AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mangrove forest productivity in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea

Estimates of potential net primary production were made in the mangroves forests of nine Cape York rivers: Jardine River (1 site); Escape River (3 sites); Harmer Creek (1 site); Olive River (2 sites), Pascoe River (1 site); Nesbit River (1 site); Rocky River (3 sites); Annan River (2 sites) and Annie River (3 sites). Two sites in northwestern Australia (Derby Wharf and Hunter River) and six sites in the delta of the Purari River, Papua New Guinea were also sampled. The sites chosen covered a range of environments from river mouth to upstream tidal limits, had a well developed canopy and usually had an area of at least 50x50m of continuous forest. Soil sampling was carried out at the Olive River, Claudie River, Normanby River, Lockhart River, McIvor River and Endeavour River.At each site, usually &gt;100 light attenuation readings were made at 1m intervals on random walks through the forest. Readings were also taken above the canopy. These measurements enabled the calculation of an average canopy chlorophyll content, which was then converted to a productivity estimate.At sites where soil was sampled, a single core was taken to a depth of 50cm. Five subsamples were taken at 10cm intervals for redox potential measurements in the field and later nutrient analysis (extractable phosphate and extractable ammonium). The water which filled the holes after core extractions was sampled and soil water salinity measured with a portable conductivity meter.
 This research was initiated to:(1) examine the variation in estimates of potential net primary production (PN) for mangroves, over a wide geographical range.(2) carry out a regional soil sampling survey, which would facilitate examination of the relationship between a range of soil characteristics and PN.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (March - April 2013)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, 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, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, 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
DOT Acoustic Wave and Current Deployments

This point feature class contains the locations of AWAC deployments across the state of Western Australia. Historic Tide and Wave data is held by DOT from Wyndham to Esperance. Tide; AWAC; Wave; Pressure and Current data currently available at the Department of Transport, Fremantle. This data can be ordered at the following link:http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/historical-tide-and-wave-data.aspWave data supplied is obtained by post-processing raw data from Datawell Wave rider. buoys. Wave statistics are produced by spectral analysis of raw elevations. The statistics supplied are the significant wave height (Hs) in metres, Peak Period (Tp) in seconds, Mean Period (T1) in seconds. These are supplied for the total wave as well as the separated sea and swell components. The sea:swell split is 8s.Directional data additionally has the direction at Tp of the sea and swell components. Directions are given in degrees from magnetic north. The directions as are calculated by the wave buoy at the Tp computed by the post-processing software.

Tags: AWAC, Downloadable Data, coastal, current, deployment, depth, engineering, ocean, sea, temperature, tide, wave
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Gold Coast Broadwater Seagrass mapping 2005/08

Seagrass meadows within the Broadwater were mapped using high-resolution 2005 orthorectified color aerial photography obtained from the Gold Coast City Council at a scale of 1:10,000 and pixel size 0.15 m. Using desktop GIS mapping (MapInfo Professional 8.0), polygons were drawn over all potential seagrass meadows at a scale of 1:5000. Spatial accuracy was estimated to be approximately ± 1 m on well-defined boundaries (e.g. dense seagrass meadows) and ± 2 m along poorly defined boundaries (e.g. sparse seagrass meadows).

Tags: Benthic habitat, QUEENSLAND
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.2.2a - Ecosystem Effects of fishing on Ningaloo Reef: Broadscale fish surveys

The Ningaloo Marine Park (State Waters) Plan 1989 was designated A class in 1990. A review of the Management Plan began in 2000; this resulted in a revised Management Plan being approved by the Minister in January 2005. 
Changes in the current Management Plan include extending the Marine Park southwards to incorporate the full extent of the reef, increasing the number and extent of Sanctuary Zones, introducing Special Purpose Benthic Protection and shore-based line fishing zones. 
The purpose of this project is to provide what will become the first data point in a long-term data set.  These data will become an integral part of several sections of the NRP, including not only assessing the ecosystem effects of fishing, but also in terms of evaluating the effectiveness of zoning for biodiversity conservation, and for assessing the implications of zoning for fish populations and for fishing outside sanctuary zones.  The surveys will provide data not only for newly established zones, but also for those zones already established within the park under previous zoning provisions.  Where possible the survey will build on existing data sets, though these are limited in scope and spatial extent.
Objectives
- For fish taxa targeted by anglers (e.g. labridae, lethrinidae, lutjanidae, serranidae, carangidae), 
- Measure the distribution, abundance and size-structure of key fish populations at Ningaloo
- Provide data that will allow a quantitative comparison of these parameters to be made across Ningaloo Marine Park zones (pre-2005 sanctuary zones, new sanctuary zones, benthic protection zones, recreational zones and general use zones).
- Provide data that will form the basis for being able to:
Measure the rate and magnitude of any changes in fish population size or structure related to changes in marine park zoning
- Determine how responses of fish populations may vary with respect to factors such as size of reserve, type of reserve, distance from boundary and fish life-history
- Parameterize and test spatially-explicit models of fish populations.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Biomass, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Herbivory, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Trophic Dynamics, Biosphere | Zoology | Fish, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Marine Reserves, MPAs, effects of fishing, recreational fishing, fish communities, invertebrate comm
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Australian Venom Research Unit Website

The Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU) is an internationally recognised interdisciplinary research unit focused on the problem of venomous injury in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The AVRU website provides information on:
1. First aid for injury from a venomous animal
2. Clinical information for health professionals such as signs, symptoms and treatment of envenomation
3. General biology of many of Australia's venomous creatures
4.  Research activities on venomous creatures, venoms, toxins and the envenomed patient.

Tags: 11 097000, 11 133001, 11 149000, 11 151000, 11 151001, 11 151002, 23 659012, 23 659013, AUSTRALIA EXCLUDING EXTERNAL TERRITORIES, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Pelagic Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Reef Habitat, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Bluebottle, Box Jellyfish, Carukia barnesi, Carybdea rastoni, Cone Snails, Hair Jelly, Hapalochlaena, Human Dimensions | Human Health | Diseases/epidemics, Human Dimensions | Human Health | Public Health, Human Dimensions | Human Health | Vital Statistics, Irukandji, Jellyfish, Jimble, Mauve Blubber, Moon Jelly, Morbakka, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Reptiles, Physaliidae, Sea Snakes, Sponges, Stinging Fish
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Incentive-based approaches to sustainable fisheries: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper published through the Economics and Environment Network at The Australian National University in Canberra.

The failures of traditional target-species management have led many to propose an ecosystem approach to fisheries to promote sustainability. The ecosystem approach is necessary, especially to account for fishery-ecosystem interactions, but by itself is not sufficient to address two important factors contributing to unsustainable fisheries - inappropriate incentives bearing on fishers, and the ineffective governance that frequently exists in commercial, developed fisheries managed primarily by total harvest limits and input-controls. We contend that much greater emphasis must be placed on fisher motivation when managing fisheries. Using evidence from more than a dozen ?natural experiments? in commercial fisheries, we argue that incentive-based approaches that better specify community, individual harvest, or territorial rights and also price ecosystem services - coupled with public research, monitoring and effective oversight - promote sustainable fisheries.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources, Incentives, Sustainability
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sediment Concentration Measurement in Port Jackson

Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Water turbidity is influenced by the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the watershed and the flushing of the estuary by clear oceanic water.
In order to contrast the imaging of objects underwater by light or sound, it is necessary to understand the role played by the scatterers in the water that cause turbidity. Using five reference sites, the grain size, the number of grains per litre and the turbidity have been compared before and after rain. Three Sydney area estuaries have been observed to have similar turbidity increases with increasing distance from the sea.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, grainsize_size_category, rainfall_amount, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2019-20 Honours project - Characterising upwelling of Circumpolar Deep Water at the Polar Front and investigating submesoscale processes associated with upwelling

The dataset was collected on the research voyage (IN2018_V05 on RV Investigator) and from satellite observations. The dataset includes in-situ data and satellite data collected at the Polar Front (PF) south of Tasmania in a region where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) has a permanent meander upstream of the Macquarie Ridge. This study characterises the upwelling of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) in a standing meander of the ACC in the PF south of Tasmania and investigates the submesoscale processes associated with upwelling.

Tags: BUOYANCY, Coriolis frequency, ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY, Ertel potential vorticity, Richardson Number, UPPER OCEAN, VERTICAL VELOCITY, Vertical shear, absolute salinity, along front velocity, buoyancy, buoyancy (Brunt-Vaisala) frequency squared, buoyancy anomaly, circumpolar deep water index, conservative temperature, cross-front velocity, density anomaly, depth, dissolved oxygen consetration, dissolved oxygen saturation, distance, horizontal buoyancy gradient, in situ temperature, latitude, longitude, mixed layer depth, oxygen anomaly, potential density, practical salinity, salinity anomaly, temperature anomaly, time, vertical velocity, water pressure
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 1st November 2004

A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour on 1st November 2004 is reported here. 
Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Phytoplankton can be used as one of the indexes of water quality. The concentration of phytoplankton is influenced by the nutrients in the water and the amount of nutrients is thought to alter according to the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the city of Sydney.    
The amount of phytoplankton before and after rainfall at Pyrmont in Sydney Harbour was observed. The concentration of chlorophyll after a period of rainfall from the 15th October to the 4th of November 2004, as measured from the surface to 7m deep, was almost 5 times as much as that as before the rain event. The maximum chlorophyll concentration observed by fluorometer was 27 [ug/litre].

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Phytoplankton, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Chlorophyll, chlorophyll concentration, depth, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, phytoplankton count, taxonomic_group_count
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Morphology and ichthyotoxicity as defensive strategies in soft corals from the Great Barrier Reef

Three collections of common soft corals were made for an ichthyotoxicity study. Morphological features relating to structural defence against fish predation were also assessed. The first set of samples, comprised of 68 specimens derived from 16 genera and 57 species was collected from Britomart Reef, Davies Reef, Slashers Reef and Orpheus Island between August and October, 1980. The second set of 36 specimens derived from 9 genera and 34 species, was collected from Britomart Reef, Rib Reef and Myrmidon Reef between August and October 1982. A final set of samples was collected at Lizard Island and was comprised of 67 specimens derived from 16 genera and 55 species.Initially, 16 attributes (each with between 2 and 4 levels) presumed to be of adaptive significance in morphological defence against fish were recorded for 68 alcyonacean corals from a wide range of species. These characters fell into the more general categories of: gross colony form (encrusting or erect); colony texture (including sharpness or spikiness, hardness, flexibility, and penetrability); presence of mucus; color; polyp retractility; sclerite morphology and distribution (including density of sclerite packing, length, sharpness, placement, and orientation within the colony - assessed microscopically). The soft coral species used in this study were then categorised from most toxic to least toxic (1-9) based on previous ichthyotoxicity studies of behaviour and mortality levels in test fish. A second set of observations concentrated on 28 specimens of the genus Sinularia and 28 specimens from the family Nephtheidae, which vary widely in both their morphological and ichthyotoxic characteristics. A more restricted and clearly defined set of morphological characters were considered: consistency of exposed colony parts; superficial armament of the polypary; mineralization of coenenchymal mass; anthocodial armament; and polyp retractility. In this study, soft coral species were classified as toxic or non-toxic based on relative mortality levels of test fish after 12 hours.
 This research was initiated to investigate the relationship between morphological features and ichthyotoxicity in defence against fish predation in soft corals.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
One Tree Island Base Station

The base station for the sensor network is located on water tank tower at the Orpheus Island Research Station run by the University of Sydney. The base station collects data from the outlying sensor stations (RP1-RP3) within the lagoon of One Tree Island as well as having a LiCor 192 PAR sensor.The base station consists of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 logger that talks back to the mainland via a 5m mast located on the top of the tower and a Cybertec nextG modem, and to the rest of the equipment in the lagoon via a 900 MHz spread-spectrum Campbell RF411 radio.The station is powered off the research station power supply but has its own solar panel and battery supply in case of power outages.
 The base station collects and syncronises data with the three monitoring stations (RP1 to RP3) within the lagoon of One Tree Reef and sends the data back to the mainland via a Telstra nextG connection. The station also has a light (PAR) sensor and potentially can have other sensors connected.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tasmanian and Commonwealth scallop fisheries research (including bycatch): 2000-2005

Utilising both fishery independent and industry dependent surveys, spatial and temporal data was collected on scallop, and other bethnic community, abundance. The dataset also includes dredge video surveys and, in some instances, bycatch abundance.

Tags: Abundance of benthic invertebrates, Abundance of bycatch species, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Commercial scallops, Growth, Industry surveys, Pectin fumatus, Scallop abundance, Scallop growth, Shell length, Spatial management, Total scallop catch
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Larval fish assemblages in Coastal, Shelf and Offshore Waters of South-Western Australia

Fish larvae were sampled along a five-station transect extending from inshore (18m depth) to offshore waters (1000m depth) of the coast of South-Western Australia (see thumbnail).  148 taxa from 93 teleost families were identified. The temporal and spatial structure of the fish assemblages were analysed in relation to the environmental variables.  Assemblages were closely correlated to water masses (Capes and Leeuwin Current)

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Blenniidae, Carangidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gobiidae, Gonostomatidae, Labridae, Myctophidae, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Water Quality | Conductivity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Phosichthydae
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): South West Rocks Creek, Kempsey 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, 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, South West Rocks Creek
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2017 Aerial survey data of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off southern Australia

These aerial survey data of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off southern Australia were collected in August 2017. Such annual flights in winter/spring between Cape Leeuwin (Western Australia) and Ceduna (South Australia) have now been conducted over a 25-year period 1993-2017. These surveys have provided evidence of a population trend of around 6% per year, and a current (at 2014) population size of approximately 2300 of what has been regarded as the 'western' Australian right whale subpopulation. With estimated population size in the low thousands, it is presumed to be still well below carrying capacity. No trend information is available for the 'eastern' subpopulation of animals occurring around the remainder of the southern Australian Coast, to at least as far as Sydney, New South Wales and the populations size is relatively small, probably in the low hundreds. A lower than  expected 'western' count in 2015 gives weak evidence that the growth rate may be starting to show signs of  slowing, though an exponential increase remains the best description of the data. If the low 2015 count is anomalous, future counts may be expected to show an exponential increase, but if it is not, modelling growth as other than simple exponential may be useful to explore in future

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CAMERAS, CEOS, CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK, CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Southern Right Whales, Survey
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network