AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Multi-decadal ocean temperature time-series and climatologies from Australia's long-term National Reference Stations (Version 2.0)

Presented are long time-series temperature products and climatologies compiled from data obtained at 4 multi-decadal monitoring sites around Australia. These include the 3 long-term National Reference Stations at Port Hacking (~ 151.2E, 34.1S), Maria Island (MAI, ~ 148.2E, 42.6S), and Rottnest Island (ROT, ~ 115.4E, 32S) in ~100 m, 90m and 55m of water respectively and a fourth long-term site off Port Hacking in 50 m. At all four locations sub-surface ocean temperature has been recorded nominally weekly to monthly since the 1940s or 50s from in situ bottle data. In recent years, the historic records have been augmented with data obtained from additional observational platforms including moored sensors, vertical profiles and satellite-derived data.
The temperature data have been quality controlled and combined using a rigorously tested methodology. We have packaged the multi-decadal, multi-depth, multi-platform temperature time-series at each site and produced a range of daily temperature climatologies from different data combinations and time periods. The 17 data products are provided as CF-compliant NetCDF files. The data collection is supported by Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System and data are open-access.
This dataset supersedes an earlier version - https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/10ff56db-0aef-4f4a-894d-02e41c914cc4.
The temporal extent of the data products has been extended to include additional data from the V1 end date until late 2023. Data products at PH100, MAI090 and ROT055 have been updated to correct minor errors in satellite sea surface temperature. Additionally, the gridded products have been improved at all sites. Please use the latest data product version and read the version notes PDF for more detail.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Perth, WA, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Sydney, NSW, Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, IMOS Platform | PH100 | Port Hacking 100m Mooring, IMOS Site | NRSMAI | Maria Island National Reference Station, IMOS Site | NRSPHB | Port Hacking National Reference Station, IMOS Site | NRSROT | Rottnest Island National Reference Station, IMOS Site | PH050 | Port Hacking 50m water sampling site, Marine Features (Australia) | East Australian Current, Marine Features (Australia) | Maria Island, TAS, Nansen Bottles, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Physical Oceanography, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, Temperature of the water body, Thermistors, Thermometers
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Assessment of the effects of the 2004 coral bleaching event at Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (Coral Sea)

Reefs in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (NNR) were surveyed between 8-13 October 2004 in order to assess the effects of significant coral bleaching, which was observed during previous surveys in March 2004.Benthic communities on the five reefs previously surveyed (Anne Cay, Georgina Cay, Lorna Cay, Middle Cay and Turtle Cay) were resampled. An additional reef in the north west of the Reserve (Juliette Cay) was sampled along with two bommies to the north west of Anne Cay (Hermit Crab Island on AUS Chart 614).Species level data and crude abundance estimates of the benthic communities were obtained using a rapid visual assessment protocol (RAP). Video transect surveys were used to obtain rigorous abundance estimates of biota at a finer taxonomic resolution.SCUBA search surveys, along transects, were conducted to assess the impact of bleaching and to measure the prevalence of a suite of coral diseases, including White Syndrome, Black Band Disease, Brown Band Disease and Skeletal Eroding Band. A series of deeper water video tows were conducted at depths between 45m and 60m, in the lagoon area of Lihou Reef NNR and also to the north of Anne Cay. Drop camera shots were also taken at 2 locations at 27-29m.
 Surveys were undertaken to:1. assess the effects of coral bleaching, which was observed on sites surveyed in March 1994.2. survey deeper areas, not previously surveyed, for the presence of coral communities and to establish the extent of bleaching at depth.
 The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve (NNR) is one of two protected areas in the Coral Sea region. The reserve is located in the Coral Sea 400 kilometres east of Townsville, Queensland. It was proclaimed on the 16th August 1982 under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975.The Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Management Plan states that both reserves are to be managed as strict nature reserves - World Conservation Union (IUCN) Category 1a - strict nature reserve. Such reserves are managed primarily to ensure habitats, ecosystems and native species are preserved in an undisturbed state as well as to facilitate research.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (Victoria) - Sightings of Shark and Ray Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.
Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.
The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken.  Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.
This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy.  It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old).  If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) data collected on the RV L'Astrolabe from 27/02/2003 to 04/03/2003 (Dumont d'Urville - Hobart)

These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 27/02/2003 to 04/03/2003 on a trip from Dumont d'Urville to Hobart.
Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF), Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean, Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256), Latitude, Longitude, Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass), Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Photosynthesis, connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light, functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc, maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL), primary production, time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI, variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Identification of a ciliate associated with coral brown band disease, Great Barrier Reef

Identification of the ciliate associated with Brown Band disease in corals by the use of microscopic and molecular approaches.Three disease samples were collected from Davies Reef (n=3) in the central sector of the Great Barrier Reef and one from the fringing reefs around Heron Island in the southern sector. All samples were taken from near the advancing front of the disease lesion and encompassed the brown band ciliate mass.Total DNA from ciliate and coral tissue samples was extracted and amplified with conserved eukaryotic primers (18S-6-CIL-V and 18S-1511-CIL-R). PCR resulted in amplification of the 18S rRNA genes from protozoa and other eukaryotic organisms, with the products cloned and the insert 18S rRNA gene reamplified from individual clones.Phylogeny is described between the 18S rRNA gene ciliate clone sequence obtained from a sample of the coral Acropora muricata infected with Brown Band disease and chosen reference ciliate sequences inferred by maximum-likelihood analysis.The ciliate was identified as a new species belonging to the class Oligohymenophorea, subclass Scuticociliatia. The nucleotide sequence data have been submitted to the GenBank nucleotide sequence database under accession number AY876050.
 Identifying the microbial communities associatedwith coral diseases is critical to further current understanding of how environmental and climate changes might affect the prevalence of diseases.
 The phylogeny tree for the Brown Band Ciliate contains the following (GenBank accession number in brackets):Alexandrium tamarense (AF022191), Amphidinium belauense (L13719), Anophyroides haemophila (U51554), Babesi rodhaini (M87565), Blepharisma americanum (M97909), Cohnilembus verminus (Z22878), Colpoda inflate (M97908), Crypthecodinium cohnii (M34847), Eufolliculina uhligi (U47620), Euplotes aediculatus (AF1641360), Isopora belli (AF106935), Mesanophrys carcini (AY103189), Metanophrys similis (AF452709), Neospara caninum (U16159), Oxytricha sp. (AF164126), Paranophrys magna (AY103191), Parauronema longum (AY212807), Prorocentrum micans (M14649), Prorodon teres (X71140), Pseudocohnilembus marinus (Z22880), Sarcocystis muris (M34846), Schizocaryum dogieli (AF527756), Stentor coerulus (AF357145), Symbiodinium microadriaticum (M88521), Theileria annulata (M34845), Toxoplasma gondii (X75429), Unidentified coral symbionts Type N (AF238264, AF238265, AF238266), Uronema marinum (Z22881).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off the coast of Kimberley (December 2013)

The dataset contains temperature, and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider off the coast of Kimberley (Western Australia). Salinity and conductivity data collected on this deployment, wasn't suitable quality to be made available.
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, 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, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Investigator Strait CTD Survey July 1986

A total of 28 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) stations were collected in Investigator Strait from 6-7  July 1986, from the ship the Wave Dancer (cruise IS07), 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
Marine Bioproducts in Australia's Indian Ocean Province

The marine Drug Discovery Project conducted two major collections in Commonwealth waters of the Indian Ocean, from shallow in-shore sites to deep water sites to pristine reefs of the North-West Shelf. Each of these sites has been chosen to increase the diverstiy of the collection and enhance the likelihood of discoveing molecules beneficial to medicine. The trips have involved staff from AIMS and the Western Australian and Northern Territory Museums, each of which collected their own samples. A wide range of marine organisms, from bacteria to sponges, have been collected, with each collecting trip yielding several hundred organisms for extraction. These extracts, each containing hundreds of natural products, are screened for activity against various human diseases and disorders. Extracts from these collections have been processed and prioritised for the isolation of target bioactive molecules.

Tags: Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Biomedical Chemicals
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effects of wind and tide on upper-layer currents at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef (MECOR Workshop)

An array of current meters and a tide gauge were deployed in the east lagoon, the east reef flat and the east passage near the reef flat at Davies Reef on the 15th July 1984 and recovered on the 29th August, 1984. Deployment Information:CM1: (Aanderaa RCM4 current meter) suspended from a subsurface buoy 10m below mean sea level in the east passageCM2 and CM3: (Aanderaa RCM4 current meters) suspended from subsurface buoys 5m below mean sea level in the lagoonCM4: (InterOcean S4 vector-averaging current meter) suspended from a subsurface buoy 5m below mean sea level in the lagoonCM5 and CM6: (Marinco Q15 ducted current meters) mounted in frames secured to coral on the reef flat, with their impellors about 0.3m above the mean level of the coral tops, so that they were only exposed, for about 2 hours, during extreme low tides in AugustTG: (Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauge) located on the bottom just west of the middle reef flat CM2, CM5 and CM6 were operational for only part of the study period.Wind data were taken from the AIMS weather station at Rib Reef, 75km north west of Davies Reef.
 The purpose if this study was to determine the effects of wind and tide on flow over the east reef flat, in the upper layer of the lagoon and in the east passage near the reef flat of Davies Reef. These areas included the section of Davies Reef under investigation by other scientists during the MECOR study.
 This research was undertaken as a component of the workshop "Microbial Ecology on a Coral Reef" (MECOR), organised by the Australian Institute of Marine Science. This workshop brought together 35 scientists from a range of disciplines to examine the role of microorganisms in coral reef ecosystems. Davies Reef was chosen as the study site and research was undertaken during the winter season (July-August 1984).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ERIN Dual-processed Landsat TM tiles in Western Australia - Onslow tile

A Landsat TM image was cut using a NATMAP Geoscience Australia 1:250 000 scale map named Onslow (Map number SF50-5) and was saved in GeoTIFF format.
The image was geometrically rectified to GDA94 (Datum) and MGA50 (Projection) and a dual enhancement technique was conducted to Landsat TM satellite data where land was enhanced using bands 741 (RGB) and water was enhanced using bands 321 (RGB).  This is one of a series of tiles processed by ERIN from Coastal Atlas project in the 1990's.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment off Yamba (New South Wales) (September 2012)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider from Yamba (New South Wales) down the coast.
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) | New South Wales, 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
Coastal Infrastructure Points

Spatial representation of Department of Transport (DoT) (WA) assets and other significant coastal infrastructure. The Points feature class contains DoT Service Assets (water distribution, drainage, sewerage, electrical distribution etc), overbeach launches, boat mooring piles, DoT Signs and point representation of maintained (dredged) areas of deep water (channels and harbours). Dataset is limited to DoT assets and significant structures identifiable on currently available imagery.The structures contained within the DoT Asset Groups Services and Signs have been excluded from the publically available online dataset.This dataset is currently not available for download, however it may be viewed via WMS at the following link:https://mapsengine.google.com/09372590152434720789-09543935511296329702-4/mapview/?authuser=0

Tags: Downloadable Data, australia, WA, western australia, coast, department of transport, DoT, infrastructure, marine, transport, coastal access, coastal engi
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Measurement and analysis of reef flat community metabolism at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Measurements of community productivity and calcification were made in seawater flowing across a transect established on the windward reef flat at Lizard Island in the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef. The transect began 50 m behind the reef crest and ended 300 m downstream, approximately 550 m from the lagoon. The upstream and downstream limits of the transect were marked with surface buoys attached to sea-anchors by rope and chain. The upstream buoy served also as a mooring for a small boat. Changes in the oxygen concentration, pH and temperature of seawater were monitored by an instrument package as it floated across the reef with the current. This instrument package, or "buoy", carried a galvanic oxygen sensor, a pH electrode and a thermistor. It also carried a light sensor. A person in the boat moored at the head of the transect controlled the rate of drift of the buoy by adjusting the rate of release of a line attached to the buoy. At the beginning of each run along the transect, a dye marker was placed in the water about 50 m to one side of the boat moored at the front of the transect. The buoy tended to move faster than the current because it was pushed by waves. Varying degrees of resistance were applied to the drift-control line to keep the buoy alongside the dye patch and, thus, within the same body of water. A datalogger on board the buoy was programmed to interrogate the sensors at 4-10 s intervals. Scan intervals were unusually long because of the low velocity with which water moved across the reef flat. The rope was marked at 5 m intervals and the time was noted when each mark crossed the transom of the boat. Measurements recorded by the buoy could be assigned to distance along the transect by cross-referencing times logged by the buoy with these manually-recorded times. The instrument package was floated across the reef flat transect 11 times between the 14th and 21st March, 1996.Water velocity was determined from distance-time data recorded while paying out the drift-control line attached to the buoy. Water depths were measured with a graduated pole. Depth measurements were made alongside the buoy as it passed through 50 m points on the transect. Wind speed was measured at the start, middle and end of each transect using a hand-held anemometer.On certain transects, 3 replicate seawater samples were taken for determination of total alkalinity. These were taken alongside the buoy at 0 m, 100 m, 200 m and 300 m points. Samples were taken on 2 runs early in the period over which measurements were made when irradiance was high (15 March) and on two runs near the end of the period after night had fallen (20 and 21 March).Benthic communities and substrata in different parts of the transect were also recorded photographically by a diver while snorkelling.
 This research was undertaken to determine diel rates of benthic photosynthesis, respiration, calcification and solution of reef rock, using changes in pH and oxygen concentration to estimate these parameters.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network