AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Free-living nematodes in the carbonate sands of Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef (MECOR Workshop)

The population structure and trophic composition of free-living nematodes from carbonate sands within different reef zones (reef crest, reef flat and lagoon) at Davies Reef in the Great Barrier Reef were examined.Seven benthic stations (C-I) were sampled across the southeastern side of the reef in the following reef zones: within an open basin at the fore-reef crest (C); in bare sandy hollows on the reef flat (D, E, F); in an unprotected shallow lagoon area (G); in a protected shallow lagoon area (H) and in a deeper lagoon area among sediment mounds constructed by ghost shrimps (Callianassa spp.) (I). Sediments at all stations were carbonate sands consisting of coral, mollusc and crustacean shell, coralline algae and Halimeda debris as well as foraminiferan and radiolarian tests. At each station, 6 cores (2.5 cm diameter and 5 cm length) were collected by hand by SCUBA divers. At (I), 6 cores each were taken from the top, side and the area between the Callianassa mounds. Each core was placed into a plastic jar while under water and later preserved in a 1:500 mixture of Rose Bengal-buffered seawater:5% formalin. The depth at which cores were collected was also recorded. Sediments were passed through 500 µm and 45 µm sieves. Nematodes retained in the 45 µm sieve were identified to species level when possible and counted. Each species was also classified according to a feeding-type scheme: selective deposit feeder (1A); non-selective deposit feeder (1B); epistrate feeder (2A); predator/omnivore (2B). Separate sediment cores were taken at each station for grain size analysis. Median grain size, sorting coefficient and percentage sand, silt and clay (by weight) were determined. Total organic matter (% by weight) was measured.
 To determine any variations of the population structure and trophic composition of free-living nematodes from carbonate sands within different reef zones (reef crest, reef flat and lagoon).
 This research was undertaken as a component of the workshop "Microbial Ecology on a Coral Reef" (MECOR), organised by the Australian Institute of Marine Science. This workshop brought together 35 scientists from a range of disciplines to examine the role of microorganisms in coral reef ecosystems. Davies Reef was chosen as the study site and research was undertaken during the winter season (July-August 1984).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Spreading Asymmetry Grid of the Oceanic Lithosphere.

This map of the Australian region shows the present day spreading asymmetry of the oceanic lithosphere.  The spreading asymmetries are based on determining the percentage of crustal accretion between pairs of adjacent seafloor spreading isochrons by dividing the angular distance between them by the half-stage rotation angle.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Geophysics | Seafloor Spreading, spreading_asymmetry
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Victoria Mooring Sub-Facility

The Victoria Moorings Sub-Facility is part of the National Mooring Network Facility.
Victorian Moorings is responsible for a mooring deployed in the Bonney Coast region off Cape Bridgewater (Victoria). This region of the Victorian coastline has strong seasonal upwelling and supports one of the most productive regions of temperate Australian coastal waters. Not only does this region support large populations of migratory whales, fur seals, sharks, and bluefin tuna, it is also an important region from fisheries.
Victorian Moorings fill a historical gap in the national backbone or coastal moorings, providing valuable information on the hydrodynamics of upwelling processes that underpin the productivity off the Bonney Coast.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, IMOS Sub-Facility | ANMN-VIC | Victoria, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Shelf Mooring, Slope Mooring, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, Thermistors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Degradation study of latex balloons in freshwater, saltwater and industrial compost environments

Latex balloons act like plastic in the ocean: they can travel far from their point of origin on atmospheric and water currents and float at the sea surface where they can be eaten by wildlife that mistake it for food. This study quantified the degradation behaviours of latex balloons in saltwater, freshwater, and industrial compost windrows over 16 weeks. The degradation of latex balloons was quantified with bi-weekly measurements of 1) changes in mass; 2) ultimate tensile strength; and 3) changes in surficial composition of balloons via attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). This study tested whether degradation differed between two balloon colours (blue and white) and whether degradation differed between balloons whose packaging labels included the word "biodegradable" and balloons whose packaging did not contain the word "biodegradable", and were thus labeled as "traditional" balloons. Thus, these data consist of 1) mass measurements; 2) load-extension data used to determine ultimate tensile strength; and 3) ATR-FTIR spectra of latex balloons across the variables balloon type (biodegradable; traditional), colour (blue; white), and week sampled (0-16 weeks). Also included are measurements of balloons that did not undergo treatments and are either straight out of the package ("new") or balloons that were inflated but did not undergo any treatments ("inflated").

Tags: Latex balloon ATR-FTIR absorbance, Latex balloon ATR-FTIR wavelengths, Latex balloon extension-load for tensile strengh determination, Latex balloon extension-load for tensile strength determination, Latex balloon mass, anthropogenic debris, compost, pollution, polymer
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
XRD analsyis of surface sediment samples collected from the reef-flat physiographic zone of Wistari Reef

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Two sediment surface samples were taken from the lagoon area for X-Ray Diffraction Analysis. This was used to compare the relative percentages of aragonite and calcite in the sample. The results indicate a higher proportion of aragonite (57-67%) than calcite.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Carbonate Sediments, amount_of_aragonite, amount_of_calcite
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - December 2012 (Southbound)

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
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Lake Wollumboola, Shoalhaven City Council

The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) developed CLAM in 2004 when contracted by the NSW State Government to provide sustainability assessments of 8 coastal lakes. Several projects have since been established directly with local government and NRM groups.
To date, 27 CLAMs have been developed in New South Wales, where they generally fit within estuary management or catchment management plans. To develop these CLAMs and build local capacity to maintain them, ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd - the commercial company of ANU developed an Accreditation Scheme whereby local consultants are trained in the CLAM approach.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Agriculture | Agricultural Plant Science | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Agriculture | Forest Science | Forest Fire Science, Agriculture | Forest Science | Reforestation, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Lakes, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Rivers/stream Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Saline Lakes, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Agricultural Lands, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Estuarine Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Riparian Wetlands, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources | Agricultural Economics, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Eutrophication, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Sewage, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Urbanization, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Water Management, Human Dimensions | Land Use/land Cover | Land Management, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Lakes, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Rivers/streams, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Nutrients, Lake Wollumboola, Land Surface | Erosion/sedimentation | Suspended Solids, Land Surface | Landscape | Landscape Management, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Lagoons, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Level Rise, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biological and chemical oceanographic processes in the waters surrounding the Harriet A production platform on the North West Shelf, Western Australia

In September 1994 and 1995, multi-disciplinary cruises were undertaken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Australian Geological Survey Organization (AGSO) to the southern Northwest Shelf to examine physical, biological and geochemical processes affecting the fate of produced formation water (PFW) discharged into shallow Northwest Shelf waters. The 1994 cruise was used as a pilot study to define local biological and chemical conditions at the discharge site, while the 1995 cruise was designed to measure the dispersion of the discharged PFW and associated hydrocarbons and to measure water column processes likely to affect PFW constituents and their fate in the environment.
Vertical profiles of water temperature and salinity were measured at all stations with a Seabird SBE25 CTD. In 1995, the CTD was fitted with a Biospherical QSP-200 quantum sensor to measure subsurface irradiance. Discrete water samples were collected from three to seven depths through the water column with Niskin bottles. Subsamples taken from the Niskin bottles were analysed for dissolved inorganic nutrients (NH4+, NO2&quot;, NO3&quot;, PO42&quot;, Si), dissolved organic nutrients (DON, DOP, DOC), particulate matter (PN, PP, suspended solids) and plant pigments (chl a, phaeophytin).
On one occasion in 1994 and three times in 1995, samples of fresh PFW were obtained from the Harriet A production platform. A variety of nutrient and hydrocarbon analyses were made on the PFW. Primary production rates were determined by 14C incorporation into particulate organic matter.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis SAZ Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9701

Oceanographic measurements were conducted in the Subantarctic Zone south of Tasmania in September 1997. 5 sediment trap moorings were deployed, and a total of 10 CTD vertical profiles were taken. Over 90 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity and nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate).
The fields in this dataset are:
oceanography
ship
station number
date
start time
bottom time
finish time
cruise
start position
bottom position
finish position
maximum position
bottom depth
pressure
temperature (T-90)
salinity
sigma-T
specific volume anomaly
geopotential anomaly
dissolved oxygen
fluorescence
photosynthetically active radiation

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BOTTOM DEPTH, BOTTOM POSITION, BOTTOM TIME, CEOS, CRUISE, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, DATE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, FINISH POSITION, FINISH TIME, FLUORESCENCE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GEOPOTENTIAL ANOMALY, MAXIMUM PRESSURE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION, PRESSURE, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SALINITY, SHIP, SHIPS, SIGMA-T, SPECIFIC VOLUME ANOMALY, START POSITION, START TIME, STATION NUMBER, TEMPERATURE (T-90)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Upper Logan River Continuous Water Quality Station

SEQ Peri-urban Supersite Upper Logan River. The SEQ Peri-urban Supersite was established under TERN in 2010. It provides extensive new research infrastructure for scientists to determine if key ecosystem services such as high-quality water can be maintained in a rapidly urbanising environment. The supersite comprises one node north of Brisbane City and two nodes to the south. At the northern site, in the Samford Valley, the focus is on the study of terrestrial biogeochemistry managed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) through the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF). The southern-most site, in the catchments of the Logan and Albert Rivers, has a strong aquatic biogeochemistry focus; it is managed by CSIRO. The third node, Karawatha Forest, has a biodiversity focus and is managed by Griffith University.\n\nIn the SEQ Peri-urban Supersites located on the Logan and Albert River, high-frequency biogeochemical and ecological studies are under way to help scientists understand why they contribute such high loads of nitrogen and sediment into Moreton Bay. Permanent measurement stations have been established at both nodes to provide continuous water quality and flow data. The stations consist of physico-chemical sensors to measure temperature, pH (degree of acidity or alkalinity), Eh (the redox, or reduction-oxidation, character of the water), conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll, blue green algae, CDOM and nitrate; and a velocity Doppler to measure river flow and height. These measurements will help researchers to quantify land-use change.

Tags: Albert River, South-east Queenland, albert river, aquatic biogeochemistry, catchment, ecology, ecosystem services, high-frequency biogeochemical, logan river, peri-urban, sediment, supersites, water quality monitoring
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Corals of the Dampier Harbour - Their Survival and Reproduction During the Dredging Programs of 2004

MScience undertook a variety of studies for Dampier Port Authority and Pilbara Iron in response to proposals involving dredging of new berths and channels that occurred:
Dampier Port Authority (DPA): 8 January - 20 May 2004; and 
Hamersley Iron Pty Limited (HI): 8 May - 23 October 2004 .  
Data collected involved surveying distribution of coral species and their community structure, high-precision monitoring of coral, patterns of mortality from natural and anthropogenic influences (cyclone and dredging), water quality and investigating the reproductive status of corals in the turbid inshore marine environments of Dampier Harbour.

Tags: Acropora sp., Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Dredging, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sedimentation, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Pavona sp., Porites sp., Reproduction, Turbinaria sp., faviids, scleractinian corals
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Bussol Strait (Sea of Okhotsk Experiment)

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 Bussol Strait (Sea of Okhotsk).
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, 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
Locomotion and foraging strategy in foot-propelled and wing-propelled shallow-diving seabirds

Miniaturised depth and acceleration recorders on free ranging, foot-propelled divers (great cormorants - Phalacrocorax carbo) and flipper-propelled divers (little penguins - Eudyptula minor) foraging in shallow waters from August 2001 to August 2002 in West Greenland and south of Perth, Western Australia. Diving strategies of the birds were monitored to assess how they manage to counteract buoyancy using two alternative locomotory modes.

Tags: 40 001008, 40 048002, Eudyptula minor, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Birds, Phalacrocorax carbo, buoyancy, locomotory mode
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Port Macquarie

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
WAMSI Node 3.5 - Characterisation and modelling of oceanographic processes in Ningaloo Reef and adjacent waters

A model to numerically simulate waves, currents, sediment transport and particle dispersion in a shallow complex reef environment over time and space scales was created that is validated using data collected during the April/May 2006 field program (WAMSI Node 3.1.6) - Sandy Bay area of Ningaloo Reef.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Sea Surface Height | Sea Surface Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (New South Wales) - Sightings of Invertebrate Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.
Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.
The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken.  Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.
This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy.  It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old).  If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please email enquiries@redmap.org.au.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network