AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Immobilisation of living coral embryos and larvae

These data were collected intermittently from November 2017 to December 2019 during an exploratory investigation of the immobilisation of coral embryos and larvae. Coral gametes were collected during the 2017 and 2018 mass coral spawning events at the National SeaSimulator at AIMS (SeaSim), and were fertilised and cultured in mass larval rearing tanks. The ability of embryos and larvae to withstand being immobilised in agarose gel was tested for several species, at different developmental stages, and their ability to settle and metamorphose post immobilisation was tested. This investigation was done as a first step to determine the suitability of future microencapsulation techniques for coral larvae.
Data were collected in controlled laboratory experiments in sterile petri dishes and 6-well plates in SeaSim temperature-controlled experimental rooms 2 and 9. Embryos and larvae were handled with sterile plastic pipettes and standard laboratory thermometer probes were used to track agarose gelling temperatures. Leica dissection microscopes were used to make observations of the experimental embryos and larvae, and to take photomicrographs.
Survival and settlement rates of immobilised larvae were compared with control larvae using Welch&rsquo;s two sample t-tests in R. Survival rates were modelled against hours post fertilisation using a logistic regression with a binomial distribution and a logit link function in R.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in March 2018

Flow cytometry data was collected in March 2018, 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.

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
Future Reef MAP - October 2013 (Southbound)

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Photographic documentation of aeolian sand transported landward during the 8th June 2007 storm event at Tamarama, and the clean-up effort of Waverley Council

Friday 8th June 2007 saw a severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meterology. They warned of winds gusting to 90kph, flash flooding, waves exceeding 5m in the surf zone and significant beach erosion. It was dubbed a 30-year storm, and came as a costly reminder of the devasting power of the natural environment. These photographic images were taken on Wednesday 13th June and illustrate some of the impacts of the storm on Sydneys beaches, and the response of local councils in the clean-up effort.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Futures Project - Jurien Bay - reef habitat

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: Reef habitat
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - December 2013 (Northbound)

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Datasets relating to samples collected from the Reef rim physiographic zone on Wistari Reef

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Surface samples were taken from the reef-rim to determine the mean grainsize and the sorting coefficient and also the proportion of aragonite to calcite within the samples. In this area the average mean grainsize is ~0.21phi, with an average sorting coefficient of 0.62phi. It should be noted that the sediments of the reef edge vary greatly in grainsize and sorting; ranging from moderately well-sorted to poorly sorted coarse sand. The only sediments seen here exist in protected pools and other slightly lower energy environments. Very coarse sediments are common. The proportion of aragonite in each sample varies considerably, with it representing 73% on the leeward reef edge, and only 39% on the windward reef margin.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Carbonate Sediments, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (June 2009)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), 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
Boston Bay CTD Data 01 October 1997

Four samples were collected at Boston Bay using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD)device on 1st October 1997, for analysis of water temperature and salinity data.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Water movement in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia

An array of oceanographic instruments was deployed between 1994 and 1996 to investigate water movement within Exmouth Gulf. During the first stage of the field study, waves, wave-induced velocities and tidal elevations were measured at various locations in the Gulf. The second stage of the field study involved measuring water velocities along sixteen transects widely distributed throughout the Gulf. Both vertical and horizontal velocities were recorded from the surface to the bottom at a resolution of 0.25 metres, every 10 seconds. Tidal elevations were also observed at two locations.
 The initial objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that long-term water mass balance in Exmouth Gulf is predominately governed by tidal motion and wind-induced currents and not by wind-generated waves. The data collected during the field studies was used for calibration of a computer model of tidal circulation in the Gulf. It is expected that this model will provide a long-term water mass balance for the Gulf and quantify the net fluxes of various suspended organic and non-organic substances into and out of the Gulf. The distribution of water flow intensity, also provided by the model, will indicate areas of potential erosion and areas vulnerable to potential pollution.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Heat-evolved microalgal symbionts increase thermal bleaching tolerance of coral juveniles without a trade-off against growth

This study was designed to test the effect of heat-evolved macroalgal symbionts against bleaching tolerance in juvenile corals in response to a simulated heatwave.
Juveniles of the coral Acropora tenuis were infected with either wildtype (WT10) or heat-evolved (SS1 or SS8) strains of the Symbiodiniaceae species Cladocopium C1acro (formerly Cladocopium goreaui 2&ndash;4).
The juveniles were maintained at ambient conditions (27&deg;C) for 10 months at which time their size was measured. Growth, survival, and metabolism data were collected following a simulated heatwave (31&deg;C for 41 days).
Photographs and PSII maximum quantum yields (Fv/Fm) were collected throughout the heat stress period, stable isotope incubation and cell counts were carried out on day 39, and respirometry on days 40-41. Symbiodiniaceae cell densities per juvenile were quantified to assess bleaching.
Statistical analyses were run in R and respirometry data was analysed using the respR package.
Full methods and technical details are found in the paper https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981099

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Orpheus Island Sensor Float 1

A round 1.4m yellow buoy has been deployed in Little Pioneer Bay, Orpheus Island, just off the research station in the central part of the Great Barrier Reef.The buoy is configured as a sensor-float with a Campbell Scientific logger, a spread-spectrum radio for communicating with the base station (located near the Research Station) a surface mounted (60cm under the water surface) thermistor and an inductive modem to support a range of inductive sensors, initially this will be a SeaBird SBE39 measuring temperature and pressure (depth).The float is moored at the entrance to Little Pioneer Bay, just deep of the reef front and will be used to measure the water entering the bay with particular interest in warm water pushing up into the bay. The data will support work being done in the bay by James Cook University researchers.The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.
 The buoy is one of two buoys and three relay-poles being deployed on Orpheus Island as part of the GBROOS Project. The design looks to measure the impact of warm water pushing in from the Coral Sea onto the reef flat at the northen end of the island, through the channel to Pelorus Island and around onto the land side of the island. These events are linked to coral bleaching and other climate impacts.The buoys initially have a Campbell Scientific loggers powered off two 5W solar panels, a Garmin GPS unit and one thermistor located at the base of the buoy around 60cm below the water line. The buoys use a Campbell Scientific spread-spectrum radio to talk back to the base station located on Orpheus Island.
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 2 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 171Logger Setup as node (isRouter = False)CSDC7 comms board rate set at 34KCSD7 Beacon = 21600CSDC7 Neighbours range 1 - 1, 110 - 110, 120 - 120Over-Reef RF Network - RF411 attached to the CSIO port of the loggerRadio Settings - Active Interface - Datalogger CSDCSDC Address 7Protocol: Pakbus awareRadio Net Address - 0Hop Sequence - 0Power mode - less than 2mA 1 SecondRetry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Passive Acoustic Observatory at Tuncurry, NSW (PATUN)

The Tuncurry Passive Acoustic Observatory (near Tuncurry/Forster, NSW) consists of two to four moorings fitted with /hydrophones set on the seabed at 130-190 m depth that record noise in the ocean. This system can be used to monitor whale and fish migrations, seismic activity and other natural and man-made noise sources. If four moorings are set they are configured with a mooring at each apex of an approximate equilateral triangle of 5 km side with the fourth mooring in the triangle centre. Temperature loggers are set on each mooring at the seabed.
Each logger records at a sampling rate of 6 kHz for between 3-8 min of every 15 min. If four loggers are set a 22 kHz recording is also made once a day to allow accurate synchronisation of the instrument clocks. This is required for locating the source of a sound based on its time of arrival at each hydrophone in the array. A 7 kHz pinger set on the central mooring pings for 35 minutes at a 20 s interval once per day to overlap the 22 kHz sample.
Raw data from each logger is in the form of mixed binary/text files comprised of:
1) text header and footer containing recording start and end date/time, quality control and sampling configuration; and
2) sea noise data of 16 bit unsigned integer, binary values (IEEE, little endian).
Instruments are calibrated for system gain with white noise of known level input with the hydrophone in series, before and after deployments. System calibrations are made over 2 Hz to the Nyquist frequency. The instrument clock drift is checked against GPS transmitted UTC time before and after deployment.
The raw data can be obtained on portable disk from the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN).
The Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) at Curtin University has developed Matlab software to process and analyse these data.
This observatory was decommissioned in early 2018.

Tags: IMOS Site | PATUN | Tuncurry, NSW Passive Acoustic Observatory, Passive Acoustic Listening Stations, Passive Acoustic Observing System
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Snook Commercial Fishery Data (2017/2018 to 2021/2022)

Snook (Sphyraena novaehollandiae) commercial catch (in tonnes), commercial effort (in number of days fished), and commercial Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE, in kg/day fished) by fishing season per NRE scalefish fishery fishing block for all gear types combined.
The dataset was provided by the Tasmanian Wild Fisheries Assessments team at IMAS.
Tasmanian wild fisheries stock assessments are conducted by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre of the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) on behalf of the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE Tas). Under the Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration Agreement (SMRCA), IMAS conduct fishery assessments, provide expert management advice and undertake scientific research on Tasmanian fisheries issues for NRE Tas.

Tags: Snook, Sphyraena novaehollandiae
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Photographic documentation of some of the impacts of a 1-in-30 year storm on the ocean beach at Dee Why, NSW (8th June, 2007)

Friday 8th June 2007 saw a severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meterology. They warned of winds gusting to 90kph, flash flooding, waves exceeding 5m in the surf zone and significant beach erosion. It was dubbed a 30-year storm, and came as a costly reminder of the devasting power of the natural environment. These photographic images were taken on Wednesday 13th June and illustrate some of the impacts of the storm on Sydneys beaches, and the response of local councils in the clean-up effort.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in New South Wales off Port Stephens (October - November 2009)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the region of Port Stephens (New South Wales).
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) | New South Wales, 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
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Coila Lake, Eurobodalla Shire 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, Coila Lake, 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, 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