AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Key Ecological Features (points) - SW marine planning region.

The Bioregional Profile identifies a number of ecological features that are of conservation value because of the role they play in the environment of the South-west Marine Region. Key ecological features meet one or more of the following criteria:


a species, group of species, or a community with a regionally important ecological role (e.g. a predator, prey that affects a large biomass or number of other marine species);


a species, group of species, or a community that is nationally or regionally important for biodiversity;


an area or habitat that is nationally or regionally important for: 
a) enhanced or high productivity (such as predictable upwellings - an upwelling occurs when cold nutrient-rich waters from the bottom of the ocean rise to the surface);
b) aggregations of marine life (such as feeding, resting, breeding or nursery areas);
c) biodiversity and endemism (species which only occur in a specific area); or


a unique seafloor feature, with known or presumed ecological properties of regional significance.


Key ecological features have been identified by the Australian Government on the basis of advice from scientists about the ecological processes and characteristics of the area. A workshop held in Perth in September 2006 also contributed to this scientific advice and helped to underpin the identification of key ecological features.
Sixteen KEFs have been identified in the South-west Marine Region:

Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands 
Perth Canyon and adjacent shelf break, and other west coast canyons 
Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to the west coast inshore lagoons 
Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to Geographe Bay 
Cape Mentelle upwelling 
Naturaliste Plateau
Diamantina Fracture Zone
Albany Canyons group and adjacent shelf break 
Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago
Ancient coastline at 90-120 m depth
Kangaroo Island Pool, canyons and adjacent shelf break, and Eyre Peninsula upwellings.
Meso-scale eddies (points).
Western demersal slope and associated fish communities.
Western rock lobster.
Benthic invertebrate communities of the eastern Great Australian Bight. No spatial representation available.
Small pelagic fish of the South-west Marine Region. No spatial representation available.

In order to create a spatial representation of KEFs for the South-west Marine Region, some interpretation of the information was required. DoE has made every effort to use the best available spatial information, and best judgement on how to spatially represent the features based on the scientific advice provided. This does not preclude others from making their own interpretation of available information.

Tags: Biodiversity, Conservation, Marine Planning, Marine Planning Regions (Australia) | South-west
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Investigator Strait CTD Survey June 1985

A total of 31 samples were collected using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) device in Investigator Strait from the ship Wave Dancer (cruise IS01) on 6-7 June 1985, and analysed for water temperature, salinity and sediment data. The data were digitised from the reference below.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, sediment_size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: HI416LEE_H From: 2006-02-09 To: 2006-04-23

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 8 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI416LEE_H from HMAS LEEUWIN. 
The CTD was manufactured by Falmouth Scientific and is the "2-inch Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the HS_CTD. This CTD is fitted within an inductive type conductivity cell, a platinum thermometer and silicon pressure sensor.
The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated on the ITS-90 temperature scale against a master CTD using a controlled temperature bath. The pressure sensor is calibrated using a Druck Pressure Calibrator. The conductivity sensor is calibrated in a temperature controlled bath against seawater samples of known conductivity.
The HS_CTD is lowered and raised by a hand winch sampling at a rate of 1.83 Hz. Data files were recorded in the downcast and upcast direction but most data is from downcasts due to higher quality. Raw CTD pressure data is not always monotonic due to transient up/down motion of winch/ship. Raw pressure data is subsetted to give a monotonic (increasing) sequence and then linearly interpolated to 1 decibar pressure intervals and converted to netCDF format files. Data is then flagged with quality control flags after visual inspection and comparison to average climatology and historical CTD casts.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Lizard Island Weather Station installed on Sensor Relay Pole 2

A Vaisala WXT520 integrated weather station has been installed on RP2, a 6m steel pole which has been installed within the lagoon of Lizard Island on the northern Great Barrier Reef. The sensor-relay pole provides a platform for the installation of sensors to measure and monitor water conditions within the lagoon of Lizard Island. The pole has real time communications using 900MHz spread spectrum radio back to a base station on Lizard Island.The weather station provides measurement of air temperature (Deg. C.), humidity as relative percent, barometric pressure (milliBars or hPa), rainfall amount, intensity and duration, hail amount, intensity and duration (not common on coral reefs!) and wind speed and direction. The wind speed and direction and processed into scalar and vector (directional) based readings and presented as 10 and 30 minute averages to give mean values and maximum values. From these you can get the average wind conditions at either 10 minute or 30 minute periods as well as the gust or maximum wind conditions.The weather station is connected via an SDI-12 interface to a Campbell Scientific CR1000 logger which uses a RF411 radio to transmit the data, every 10 minutes, to the base station on Lizard Island and then a Telstra nextG link is used to send the data back to AIMS.Identical weather stations are also on Heron Island (southern GBR), One Tree Island (near by) and Orpheus Island (central GBR). A light sensor is also located on the Island itself to give measures of PAR.
 The weather station is to provide on-reef weather conditions to allow the interaction with the atmosphere and the water to be understood. It is NOT set up as a meteorological grade station (for example it is too low to the water) but rather to give an indication of the atmospheric conditions at the surface of the water actually on the reef. If you need meteorological grade observations then use the data available for near by locations from www.bom.gov.au
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 4 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 150Logger Setup as router (isRouter = True)SDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 neighbours range: 1 - 180SDC7 Beacon: 3600Over-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 - Retry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 3.8 - Towards an integrated monitoring program: identifying indicators and existing monitoring programs to cost effectively evaluate the Long Term Sustainability Plan, 2015-2015 (AIMS)

This project addresses a series of critical initial steps required to develop a cost-effective integrated monitoring program. First, environmental, social and economic elements and indicators will be identified that could be monitored to enable an integrated evaluation of the Long Term Sustainability Plan (LTSP) targets. Second, existing monitoring programs will be evaluated against the newly developed LTSP targets, to ensure that the relevant aspects of these monitoring programs are considered for inclusion in an integrated monitoring program. Finally, the statistical performance of the AIMS Long Term and Marine Monitoring Programs will be evaluated to illustrate how these programs could cost-effectively contribute to an integrated monitoring program.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Radar - Radials (non-QC)

Radial data files contain radial components of sea surface parameters measured by HF ocean radars operated by Ocean Radar (formerly known as the Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network (ACORN)), a facility of Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
Regardless of the radar system (WERA or SeaSonde), the primary product is the radial component of the sea surface current along a line between the radar station and a point on the sea surface.  By combining radials measured at two stations surface current vectors can be constructed.  These surface current vectors can then be used to study tides, wind-driven currents and perform lagrangian particle tracking.
A snap-shot of the radial surface current map is produced by a radar station every 10 min (WERA) or 1 h (SeaSonde).  These data are uploaded to the IMOS archive in real-time.  Real-time data are produced by the manufacturer of the radar station and no quality control flags are assigned by either the manufacturer or the facility at this stage.
Each real-time radial file contains a set of standard metadata fields, such as radar system type, operating frequency and bandwidth.  Other metadata fields describe radar system type-specific parameters.  Radial file metadata fields are described in a separate facility data document.
In addition, WERA radar systems provide the real-time heights of left and right bragg peaks, from which the wind direction can be inferred, and an estimate of the significant wave height.  These quantities are not quality controlled because they are output from the manufacturer's software without the detail necessary for the facility to assign a quality control label.

Tags: Doppler Frequency, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Length, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Physical Oceanography, Radial Surface Current, SeaSonde (CODAR) HF Radar | Amplitude Direction Finding, WERA HF Radar | Phased Array
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Futures Project - Middle Island - 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 Middle Island, the project's easternmost site located within the Recherche Archipelago. The Recherche Archipelago provides habitats for a diverse range of both terrestrial and marine species, and can be accessed either by vessel from the town of Esperance, or by four wheel drive along the coastal roads adjoining the Cape Arid National Park.

Tags: Reef habitat, research vessel
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phytoplankton Ecology in the Upper Swan River Estuary, Western Australia - Microheterotroph grazers and their impact on phytoplankton biomass

Species composition trends for the microheterotrophic grazing community (&lt;300 um) over an annual period (1998-1999) were determined for the upper Swan River estuary.  Also differences in grazing rates, monthly over an annual cycle and changes in grazing pressure and grazer species composition over the course of a typical (summer dinophyte) bloom were measured.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Biomass, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Food-web Dynamics, Biosphere | Microbiota | Phytoplankton, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, microheterotroph
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Pressures - Climate Change - Ocean salinity

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 change - oceanic dissolved oxygen and oxygen minimum zones in shelf and offshore regions". 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
Surface ocean salinity is largely reflective of the exchange of freshwater with the atmosphere, with areas of high surface salinity found in regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation. Subduction of water from the ocean surface to the oceans interior transports surface salinity, resulting in salinity distributions of the oceans interior also reflecting surface rates of evaporation and precipitation. Melting and freezing of sea ice and glaciers also contributes to ocean salinity. Changes to salinity that may be driven by climate change have the potential to affect ocean circulation and stratification and contribute to sea level change.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Published papers and reports on ocean salinity and climate change. 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: Deteriorating
Confidence grade: Adequate high quality evidence or high level of consensus
Confidence trend: Adequate high quality evidence or high level of consensus
Comparability: Grade and trend are not 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
Ocean salinity was assessed under state and trends of physical and chemical processes and discussed in the text in terms of the pressure climate change.

Tags: climate change, environmental pressures, expert assessment, ocean salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Comparative distribution of macromolluscs and macrocrustaceans in a north-western Australian mangrove system

Comparative distribution of macromolluscs and macrocrustaceans in a north-western Australian mangrove system.

Tags: Biodiversity, Biosphere | Zoology | Crustaceans, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Distribution, Marine Features (Australia) | Bay of Rest, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Earthquakes in Australia and Associated Regions: Geoscience Australia.

Geoscience Australia has been researching,  mapping and documenting earthquakes in Australia and associated regions since 1840. Information about the causes of earthquakes, where earchquakes occur, and emergency management of earthquakes is available on this website.
This website allows users to report their experiences during an earthquake, plot a seismogram of a recent erathquake, view recent earthquakes RSS feed, find out more about RSS feeds and view the latest media release. 
This website also has a worldwide section that allows users to view worldwide earthquakes over the past 24 hours; and regional earthquakes from the last two weeks. The option to view and understand more about RSS feed is also present in the 'worldwide' section of the form. Latest media releases of worldwide earthquakes is also included in the form.
You can create your own map by adding layers and details in both Australia and worldwide searches.

Tags: Solid Earth | Seismology | Earthquake Dynamics, Solid Earth | Seismology | Earthquake Occurrences, Solid Earth | Seismology | Earthquake Predictions, Solid Earth | Seismology | Seismic Profile
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Broadscale survey of coral condition on the reefs of the Easter Group of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

Anthropogenic activities that occur at the Abrolhos Islands include commercial lobster and line fishing and tourism. Impacts such as physical damage from diving, anchoring deployment of lobster pots and influence of land-based activities could cause changes to coral condition. The possible effects of human activities on coral reefs were noted as potential issues during management and stakeholder workshops (Fisheries WA 1998; Chubb et al. 2002; Webster et al. 2002). This survey broadly addressed potential impacts on the coral reefs by estimating coral cover, coral bleaching, coral disease, coral damage, and the abundance of the corallivores; Acanthasterplanci starfish and Drupella snails. Eight research sites were selected, including reefs in the Rat Island group, Suami Island group and Leo Island group and surveyed from the 16th to 21st of February 2004. At each site three 50 metre belt transects were videoed and a GPS reading taken at the start of each site. Transects were laid parallel to the reef crest at a depth of appropriately 4 - 6 m. The video transects were analysed using AVTAS (AIMS Video Analysis System), (Christie et al, 1996). The health of the corals 2 m either side of the transect line were examined and the following potential impacts assessed and quantified: Bleaching: The severity of bleaching on individual colonies and the proportion of colonies affected was estimated. Disease: Five categories of coral disease were recorded including, black band disease, white syndrome, skeletal eroding band, brown band and pink spot. The species infected and the number colony displaying disease symptoms were recorded. Corallivores: The levels of the damage and incidence of starfish and snails were counted at each site. Coral Damage: The extent and severity of coral damage was recorded.

Tags: Abundance, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Cameras | Video Cameras - underwater, Coral Bleaching, Coral Destruction, Coral Reef Health, Cover, Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Marine Features (Australia) | Abrolhos Islands, WA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Towed Video deployments in Timor Sea Banks and Shoals (Montara 3)

Towed Video surveys down to a depth of ~50 m was completed successfully at the following shoals (Baracuda East, Goeree Shoal, Vulcan Shoal). Sampling involved habitat classification conducted in real-time during the surveys, and taking photographic still image at 5s intervals for subsequent analysis as the cameras were towed across the shoals at a speed of 1-2 knots.
 This project is a co-investment between PTTEPAA and AIMS, in order to build scientific knowledge on a number of shoal features in the area near Montara and was undertaken between 15 - 24 April 2013.
 Benthos Point intercept data extraction from high resolution still images @ 10m spacing was entered into the AIMS TowedStills system prior to subsequent specialist statistical analyses.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 4.3.2 - Ecosystem Modelling - Qualitative modelling of the Leschenault Estuary ecosystem

The qualitative model that is being developed for the estuarine ecosystem of the Leschenault Estuary  will be used to explore how environmental change due to both anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic factors is likely to affect the ecosystem and to assess the potential for management action to ameliorate adverse impacts.  The study is part of a broader qualitative modelling study, initiated by WAMSI, that encompasses the Swan River Estuary, the Peel-Harvey Estuary and the Leschenault Estuary.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Loop analysis, ecosystem model, estuarine ecosystem
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The role of copper in facilitating the invasion of sessile marine invertebrate communities by pests: effects of copper pulse frequency in established assemblages

Disturbance events are thought to provide an opportunity for the colonisation and establishment of invasive species.  Contamination of coastal waters with copper from sewage outfall and antifouling paints may create a disturbance that favours the establishment of introduced sessile invertebrates.  This study examines if the frequency of experimentally applied doses of copper sulfate increases the abundance of introduced sessile invertebrate species within developing (2-weeks old) and established (9-months old) assemblages.  Responses to regular and irregularly applied doses of copper were also tested in developing assemblages. 
This dataset gives the effects of copper pulse frequency on the number of native and introduced taxa within established (9 month-old) sessile invertebrate assemblages.  Experimental manipulations were carried out in Port Phillip Bay at Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, Victoria over a 10 week period between October and December 2004.  Nine-month old sessile invertebrate assemblages established on Perspex plates were subjected to three treatments: an undosed control, or copper pulses applied every 2 or 4 weeks.

Tags: 10 000000, 11 500000, 20 000000, 22 000000, 27 500000, 35 000000, Arborescent bryozoan, Ascidiacea, Barnacles, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Colonial ascidian, Encrusting bryozoan, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Contaminants, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Water Quality | Trace Metals, Polychaetes, Porifera, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Solitary ascidian, Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, copper, experimental_treatment, panel_id, status, taxonomic_group_count
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
AIMS Google Earth Catalogue

The AIMS Google Earth Catalogue contains lists of KML/KMZ files, created by AIMS staff, that can be loaded into Google Earth and some other 3D programs. Maps may be used as is, or customized in Google Earth for your specific purposes.Files in the cataloque have been created for a variety of purposes such as providing high resolution imagery of islands and reefs and mapping study sites. Staff are encouraged to add their own files to the catalogue. The application contains instructions to how to add and document files to share internally. If you are familiar with RSS Feeds, Syndication or News Feeds, you might be interested in adding the RSS URL to your feed reader in your web browser or email client.
 The AIMS Google Earth Catalogue is an initiative of the AIMS Data Centre to provide a facility for sharing KML/KMZ files between AIMS staff.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network