AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Gulf St Vincent benthic habitat survey

Benthic habitat characterisation in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia across regular transects using video drops for a one-off survey during 2000/2001.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Cameras | Video Cameras - underwater, Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean/ Australia extension, Marine Features (Australia) | Gulf St. Vincent, SA, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, coverage
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Heron Island Sensor Float 2

A round 1.4m yellow buoy has been deployed in the Heron Island lagoon as part of the sensor network infrastructure at Heron Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef off Gladstone, Australia. The buoy is configured as a sensor-float with a Campbell Scientific logger, a spread-spectrum radio for communicating with the on-reef wireless network, a GPS and initially a surface mounted (30cm under the water surface) thermistor.The float is moored in the lagoon of Heron Island in around 3m of water and will be used to monitor the flow of water through the lagoon. It will be fitted with surface salinity and bottom depth and temperature in late 2008. The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors. The buoy is re-locatable and the GPS data should be used to find the current location.
 The buoy is one of five re-locatable platforms in the lagoon at Heron Island onto which sensor will be located. The buoys initially have a Campbell Scientific loggers powered off two 5W solar panels, a Garmin GPS unit and one thermistor located at the base of the buoy around 30cm below the water line. The buoys use a Campbell Scientific spread-spectrum radio to talk back to the base station located on Heron Island.
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 2 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 172Logger Setup as node (isRouter = False)SDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 Neighbours range: 1- 1, 110-110, 120-120SCD7 beacon = 21600Over-Reef RF Network - RF411 attached to the CSIO port of the loggerRadio Settings - Active Interface - Datalogger CSDCSDC Address 7Protocol: Pakbus awareRadio Net Address - 0Hop Sequence - 0Power mode - less than 2mA 1 SecondRetry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - February 2013 (Northbound)

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
Bathymetric adaptations of corals at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Light saturation

Corals were collected by scuba along 2 transects at Davies Reef in October 1980, and February, July and December 1981. Transect A-B ran from 1-17 m deep on the seaward margin of the reef flat. Transect C-D ran from 1-51 m deep on the seaward reef slope. Collection date, sea surface temperature, transect, depth and coral species were recorded.For the experiments, either a group of four 12 cm terminal branches of Acropora formosa or Acropora valenciennesi, or one 9 cm diameter colony of all other species were placed in a chamber and changes in dissolved oxygen content measured. Light measurements of photosynthetic photon flux density were in units of microEinsteins (400-700 nm) per square metre per second. Corals were incubated in the dark and light for periods of 20-30 min, arranged in order of increasing light intensity.The corals were frozen at the end of the experiment; chlorophylls and accessory pigments were extracted with 3 volumes of 20% tetrahydrofuran in methanol (v:v), separated and quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. Ten replicate coral samples were analysed for protein content.
 To establish:- whether photoadaptations occur in reef-building corals- whether photoadaptations occur as continuous gradients correlated to ambient light intensity- whether relationships between photoadaptations and ambinet light intensity can be mathematically described- whether corals from high/low light environments correspond to definitions of sun/shade plants
 Data analyses were part of a series of three papers addressing:1. Long-term growth responses (data not held by AIMS)2. Light saturation curves for photosynthesis and respiration3. UV-B absorbing compounds (see separate metadata record)

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in March 2011

Flow cytometry data was collected in March 2011, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (FM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data is normally collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses, but not on this cruise
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMSA - Kimberley Marine Offloading Facility - Benthic Infauna Survey

This report presents a summary of results for benthic infauna and sediment samples collected near the Port of Broome and in Roebuck Bay. 
The results investigate the spatial distribution of sediments and corresponding composition of infauna, and assess associations between benthic infauna and migratory shorebird abundance and diversity, to assist in characterising the significance of the proposed Project 
development envelope as foraging habitat for migratory shorebird populations.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
One Tree Island Temperature Data Outside Entrance

In order to develop an understanding of our reef system and in particular the environment and how it is changing at One Tree Island, a series of temperature logger arrays were deployed at four sites. The image depicts the location of the outside entrance data logger. Temperature readings were taken from November 2005 to April 2006. The data has yet to be quality controlled.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ERIN Dual-processed Landsat TM tiles in Western Australia - Bremer Bay tile

A Landsat TM image was cut using a NATMAP Geoscience Australia 1:250 000 scale map named Bremer Bay (Map number SI50-12) 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
OSU Buoy Group: Fall Transition Experiment: Oregon Shelf

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 Fall Transition Experiment on the Oregon 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, Oregon shelf, 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
Temperature - Salinity distributions / CTD data within Jervis Bay and out across the shelf: 1988

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Approximately once per month between 1988-1991, temperature-salinity surveys were conducted within Jervis Bay and out across the continental shelf. Measurements were made using a Neil Brown 'Smart' CTD. On each day of sampling, ~10 stations were chosen across the shelf, with the CTD recorder measuring salinity, temperature and sigma-T through the water column.
This record describes CTD data collected in 1988. For each day of sampling three resources are provided in the compressed (zipped) folder: 1) A text document providing details of sampling locations, as well as a CTD summary collected from each of the stations every 4-10 metres down the water column, 2) A map showing the location of each sampling station and, 3) An excel file providing the raw CTD data collected.
This is one of nine child records that relate to the parent, 13391430-2ae8-11dd-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 Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, bearing, date, depth, distance, latitude, longitude, sea_water_density, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, station_name, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Australian iPCoD for measuring baleen whale population consequence of disturbance from offshore energy developments (NESP MaC 4.9)

This project developed an interim Population Consequence of Disturbance (iPCoD) model for blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) to document a methodology for assessing population-level impacts of one, or multiple, wind farm developments off the southern Australian coast. The iPCoD model was developed in Europe to quantify how disturbances of individuals caused by physiological injury or changes in behaviour can have population-level consequences in data poor marine mammal populations. This model was adapted to suit Australian marine mammal species, highlighting key data gaps for locally threatened populations that overlap in range with the declared offshore wind areas in Australia. Due to the lack of baseline data currently available, this study documented a framework that can be updated as more information becomes available. We outlined how to leverage simulation-based population modelling as a tool for policymakers, industry and management authorities, to aid in environmental impact assessments, with a specific focus on data poor marine mammal populations.

Tags: Balaenoptera musculus, Blue whale, Eubalaena australis, Pygmy blue whale, Southern right whale, conservation and management, demography, impact assessment, offshore renewable energy, population, threatened species
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.2.3 - Biodiversity Assessment, Ecosystem Impacts of Human Usage and Management Strategy Evaluation

This project was developed for the Ningaloo Research Program (NRP) to explore the effects of managing recreational fishing, which is perhaps the most important extractive activities in the Ningaloo Marine Park. The project used simulation techniques known as Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) to explore the consequences of a range of management actions, under a series of alternative future scenarios on the management of a major target species on Ningaloo Reef, spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus). The results of the scenarios are examined against the objectives set out by management and other stakeholders in the park.
A simulation model, known as ELFSim, was used. ELFSim is a decision support software system designed to evaluate options for conservation and harvest management, and includes a number of key components: a population dynamics model of target species that captures the full life history (including larval dispersal, reproduction, development, and habits) of the target species, a model of fishing dynamics that captures the exploitation pattern due to fishing behaviour, a management model that simulates the implementation of management actions. ELFSim was developed for other coral reef fisheries where commercial fishing was the primary fishing activity, and in this sought to develop a simulation model of recreational fishing dynamics. 
This model was agent-based, meaning that individual recreational fishing boats were represented in the model, and a range of management measures were tested on the ability to manage these virtual recreational fishers. These management measures, derived from stakeholder workshops include the effect of increasing the no take sanctuary zones, and restricting the fishing in sanctuary zones that occurs from shore. The effectiveness of these management actions in the simulation model was measured against the management objectives of the stakeholders.
Management objectives were classified according to ecological (conservation) objectives, or social and economic objectives. The results showed that the current management arrangement perform adequately against the range of ecological and social objectives. However, for other management actions, the results showed the inherent trade-off that exists between the ecological objective and the social objectives.

Tags: Management Strategy Evaluation, MSE, simulation, fisheries, spangled emperor
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coral calcification in massive Porites in the nearshore region of the northern Great Barrier Reef

Ten massive Porites colonies were collected from the fringing reefs of each of 4 inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef in January 2004. Two reefs were located in the Far Northern Region (Hannah Island and Hay Islands) and two reefs were located approximately 450 km away in the Northern Region (High Islands and Kent Islands). All colonies were &gt;=30 cm in diameter and were selected from the leeward side of each island at depths between 1 and 3 m below the lowest astronomical tide. Of the 40 colonies collected, 38 colonies were found to be suitable for the analysis of growth parameters.A slice, approximately 7mm thick, was cut from the centre of each colony, dried and X-rayed. The positive X-ray prints were used to identify two tracks on each slice with clear annual density bands and also to date these bands. Skeletal density was measured at 0.25 mm intervals along each track using a gamma densitometer. From these measurements, spatial and temporal variations in three annual coral growth parameters; annual extension (linear distance between adjacent density minima (cm/y)), skeletal density (g/cm³) and calcification rate (the product of skeletal density and annual extension, g/cm²/y) were calculated. The three variables were then averaged across the two densitometer tracks for each corresponding growth year.While the age of annual growth bands ranged from 1971 to 2003, few bands were recorded before 1988 and analysis was focused on the period 1988-2003. Average monthly SST for each region were obtained from the HadISST 1.1 database, available from the British Atmospheric Data Centre.
 This study was carried out to examine temporal and spatial variation in growth parameters of massive Porites corals from two inshore regions of the Great Barrier Reef. The relationship between growth parameters and sea surface temperature (SST) was also investigated.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Microplastic bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification in a simple coral reef food web

Microplastics are considered a marine contaminant of emerging concern and to accurately assess the ecological risk of microplastics, it is critical to understand the levels of contamination and relationship between organisms and their surrounding envrionment. The aim of this study was to understand the ecological risk of microplastics on coral reef organisms by assessing taxa representing three trophic levels in the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR). This included zooplankton, benthic crustaceans and reef fish, as well as environmental matrices they inhabit (i.e., mid-column seawater and benthic sediment) from two mid-shelf reef locations (i.e., Davies and Backnumbers) in the central GBR. Contamination was assessed following rigorous protocols and analysed to determine levels of microplastics in each matrix. Microplastics were found in all matrices investigated, with similar polymers, sizes, colours and shapes across all trophic levels and environmental matrices. In contrast, contamination varied up the trophic level, and although microplastics were concentrating in organisms, there was no evidence for microplastics magnifying up the food web. However, given the heterogeneity of microplastics abundant within the marine environment, it is impossible to ignore trophic transfer as a prominant pathway of exposure from lower to higher trophic levels.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Abalone Culture Research

This project will undertake research and provide specialised extension to improve the potential of abalone aquaculture in WA. This will be achieved through a close working relationship with existing and emerging industry members. Research funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) investigated the following main objectives:
* Alternative feed and nursery systems for juvenile abalone (5mm+)

Feeding macroalgal germlings, which can grow on the nursery plates, can provide more biomass and may be an alternative feed for the later stages of the nursery phase of abalone. Juveniles in algal systems showed superior growth rates compared to juveniles in weaner system on formulated feed. The weaner tanks produced lower survival (62%) than the nursery system relying on algal diets (average 84%). However, much more labour is involved in culturing and maintaining algae for larger juveniles in the nursery systems compared to the weaner system using a formulated diet.
* Improved spawning success and offspring performance of farm-grown abalone.

This project has realised the importance of red seaweeds, the natural food source, in broodstock nutrition. Spawning success and offspring performance of abalone have been enhanced using cultured seaweed compared to commercial broodstock diets or improved broodstock diets.
In addition to FRDC-funded research, the following studies are continuing to improve and explore new revenues for the abalone aquaculture industry in WA:
* Developing diversified algal cultures for abalone spat and broodstock
* Exploring the potential of the tropical abalone (Haliotis asinina) as an aquaculture species for northern WA

Time : to be finalised June 2006

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biogeochemistry of northern and central Great Barrier Reef inter-reef sediments

Nine stations from Great Barrier Reef locations on the inner, mid- and outer -shelf were sampled. Six were located in the channels bewteen the following sets of reefs: Gibson and Howie, Howie and Peart, Adelaide and Hall-Thompson, Taylor and Farquharson, Yamacutta and Taylor and Beaver; Britomart and Otter Reefs. Three stations were located leeward of the following reefs: King, Moss, and Pith Reefs.
Samples were analysed for sediment grain size, pH and percentage silt, sand and clay, water content and other elements (P, S, Mn, and Fe). Sediments were classified as mud, sand, sandy mud or muddy sand.
Mass sediment accumulation rates were calculated.
Solute fluxes across the sediment-water interface and sulfate reduction were measured.
Porewater was analysed for Cl, S, Fe, Ca, Mg, Sr, and Mn.
Fluxes of O2 and sum of CO2 (mmol m-2 day-1), the ratio across the sediment-water interface and net production of sum of CO2 were calculated.
Rates of dissolved inorganic nutrient flux (umol m-2 day-1) were recorded.
To examine the deposition and cycling of carbon and nitrogen in carbonate sediments located between coral reefs of the northern and central sections of the Great Barrier Reef.
The research is a companion to that described in the papers:
Alongi DM, Pfitzner J and Trott LA (2006) Deposition and cycling of carbon and nitrogen in carbonate mud of the lagoons of Arlington and Sudbury Reefs, Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 25: 123-143.
and
Alongi DM, Trott LA and Pfitzner J (2007) Deposition, mineralization, and storage of carbon and nitrogen in sediments of the far northern and northern Great Barrier Reef shelf. Continental Shelf Research 27: 2595-2622.
In the spatial extends the regions have been named against the station and the core numbers listed in the publication.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network