AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Intertidal Habitats of the Gorgon Gas Development EIS/ERMP-Technical appendix C9

RPS Bowman Bishaw Gorham has conducted a number of studies of intertidal habitats around Barrow Island prior to the present proposal. Le Provost Environmental Consultants (1991) surveyed intertidal habitats around the Island in 1990. Further studies of the areas expected to be affected by the proposed development have been undertaken to assist formal environmental assessment of the proposal (Bowman Bishaw Gorham 2003). This report describes the results of the current field surveys and relates the findings to existing information for similar areas within the region.
The Montebello/Lowendal/Barrow Islands region is characterised by limestone islands, running along the western edge of the Rowley Shelf, exposed to open ocean swells on their west coasts and sheltered on their east coasts.
The Leeuwin Current connects the Montebello/Lowendal/Barrow Island regions with areas further north and provides the area with an ongoing source of recruits for reestablishment of new biotic habitats or recovery of disturbed ones. Wave energy plays a major role in the physical structure of intertidal habitats, and exposure to salinity and the desiccating effects of the sun play major roles in shaping biotic intertidal habitats. The local distribution of intertidal habitats is affected by the regular passage of tropical cyclones that shape sandy beaches, redistribute boulders and sand sheets over intertidal platforms and, in extreme cases, cause widespread destruction of biotic habitats.
The ongoing effects of exposure to wave energy have led to the development of different intertidal habitats on the west and east coasts of the regions islands. The predominant habitats on the exposed west coasts of islands in the Montebello/Lowendal/Barrow Island region are sandy beaches, rocky shores and cliffs. The predominant physical habitats on the sheltered east coasts and the adjacent mainland coast are sand flats, mud flats, rocky pavements and platforms. Mangroves have developed on sheltered coasts of the islands and along the mainland coast.
Tidal inundation plays a major role in shaping the distribution of the essentially marine assemblages of intertidal habitats. Biotic habitats in the intertidal zone are generally represented by stunted and resilient ecomorphs of marine macrophytes, due to the physiological stress imposed by the environment.

Tags: Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Risk Management Plan, Field Surveys | Shore Surveys, Gorgan Gas Development, Marine Features (Australia) | Barrow Island, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sources of carbon supporting benthic fauna of Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach

This record is  derived from DEC Marine Policy Branch Endnote library and spatially referenced SIER Database.

Tags: Benthic Fauna, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Zoology | Birds, Marine Features (Australia) | Eighty Mile Beach, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Roebuck Bay, WA
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2019-20 Honours project - Patterns and trends of frontal activity in Australian marine hotspots

This record contains:
1. Thesis
2. The MATLAB codes of the adaptive Canny gradient-based edge detection algorithm and calculating frontal probability/density (for AVHRR data and MODIS data separately). 
3. Frontal probability (probability of frontal encounter, PFE) and frontal density (FD) data over Australian hotspot regions (for AVHRR data and MODIS data separately) 
4. Results of the Mann-Kendall trend test
The purpose of this study is to verify the regional trends of frontal activity within the two marine hotspots near Australia and compare the performance of the two edge detection algorithms.

Tags: 6-day average frontal density (FD) over the South East Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Canny method), 6-day average frontal density (FD) over the South East Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Canny method), 6-day average frontal density (FD) over the South West Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Canny method), 6-day average frontal density (FD) over the South West Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Canny method), Annual probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South East Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Can, Annual probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South East Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Cay, Annual probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South East Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Can, Annual probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South West Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Can, Annual probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South West Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Can, FRONTAL DENSITY, FRONTAL PROBABILITY, Monthly probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South East Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Ca, Monthly probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South East Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Ca, Monthly probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South West Australia hotspot (AVHRR data, Ca, Monthly probability of frontal encounter (PFE) over the South West Australia hotspot (MODIS data, Ca
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Macroalgal habitats of Cockatoo Island reef flat

Surveyed macroalgal habitats on the reef flat of Cockatoo Island by reefwalking and aerial imaging.

Tags: Aircraft/Airbourne Equipment | Aerial Surveys, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Vegetation | Macroalgae, Marine Features (Australia) | Cockatoo Island, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Kimberley Coast, WA, Nearshore
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Futures Project - Jurien Bay - biota

The Marine Futures Project was designed to benchmark the current status of key Western Australian marine ecosystems, based on an improved understanding of the relationship between marine habitats, biodiversity and our use of these values. Approximately 1,500 km2 of seafloor were mapped using hydroacoustics (Reson 8101 Multibeam), and expected benthic habitats "ground-truthed" using towed video transects and baited remote underwater video systems. Both sources of information were then combined in a spatial predictive modelling framework to produce fine-scale habitat maps showing the extent of substrate types, biotic formations, etc.
Surveys took place across 9 study areas, including Jurien Bay. The Jurien Bay marine environment is highly diverse, and is home to a wide variety of species, including sea lions and sea birds on the many offshore islands. Limestone reef and seagrass habitats in the area support a diverse fish and invertebrate fauna, and a local crayfishing industry is based around the Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus).

Tags: Biotic formations
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Larval dispersal of the ascidian, Lissoclinum patella at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Eight 30 m transects were made at Davies Reef and 139 Lissoclinum patella colonies from the intertidal to 25 m depth were recorded. Depth (5, 10, 15, 20 m), total swimming time (s), and the fate (eaten by fish; captured by coral polyps or zoanthids, settled, lost) of observed larvae (n=133) were recorded.Two experiments were conducted on the reef. To examine the maximum potential swimming time, a clear plastic box was placed on the bottom and examined every 10 mins: if a larvae was moving and had not everted its adhesive papillae it was deemed as 'swimming' (3 replicates of 10 larvae). Secondly, to examine the phototactic response (phototaxis), a 0.5 m long black chamber with a clear window at one end was placed on the bottom and larvae injected into it through a port (clear or dark): settlement distance was measured (cm) after 2 h (3 replicates of 20 larvae).
 To describe the vertical distribution of Lissoclinum patella and investigate limitations by predators and photactic behaviour on larval dispersal.
 Fish predators: Pomacentrus popei (=P. moluccensis), Glyphidodontops rollandi, G. talboti, P. lepidogenys, Abudefduf valgiensis, a black damselfish and a yellow wrasse (the only nonpomacentrid fish observed).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia, Indonesian Throughflow array, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (ITFJBG) Mooring Platform

The Joseph Bonaparte Gulf mooring (IMOS platform code ITFJBG)  was most recently deployed on 24/05/2011 at (13.61 S, 128.97 E). The water depth is 61m.
It is one of four regional shelf moorings located in the Timor Sea, extending from the Timor Trough to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. These moorings comprise the Indonesian Throughflow array, which was deployed in June 2011. This is an important first step in the enhanced monitoring of northern Australian waters.  These shelf moorings complement the three deep-water moorings deployed in the Timor Passage and Ombai Strait to monitor inter-basin Indian-Pacific Ocean exchange.
Processed data from the first two deployments (Jun 2010 and Jan 2011) are now available.
This mooring was decommissioned in 2019.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | ITFJBG | Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Shelf Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Indonesian Throughflow, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Contaminants in marine sediments, sponges and bivalves from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

SEDIMENT SAMPLINGFour replicate sediment samples were collected on SCUBA from 3 sites near Scott Base (SB1, SB2, SB3), 2 sites near McMurdo Station (MM-0, MM-1), 1 site at Cape Armitage (CA), 1 site at Cape Evans (CE) and 1 site near Turtle Rock. The top 5 cm of sediment was collected from depths between 18 and 25 m, within a 20 metre radius of each site and stored frozen. Samples were later freeze dried, coarse sieved and the CLAM AND SPONGE SAMPLINGFive mature soft-shelled clams Laternula elliptica, were collected by hand and stored frozen. Four replicate biopsy samples of the sponges Homaxinella balfourensis, Mycale acerata and Sphaerotylus antarcticus were collected, blotted dry and stored frozen. The soft tissue from the clams and the sponge tissue were later freeze dried and ground. METAL ANALYSIS IN SEDIMENTS, CLAMS AND SPONGESAfter digestion, the sediment, clams and sponge samples were analysed for total Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb concentrations using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). In addition, As was analysed by hydride generation and Hg by cold vapour generation using ICO-AES.ANALYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS IN SEDIMENTSTwo 10 g samples of sediment from each site were pooled and two such samples were prepared, resulting in duplicate 20 g samples for further analysis. After each sample was extracted with DCM/acetone, half the extract underwent GPC and florisil cleanups and analysis for PCBs by gas chromatography. The remaining extract was reduced and processed further before being screened for hydrocarbons, using ultraviolet fluorescence analysis (UVP). Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) was used to determine n-alkanes and total hydrocarbons (THC) from the reduced hydrocarbon fractions.
 This research was undertaken to compare the concentrations of contaminants in the vicinity of the scientific bases, Scott Base (NZ) and McMurdo Station (US) with less impacted sites at Cape Armitage, Turtle Rock and Cape Evans. Sediment samples were analysed for total hydrocarbons (THC), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and the trace metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Hg and As). Sponge and clam tissues were analysed for the presence of trace metals only.
 TBT contamination of sediments from these sites is described in the metadata record:Tributyltin (TBT) in marine sediments from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OzFish Dataset - Machine learning dataset for Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations

This dataset has been developed as part of the Australian Research Data Commons Data Discoveries program (https://ardc.edu.au/project/machine-learning-dataset-creation-for-australian-fish-species-from-baited-remote-underwater-videos-bruv/), with the aim to futher advance research into machine learning for the automated detection of fish from video. The dataset was generated from over 3000 videos which were historically analysed with the Event Measure software package and sourced from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), University of Western Australia (UWA) and Curtin University of Technology.
The dataset is comprised of the following:
- ~80k labelled crops of fish extracted from the videos, from over 500 species, 200 genera and 70 families
- ~45k bounding box annotations (suitable for YOLO,RetinaNet) of fish/no fish across 1800 frames

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Transplanted kelp reefs at Maria Island, TAS, Australia

Data accompanying Layton et al. 2019, Resilience and stability of kelp forests: the importance of patch dynamics and environment-engineer feedbacks. PLOS ONE.
To explore how resilience and stability of kelp habitats is influenced by this habitat degradation, we created an array of patch reefs of various sizes and supporting adult Ecklonia radiata kelp transplanted at different densities. This enabled testing of how sub-canopy abiotic conditions change with reductions in patch size and adult kelp density, and how this influenced demographic processes of microscopic and macroscopic juvenile kelp.

Tags: Ecklonia radiata, Temperate Reef, abiotic, biotic, patch size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - National Reference Station (NRS) Kangaroo Island Mooring

The NRS Kangaroo Island Mooring (IMOS platform code: NRSKAI) is one of a series of National Reference Stations designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. The mooring is located at Latitude:-35.83. Longitude:136.447.
Sensor data are collected at the mooring using an NXIC Conductivity Temperature Pressure (CTD) by Falmouth Scientific, a Workhorse Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) by Teledyne RDI and a Water Quality Monitor (WQM) by WETLabs. Parameters measured include temperature, pressure, salinity, chlorophyll concentration and turbidity.
Sensor data are available in quality controlled NetCDF format from the IMOS OPeNDAP server.
Biogeochemical data are also available.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | NRSKAI | Kangaroo Island National Reference Station Mooring, 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
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Toxins, pesticides and herbicides

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "Pressures on the marine environment associated with toxins, pesticides and herbicides". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESSURE
The group typically regarded as pollutants encompasses a large array of compounds and is generally divided into chemical compounds and metals. Estimates of the number of chemicals produced anthropogenically range as high as 100,000, however assessments of the toxicity and bioaccumulative nature of these are limited. Most research has only included a few classes of compounds, notably the halogenated hydrocarbons, a limited number of metals and polyaromatic and non-aromatic hydrocarbons.
Most pollutants identified in marine animals are incorporated into tissues via dietary intake with many accumulating through the food web. Consequently, animals feeding at high trophic levels tend to have higher tissue concentrations than those feeding at lower trophic levels. Various pollutants have been reported to be associated with deleterious effects on the immune, endocrine and nervous systems of marine animals, resulting in disruption to growth, development, sexual differentiation and resistance to disease. However, direct associations between contaminants and these effects are few, and most studies lack substantive evidence of sublethal effects due to numerous confounding factors, both physiological and environmental in nature. This therefore limits quantification of the direct and indirect pressures pollutants may be exerting on the marine environment.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Published papers and reports. Assessment has been conducted by literature review.

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Low impact
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Evidence and consensus too low to make an assessment
Comparability: Grade and trend are somewhat comparable to the 2011 assessment
• 2011 •
Assessment grade: Very good
Assessment trend: Stable
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
Toxins, pesticides, herbicides was assessed under state and trends of physical and chemical processes rather than pressures.

Tags: environmental pressures, expert assessment, herbicides, pesticides, pollutants, toxins
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (Victoria) - Sightings of Mammal 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 see Point of Contact.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Recovery of the encrusting bryozoan, Parasmittina delicatula, from damage at Flinders, Victoria.

Parasmittina delicatula colonies were located on the Flinders pier in early 1999 and assigned to a small size class (10-15mm) or large size class (30mm or more). Each colony was damaged by scraping colony parts according to assigned treatment. The treatments were large control (&gt;30mm diameter), large fragment with edge intact, large fragment with edge removed, central fragment, small control and small fragment with edge removed (see attached resource for more details). Colonies were photographed in situ with an underwater camera using slide film at intervals of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 months. A total of 56 established colonies were photographed over the 8 month period. In the laboratory, the slides were projected onto graph paper, and the outlines of the colonies traced. The images were then scanned and colony survival, morality, size, growth and fragmentation were recorded using SigmaScan 2.0.

Tags: 20 431028, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Competition, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Survival, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Flinders Pier, Human Dimensions | Infrastructure | Buildings, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Parasmittina delicatula, Western Port Bay
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.4 - Optimizing the management of riparian zones to improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef, 2017-2018 (CSIRO)

This study uses evaluation of past investments to demonstrate effectiveness, and enable improved targeting, of riparian remediation works for reducing streambank erosion to achieve improved water quality outcomes within the Great Barrier Reef. By re-visiting previous riparian erosion-control investments we will identify what factors result in generating a functional riparian zone, including the conditions under which the investment occurred (rainfall zone, fencing arrangements, soil type, etc.), and the type of remediation revegetation (width of revegetation, connectivity of riparian area, species mix established, etc.). With stakeholder input, we will develop an initial framework to guide future investment in riparian remediation works.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Natural Attenuation of Nitrogen in Groundwater Discharging through a Sandy Beach

Changes in horizontal nitrogen (N) concentrations in predischarge groundwater were sampled in a profile of nutrient contaminated groundwater in a shallow sandy beach next to Cockburn Sound, W.A. from November 2004 to August 2005.
The degree of mixing and transport in the groundwater, and how this affected groundwater N concentrations, and whether these effects varied with changing seasons were measured.

Tags: Hydrosphere | Ground Water | Aquifers, Hydrosphere | Ground Water | Discharge/flow, Hydrosphere | Ground Water | Groundwater Chemistry, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Characteristics, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Nitrogen Compounds, Oceans | Water Quality | Oxygen, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network