AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Heron Island Sensor Float 5

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 - 175Logger Setup as node (isRouter = False)CSDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 Neighbours range: 1-1, 150-150,130-130SCD7 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 - Retry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fine sediment dynamics on the inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef during a flood

This study monitered the fine sediment dynamics during a moderate wet season event in 2007. The study area was located offshore and north of the mouths of the Tulla and Murray rivers in, around the Dunk and Bedarra Islands in the Northern Great Barrier Reef region. 
Moorings were deployed between 20 January and 19 February 2007 on the inner shelf. Upward looking, bottom-mounted RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) and, at the inshore sites, Nortek single point current meters were deployed at sites along two cross-shore transects.Analite nephelometers, some with LiCor light meters, and sediment traps were also deployed at the upper and lower reef slopes at the eastern and western sides of the islands 0.5 m above the substratum, and at four of the mooring sites. SBE37 SeaBird salinometers, Analite nephelometers, and Nortek Awac wave gauges were deployed at 4 m depth, and recorded data in bursts of 2048 samples at 0.5 s intervals. All other instruments recorded data at 10 min intervals.
Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen concentration (DO), and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) were also obtained using a SeaBird SBE19plus CTD cum-OBS profiler at all mooring sites and along a cross-shelf transect on February 2, 4, 18 and 19, 2007.
Surface water samples were taken and processed for concentrations of dissolved and particulate nutrients, total suspended solids, chlorophyll and phaeopigments.
Sedimentation rates were calculated from 20 sediment traps. Dried material from sediment traps was analysed for percentages of carbonate, organics (loss after ignition), calcium, aluminum, iron and nutrients (total phosphorus and nitrogen, total organic and inorganic carbon.
The aim of this study was to report the fate of mud and nutrients during a river flood to the Great Barrier Reef.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deep deployment in Western Australia in a canyon off Perth (December 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in Perth Canyon  (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind statistics at Governor Head Meteorological Station, Jervis Bay in December 1989

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.
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) recorded winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head (Jervis Bay). The site is several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and is 63m above sea-level.
This record provides wind statistics for December 1989. Five datasets are included here representing different times of the day: 0000-0545, 0600-1145, 1200-1745 and 1800-2345. Individual measurements have been converted so that trends of wind speed and direction can be seen for the time period in question. The fifth dataset incorporates all the wind data collected irrespective of time providing a monthly summary. The station initially recorded wind data at 15 minute intervals.
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Burleigh Heads

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
CCA-larval settlement; 15 x 15 species

This research investigated the intimate associations between crustose coralline algae (CCA) and coral larvae for settlement, it is important to identify species-specific pairing between the CCA-coral counterparts that could be used to optimise settlement for the production of seeding units for reef restoration application. Data was collected at SeaSim using corals and CCA that were collected from the Davies Reef, the Palm Island group and Magnetic Island. Live chip assays of 15 CCA species against 15 coral species were performed to assess for settlement behaviours. Data was analysed using both univariate and multivariate approaches.
Parameters for this study: Larval settlement to crustose coralline algae

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Ecology of Cockburn Sound Report - Series Summary

A report was conducted for the Fremantle Port Authority by Environmental Resources of Australia on the Ecology of Cockburn Sound.  This report contained data on seagrass width and length, seagrass regrowth and presence/absence of algal epiphytes on seagrass fonds.

Tags: Biosphere | Vegetation | Macrophyte, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.2.2e - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Acoustic tracking and adequacy of sanctuary zones

This project now supports in part Australia’s first permanent acoustic listening station array on Ningaloo Reef – the Ningaloo Reef Ecosystem Tracking Array (NRETA) which has been established to answer major questions about the trophic structure, function and management of this environment, especially in terms of movement and migration patterns of key organisms within this ecosystem.  NRETA has connected Australian acoustic telemetry science with the Census of Marine Life’s (CoML) Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project in North America and the $35 million worldwide acoustic tracking initiative proposed by R O’Dor – Ocean Shelf Tracking and Physics Array (OSTAPA).  NRETA will be a key factor in the development of shelf tracking arrays within Australia as part of AATAMS and will place Australia in a good position to take a leading role as this technology continues to expand worldwide.  This project will add important data management and analysis tools to this array, essentially ensuring that the ability to process and understand data and keep pace with our ability to collect it.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Biomass, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Herbivory, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Trophic Dynamics, Biosphere | Zoology | Fish, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Marine Reserves, MPAs, adequacy of zoning, fish behaviour, acoustic tracking, AATAMS, fish movements
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Shallow water fish surveys of the coral reefs of Vanuatu

The shallow water (Fish abundances were assessed using a visual census technique. Up to five non-overlapping replicate censuses were made at each location, depending on the ship's schedule. Surveys of other habitats were also made to extend the species checklist. These include locations on Efate and Ureparapara, as well as additional locations on Tanna, Aneityum and Santo.
 The aims of this component of the survey were:1. to initiate a checklist of shallow water reef fish species2. to assess latitudinal variation in these communities throughout the length of the Republic3. to compare fish communities found on fringing reefs and those on platform reefs4. to compare the shallow water fish communities of Vanuatu with those on coral reefs elswhere in the South Pacific
 This research was a component of a survey of Vanuatu marine resources conducted in March/April 1988 and was funded by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau.The overall objectives of the survey were:1. to survey and describe the shallow water reef habitats from selected islands of Vanuatu, adequately covering geographical and environmental variation2. to survey and describe the marine habitats around the shores of Malakula, including offshore islands3. to derive a coastal management plan for Malakula and offshore islands which can serve as a basis for Coastal Zone Management plans for the rest of the country4. to train Ni-Vanuatu personnel in marine survey and marine conservation methods

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in October 2009

Flow cytometry data was collected in October 2009, 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 has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
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), B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and 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 | Microbiota | Bacteria, 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, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, 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
WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.3 Estimating sediment deposition fields around dredging activities

The objective of WAMSI DREDGING SCIENCE NODE Project 4.3 was to better understand the relationship between TSS and the orbital motion of waves using the instrumentation used during the Gorgon dredging program, at multiple sites using the baseline (pre-dredging) data and then during the dredging program. Specifically, the objective was to predict TSS levels based on the orbital velocity of waves and to identify periods where the measured TSS levels are higher than the modelled data predicts and which therefore may indicate turbidity caused by dredging or spoil disposal and which could represent periods of high sediment deposition. The information from the sediment deposition sensor can then be used to verify periods of high(er) sediment deposition..
Data is in the form of a report, which is a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: HI488LEE_M From: 2011-01-11 To: 2011-01-11

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 1 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI488LEE_M from HMAS LEEUWIN.
The CTD was manufactured by Applied Microsystems Limited and is the "Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the MVP200_CTD. This CTD is fitted with a 4 electrode platinized conductivity cell, thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor.
The CTD sensors are calibrated at the manufacturer Applied Microsystems Limited on a 12-18 month schedule. The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated against 'Hart' temperature standards. The pressure sensor is calibrated using 'Budenburg Deadweight' standards. The conductivity sensor is calibrated using 'Hart' temperature standards and seawater samples of known conductivity.
The CTD sensors are mounted to a fish-shape probe. The probe is controlled by an electric winch (MVP200 type). For downcasts the fish is allowed to free-fall (winch is in 'free-wheel' mode) under its own weight at about 2-3 ms-1 and then is winched back. Data is recorded in downcast and usually in upcast direction at a sampling rate of 25 Hz. The downcast data is of higher quality because sensors encounter undisturbed seawater that flows through the nose of the fish. On the upcast the fish is flipped around (tail first) and the sensors in the nose encounter disturbed flow from the fish tail.
This type of CTD is prone to a phenomenon called 'salinity spiking' caused by a mismatch between the response times of the temperature and conductivity sensor. Data undergoes a salinity de-spiking routine to correct for this. See the history metadata for further details on the salinity de-spiking process.
Raw CTD pressure data is not always monotonic due to transient up/down motion of winch/ship. Raw pressure data is subsetted to give a monotonic (increasing) sequence and then linearly interpolated to 1 decibar pressure intervals. Data is then flagged with quality control flags after visual inspection and comparison to average climatology and historical CTD casts.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Epibenthos of mangrove waterways and open embayments in tropical northeastern Queensland, Australia

The macro-epibenthos of tidal mangrove creeks in Missionary Bay and in the Murray River estuary in tropical northeastern Queensland was sampled on a seasonal basis. Missionary Bay has an extensive (50 km2) mangrove forest dissected by several tidal creeks, only one of which (Bowen Creek) has significant freshwater input. In contrast, the nearby Murray River catchment receives a rainfall of &gt;2000 mm/y and estuarine salinity ranged from 3.2-31.0 parts per thousand at the sampling sites used in the study.The inshore (mangrove habitats)-offshore (embayment) patterns in total faunal taxonomic richness (means ranging from 0 to 32·5 taxa per trawl) and density (range of means, &lt; 1·55 individuals/m2) were generally complex, with patterns across the gradient changing seasonally. Patterns in total biomass (range of means 0-740mg/m2) were clearer, with highest biomasses recorded in May (post-wetseason) and lowest in February (mid-wet season), with no significant cross habitat gradient in biomass. Densities and biomasses were lower than those recorded in other studies, probably owing to the physically harsh conditions available to epibenthos and to the low quality of mangrove detritus as a food source. The significant difference in the structure of epibenthic communities in mangrove and embayment habitats in the dry season months (August and October) was likely due to the longer residence time of water in mangrove waterways at that time of the year. Greater tidal amplitudes and increased tidal current velocities in February transported mangrove detritus and many faunal taxa into embayments. Variation in the quantities of exported mangrove detritus in nettings explained significant proportions of the variance in total (and component taxa) epibenthic standing stocks in mangrove and embayment habitats. Several factors may be important in causing the positive response of different groups within the epibenthos to mangrove detritus. For penaeid shrimps it seems likely that clumps of exported mangrove detritus provide refuges from predatory fish in both mangrove and embayment habitats.
 This research was undertake to investigate the relationship between exported mangrove detritus and macro-epibenthic faunal communities and also the way in which the community structure of epibenthos changes with distance from mangrove habitats.
 The epibenthos was sampled using a specially designed beam trawl with high pressure water jets mounted within the trawl (cf. Penn and Stalker, 1975)

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Determining the grainsize of sediment with increasing depth in core GC13, located in the Capricorn Channel

A gravity core (GC13) was collected from a depth of 1482 mbsl within the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Samples were separated into different size fractions to determine the % of each grainsize at each sample depth. Although not overly accurate, the information is correlated with analyses of other parameters to impart clues to the environmental changes within the core. The smallest size fraction (&lt;100µm) dominates at all depths. Peaks in the larger grainsize fractions correlate with pteropod accumulations in the sediment, especially in the lower half of the core at 260cm and 290cm. The absence of complete pteropods at the top of the core may be related to the fact that GC13 is presently situated below the aragonite lysocline. This suggests that the aragonite lysocline was probably deeper during the glacials.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, core_depth, grainsize_size_category
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network