AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Benthic Trawling Data collected on the Denman Marine Voyage of the RSV Nuyina, 2025

These data were collected on voyage 3 of the RSV Nuyina in the 2024/2025 season.  The voyage was colloquially known as the "Denman Marine Voyage", as it operated in the vicinity of the Denman Glacier.
The downloadable dataset contains the following  files:
1 Excel database of all specimens retained. Most of these are from Beam Trawls (tabs A through O). Some additional specimens from other activities bycatch were also retained (tab bycatch donations). First tab = All samples is a combined sheet of all others for ease of searching. Identification changes were cut off on 28 April 2025. These will continue to change into the future. 
2 Corresponding images of live specimens in the database, organised by trawl and donated specimens with separate folders for scales and images from Pete Harmsen that couldn’t be connected with individual organisms. Copyright SAEF Team Connect.
3 Table of trawl metadata. 
4 Folder of trawl video imagery.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BEAM TRAWL, BOTTOM TRAWL, CAMERAS, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DENMAN GLACIER, DENMAN, DMV, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > EAST ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF, R/V Nuyina > R/V Nuyina, TRAWL, UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Log of biological observations at Casey, 1973

This file contains a log of general biological observations collected in the Casey region during 1973.  Observations were made of seals, whales, penguins, petrels, etc.
The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, Casey, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA L, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHAL, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Penguins, Petrels, Seals, Whales
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 7 (SHAM) 1993-94 Underway Data

This dataset contains the underway data from Voyage 7 1993-94 (SHAM) of the Aurora Australis. This was a manned marine science voyage. DLS and NoQalms data types were logged. The observations were taken between January and February 1994. The Programmer's Report is available via the Related URL section (includes a section on Data Quality).
XBT and CTD data were also obtained.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BATHYMETRY, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 6 (AAMBER2) 1990-91 Phytoplankton Data

This dataset contains the data from Voyage 6 1990-91 of the Aurora Australis. The observations were taken from the Prydz Bay area, Antarctica in January and February 1991. Taxonomic identity and abundance data were obtained, together with an extensive range of pigment analysis. Over 60 pigments are analysed (only the major ones are listed here). The major phytoplankton investigated were diatoms, dinoflagellates and flagellates. This dataset is a subset of the full cruise.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE > DIATOMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE > DINOFLAGELLATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > AMOEBOIDS > FORAMINIFERS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > DIATOMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > FLAGELLATES > DINOFLAGELLATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MICROSCOPES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Foraging Ecology of Gentoo Penguins

Gentoo penguins are the least numerous of the penguins breeding at Macquarie Island, and the only species to rear two chicks. This project examined the interactions between diving behaviour, diet and reproductive strategy.
Data were collected on Time Depth Recorders (TDRs), and stored in hexadecimal format.  Hexadecimal files can be read using 'Instrument Helper', a free download from Wildlife Computers (see the url given below).

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, DIET, DIVE BEHAVIOUR, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > MIGRATORY RATES/, GENTOO, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bathymetry and Ice draft maps for the Amery Ice Shelf cavity

Ocean circulation beneath ice shelves and associated rates of melting and freezing are influenced strongly by water column  thickness and depth. The shape of the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf is important for our understanding of ice shelf stability and freshwater input to the ocean and their dependence on climate. New seismic surveys of the centre region of the Amery Ice Shelf and ice-draft data taken at the grounding line has provided a considerable amount of new water-column thickness and bathymetry data. The data is adjusted in the unknown region south of 71 degrees 35 minutes S by comparing the complex error between simulated tides against in situ GPS observations. A finite element, hydrodynamic ocean tide model is used to simulate the 4 major constituents (S2, M2, K1 and O1). The new data differs from a previous bathymetry map in a number of places. Significantly, there is channel that leads from the Prydz bay depression into the deepest part of the AIS cavity in the south through a series of depressions. This technique  has particular application when the water column beneath ice shelves is inaccessible and in situ GPS data is available.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AIRSAR > Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, AMD, AMD/AU, Aircraft, Amery Ice Shelf, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GPS > Global Positioning System, Grounding line, IFSAR > Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ice Draft, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILERS, SEISMOGRAPHS, SHIPS, Seismometers, TIDE GAUGES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ice and snow pit measurements observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012

This dataset contains routine measurements of snow and ice thickness, and snow-ice interface temperature, at 1m intervals along standard transects; snow property characterisation in snow pits measured at 0m, 50m and 100m along the transects; and sea ice cores acquired at various locations both along the transects and elsewhere on ice station floes during the 2012 SIPEX 2 marine science voyage. 
Ice temperature information is acquired from the cores, which are taken on-board for further analysis. The latter includes thin-section analysis of sea-ice stratigraphy and crystallography at -20C within the freezer lab on-board the ship. The cores are then cut up into 5cm sections and melted for analysis of salinity and stable oxygen isotopes.
Observation items:
Snow: 
- Thickness
- Temperature profile (every 3 cm)
- Snow-ice interface temperature at 1m intervals along the 100m transects
- Grain size
- Grain shape
- Density
- Hardness
- Salinity
- Stable oxygen isotope
Ice:
- Thickness
- Freeboard
- Draft
- Temperature
- Salinity
- Stable oxygen isotope
- Crystallography and texture
- Density
Instruments:
Snow: 
Folding scales, Spatula, Thermometer, Snow sampler, Magnifying glass, Salinometer, Temperature and thickness probes, scales
Ice:
Drills, corers, ice-thickness tape measures, thermometer, salinometer, band-saw, cross-polarising filter, scales
The data are recorded in log books (scanned copies are included in this dataset) and have been transferred into the standard AAD sea-ice database templates (in excel format) for each station.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ISOTOPES, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SALINITY, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ISOTOPES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SALINITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SALINOMETERS, SIPEX, SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE, Thermometers
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 4 2003-2004 Underway Data

This dataset contains the underway data collected during the Aurora Australis Voyage 4 2003-04. This voyage went to Heard Island, Zhong Shan and Davis, leaving from Freemantle and returning to Hobart. Underway (meteorological) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL section). For further information, see the Marine Science Support Data Quality Report at the Related URL section.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > CONVECTION, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Water Salinity and Density Results From Davis, 1982

Water density and salinity readings from Davis during the under-ice diving program in 1982. The written logs are archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, Diving, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Sea ice
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ocean Drilling Program: Kerguelen-Heard Plateau - Cenozoic Variations in Southern Ocean Currents and Relationship to Climatic Changes

This data were collected as part of the Ocean Drilling Program.  All data were collected on Leg 119.  The cruise for Leg 119 began at Port Louis Harbor, Mauritius, and finished at the Port of Fremantle, Australia.  The objective was to complete a transect, along with Leg 120, to study the Late Cretaceous to Holocene palaeoclimatic history of East Antarctic, tectonic history of the Kerguelen Plateau, and the late Mesozoic rifting history of the Indian plate from East Antarctica.
Samples are sediments.  Good calibration standards for sediments not available.
More information can be obtained from the Ocean Drilling Program website.
The data obtained from the drilling is available on the Ocean Drilling Program website (see Download Paleontology Data).
From the abstract of one of the papers:
The timing and nature of the initiation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is the subject of considerable discussion.  Before Leg 119, the earliest known unequivocal Cenozoic glacial sediments were discovered in a Lower Oligocene sequence from the Ross Sea.  Quartz grains of Eocene age from the Subantarctic Pacific Ocean were inferred from their grain texture to be ice-rafted. Previous results obtained by Leg 113 in the Weddell Sea indicate that glaciation at sea level first occurred during the late early Oligocene on East Antarctica and during the late Miocene on western Antarctica.  Our new results show that glaciation is present during the earliest Oligocene and possibly the late Miocene.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GEOLOGY, GLACIAL DEPOSITS, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, ODP, ODP > OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM, PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC, Palaeo Start Date, Palaeo Stop Date, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Short Tailed Shearwater DREAM gene sequencing fastq files

This data set includes unprocessed sample .fastq files from two separate Illumina NextSeq runs, labelled as 'Run_1' and 'Run_2', respectively.
Sample names: e.g. STS15059, 'STS' is the abbreviation of Short-tailed shearwater. The first two digits of the numeric refer to the year of collection e.g. '15' = 2015. Finally, the following number refers to the sequential unique ID for that year, e.g. '059' is the fifty-ninth sample for the years' collection.
Leg bands are also recorded and are generally a 5-digit number and are unique to the individual bird. Longitudinal samples can be identified using these band IDs. E.g. in Run_2, an individual with the band number: 52196, was collected in 2015 as 'STS15065' and again in 2017 as 'STS17044'.
Run_1: N = 35 individual samples are split across 4 lanes e.g. 'STS16020_S35_L001(/L002/L003/L004)_R1_001/fastq' and need to be merged before conversion to .fasta format and downstream analysis.
Run_2: N = 36 individual samples were provided as a single merged file from the service provider, e.g. 'STS15059_S34_R1_001.fastq'.
Sample_info: This excel spreadsheet has information on samples as follows: 
'Band': 5-digit number on leg band.
'Sample': Sample number within run.
 'UID': The unique ID for collection year e.g. STS15007.
'Age': The known-age of the animal rounded to whole year.
'Index (NebNext)': The NEB index used for NGS sample identification.
'Note': Additional information on if a sample was a between or within run replicate or longitudinal replicate.
Analysis of these data will be published in: [tba: R. De Paoli-Iseppi et al. 2018. Molecular Ecology Resources].

Tags: ADS > Automated DNA Sequencer, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > Flinders Island, CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > Tasmania, DNA, DNA METHYLATION, DREAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, LABORATORY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Integrated weight longline study, New Zealand ling fishery 2002-2003

This research was a manipulative experiment on autoline ling vessels in the New Zealand ling fishery. The vessels were the Janas and the Avro Chieftain. The experiment examined both seabird bycatch data and fish catch data, as well as operational aspects of fishing with integrated weight longline. The data is a little bit complicated and it is essential that any users be familiar with the methodologies in the scientific paper that was published from the work. That will provide a lot of necessary guidance as well as a context for the research. The data covers 2002 and 2003, as indicated on the files.
The data submitted includes relevant information of i) seabird by-catch; ii) catch rates of target fish; iii) catch rates on non-target fish. There is replication in some of the data sheets provided. There are headers in each data file that are explanatory.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, Bycatch, CEOS, CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > NEW ZEALAND, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES, Fishing, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Longline, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
DMS and DMSP Data from CTD and Minicosm experiments conducted during the BROKE-West voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2006

Data Acquisition:
Sampling was performed on seawater collected from CTDs and minicosm experiments. Sampling involved the collection of 250 mL of seawater from each Niskin bottle and minicosm sampled. 100 mL of this was fixed with 1 mL of concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl). A second 100 mL sample was filtered through a 0.45 micron filter and then fixed with HCl. The remaining water was filtered and purged, with the volatile gases eluted being trapped on gold wool enclosed in glass tubes.
Data Analysis:
Analysis of the gold wool tubes involved heating the tubes to separate the dimethylsulphide (DMS) and then purge and trap followed by gas chromatography (GC) to give the DMS concentration of the seawater sample. The fixed water samples and filtered fixed water samples were basified and then the DMS formed during this process was purged, trapped and analysed by GC to determine the dissolved and particulate dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) concentrations. Analysis is expected to take approximately one year to complete.
Dataset Format: The data for the CTD sampling is in the following format - CTD Number; Niskin Bottle; DMS Concentration (nM); DMSP particulate concentration (nM); DMSP dissolved concentration (nM)
The data for the minicosm sampling is in the following format: Minicosm Number; Minicosm Day; Hour; Tank Number; DMS Concentration (nM); DMSP particulate concentration (nM); DMSP dissolved concentration (nM)
Acronyms Used:
CTD -   conductivity, temperature, pressure
DMS -   dimethylsulphide 
DMSP -  dimethylsulphoniopropionate
DMSO -  dimethylsulphoxide
GC -    gas chromatography
This work was completed as part of ASAC projects 2655 and 2679 (ASAC_2655, ASAC_2679).

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CTD, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, DMS, DMSP, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > TRACE ELEMENTS, GC-MS > Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Minicosm Day, Minicosm Experiment, Minicosm Hour, NISKIN BOTTLES, Niskin Bottle, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS, dimethylsulphide, dimethylsulphoniopropionate
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Report on Silver Grey Petrels/Fulmars in the Windmill Islands, 1964

This file contains a report on the silver grey petrels/fulmars of the Windmill Islands in 1964.  The file contains a report on the program relating to the birds, and some banding data.
The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Silver grey petrels, Windmill Islands
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - AusCPR: Biomass Index (mg/m3)

The Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey is a joint project between CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&amp;A) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to measure plankton communities as a guide to the health of Australia's oceans. The biomass is analysed from the same segment from which the zooplankton is analysed. All the plankton is washed onto a pre-weighed filter. This is left in an oven at 60 degrees C for 24-48 hours.  It is reweighed to give the dry weight. It is advised that anyone using the data should contact the project contact person. The aims of the AusCPR survey are to: * map plankton biodiversity and distribution * develop the first long-term plankton baseline for Australian waters * document plankton changes in response to climate change * provide indices for fisheries management * detect harmful algal blooms * validate satellite remote sensing * initialise and test ecosystem models.  Servicing and maintenance of the CPRs and analysis of the samples for the AusCPR survey will be carried out by staff based at the O&amp;A CSIRO laboratories in Queensland and Hobart and at the AAD in Hobart. The project was funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and falls with the Ships of Opportunity facility. Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Results from the AusCPR survey are available through the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. This data is freely available but please acknowledge all relevant parties, as detailed in acknowledgement section. Additional information for this dataset may be available via the original MarLIN metadata entry: https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1344979-f702-0916-e044-00144f7bc0f4.
This dataset has been superseded by the "IMOS - Zooplankton Abundance and Biomass Index (CPR)" collection that is available at https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/bf287dfe-9ce4-4969-9c59-51c39ea4d011 (this collection was removed from the AODN Portal in March 2022).

Tags: Australian Plankton Survey Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network