AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (April - May 2013)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters including dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the region of Two Rocks (Western Australia).
Slocum glider data from the oceans around Australia have been collected by the Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), since June 2008 and are ongoing. The data are obtained from an onboard suite of instruments which include Seabird-SBE41 CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), WETLabs BBFL2SLO 3 parameter optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM and 700nm Backscatter) and an Aanderaa oxygen optode (measuring concentration of dissolved oxygen in seawater.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, 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, Slocum Glider, 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
Ningaloo HyVista hyperspectral data - radiance and reflectance - April 2006

HyVista Corporation was contracted by AIMS to acquire hyperspectral data over the Ningaloo Marina Park area NW-WA, Australia. A total of 67 HyMap image strips were acquired, within 11 individual Blocks, between the 20th of April 2006 and the 2nd of May 2006.  The HyMap data products include radiance, reflectance and geocorrected data with pixel size of 3.5m.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Spencer Gulf (South Australia) (April - May 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in Spencer Gulf (South 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), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, 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, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | South 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
WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2a - Genetic (microsatellite) determination of the stock structures of West Australian dhufish in Western Australian waters and hydrodynamic dispersal modelling

Determining the extent of dispersal in exploited marine fishes is essential for understanding their population dynamics and optimising management.  The West Australian dhufish, Glaucosoma hebraicum, is a sought-after, large and long-lived reef-dwelling species, endemic to south-western Australia.  We analysed 13 microsatellite loci to characterise the extent of gene flow, and conducted particle tracking simulations to model larval transport in this species.  
Genetic data demonstrated that some local recruitment was likely, but that on a broad scale gene flow between the management zones was extensive, and the entire fishery represents a single genetic stock.  In contrast, hydrodynamic modelling predicted that the majority of dhufish larvae recruit from within the management zone where they are spawned, and that inter-annual variation in current velocities has little effect on the extent of larval transport.  The existing management zones are likely to be largely independent in terms of both larval and adult recruitment.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Glaucosoma hebraicum, Larval Dispersal, Microsatellite Marker, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Particle Tracking Simulations
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Visually mediated species recognition in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi

Mating signals are often directed at numerous senses, and provide information about species identity, gender, receptiveness, individual identity and mate quality. Male fiddler crabs of the species Uca mjoebergi typically have an enlarged yellow claw which they use for fighting and attracting a mate using a waving action. 
Experiments were conducted between Sept 03' to Jan '04 in the vicinity of the mangrove boardwalk in the East Point Reserve, Darwin, NT. 
The experiment was designed to demonstrate the use of claw colouration as a species recognition signal in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi. To test this, females were given a choice between size-matched, and handed matched U.signata and U.mjoebergi males. The colour of the males claw was manipulated using Dulux Tinytin gloss enamel paint.
Claw colour was found to be the dominant morphological feature in identifying conspecific males in U.mjoebergi.
Measurements taken during every trial included: carapace size (males and females), treatment (males), claw size (males), claw side (males), number of trials, trial arrangement, and female choice.

Tags: 28 960043, 28 960044, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Colour Pattern, Fiddler Crab, Mate Recognition, Ocypodidae, Species Recognition, Uca mjoebergi, Uca signata, carapace_width, claw_side, claw_size, date, female_choice, male_orientation, number_of_trials, taxonomic_name
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) data collected on the RV L'Astrolabe from 18/02/2004 to 24/02/2004 (Hobart - Dumont d'Urville)

These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 18/02/2004 to 24/02/2004 on a trip from Hobart to Dumont D'Urville.
Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF), Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean, Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256), Latitude, Longitude, Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass), Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Photosynthesis, connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light, functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc, maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL), primary production, time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI, variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: WHYALLA, JUNE 2008

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was deployed near Whyalla in South Australia in June 2008.
The objective of the trip was to document nocturnal cuttlefish camouflage behaviour near spawning grounds in Whyalla, SA.  In excess of 100,000 cuttlefish aggregate in this area each year to spawn.  The AUV spent one week following the Sir Joseph Banks trip being deployed at night in the shallow waters around these spawning grounds.  In all, 35 dives were completed over a 6 day/night period.  These short dives allowed the AUV to operate in very shallow waters where the cuttlefish are known to aggregate.
The dive reports from this campaign summarise AUV activity during each dive. Data for this campaign will soon be available.

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, Turbulence Sensors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tide gauge deployment, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-90)

An Aanderaa WLR was deployed at North Reef (Station NO1). On recovery, the tide gauge was redeployed at Karamea Bank.Deployment Details: Date deployed: 29/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 24/10/89 (SGBR2)Instrument: WLR #425Depth: 9mSampling regime: 41 sec integration time at 30 min intervals
 This deployment was a component of the SGBR Project 1989-1990.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Science Field and Engineering Support: Geoscience Australia

Geoscience Australia supports Marine geoscience and oceanographic research with the Field and Engineering Support Program. The project provides survey equipment and skilled personnel to support research programmes. 
The program allows resource assessment and environemntal management through the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ).  Such projects include the current Offshore Energy Security Program and various coastal and marine mapping projects which include environmental research, climate studies, boundary definition and natural disaster risk assessment. Support is also provided to other Geoscience Australia core areas and to external agencies such as Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), state agencies and universities which are undertaking complementary or collaborative geoscience related work.  
A detailed list of equipment can be found on the website.

Tags: Boundary definition, Climate studies, Coastal and marine mapping, Environmental research, Natural disaster risk assessment, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.1.1 - Review of Plume Characteristics

Predicting the distribution and fate for suspended sediment plumes associated with dredge operations may be achieved by advanced hydrodynamic modelling (REFS). The accuracy of the model outputs, or the level of confidence we associate with the modelled forecasts, depend to some degree on the model inputs, including parameters such as particle size distributions, particle densities, and particle settling rates.  There is potential to infer optical products from the modelled 3 dimensional plume distribution, including spectral light attenuation, and spectral light intensity at the substrate.  One of the approaches to testing or monitoring the accuracy of plume distribution models is to compare the modelled distributions to observed plume distributions. Optical remote sensing methods can provide reliable “maps” of plume extent, and reasonable estimates of various in-water geophysical parameters. Examples of remote sensing products include suspended sediment concentration, particle backscattering, and spectral light attenuation coefficients.
This review encompasses two main components:
1) Satellite and in situ observations used to monitor sediment plumes and assess the suitability of the different sensor platforms to provide the spatial and temporal resolution needed for model validation and calibration in WAMSI Dredging Theme 3.4. Remote sensing platforms will include MODIS data and high resolution products such as WorldView and RapidEye;
2) Available water quality data (such as TSS levels, light levels, sediment deposition rate, particle size distribution etc.) collected in Western Australia and associated with different types of dredges working in different geotechnical settings and metocean conditions.

Tags: Dredging, Hydrodynamics, MODIS, Numerical models, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Plume, Radiance Or Imagery | Visible Wavelengths | Visible Radiance, Remote sensing, Sediment transport, TSS, WorldView
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Herbert River Lucinda Jetty Turbidity Data Transect Saturday 14th February 2004

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a technique to monitor the dynamics of sediments and nutrients entering the coastal ocean with river plumes associated with high intensity low frequency events (e.g. floods), using ocean colour remote sensing. The data collected included suspended sediment concentration (TSS) and turbidity profiles.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, concentration_of_total_suspended_sediments, depth, secchi disk depth, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, total suspended sediments, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Radar - Rottnest Shelf HF ocean radar site (Western Australia, Australia)

The Rottnest Shelf (ROT) HF ocean radar system covers an area which includes Rottnest Island and the Perth Canyon to the north-west.  The Perth Canyon has the highest marine biodiversity in the region with whale and fish aggregations, and high primary and secondary productions which are controlled by the physical oceanographic processes.  
Combined with the dynamics of the Perth Canyon is the dominant Leeuwin Current which produces a wake on the leeward side of Rottnest Island.   This is a topographically induced up-welling and associated primary and secondary productivity.  The region is influenced by Swan River outflow, submarine groundwater discharges , and waste-water outfalls.  
The ROT HF ocean radar is a WERA phased array system with 16-element receive arrays located at Fremantle (32.031 S, 115.746 E) and Guilderton (31.342 S, 115.489 E).  These radars operate at a frequency of 8.512 MHz, with a bandwidth of 33 KHz and a maximum range of 200 Km.  Within the HF radar coverage area surface currents are measured.  Data are also collected from which wind directions and significant wave height can be calculated.  
The ROT area of coverage has a small overlap of commonly observed ocean with the Turqoise Coast (TURQ) SeaSonde HF ocean radar system on its north side.  Together, the ROT and TURQ systems provide continuous monitoring of the shelf from Fremantle to Jurien Bay.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Perth, WA, Doppler Frequency, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, IMOS Site | ROT | Rottnest Shelf HF ocean radar site, Marine Features (Australia) | Leeuwin Current, Marine Features (Australia) | Perth Canyon, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Rottnest Island, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Sea State, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Swells, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Length, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wind Waves, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Physical Oceanography, Radiance Or Imagery | Radio Wave | Radio Wave, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, WERA HF Radar | Phased Array
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Recovery of Great Barrier Reef coral reefs from disturbance (The Three Reefs Project)

Monitoring of the recovery of Green Island reef, Feather Reef and Rib Reef, after outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) commenced in 1989. Starfish outbreaks had reached maximum levels on Green Island reef in 1980, on Feather Reef in 1982 and at Rib Reef in 1984. Surveys were repeated in 1990, 1993, 1994 and in 2003, after subsequent starfish outbreaks at Green Island reef in 1998, Feather Reef in 2000 and Rib Reef in 2002. These reefs were also affected by bleaching events in 1998 and in January-February 2002. A site was chosen in the north to northeast sector and in the southwest sector of each reef. Each site encompassed a near-horizontal reef shoulder and adjacent shallow reef slope. At each site, 3 replicate belt transects (32 x 0.6 m), separated by approximately 10 to 15 m were haphazardly placed along each of three depth contours (1, 3 and 6 m below the reef flat).Each coral colony (hard or soft) wholly or partly in each transect was recorded. Species (or if not known, genus and growth form) and maximum lateral dimension were recorded.
 This research was undertaken to monitor the recovery of reefs affected by outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
s4 Current Meter data for 4 sites around Cleveland Bay (QLD) in 1993

This is data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993.  Data are divided into a number of main groups: Wind, tide gauge, wave rider, S4, sediment traps, water samples and nephelometers.
Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Current Meter, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biology and population dynamics of redbait and jack mackerel

Sampling of commercial mid-water trawl catches for small pelagics from waters adjacent to Tasmania have yielded an extensive biological dataset in space and time.  As a minimum, size composition information is available from most commerical shots undertaken between 2002 and 2006, referenced with operational information (location, depth and catch weight).  Subsamples of the key small pelagics, redbait, jack mackerel and blue mackerel, were examined for size, sex, gonad weight and stage and otoliths have been retained for age determination.
Further data has been collected since the initial investigation.

Tags: 37 337002, 37 345001, 37 441001, Age, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Emmelichthys nitidus, Gonad stage, Gonad weight, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Scomber australasicus, Sex, Size, Trachurus declivis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Movement Patterns and Habitat usage of Shark Bay Dugongs.

In order to define small and large scale spatial and temporal individual movement patterns of dugongs (Dugong dugon) within the Shark Bay World Heritage Property (SBWHP) a total of 19 dugongs were fitted with remote location recordig and tranmitting devices. Combined locations from all units totalled over 10,000 locations. This spatial and temporal data was used to define movement patterns of dugongs within Shark Bay as well as areas of high use deemed to be indicative of foraging activity. Platform Transmitting Terminals (PTT's) using the ARGOS location collection system tracked animals over large temporatl scales with 4 animals tracked up to periods of 11 months. Using these instruments it was possible accurately define a previously identified large-scale seasonal movement pattern within the confines of Shark Bay. These four animals showed distinct seasonal home ranges defined by changes in Sea Surface Temperature.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Herbert River near the Jetty Secchi disk Sampling 13 July 2002

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a technique to monitor the dynamics of sediments and nutrients entering the coastal ocean with river plumes associated with high intensity low frequency events (e.g. floods), using ocean colour remote sensing. The data collected included Secchi disk measurements.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Optics | Secchi Depth, conductivity, depth, salinity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, secchi disk depth, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network