AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
GBR - Green zone contribution to the larval recruitment of three fish species in blue zones, 2007 - 2008 (MTSRF 4.8.1, JCU)

As part of MTSRF Project 4.8.1, this study aimed to assess the benefit of no-take (green) zones as a recruitment source. 1342 adult stripey snapper (Lutjanus carponotatus) from 3 green zones around the Keppel Islands were fin-clipped for genetic analysis and released. Microsatellite markers were used to assign juveniles to one or both parents. From the 483 juveniles collected from 16 sites in both green and blue zones, 140 (~30%) were assigned to one or both parents from the adult sample. Of the 140 juveniles, 16% had recruited into home green zones, 62% had dispersed into blue zones, and the remainder had dispersed among other green zones.

References:

Almany GR, Hamilton RJ,  Williamson DH, Evans RD, Jones GP, Matawai M, Potuku T, Rhodes KL, Russ GR and Sawynok B. (in press) Research partnerships with local communities: two case studies from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Coral Reefs.

Williamson DH, Jones GP and Thorrold SR. (2009) An experimental evaluation of transgenerational isotope labeling in a coral reef grouper. Mar Biol (2009) 156:2517–2525.

Williamson DH, Jones GP, Thorrold SR and Frisch AJ. (2009) Transgenerational marking of marine fish larvae: stable-isotope retention, physiological effects and health issues. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 891–905.

Tags: marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Native Title Determination Outcomes - November 2020 (NNTT)

An approved determination of native title is made by way of an order of the court pursuant to ss 86, 87 or 87A of the NTA or s 23 of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth). The determination order details whether or not native title exists, and, if native title does exist: a) who holds the native title; b) the nature and extent of the native title rights and interests; c) the nature and extent of other interests in the determination area; d) the relationship between the different rights and interests in the determination area; and e) the extent to which native title is held to the exclusion of others (s 225 of the NTA). Determination outcomes are extracted from the determination order to broadly categorise the land and waters of the determination area where: a) native title does not exist; b) native title exists to the exclusion of all others (exclusive); c) native title exists but not to the exclusion of all others (non-exclusive); and d) native title has been extinguished (extinguished).

Note: This metadata record is a local copy maintained for the eAtlas and is not authoritative. Please see the link to the 'Original metadata record for this dataset' for the full metadata and latest update.

Data Location:

This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: \pearl\e-atlas\data\non-custodian\ongoing\AU_NNTT\2023-09-29\original\Native_Title_Nat.zip

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS deployments to address strategic knowledge gaps in the Oceanic Shoals bioregion 2014, Western Australia (AIMS)

Stereo Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS) were deployed and retrieved across targeted shallow seabed environments within and adjacent to the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (&lt; 200m) of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. The allocation of deployment positions across each shoal was conducted using a regular/random design within the bounds of the 60 m depth contour whilst maintaining a minimum distance of 250 m between each SBRUVS unit. Once the positions were derived, the sequence of deployments, in sets of eight replicate units, was determined by proximity and prevailing sea conditions on the day. A total of 76 SBRUVS deployments were conducted across the Margaret Harries Shoals; 24 at Margaret Harries east, 28 at Margaret Harries west and 24 at Margaret Harries south.

The survey was undertaken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science between May 8 and May 16 2014 on the AIMS Research Vessel, RV Solander, and aimed to address strategic knowledge gaps in the Oceanic Shoals bioregion.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NERP TE Project 5.3 - Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the GBR to flood plume impacts: light, nutrients and salinity , 2011-2013 (JCU)

The Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (RRMMP) has identified that seagrass meadows along the Great Barrier Reef are in a state of decline. This project will undertake desktop analyses to quantify the exposure of seagrass meadows to flood plumes. Aquaria experiments will measure responses of seagrass to variation in light, nutrients and salinity. This project will also use use True Colour Remote sensing images, to derive flood plume exposure and relate to changes in seagrass abundance and composition.  The results will be synthesised to define thresholds of concern of water quality impacts, with a particular focus on flood plumes, and input into the development of guidelines for the protection of seagrass meadows.

Tasks include: 
1. Quantifying the level of exposure of seagrass meadows to changes in water quality associated with flood plumes (using True Colour Remote sensing) in coastal regions of the GBR.





Measurement of changes in biological traits (e.g. growth, biomass) of seagrass in relation to water quality  (Light, nutrients, salinity) determined by experimental studies.




Experimental testing of indicators of seagrass status adopted in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) (e.g. nutrient ratios) in response to changes in water quality. 




Experimental verification of water quality response models and thresholds, in particular in relation to the MMP.



Tags: National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wet Tropics Bioregion - Mountain locations (WTMA)

This dataset contains point features depicting mountains, peaks, mountain ranges and hills and their names. Ranges are located with a point or series of points in the approximate vicinity of the feature.

Mountain data originated from 1:250,000 scale AUSLIG supplied topographic data (repromats). Corrections were made to locate the points accurately to the 1:100,000 scale National Topographic Map Series. Georeferenced Topographic Maps are dated 1966.

This dataset consists of a 90 KB point shapefile containing 344 features.

95% of points within the Mountains coverage were located to the 1:100,000 scale Topographic maps Series. Some smaller hills, mountains and ranges shown on the 1:100,000 scale Topographic map Series, not in the original source data, have not been included in this dataset. 90% of the points are within +/- 50 metres of true position.

Data reproduced with permission of Wet Tropics Management Authority

This metadata was prepared for the eAtlas and is not authoritative. Please contact the Wet Tropics Management Authority for an authoritative record.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 5.9 - Gully remediation effectiveness, 2019-2020 (CSIRO)

There is significant Government investment in water quality improvement focused on reducing gully erosion (~$50M), however, there is limited measured data to demonstrate the effectiveness of the remediation approaches. This project is collected land condition, terrain and water quality data from five gully remediation trial sites in the Burdekin catchment. The data demonstrated whether the on-ground investment programs are actually improving measured water quality, and quantified the cost-effectiveness of the various approaches. The measured field data was extrapolated using Lidar, supporting the prioritisation and evaluation of future remediation sites over larger (whole of property) scales. Communication products were developed to provide the evidence needed to increase landholder engagement in remediation programs that are focused on improving water quality runoff to the GBR.

This project is a continuation of NESP TWQ Round 2 - Project 2.1.4.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The bioavailability and chemical composition of the organic component of soils and sediments from the catchment to reef (NESP TWQ 5.8, Griffith University)

This data set provides detailed information about the chemical composition, bioavailability and relative abundance of organic compounds in plant material and the organic associated with soil and sediment samples collected from terrestrial and marine environment of the Great Barrier Reef.

*This dataset is currently under embargo.

Methods:
Pre-treatment of soil and sediment samples with HF before solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR analysis removes substantial amounts of Fe2+ and Mn2+ in soil and sediment and concentrates the organic matter content of the whole sample, improving the signal/noise ratio. In this study, all soil and sediment samples for NMR analysis were pre-treated with HF 5%. Solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR spectra of the HF treated samples were obtained at a frequency of 100.6 MHz on a 300 MHz Varian VNMRS spectrometer (Varian Inc.,CA). Samples were packed in a silicon nitride rotor (optical density=7mm) and spun at 5 kHz at the magic angle. Single contact times of 2 ms were applied, with an acquisition time of 14 ms, and a recycle delay of 1.5 s. Approximately 20,000 transients were collected for all soil and sediment samples and 2,000 transients were collected for plant litter. Lorentzian line broadening function of 150 Hz was applied to all spectra. Chemical shift values were referenced externally to hexamethylbenzene at 132.1 ppm, which is equivalent to tetramethylsilance at 0 ppm. The solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR spectra were divided into the seven common chemical shift regions: aliphatic C (0-45 ppm), methoxyl C (45-60 ppm), carbohydrate C (60-90 ppm), di-o-alkyl (90-110 ppm), aryl C (110-145 ppm), O aryl C (145-160 ppm) and carboxyl C (160-180 ppm) and the relative intensity for each region was determined by integration using Varian NMR 3.1A software package. Where chemical shift boundaries were moved in this work, in comparison to previous studies, this has been to facilitate the intensity corrections necessitated by spinning side bands (SSBs) appearing in the spectra acquired in this work.

Format:
The provided dataset consists of 2 files:



Excel file provides the chemical composition or organic matter in plant material, soil, and sediments. In this file detailed information of 31 samples (in order from 1 to 31) are provided including the type of sample, date of location, catchment/site name, GPS coordinates and the chemical composition or organic matter as revealed by 13C CPMAS-NMR.

The PDF file includes the 13C CPMAS-NMR spectra for each corresponding sample (in order from 1 to 31) in the excel file.


Data Location:

This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\custodian\2019-2022-NESP-TWQ-5\5.8_Origin-detrimental-sediment

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Before and after cyclone Yasi MODIS satellite imagery (NERP TE 13.1, eAtlas, AIMS, source: NASA)

This collection is a record of MODIS satellite imagery before, during and after severe cyclone Yasi in February 2011. This image series highlights the damage the cyclone makes to the rainforest areas around mission beach and the turbulence created off shore by the cyclone on the 5th February (2.5 days after the cyclone). It corresponds to the images and maps from the "Cyclone Yasi satellite image maps - before and after" article in the eAtlas. Use this dataset if you wish to recreate these maps.

The imagery in this collection was sourced from the NASA rapid response site and consists of georeferenced JPEG images. This collection contains the raw georeferenced satellite imagery as well as a number of maps that include rivers, towns, coastline and cyclone Yasi's track. The data used to create these maps is included in the data package. This includes Australian Coast100k 2004 (Geoscience Australia), Australian Topo2M5-2003 Drainage (Geoscience Australia), Natural earth 10m Cities and Yasi track BOM (Bureau of Meteorology). 

This series contains images for 28th January, 2nd February (1 day before land crossing), 5th February (2.5 days after crossing land) and 13th February (10.5 days after crossing land). These images cover most of the Great Barrier Reef, the coral sea and the Queensland coastline.

Format:

This dataset contains original georeferenced NASA Rapid Response JPEG images (6400x6400 pixels), shapefiles for Coast 100k, Topo 2M5 Drainage, 10m cities and Yasi track. It also contains the original Yasi track as locations and an R script to convert this to a shapefile. It also contains an ArcMap MXD file that uses all the data files to create the maps that combine the satellite imagery with the shapefiles; these maps are provided in JPEG and PNG exports. Additonally it contains an SVG (Scalar Vector Graphic) file (made in Inkscape) for creating the before and after comparison map.

The maps are based on the follow NASA Rapid Response images:
Australia3.2011028.terra.250m 
Australia3.2011033.aqua.250m
Australia3.2011036.aqua.250m
Australia3.2011043.aqua.250m

Change Log:

2016-05-16 - Corrected the date labels in some of the exported maps. Three of then were labelled with 2010 instead of the correct year 2011.

Repository Location:

This dataset is saved in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\NERP-TE\13.1_eAtlas\GBR_eAtlas-NASA_Yasi-before-after-MODIS_2011

Tags: marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Abalone fishing block 22 - High resolution acoustic data of reef habitat

The principle aim of this project was to map the fine-scale spatial distribution of key abalone habitat impacted by urchins in &lt; 25 m water depth using multibeam acoustic imagery. Detailed substrate type (Pavement Reef, Megaclast Reef, Mixed Consolidated Sediment/Reef and Sand), and kelp coverage maps have been produced for the east coast of Tasmania. Large urchin barrens have been predicted and the minimum quantifiable unit of which small incipient barrens can be detected has been identified using this acoustic water column technique.

This data provides a snapshot of the 2021 distribution of seafloor habitats and associated vegetation distribution, and will assist in the facilitation of strategic decision making for urchin control and abalone management.

Data for download has been split by fishing block (22-24, 27-30). This record describes FISHING BLOCK 22. The following data products are available for download, for each fishing block:
• 50cm resolution bathymetry
• 50cm resolution substrate type (Seamap Australia classification)
• bathymetry derivatives (seabed slope, curvature, rugosity, 1 and 2m contours)
• water column data - 1m mean signal
• water column data - 9m2 raw block statistic
• water column data - vegetation likelihood classification

See associated records for access to data from other fishing blocks (23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30).

Tags: Centrostephanus rogersii, Haliotis rubra
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Distributions of rainforest vertebrates in the Australian Wet Tropics (MTSRF, JCU)

The purpose of this data set was to compile distributional, general life-history characteristics and phylogenies for Australian tropical rain forest vertebrates to inform a wide range of comparative studies on the determinants of biodiversity patterns and to assess the impacts of global climate change. We provide three distinct data sets: (1) a table of species-specific distributional and life-history traits for 242 vertebrate species found in the rain forests of the Australian Wet Tropics; (2) species distribution maps (GIS raster files) for 202 of the species displaying both the realized and potential distributions; and (3) phylogenies for these species. These species represent 93 birds, 31 amphibians, 31 mammals (including one monotreme), and 47 reptiles. Where information exists, the distributional and life-history data compiled here present information on: indices of environmental specialization (ENFA), habitat specialization, average body mass and size, sexual dimorphism, reproductive characteristics such as age at first reproduction, clutch/litter size, number of reproductive bouts per year and breeding seasonality, longevity, time of day when most active, and dispersal ability; distributional characteristics such as range size (potential and realized for both total and core ranges) and observed ranges in temperature, precipitation, and elevation; and niche attributes such as environmental marginality and specialization. The distribution maps provided represent a combination of presence-only ecological niche modeling (using MaxEnt) to estimate the potential distribution of a species followed by biogeographic clipping by expert opinion based on extensive field data and a subregional classification relevant to the topography and biogeographic history of the region to produce best-possible estimates of the realized distribution. Our assemblage contains many species with a shared evolutionary history, and thus many analyses of these data will need to account for phylogeny. Although a comprehensive phylogeny with branch length information does not exist for this diverse group of species, we present a best-estimate composite phylogeny constructed primarily from recently published molecular phylogenies of included groups. 

This metadata record is an extract from the authorive metadata records maintained by the tropical data hub (http://tropicaldatahub.org/data/6e58cda4-a2c9-4193-bb22-708e25054e3c).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS deployments in Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea), Western Australia (NERP)

Stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS) were deployed and retrieved in targeted shallow seabed environments within the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (&lt; 200m) of the western part of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. In total, 56 stereo-BRUVS were deployed between 31 and 77 metres for one hour according to a regular random sampling design, with minimum spacing of 400 m to ensure independence among samples. This yielded 56 hours of video footage which was subsequently analysed and all species and their relative abundances recorded.

The Marine Biodiversity Survey of the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea was a research collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Geoscience Australia (GA), University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Museum &amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MGNT). The survey was undertaken between 12 September and 6 October 2012 on the AIMS Research Vessel, RV Solander, and formed part of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme 4: Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NERP TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health, 2011-2013 (JCU)

This project involved an assessment of all existing and potential sources of pollution to the Torres Strait marine environment. This was combined with information on water movement patterns to assess the hazard (and to some degree risk) of these pollutant sources to marine ecosystems and public health. This project was predominantly a desktop study with some field work to sewage treatment plants, and other point sources of potential pollutants.

This project:
1. Collated information regarding Torres Strait water quality pollutant sources at a range of scales (regional to local).





Developed a better knowledge of water circulation patterns in the Torres Strait region through the development of a fine-scale model based on the Slim model.




Developed a hazard assessment of the sources of pollutants that affect marine ecosystems and public health in the Torres Strait region. This will form the basis of recommendations to management authorities to prioritise investment and political action to minimise pollution and public health/marine ecosystem damage.




Established recommendations for a water quality monitoring program for the Torres Strait region, designed to assess the status of water quality and measure the effectiveness of pollution management actions.



Tags: National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 4.3 - Best practice coral restoration for the Great Barrier Reef, 2018-2020 (JCU)

As coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) continues to degrade, pressure is growing for direct interventions to assist the recovery of corals at important sites. A range of coral restoration and assisted recovery techniques have been trialled overseas and in Australia, however there has not been an evaluation of what will work best in GBR conditions. This project will: 



Summarise and evaluate the success of coral restoration and assisted recovery techniques worldwide and identify the techniques most likely to help the GBR. 

Experimentally test the most promising techniques. 

Come up with best practices for post-impact coral reattachment and reorientation. 

Explore options for training courses, offset models and Indigenous employment.


Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBC) - November 2020 (NNTT)

RNTBCs (Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate) are corporations which have prescribed functions under the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA) to hold, protect and manage determined native title and ensure certainty for governments and other parties interested in accessing or regulating native title land and waters by providing a legal entity to manage and conduct the affairs of the native title holders. PBCs (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) are established as an interim measure to represent native title owners and their interests until an RNTBC is formally registered. This dataset shows the boundaries associated with PBCs and RNTBCs where determinations of native title have found native title to exist.

Note: This metadata record is a local copy maintained for the eAtlas and is not authoritative. Please see the link to the 'Original metadata record for this dataset' for the full metadata and latest update.

Data Location:

This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\non-custodian\ongoing\AU_NNTT\2020-11-05\RNTBC_Nat_shp.zip

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network