AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Effects of sewage effluent and shorebird exclusion on intertidal infaunal assemblages

This experiment tested the effects of liquid effluents on infauna assemblages in the presence and absence of shorebirds. Small plots of sediment (70cm x 50cm) were dosed with sewage effluent, freshwater, seawater or control ('no dose') and were either open or closed to shorebird predation. The plots were set up in early summer 2000 with replicates of each combination of factors at 4 levels on the shore. Plots were sampled at 0, 4 and 6 weeks for infaunal abundances and biomass and surface sediment chlorophyll a levels.

Tags: 22 002000, 22 056001, 23 315052, 24 486001, 28 551000, Australonereis ehrlesi, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | soft sediment | mudflat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation | shorebirds, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Trophic Dynamics | resource enhancement | predation, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Capitellidae, Corophiidae, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Eutrophication, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Sewage | effluent, Montacuta semiradiata, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | infauna, Port Phillip Bay, Salinator fragilis, Western Treatment Plant
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Myall Lakes, Great Lakes 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, Land Surface | Erosion/sedimentation | Suspended Solids, Land Surface | Landscape | Landscape Management, Myall Lakes, 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
Levels of organochlorine pesticides in corals, fish and molluscs from the Great Barrier Reef

Corals, fish and molluscs were collected from twenty inner marginal shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef between September 1976 and June 1977. The reefs sampled were Yonge Reef, Lizard Island, Green Island, Scott Reef, Howie Reef, Ellison Reef, Otter Reef, Britomart Reef, Bramble Reef, Keeper Reef, Wheeler Reef, Davies Reef, Broadhurst Reef, Old Reef, Gould Reef, Bait Reef, Parker Reef, Bushy Island, Masthead Island and Wistari Reef. The distance between the mainland and these reefs ranged from 11 to 93 km. The reefs were located between 26 and 222 km from major river estuaries within sugar cane growing regions of Queensland.Specimens of two species of fish, Plectropoma maculatum (coral trout) and Scarus fasciatus (surf parrot fish), two scleractinian corals, Fungia sp. (Fungia fungites type) and Acropora sp. (Acropora acuminata type) and one bivalve mollusc, Tridacna crocea were collected from each reef. Fish were collected by spearing and corals and clams were collected on SCUBA. All specimens were wrapped in aluminium foil and frozen immediately on dry ice.Liver and dorsolateral muscle tissue from the fish, subsamples of homogenised clams and ground corals were used for analyses. Samples were extracted using 1:1 by volume hexane/acetone. Part of the extract from each sample was used for gravimetric lipid determination. The remainder was cleaned up using gel permeation chromatography prior to pesticide residue determination using gas-liquid chromatography.A selection of samples was subjected to a micro scale alkali dehydrochlorination derivatisation procedure for confirmation of lindane.
 This study was undertaken to determine the degree to which selected corals, fish and molluscs from the Great Barrier Reef had been exposed to organochlorine pesticides and to provide a baseline for future assessment of changes in organochlorine exposure levels.
 The rivers within sugar cane growing regions are the Endeavour River, Daintree River, Barron River, Mulgrave River, Johnstone River, Liverpool River, Tully River, Herbert River, Burdekin River, Ross River, Haughton River, Don River, Pioneer River, Proserpine River, Kolan River, Fitzroy River and Calliope River.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Draft - WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 5.2 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary producers - Field Study 2: Mechanisms of seagrass recovery following disturbance

The objectives of Project 5.2 Field Study 2 are to determine whether recovery following disturbance is by sexual or asexual means and the relative importance of each, hence to determine the capacity, timeframes and mechanisms of recovery from light and sediment deposition effects.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, TBC
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pearl Health Diagnostics and Certification

This project provides essential fish health diagnostic and health certification services to the pearling industry. These assist in the operation and development of the industry. Main activities within the project include:
* to provide a diagnostic service for health related issues to the silverlip pearling industry;
* to undertake hatchery certification in accordance with the Pearl Oyster Translocation Protocol, Ministerial Guidelines and instructions from PIAC;
* to provide translocation health certification for the pearling industry; and
* to reduce risk of disease transfer from silverlip pearl oysters to other wild and farmed molluscs

Time : ongoing.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Key Ecological Features within the Coral Sea

A number of ecological features that are of conservation value because of the role they play in the environment of the Coral Sea have been identified and mapped. Key ecological features (KEFs) meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. a species, group of species or a community with a regionally important ecological role (e.g. a predator, prey that affects a large biomass or a number of marine species);
2. a species, group of species or a community that is nationally or regionally important for biodiversity;
3. an area or habitat that is nationally or regionally important for:
a) enhanced or high productivity (such as predictable upwellings - an upwelling occurs when cold nutrient rich waters from the bottom of the ocean rise to the surface);
b) aggregations of marine life (such as feeding, resting, breeding or nursery areas);
c) biodiversity and endemism (species which only occur in a specific area); or
4. a unique seafloor feature, with known or presumed ecological properties of regional significance.
KEFs have been identified by the Australian Government on the basis of advice from scientists about the ecological processes and characteristics of the area. A workshop held in Perth in September 2006 also contributed to this scientific advice and helped to underpin the identification of key ecological features. Three KEFs have been identified in the Coral Sea:

Tasmantid seamount chain
Reefs, cays and hebivorous fish of the Queensland Plateau
Reefs, cays and hebivorous fish of the Marion Plateau

In order to create a spatial representation of KEFs for the Coral Sea, some interpretation of the information was required. DoEhas made every effort to use the best available spatial information and best judgement on how to spatially represent the features based on the scientific advice provided. This does not preclude others from making their own interpretation of available information.

Tags: Biodiversity, Conservation, Geology, Land Surface | Geomorphology, Marine Planning, Oceans | Marine Geophysics, Regional Seas | Coral Sea
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bioaccumulation monitoring of the mud crab, Scylla serrata, from Queensland estuaries

Mature male mud crabs were collected by commercial fishers from 11 rivers and creeks spanning 1500 km of the Queensland coast, following the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 wet seasons. The sites, sampled between March and July, were located at the mouths of the Normanby River, Barron River, Johnstone River, Tully River, Herbert River Gordon Creek, Burdekin River, Pioneer River (post 2005/2006 wet season only), O'Connell River, Fitzroy River and Burnett River.On arrival at the laboratory, the live crabs were placed in a seawater/ice slurry. Each crab was weighed, the carapace width was measured and urine and hemolymph samples taken. Hepatopancreas, muscle and gill samples were collected. Most of the hepatopancreas was frozen at -20°C. Sub-samples of hepatopancreas, muscle gill, urine and hemolymph were also snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at AIMS at -80°C for future bioindicator assays.The hepatopancreas from each of 12 crabs from each site was subsampled and pooled to form four hepatopancreas samples (each sample derived from three individual crabs). These samples were extracted and analysed for pesticides and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Individuals from the pooled samples were further analysed when contaminants were detected in the pooled samples. Analyses, were conducted for organochlorine pesticides (OC), organophosphate pesticides, polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) as selected congeners and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Pesticide analyses were carried out by Queensland Health and Scientific Services (QHSS).A freeze dried subsample of the hepatopancreas from 12 replicate crabs from each site was digested using HNO3/HClO4 and analysed for metals and metalloid concentrations (total Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, Sr, Zn, Mn, Cd, Be, Co, Ni, Ba, Mo, Al, Cr, Pb, Sn, V and Se) using a Varian Liberty 220 inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES). Arsenic (As) was analysed on the Liberty 220 ICP-AES by hydride generation and mercury (Hg) by cold vapour generation.
 This research was undertaken to gather baseline data on the concentrations of pesticides, PCBs, PAHs, metals and metalloids present in the mud crab, Scylla serrata, from the estuaries of rivers and creeks that flow into the GBR lagoon. This species was chosen as it has shown potential as a biomonitoring species due to its capacity to bioaccumulate a range of contaminants. In addition, this is an important food species, targeted by subsistence, recreational and commercial fishers.
 This research was undertaken as a component of "The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan Marine Monitoring Program", which was developed and run by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on behalf of a consortium of research partners, including the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and funded by the Natural Heritage Trust.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sea Turtles and the Environmental Management of Industrial Activities in North West W.A. - Satellite telemetry

Satellite tracking data from twelve green turtle and nine hawksbill turtles are used to identify the internesting grounds at Barrow Island (green turtles), Varanus Island (hawksbill turtles), Rosemary Island (hawksbill turtles) and Sandy Island, Scott Reef (green turtles).  The migratory pathways used by these animals returning to their foraging ground area individually reconstructed and analysed.

Tags: 39 020002, 39 020003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Migratory Rates/routes, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Post-breeding, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Range Changes, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Reptiles
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Responses of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to the removal of growing tips at different locations within the colony

For colonial organisms physical damage or predation can result in the loss of part of the colony.  Although the colony may survive, the loss of part of the colony may alter patterns of growth and reproduction.  In this study the response of Bugula neritina, an arborescent bryozoan, to physical damage was tested in three experiments: 1) short term regenerative responses to the removal of zooids from growth tips; ii) growth and reproductive responses to damage imposed at different locations within the colony; and iii) the effects of damage produced by a natural predator, the nudibranch Polycera hedgepethi. 
This data set gives the size and reproductive output of B.neritina colonies over a 4 week period in January and February 2000 following 3 damage treatments: i) full tip removal, ii) half tip removal and iii) branch removal and a control or 'intact colony'. Twenty replicate colonies were assigned to each treatment. The damage treatments removed 32 zooid pairs from each colony (approximately 20%) of each colony and were undertaken on colonies in the laboratory and then returned to the field site at Williamstown, Victoria. Size and reproductive output of the colonies were measured once a week, over 4 weeks in January and February 2000. There were no differences in colony size between the damage treatments but colony fecundity was reduced by 70% in the full tip removal treatment.

Tags: 20 331013, 24 424002, Altona, Victoria, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Adaptation, Bryozoan, Bugula neritina, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Civil Disturbance, Nudibranch, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Polycera hedgepethi, Port Phillip Bay, Williamstown, Victoria, colony damage, disturbance, modular organisms
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in February 2020

Flow cytometry data was collected in February 2020, 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 (DCM) 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), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/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. Since July 2019, sampling has also been conducted at "Gulf" sites: Upper Spencer Gulf (USG) and Gulf St Vincent (GSV), with the original sites identified as "Shelf" sites.

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 | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, 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, 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
Parent record: Water exchange processes between Jervis Bay and shelf waters

This record describes components of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). The initial aims of the project were to obtain current and wind observations from Jervis bay over a six week period in order to detail the wind driven circulation and provide a data set for comparison with the numerical modelling work being simultaneously undertaken. However, after this initial experiment it became clear that there were significant currents in the bay that are not simply related to direct wind forcing. Therefore, alternative mechanisms for driving the flow had to be investigated, through the measurement programs and data analysis, as well as through numerical modelling. The result was a series of approximately six separate experiments aiming to define the water circulation around the bay and through the bay entrance, to gain an understanding of the processes that drive the currents, and to investigate the influence of stratification on the nature of the currents.
The third of these six experiments was designed to monitor the exchange of water between the bay and the shelf. The data collection spanned one year from April 1989 to April 1990, in order to get an indication of seasonal variability in the flow. Throughout the 12 month period, 3 current meter moorings, a separate tide gauge mooring and a meteorological station were maintained. 
Typical mooring deployments were 2 months with inter-deployment gaps of 1 or 2 days. Moorings were re-deployed in nominally the same location, although these varied slightly. Two moorings were maintained in the bay entrance, one off Point Perpendicular and one off Bowen Island, each containing two current meters. A third mooring was in 100m water depth, approximately 2km offshore of Point Perpendicular and this mooring housed 3 current meters and a tide gauge. A separate tide gauge was maintained in a mooring in 10m of water, 200m off Bowen Island, inside the bay. [Given that meteorological data collected from the station on Governor Head bridges all six experiments, the data collected is described in a separate metadata record and will not be considered further.]
As this is a parent record, no data is available to download. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to this project is available through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results. There are four subsiduary records that directly relate to this parent, through which the data is provided (see hierarchical tree): 
089f8080-c897-11dc-85f3-00188b4c0af8
a2c0a820-c576-11dc-b888-00188b4c0af8
d03f0f00-c47a-11dc-9a66-00188b4c0af8
e4eaf410-d469-11dc-9644-00188b4c0af8

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Currents
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The role of copper in facilitating the invasion of sessile marine invertebrate communities by pests: effects of copper pulse frequency in developing assemblages

Disturbance events are thought to provide an opportunity for the colonisation and establishment of invasive species.  Contamination of coastal waters with copper from sewage outfall and antifouling paints may create a disturbance that favours the establishment of introduced sessile invertebrates.  This study examines if the frequency of experimentally applied doses of copper sulfate increases the abundance of introduced sessile invertebrate species within developing (2-weeks old) and established (9-months old) assemblages.  Responses to regular and irregularly applied doses of copper were also tested in developing assemblages.
This dataset gives the effects of copper pulse frequency on the number of native and introduced taxa within developing (2-weeks old) sessile invertebrate assemblages.  Studies were carried out over 16 weeks between October 2004 and January 2005 at two sites in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria; Workshops Jetty, Williamstown and Point Henry Pier.  Workshops Jetty is reported to have higher abundances of sessile invertebrates and is more polluted than Point Henry Pier, providing a comparison between sites with different community assemblages and environment conditions.  At Workshops Jetty, four treatments were tested: an undosed control, or copper pulses applied every 4, 3 or 2 weeks.  At Point Henry, the same treatments were applied, except for the copper pulse application every 3 weeks. Overall, this study found no evidence to support the hypothesis that disturbance facilitates invasions by introduced species. Disturbance had no effect on the proportion of introduced species and there were no clear differences in the responses on introduced and native species. Whether a species benefited from a disturbance appeared to depend more on its life history characteristics, rather than its point of origin.

Tags: 10 000000, 11 500000, 20 000000, 22 000000, 27 500000, 35 000000, Arborescent bryozoan, Ascidiacea, Barnacles, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Colonial ascidian, Encrusting bryozoan, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Contaminants, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Point Henry Pier, Polychaeta, Porifera, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Solitary ascidian, Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, copper, experimental_treatment, panel_id, site, status, taxonomic_group_count
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network