AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Herbert River near the Jetty Secchi disk Sampling 19 February 2003

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: Ocean Optics, Oceans, Secchi Depth, secchi disk depth
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Geelong Regional Library Corporation - Wifi sessions by branch - 2016

This dataset lists the no of wifi sessions for each library branch for 2015/16

Although all due care has been taken to ensure data is correct, no warranty is expressed or implied by the City of Greater Geelong or Geelong Regional Library Corporation in their use.

Tags: COGG, GRLC, Geelong, libraries, library, public library, wifi
Organization: City of Greater Geelong
Ecological studies on seagrasses of SW Australia - Cockburn Sound - Summary

Data was collected from Cockburn Sound to determine:
- the past and present distribution of seagrasses;
- the 'standing crop' (weight of above-ground material) of seagrass in December 1977;
- the light penetration or attenuation in the water column in Cockburn Sound;
- the suitability of water quality for seagrass growth through the use of field transplants of seagrass; and
- the primary productivity of Posidonia spp. in Cockburn Sound

Tags: Algae, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Ecological Dynamics, Light Transmission, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Nutrients, Oceans, Primary Production, Range Changes, Vegetation, Water Quality
Organization: School of Plant Biology (SPB) / UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Competitive interactions in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria.

The resource provides information on the rates of growth, competitive ability and life spans of species in the epifaunal community at Portsea.
 
Estimates of rates of growth for all species were collected from panels immersed on 16/11/1977 except for the common barnacle (Elminius modestus) and ascidian (Didemnum augusti) which were collected from panels immersed on 24/10/1975. Length and average width of colonies or individuals and maximum height of arborescent bryozoans were made at regular intervals during the time of immersion. Colonial ascidians were the most rapid occupiers of space. In general, colonial ascidians and sponges attained a larger size and occupied space more rapidly than encrusting bryozoans. 

Competitive interactions between species were examined using the same panels as described in the record 'Patterns of development in the epifaunal community at Portsea, Victoria' (File identifier: a88f2d70-ebf6-11dc-a93a-00188b4c0af8). These panels had been immersed for 2 to 42 months and fixed in formalin-sea water solution. Approximately 5500 interactions were recorded between 52 species. An interaction was defined as the overgrowth or smothering of an organism by another organism of the same or different species. For each interaction the species involved were identified, the sizes of the interacting organisms were measured and the percentage of overgrowth, if any, was estimated visually in increments of 5% overgrowth of the colony or individual. There was no single competitively dominant species in the marine epifaunal community at Portsea. The competitive ability of a species depended on the rate of growth of the species and the maximum size they could attain. The relative size of interacting colonies was often important in determining the outcome of an interaction with larger colony generally winning. 

The maximum life span for each species was estimated from observations of communities on panels and on pier pilings over the 4 year period of the study (October 1975 to November 1979). The life spans of the major groups of epifauna on panesl at Portsea followed the order sponges (>24 months) > ascidians (~ 12 - 20 months) > bryozoans (~ 8 - 20 months) > barnacles, polychaetes, tubicolous amphipods and hydroids (4 - 12 months).

Tags: 10 000000, 11 000000, 20 000000, 22 000000, 27 558003, 28 401000, 35 000000, 35 013002, 37 465002, Aquatic Habitat, Ascidiacea, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Bryozoa, Community Structure, Competition, Didemnum augusti, Ecological Dynamics, Elminius modestus, Fish, Hydrozoa, Invertebrates, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Penicipelta vittiger, Phyoxocephalidae, Polychaeta, Porifera, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea Pier, Predation, Species Recruitment, Succession, Zoology, artifical substrata, epifauna, pier piling, rocky substrata
Organization: College of Marine And Environmental Sciences (CMES), James Cook University (JCU)
Comparing the effects of an introduced and native species of bryozoan

An experiment was conducted to compare the effects of the introduced bryozoan, Bugula neritina, and the native bryozoan, Bugula dentata, on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Individuals of both species were collected from Workshops Jetty and Altona Pier prior to the experiment and transported back to the laboratory. Two colonies of either B. neritina or B. dentata were attached to each plate using sponges that expanded when wet. The plates were then transported to Workshops Jetty and attached to plates and left for 12 days. At the conclusion of the experiment plates were collected and abundances of species on the plates were counted and identified.

Tags: 20 331002, 20 331013, 35 033006, Aquatic Habitat, Benthic Habitat, Biosphere, Botryllus schlosseri, Bugula dentata, Bugula neritina, Community Structure, Ecological Dynamics, Environmental Impacts, Human Dimensions, Invertebrates, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Port Phillip Bay, Species Recruitment, Williamstown, Workshops Jetty, Zoology
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Comparative foraging ecology of five sympatric terns at a sub-tropical island in the eastern Indian Ocean

Dietary samples (regurgitates) were collected from the five most numerous tern species from 1993 to 1999 on Pelsaert Island, Houtman Abrolhos island group, off the mid-western coast of Australia. Items identified were related to observations of foraging seabirds around the island.

Tags: 40 128002, 40 128003, 40 128025, 40 128027, 40 128028, Anous stolidus, Anous tenuirostris, Marine Biology, Marine Birds, Oceans, Sterna bergii, Sterna dougallii, Sterna fuscata
Organization: Halfmoon Biosciences
Community infrastructure interface area

This layer is displayed on the Industry, community infrastructure and agriculture land interface area overlay map in City Plan version 7 as 'Community infrastructure interface area'. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Tags: City Plan, City of Gold Coast, CoGC, Planning and building, community infrastructure, open data, planning
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Community infrastructure (excluding water treatment plant)

This layer is displayed on the Industry, community infrastructure and agriculture land interface area overlay map in City Plan version 7 as 'Community infrastructure' (excluding Water treatment plant).The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Tags: City Plan, City of Gold Coast, CoGC, buffer, community, community infrastructure, infrastructure, interface area, planning
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Commonwealth – Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks – epoch AMB2014a (Web Mercator) WMS

The Commonwealth - Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks - epoch AMB2014a service displays the Australian Mineral Blocks (2014) - Aligned with the current Australian Maritime Boundary Dataset (AMB2014). Refer to the metadata of the geodatabase for a detailed abstract relating to the data.

Tags: 2014a, Earth Sciences, Mineral Blocks, OPGGSA
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Commonwealth - Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks - epoch AMB2014a (Web Mercator) WFS

The Commonwealth - Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks - epoch AMB2014a service displays the Australian Mineral Blocks (2014) - Aligned with the current Australian Maritime Boundary Dataset (AMB2014). Refer to the metadata of the geodatabase for a detailed abstract relating to the data.

Tags: 2014a, Administrative Boundaries, Australia, Earth Sciences, Mineral Blocks, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Commonwealth – Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks – epoch AMB2006a (Web Mercator) WMS

The Commonwealth - Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks - epoch AMB2006a service displays the Australian Mineral Blocks (2006) - Aligned with the current Australian Maritime Boundary Dataset (AMB2006). Refer to the metadata of the geodatabase for a detailed abstract relating to the data.

Tags: 2006a, Australia, Earth Sciences, administration boundaries, mineral blocks, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Commonwealth – Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks – epoch AMB2006a (Web Mercator) WFS

The Commonwealth - Offshore Minerals Act 1994 - Mineral Blocks - epoch AMB2006a service displays the Australian Mineral Blocks (2006) - Aligned with the current Australian Maritime Boundary Dataset (AMB2006). Refer to the metadata of the geodatabase for a detailed abstract relating to the data.

Tags: 2006a, Australia, Earth Sciences, administration boundaries, mineral blocks, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Commensurability of scientific and indigneous ecological knowledge in coastal Melanesia: implications for contempory marine resource management strategies: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific (RMAP) Program based at The Australian National University in Canberra.
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Fundamental ontological differences between scientific and indigenous ecological knowledge systems in coastal Melanesia have resulted in very different conclusions being drawn from similar sets of observations. The same inductive logic may lead both scientists and non-science-trained fishers to conclude that, say, square-tail trout aggregate at a certain phase of the moon in a certain reef passage, but different assumptions derived from disparate ontologies (in this case 'traditional' Melanesian versus scientific) may lead to very different conclusions about why the fish are there. In some cases these differences have significant implications for the way marine resources are exploited, and managed (or not). Examples are presented here of non-scientific ontologies that underpin local beliefs about the biology or ecology of fished organisms that have led to poor management of stocks of these species. The potential for scientific education to 'fill gaps' in indigenous knowledge systems (and vice versa) and thus lead to improved management is discussed in the light of some claims that scientific and traditional knowledge systems are incommensurable. The heuristic value of the purported absence of a (Cartesian) dualistic separation of nature and culture in traditional Melanesian cosmologies (relative to those of industrialised Western cultures) is explored with regard to indigenous conceptions of human agency over resource abundance, and the relevance this has for management and conservation. I also speculate about recent transformations of rural Melanesian ontological frameworks through Western/scientific influences, and the associated differences in knowledge systems between young and old members of society, again with respect to the implications these have for the work of proponents of resource management and biodiversity conservation in the region.

Tags: Agricultural Aquatic Sciences, Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal Melanesia, Fisheries, Human Dimensions, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Management and Conservation, Marine Resources, Social Behavior
Organization: Crawford School of Public Policy (CSPP), The Australian National University (ANU)
Community Organisation on Intertidal Rock Platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia: The Functional Role of the Sea Urchin Echinometra mathaei

The sea urchin Echinometra mathaei exists in high densities on intertidal rock platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia.  In terms of both numbers and biomass, it is the dominant species in the benthic community.  From November, 1984 to November, 1986 experiments were carried out to see if this numerical dominance also had functional significance, specifically in the determination of the species composition and the patterns of distribution and abundances in the surrounding benthic community.

Tags: 25247003, Biosphere, Coastal Processes, Community Structure, Competition, Echinometra mathaei, Ecological Dynamics, Intertidal Zone, Life History, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Oceans, Rocky Coasts
Organization: School of Animal Biology (SAB), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis

The purpose of the experiment was to examine the colour changes associated with the semilunar cycle in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the East Point Reserve, Darwin from Nov - Jan (04/05 & 05/06). 

1m diameter cages were constructed and stocked with 4 crabs of the species Uca capricornis. During one semilunar cycle, from one neap tide to the next, digital photographs were taken of 22 crabs (10 males, 12 females) active in the cages at approximately low tide. Photos were examined to observe any colour changes on a day to day basis. 

The results show that Uca capricornis do not rythmically change their colour or pattern between moults. Although some individuals did exhibit a slight variation, by brightening or darkening existing colours, there was no apparent trend in the number of crabs either brightening or darkening with respect to the time in the cycle.

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Colour Pattern, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Ocypodidae, Semilunar Cycle, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Colour changes associated with moulting in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis

The purpose of the experiment was to quantitatively examine the colour changes associated with moulting in the fiddler crab, Uca capricornis. Experiments were conducted in the East Point Reserve, Darwin between Nov - Jan (04/05 & 05/06). 

Circular cages were constructed on the mud flat and characteristically marked crabs were introduced. In total 11 females and 10 males were photographed through at least one moult.

On average, U. capricornis grow 1.6mm with every moult. With every successive moult the carapace pattern contracts and becomes more distinct, especially in males. In addition to the considerable variation in pattern, both sexes also vary in the specific colour of their spots. Colour changes are associated with moulting and, as with pattern, tend to follow a certain progression.

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Colour Pattern, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Moulting, Ocypodidae, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Hinterland core habitat system, Substantial remnants, and Coastal wetlands and islands core habitat system

This layer is displayed on the Environmental significance - biodiversity areas overlay map in City Plan version 7 as 'Matters of local environmental significance' (excluding 'Hinterland to coast critical corridors') and identifies coastal wetlands and islands core habitat system, Hinterland core habitat system and substantial remnants. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Tags: Biodiversity Areas, City Plan, City of Gold Coast, CoGC, Core Habitat System, Environment, Environment, Environmental Significance, Hinterland Coastal Wetlands, Substantial Remnants, planning
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Cod today and none tomorrow: the economic value of a marine reserve: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Crawford School of Economics and Government at The Australian National University in Canberra.
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Using data from what was once one of the world's largest capture fisheries the economic value of a marine reserve is calculated using a stochastic optimal control model with a jump diffusion process. The results show that with a stochastic environment an optimal-sized marine reserve can generate a triple payoff that (a), raises the resource rent even when harvesting is 'optimal', (b) decreases the recovery time for the biomass to return to its former state and smooths fishers' harvests and resource rents, and (c), lowers the chance of a catastrophic collapse following a negative shock.

Tags: Biosphere, C61, Ecological Dynamics, Fisheries, Marine Reserves, Mathematical Methods and Programming, Population Dynamics, Q22, Renewable Resources and Conservation, Stochastic control
Organization: Crawford School of Public Policy (CSPP), The Australian National University (ANU)
Cockburn Sound Management Council - Long-term Water Quality Sampling for Cockburn Sound (1982/83 to 2011/12)

From December to March, in most years between 1982/83 to 2011/12, the Marine and Freshwater Research Laboratory (MAFRL) at Murdoch University conducted water quality testing in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia for the Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC). Data was obtained on nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, salinity, conductivity, pH, suspended sediments, density, turbidity, fluorescence, temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll and light attenuation.

Tags: Chlorophyll, Dissolved Gases, Light Transmission, Nitrogen Compounds, Nutrients, Oceans, Oxygen, Ph, Phosphorous Compounds, Salinity, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Temperature
Organization: Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC), Department of Environment Regulation (DER), Western Australia Government
Cockburn Sound Management Council - Environmental Quality Management Program (irregular)

Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC) coordinates and undertakes irregular monitoring programs in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. For example, it coordinates toxicants in sediment, toxicants in water, benthic habitat mapping and contaminant analysis of beach sediments monitoring programs conducted irregularly by other parties in the greater Cockburn Sound. All data is collected and assessed against statutory Environmental Quality Criteria and Standard Operating Procedures and analysis plans. CSMC collates and ensures QA/QC processes are in place for the data. Please refer to the Environmental Quality Monitoring Program - Regular monitoring programs link (http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/portal/page?_pageid=513,999170&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL) for more information about this data set.

Tags: Chlorophyll, Dissolved Gases, Light Transmission, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Marine Sediments, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Ph, Salinity, Toxic Chemicals, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Temperature, micro-organisms, seagrass
Organization: Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC), Department of Environment Regulation (DER), Western Australia Government
Cockburn Cement - Success Bank - Seagrass and Sand Invertebrates - 1990's

Invertebrates (epifauna & infauna) from seagrass (Amphibolis griffithii, Posidonia coriacea, Heterozostera tasmanica) and adjacent sand habitats on Success Bank (5-7 m) and deep water (12 m) in Owen Anchorage and Gage Roads were collected at three locations, three time periods in 1997/1998. 

Three replicates were made at each location, giving a total of 45 samples per sampling period (5 habitats x 3 locations x 3 replicates per location). Three major samplings (summer 1997, winter 1997 and summer 1998) were undertaken to obtain information on seasonal and annual variations.

An additional study incorporated samples collected from 11-17 m deep areas dredged in 1985, 1994 and 1996 that were compared to the bare sediments in natural basin habitats to the north and south of the sites on the sand bank. Density, biomass and production of invertebrates were lowest in the most recently dredged areas. There were some differences between dredging time and locations within dredging time.

Tags: 63 617008, 63 618005, 63 619004, Amphibolis griffithii, Cymodoceaceae, Heterozostera tasmanica, Marine Biology, Marine Invertebrates, Marine Plants, Oceans, Posidonia coriacea, Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, eel grass, sea grass
Organization: UWA Oceans Institute (OI), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Coastal Zone Management in Northern Australia: 1984 WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

The workshop on 'Coastal Management in Northern Australia' was organised by the N.T. Branch of the Australian Marine Sciences Association and the North Australia Research Unit of The Australian National University. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 'Conference on Coasts and Tidal Wetlands of the Australian Monsoon Region', at the Museum of Arts and Science, Conacher Street, Bullocky Point, Darwin, NT between 4-11th November 1984. This record links to the proceedings of the workshop currently archived in the ANU institutional repository, Demetrius.
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Coastal zone management is primarily about conservation of resources. As an objective, conservation must be viewed not only as a way of retaining what we have but also for creating what we want. In the Northern Territory, coastal environments are for the most part still unspoilt and very often near to original, except in localised areas. There is, therefore, an opportunity not existing elsewhere in the tropical world, to assess what we wish to plan towards and to establish the infrastructure by which such plans can be achieved.

Tags: Coastal Ecology, Coastal Management, Human Dimensions, Marine Environment Monitoring, Oceans, Social Behavior
Organization: North Australia Research Unit (NARU), The Australian National University (ANU)
Coastal Waters (State/Territory Powers) Act 1980 - Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 - Geodatabase - Superseded

PLEASE NOTE: These data have been updated. See Related Links for new data.
 Geodatabase of the Commonwealth Coastal Waters (State/Territory Powers) Act 1980 - An Act to extend the legislative powers of the States/Northern Territory in and in relation to coastal waters.

You can also purchase hard copies of Geoscience Australia data and other products at http://www.ga.gov.au/products-services/how-to-order-products/sales-centre.html

Tags: GIS Dataset, Geospatial Information Systems, Thematic, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia