AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Establishment of a long-term monitoring program for the proposed Dampier Archipelago Marine Park

The proposed Dampier Archipelago Marine Park and Regnard Marine Management Area (DAMPA) are located off the north-west coast of Western Australia approximately 1,650 km north of Perth and lie in the Pilbara Nearshore (PIN) marine  bioregion. The areas comprise a wide range of marine habitats that support diverse marine biota, including more than 736 fish species and 230 scleractinian coral species, making the Dampier Archipelago the second most diverse site in Western Australia for hard corals. The marine environment of the area has considerable regional ecological and social conservation significance and is subject to increasing human impacts, including offshore oil and gas production and associated port development. The region from Cape Preston to Cape Lambert, encompassing the Dampier Archipelago, is subject to a range of commercial and recreational fishing  activities. 
If trends in resource condition over time due to management are to be detected, baseline resource condition before the establishment of the DAMPA needs to be determined. The proposed project will directly address many of DEC's research and monitoring responsibilities by establishing a scientifically robust long-term monitoring program for the DAMPA.
This project will: 
a) provide before zoning enforcement data on fish abundance and length and benthic cover, 
b) determine historical long-term trends in benthic cover (and possibly fish abundance depending on comparability of methods) by establishing sites in close proximity to where previous studies have been undertaken, 
c) determine appropriate methods and survey design for  estimating rock lobster and crown of thorns size and density, 
d) provide within and between site and within habitat variance data on fish abundance and length as a pilot study which will also enable the statistical power of the results to be determined and the appropriateness of the survey design to be confirmed.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Predicted sea snake habitat locations in the North West Marine Region

Sea snake sightings from Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations deployed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science were used to predict locations that are likely important habitats for sea snake populations within the North West Marine Region (NWMR). Presence/Absence of sea snakes were modelled with environmental parameters using Gradient Boosted Regression Tree model to predict habitat suitability within the 1000 m depth contour along the NWMR. This output is a result of work conducted as part of the NESP Marine Hub Project A8- 'Exploring the status of Western Australia's sea snakes'. See project page for more details and updates:
https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/project/project-a8-exploring-status-western-australian-sea-snakes

Tags: Aipysurus, Emydocephalus, Hydrophiinae, Hydrophis, NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Sea snake, Species Distribution Model
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Mooring CM12: Current Meter

A S4 current meter was attached to mooring CM12, which was deployed in 47m of water. Deployment Details:Date Deployed: 31/3/1987Date Recovered: 5/9/1987Instrument Deployed:S4 #S631; Depth: 25m
 The aim of this project was to collect field data to calibrate a numerical model for the combined tidal and wind-forced circulation at John Brewer Reef, and to apply those circulation patterns to calculate the trajectories, residence times and likelihood of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish on areas of the reef.
 The locations for moorings CM6, CM7, CM8 and CM12 were chosen on the basis of results from a complementary project, where numerical models of hydrodynamics and dispersion were used to simulate the wind, tidal, long-period current and wave circulation around GBR reefs, for examination of dispersal of larvae of the crown-of-thorns starfish.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.1 - Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health threats to the high diversity Torres Strait and far northern GBR from runoff from the Fly River, 2016-2017 (JCU)

Runoff from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea influences water quality conditions in the Torres Strait (TS) region however the extent and frequency of this influence, and the potential ecological impacts, are not well understood. Further investigation is required to understand the prevalence and frequency of the extension of the Fly River plume into TS, and the characteristics of plume constituents, particularly metals. This project will build on previous efforts to determine the spatial extent, temporal patterns and constituent pollutants of Fly River discharge, and to a lesser extent, assess the vulnerability of ecosystems in the TS exposed to the discharge.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Subseabed Disposal Project, Nares Abyssal Plain

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.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the Subseabed Disposal Project, Nares Abyssal Plain in the Atlantic Ocean.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the 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

Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data. These links are:
* Electronic data reports
* History of the Group
* How to use this disk


Tags: ATLANTIC OCEAN, 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, 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
Sea Turtles and the Environmental Management of Industrial Activities in North West W.A. - Hatchling wavelength preference

Green turtle and flatback hatchlings from Barrow Island and hawksbill hatchlings from Varanus Island in the Lowendal Group were collected and used in experiments to assess the preference of these species to short or long light wavelengths.
Data obtained from these experiments combined with light emission analyses in Chapter 5 of the thesis are used to identify the lights that are potentially the most disruptive to hatchlings on Barrow, Lowendal, Montebello (B-L-M) complex nesting beaches.

Tags: 39 020002, 39 020003, 39 020005, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Post-breeding, Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Natator depressus, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Reptiles, Radiance Or Imagery | Visible Wavelengths | Visible Radiance
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (May - June 2009)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Hydrocarbon fluxes in the Timor Sea with special reference to natural oil and gas seeps

In this study, aspects of the physical oceanography, groundwater and pore-water chemistry, and the geochemical and microbiological compositions of sediments have been investigated in the Bonaparte Basin. In particular, we have studied the outer shelf margins of the Timor Sea, in and around the Cartier Trough and Karmt Shoals, looking for evidence of hydrocarbon and groundwater vents associated with the giant Halimeda mounds. Previous work in this region had identified an apparently strong relationship between the location of hydrocarbon seeps and carbonate bank development. A few sites on the seaward margin of Pee and Karmt shoals were identified where surface sediment pore water was greatly enhanced in activities of 224Ra, 223Ra, 228Ra, and 226Ra, which should be an indicator of groundwater inputs. Some of these sediments also had above background concentrations of ultraviolet fluorescence (UVF) detected hydrocarbons. No convincing evidence of seeps from water column salinity, temperature, optical backscatter or oxygen profiles were found, but the radium isotope activity ratios were useful in suggesting that the water sources for this region were likely from the South China Sea via the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF).Geochemical analyses of bulk sediment grab samples of this region showed the expected aragonite (high Sr) dominance on the Halimeda mounds. We also found a zone of Al and Fe enhancement in the dominantly carbonate (Halimeda, foram, pteropod ooze) sediments seaward of the mounds. One radio-chemically dated core from these sediments indicated significant variations in marine and terrestrial (aeolian?) inputs over several centuries of deposition. A consortium of researchers is now being assembled to specifically locate the hydrocarbon and groundwater vents, and determine the influence of these energy and nutrient inputs on the unique biological diversity of these spectacular 400 m high mounds.
 The scientific objectives of this research was to:1. Search for hydrocarbon/groundwater seeps near Halimeda mounds in the Pee Shoals to Karmt Shoals region, shelf and slope using on-board chemical and radiochemical tracers and to test new methane and oxygen sensors on the CTD frame. 2. Devise methods to estimate carbon (organic and carbonate) burial rates, as a carbon sink or source, and obtain samples of Halimeda for biomass and identification by testing existing sediment sampling gear for use on and around the mounds.3. Preserve samples for nutrient, trace metal, hydrocarbon, radionuclide and microbiological studies to characterise potential study sites.4. Synthesize these preliminary results and develop plans for longer term, integrated and multi-institutional studies of these seep ecosystems.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Survival of transplanted Posidonia australis seagrass

Assessment of Posidonia australis transplant survival at 3, 8, 12, 18, and 26 months (August transplant); and 3, 8, 12, 18, 26 and 30 months (April transplant), after planting at Middle Bluff, and Dubaut Point, Shark Bay.

Tags: Posidonia australis, biodiversity, blue carbon, seagrass, seagrass restoration
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS PALUMA ProjectID: HI546PAL_M From: 2014-01-24 To: 2014-02-12

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 23 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI546PAL_M from HMAS PALUMA.
The CTD was manufactured by Applied Microsystems Limited and is the "Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the MVP200_CTD. This CTD is fitted with a 4 electrode platinized conductivity cell, thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor.
The CTD sensors are calibrated at the manufacturer Applied Microsystems Limited on a 12-18 month schedule. The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated against 'Hart' temperature standards. The pressure sensor is calibrated using 'Budenburg Deadweight' standards. The conductivity sensor is calibrated using 'Hart' temperature standards and seawater samples of known conductivity.
The CTD sensors are mounted to a fish-shape probe. The probe is controlled by an electric winch (MVP200 type). For downcasts the fish is allowed to free-fall (winch is in 'free-wheel' mode) under its own weight at about 2-3 ms-1 and then is winched back. Data is recorded in downcast and usually in upcast direction at a sampling rate of 25 Hz. The downcast data is of higher quality because sensors encounter undisturbed seawater that flows through the nose of the fish. On the upcast the fish is flipped around (tail first) and the sensors in the nose encounter disturbed flow from the fish tail.
This type of CTD is prone to a phenomenon called 'salinity spiking' caused by a mismatch between the response times of the temperature and conductivity sensor. Data undergoes a salinity de-spiking routine to correct for this. See the history metadata for further details on the salinity de-spiking process.
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. 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
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: SCOTT REEF, JULY 2009

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was deployed in Scott Reef in July 2009.
Scott Reef, WA (Heyward, Cooper, Radford, Colquhoun ‐ AIMS): The primary objective of work completed in July/August 2009 was to describe biological assemblages associated with deep coral reef systems at Scott Reef in WA. A significant proportion of South Scott Reef and the adjacent lagoon lies in waters between 30 m to 70 m deep that support a range of habitats similar to many of the submerged shoal systems strung along the edge of the continental shelf in the Timor Sea. The South Scott Reef lagoon covers 300 km^2 and is the largest area of this type observed on a single reef system in the NW region. Understanding the nature and dynamics of these deeper water areas will not only better describe the true extent of Australia’s tropical reef resources, but will contribute to a broader understanding of the overall resilience of coral reefs in the NW region. In order to produce an accurate, high resolution habitat map of the deeper reef waters and to establish viable deep water monitoring sites, high resolution acoustic mapping using digital mulitbeam from Geoscience Australia was completed in parallel with  collecting georeferenced seabed images using the AUV Sirius and the existing AIMS towed video with high resolution stills systems. AUV deployments consisted of 19 dives over 12 days of operation onboard the R/V Solander using a mix of survey designs and illustrated the vehicle's reliability and versatility as a complementary habitat characterisation tool. On several occasions the vehicle operated beyond tracking range of the supporting vessel for extended periods facilitating the execution of other scientific objectives, particularly swath bathymetric mapping of the Scott Reef lagoon.

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Marine Features (Australia) | Scott Reef, WA, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, SONAR, Seabed vehicles, Turbulence Sensors, altitude, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, depth, heading, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, optical_backscatter, platform_pitch_angle, platform_roll_angle, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Community Monitoring Program (MCMP): Bleaching and coral predators

To evaluate the health of corals by monitoring the: I. effects of global warming on coral reefs (bleaching); 2.impact of coral predators on coral health.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Community Monitoring, Coral Bleaching, Global Warming, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
A Review of Nutrient Allocation and Variation Within Seagrass Tissue.

Data on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations in above-ground and below-ground plant parts of 19 species of seagrass world-wide were compiled from published sources. Additionally, data on growth and nutrient concentrations of Halophila ovalis from the Swan River Estuary, subject to experimental manipulations of either sediment organic matter enrichment or reduced light under controlled growth conditions, were pooled to investigate relationships between growth and nutrient stoichiometry of the seagrass.

Tags: 63 605002, Halophila ovalis, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Biogeochemical Cycles, growth, nitrogen, phosphorus, seagrass tissue
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (March - April 2009)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Quantifying the isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon through time in the core BAR 9403, located off the coast of Sumatra

This short core obtained off Sumatra (BAR9403, 5.82 S, 104.0316 E) records the palaeoceanography from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the present day. The lightest 18O value (-2.99ppt) is recorded during the Holocene (~5cm depth) while the LGM (~125cm depth) is positioned at the heaviest 18O value of -0.59ppt. Once the estimated ice volume effect has been accounted for, this still leaves a substantial difference in 18O which must be accounted for through significant changes in sea-surface temperature (SST) or salinity. The 13C record ranges from a minimum at approximately 8500 yrs BP of 0.16ppt to a maximum value of 1.31ppt during MIS 3.

Tags: Isotopic Composition, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes, Sumatra, amount_of_carbon-13_isotope_ga._bulloides, amount_of_oxygen-18_isotope_ga._bulloides, core_depth
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Morphological, molecular and biogeographic evidence supporting two new species in the Uroptychus naso complex, Crustacea: Decapoda: Chirostylidae (CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub Project)

Molecular phylogenies and morphological description of specimens were involved to delineate cryptic species within the Uroptychus naso species complex (Chirostylidae) and reconstruct their phylogeneographic relationships in the light of subrecent geological events. Specimens were collected throughout the known distribution range of the species: north-western Australia, and Indo-Pacific Ocean (Philippines, Taiwan, Korea and Japan).Molecular markers involved were the mitochondrial COI and 16S regions and the nuclear H3 histonic gene. GenBank Accession numbers were assigned for the newly produced DNA sequences.
 To elucidate cryptic speciation events within this species and to identify potential large scale geological events responsible for the speciation.
 This research is part of the CERF Project. Further papers will be produced following analyses of additional material at species, genus and family levels involving the same geographical region.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network