4 current meter were attached to mooring CM1, located north west of John Brewer Reef and in the free stream. The mooring was deployed in 42m of water and the four current meters were attached to the mooring to study changes in current velocity with depth.Deployment Details:Date Deployed: 31/3/1987Date Recovered: 25/8/1987Instruments Deployed:S4 #s620; Depth: 10mRCM #5239; Depth: 18mRCM #4326; Depth: 26mRCM #5278; Depth: 35m
 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 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.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network