AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
eReefs ROMS-HR ocean hindcast

A 1.5 year hindcast of the Coral Sea/Great Barrier Reef temperature, salinity, sea level and currents. The hindcast is based on ROMS-HR, a 500m, 25 sigma-level primitive equation model using bathymetry from Beaman (2010) and Whiteway (2009).

Tags: 040503 - Physical Oceanography, Coastal modelling, Great Barrier Reef, Modelling, Ocean, Reanalyses
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Multilateral Governance of Fisheries: Management and Cooperation in the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Fisheries: 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.

The tuna resources of the Western and Central Pacific (WCP) are the world's largest and most valuable fisheries of their type and are of significant economic importance to the Pacific Island countries (PICs), through whose waters of national jurisdiction the tuna migrate. Two major concerns exist with the current governance of the fishery. First, PICs are receiving only a small share of the resource rents from the tuna fisheries. Second, current management structure of the fisheries will not ensure the long-term sustainability of the resources. The paper presents a simple model to argue for increased resource taxation as a means of raising tax revenues and improving sustainability of the resource. Such an outcome is only possible when a single policy-maker has the prerogative to set taxes so that the government acts as a Stakelberg leader in this game. Institutional mechanisms to engender cooperation between PIC governments and with distant water fishing nations (DWFNs) to achieve the espoused outcomes of the model are also presented.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Harvesting rights, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources, Multilateral governance, Pacific Islands, Resource rents, Resource taxation, Tuna resources
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surface Sediment Broken Bay to Abyssal Plain

The major accomplishments of this research are the collection and analysis of data concerning surface sediment and shelf sedimentation in South East Australia, in 1992.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, amount_of_calcium_carbonate, amount_of_calcium_carbonate_mud, amount_of_gravel, amount_of_mud, amount_of_organic_carbon, amount_of_sand, core_depth, magnetic_susceptibility, sample_water_depth, sedimentation_rate
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Lake Wooloweyah, Clarence Valley 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, Lake Wooloweyah, 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
Single beam acoustic surveys in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 1 Subproject 3.1.1)

In 2006, two areas in the Cloates Sanctuary Zone (SZ) (mid and north), one area in the Mandu SZ, one reference area outside the Cloates SZ and a reference area outside the Osprey SZ, in the Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP), were surveyed in transects, using a Simrad EQ60 Single beam echo-sounder, providing cross and along shelf profiles for each surveyed area.In 2007, surveys were extended from the southern boundary of the Ningaloo Marine Park at Red Bluff to south of Cloates SZ and from north of Mandu SZ to Point Murat. Preliminary onboard processing of single-beam acoustic backscatter data displayed differences in seabed acoustic roughness (irregularities in topography) and hardness (type of substrate) aiding in the identification of broad-scale habitats for sampling. The backscatter (Sv) values from the transect data were examined using Nearest Neighbour Interpolation within ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Tool. Future detailed analysis will aid in the preparation of marine habitat maps of the areas surveyed, and provide surrogate information for additional broad-scale biodiversity assessments.
 Surveys were undertaken to aid in the identification of any features of interest on the seafloor. Although this is a course method of acoustic survey, it is cost effective and provides a baseline bathymetry, which has not been achieved previously in Ningaloo Marine Park.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Spatial patterns in shallow-water crinoid communities in the central and northern Great Barrier Reef

Shallow-water crinoid communities of the Central Great Barrier Reef were investigated. 1114 crinoid specimens were collected from 46 sites (24 sites on 12 reefs, 2 sites per reef, and 22 sites at Davies Reef). 43 comatuloid crinoid species from 21 genera and 6 families were identified. 1689 symbionts from the 1114 crinoids were assigned to 46 taxa from 5 invertebrate classes (see separate record).Site locations were classified as nearshore (Green Island), mid-shelf reefs (Davies, Flora, John Brewer, Lodestone, Marx, Rib, Startle), and outer-shelf reefs (Michaelmas Cay, Noggin, Potter, Ribbon No.7, Wardle). Reefs were categorised as either previously infested by Acanthaster planci allowing or as unaffected reefs.Habitat features recorded were: substrate composition, surface complexity, current strength, amount of benthic sediment, and slope angle. R= reef front (windward), B=back reef (leeward), S=sides either northern or southern (flank aspects of the outer slope), L=lagoon (inside).Living posture (Cryptic = less than 20% of the arms visible; Protected = at least the central disc of the animal hidden Free-sitting = centro-dorsal disc visible but animal protected from at least one side; Exposed = animal visible from all directions, generally perched on top of the substrate); minimum and maximum arm length (to nearest cm); and colour were recorded for each specimen. Crinoid nocturnicity was noted.Species abundance and species richness were recorded and Cramer values applied.
 To provide ecological information on crinoid communities of the Great Barrier Reef.First large-scale study of the structure and composition of crinoid communities on the central Great Barrier Reef.
 Crinoid species identified: Amphimetra laevipinna, Antedonid sp., Capillaster multiradiatus, Cenometra bella, Clarkcomanthus albinotus, Clarkcomanthus littoralis, Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum, Comanthina schlegeli, Comanthus alternans, Comanthus gisleni, Comanthus parvicirrus, Comanthus wahlbergi, Comaster brevicirrus, Comaster gracilis, Comaster multifidus, Comaster pulcher, Comatella maculate, Comatella nigra, Comatella sp., Comatella stelligera, Comatula pectinata, Comatula purpurea, Decametra laevipinna, Decametra sp.a, Dorometra nana, Euantedon polytes, Himerometra bartschi, Himerometra magnipinna, Himerometra robustipinna, Iconometra intermedia, Liparometra articulate, Oligometra serripinna, Oxycomanthus benetti, Oxycomanthus comanthipinna, Oxycomanthus exilis, Oxycomanthus mirus, Oxycomanthus perplexum, Petasometra clarae, Stephanometra indica, Stephanometra oxyacantha, Stephanometra spicata, Stephanometra spinipinna, Tropiometra afra.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Other Rock Lobster Fisheries Sustainability

Southern rock lobsters occur over a vast area from the Chatham Islands, east of New Zealand to Augusta in the south west of Western Australia. The portion of the population in WA waters is at the outer limits of its range extension and as a result is probably prone to inconsistent recruitment. The southern rock lobster fishery in WA is centred around Esperance and has been commercially exploited since the late 1960s. Current catches in WA waters are about 80 tonnes per annum.
The WA southern lobster catches stabilised at about 20 tonnes per annum between the 1970s and 1980s, but since the 1990s commercial catches have rapidly escalated to their present level. The fishery is managed as three separate zones, and in two of those areas current effort levels are considered to be excessive and catches not sustainable.
In recent times a number of deep-sea crab species (in particular champagne and giant crabs) have become a focus of fishing attention, particularly in the Albany Zone. Currently, research is restricted to the monitoring of catch rates in the fishery, with some activity in the area of assisting with the design of a management plan for this fishery that is of an appropriate quality to satisfy Environment Australia requirements.
The project will:
* produce an annual assessment of the stock, utilising commercial catch and effort data, each year to be reported in the State of the Fisheries Report; and
* conduct annual presentations outlining research assessments of the fishery for professional fishers. These generally take place in August to October.

Time : Ongoing.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surveys of sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii and Heliocidaris erythrogramma) and associated barrens habitat, Kent Group, Tasmania 1974, 1981

Quantitative surveys were undertaken at five sites in the Kent Group, north eastern Tasmania (Murray Pass, Winter Cove, Little Squally Cove,and southern end of Erith Island) by divers using underwater visual census methods to survey the reef habitat. Additional spot dive surveys were undertaken at northern side of East Cove, Garden Cove, Winter Cove, Squally Cove (Deal Island), northern and southern sides of West Cove (Erith Island) and north east and north west coasts of Dover Island.
Divers recorded numbers of sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii and Heliocidaris erythrogramma), as well as extent of urchin barrens, size of algal patches, and measured boundaries of macroalgal patches of Macrocystis angustifolia, Phyllospora comosa and Ecklonia radiata-fucoid communities. Spot dives detailed additional qualitative observations of C. rodgersii.

Tags: 25 211001, 25 247001, 54 079001, 54 080001, 54 102001, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Reef Habitat, Biosphere | Vegetation | Algae, Boundaries of macroalgal patches, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Ecklonia radiata, Extent of sea urchin barren, Heliocidaris erythrogramma, Macrocystis angustifolia, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Phyllospora comosa, Size of algal patches within barrens, Urchin density
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Marine mining

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

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESSURE
A wide variety of mineral resources exist within Australia’s maritime jurisdiction (see Table 1 in attached Expert Assessment). Mining of those resources however, remains an 'emerging industry'. 
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Published papers and reports. Assessment has been completed by literature review.

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

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
Climate and system variability as a pressure on the marine environment was not assessed in 2011.

Tags: environmental pressures, expert assessment, marine mining, mineral resources
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Oregon State University Buoy Group Current Experiment data

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
Links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Oregon State University Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, WORLD OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Climate and system variability

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

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESSURE
Climate and the marine environment varies on multiple temporal and spatial scales. This variability results in seasonal, inter-annual, decadal and longer changes to water temperature, rainfall patterns affecting ocean salinity, and surface winds, oceanic currents and tidal regimes which can influence the degree of vertical mixing through the water column.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Published papers and reports on climate variability. Details of the specific data sets used to generate this assessment have not been provided.

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Low impact
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Adequate high quality evidence or high level of consensus
Confidence trend: Adequate high quality evidence or high level of consensus
Comparability: Not previously asssessed
• 2011 •
(Not previously assessed)

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
Climate and system variability as a pressure on the marine environment was not assessed in 2011.

Tags: climate variability, environmental pressures, expert assessment, system variability
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Benthic habitat surveys of potential LNG hub locations in the Kimberley region.

A number of sites in the Kimberley region were considered for their suitability as a location for a proposed common-user liquefied natural gas hub precinct.  These included Gourdon Bay, Quondong - Coulomb Point, Perpendicular Head and Packer Island.  The marine benthic communities at these prospective sites are largely undescribed. On behalf of the Northern Development Taskforce (NDT), the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DECWA) has approached CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to undertake a joint benthic community survey of four locations in this region. 
This survey data will compliment the limited existing data and will used by NDT to rank and select suitable sites to be included in a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SAE). This selection process will be used to identify a suitable hub site that will minimise the degree of habitat disturbance by avoiding areas of high biodiversity and significance for threatened species and high productivity and structural complexity that may contain complex marine habitats, endemic species and important wildlife.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Composition, Radiance Or Imagery | Visible Wavelengths | Visible Imagery
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fish species compositions over reefs and soft substrates in north-western Australia

Trawling and trapping was conducted in water depths of 5 to 30 m at seven locations along the Pilbara, Canning and Kimberley coasts of north-western Australia. 361 species were recorded, of which only 56 were recorded over both soft substrates and reefs. 229 and 76 species were caught exclusively over soft substrates and reefs, respectively. The Leiognathidae, Carangidae and Terapontidae contributed most individuals (62.2%) to catches over soft substrates, whereas the Lethrinidae and Lutjanidae dominated those over reefs (81.9%). The species compositions in both habitat types changed progressively with increasing latitude and grouped according to bioregion. Different species were responsible for these latitudinal and bioregional differences in the two habitat types. Indo-west Pacific species comprised 31.2 and 24.2% of the number of species over soft substrates and reefs, respectively, and contributed 72.5% to the total catch over soft substrates, but only 9.7% over reefs. Australian endemics made an important contribution in both habitat types.The ichthyofaunal compositions of both habitat types undergo similar patterns of progressive change with latitude, due to site-staggered changes in the relative abundances of key fish species. The latitudinal differences over reefs are correlated with water temperature. Bioregional differences in composition can be related to such factors as turbidity and whether mangroves are nearby. Although the Indo-west Pacific was the most speciose of the ten main zoogeographical categories over both habitat types, its relative contribution to total catches was 7.5 times greater over soft substrates than over reefs.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Kalbarri (December 2009 - January 2010)

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 Kalbarri (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
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): North Scott Reef, South Transect (L)

Five instruments were deployed on the North Scott Reef, South Transect (L). Instruments were deployed along a transect down the reef slope.Code: NSS5; Depth: 0.3m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6564;Code: NSS4; Depth: 0.2m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6566; Code: NSS3; Depth: 2.0m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6560;Code: NSS2; Depth: 6.3m; Instrument: Tidbit; Serial #: SL4-1;Code: L1; Depth: 14m; Instrument: TG WLR7; Serial #: 1267; File Name: L1
 This deployment was a component of the "Physical Environment" sub-project of the project "Biological and Physical Environment at Scott Reef 2003"

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network