AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in February 2016

Flow cytometry data was collected in February 2016, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (DCM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine algal culture collection

This dataset provides details of over 1700 marine algal samples collected throughout the world between 1964 and 2010.  The algal samples are kept in laboratory cultures at the University of Melbourne.  The dataset includes the species name, date and location of collection, and the status of the culture.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Reef Habitat, Biosphere | Microbiota | Phytoplankton, Biosphere | Vegetation | Algae, Biosphere | Vegetation | Macroalgae, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMSA - Very High Resolution Seafloor Classification and Satellite Derived Bathymetry of Swanbourne, Australia

Mapping of benthic habitat and bathymetry, derived from satellite imagery captured on 03 June 2017 at a spatial resolution of 2 m. 
Mapping extent covered as much of the Defence gazetted waters as possible, to a depth of approximately 18 m based on water clarity. Recently dead or senesced (e.g. winter dieback of leaves) and mobile seagrass have the same satellite signature as live seagrass at spectral resolutions of the sensor (WorldView-2). This ensured areas of winter dieback and/or senescence were captured as areas of seagrass for the purposes of impact assessment.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Key Ecological Features (polygons) - North Marine Bioregional Planning Region.

The North Bioregional Profile identifies a number of ecological features that are of conservation value because of the role they play in the environment of the North Marine Region. Key ecological features (KEFs) 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.


KEFs 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 Darwin in 2007 also contributed to this scientific advice and helped to underpin the identification of key ecological features. 
Eight KEFs have been identified in the North Marine Region:
Carbonate bank and terrace system of the Van Diemen Rise
Shelf break and slope of the Arafura Shelf
Tributary canyons of the Arafura Depression
Gulf of Carpentaria basin
Gulf of Carpentaria coastal zone
Plateaux and saddle north-west of the Wellesley Islands
Pinnacles of the Bonaparte Basin
Submerged coral reefs of the Gulf of Carpentaria
In order to create a spatial representation of KEFs for the North Marine Region, some interpretation of the information was required. DoE as 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) | North
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Population genetics (DNA) of the prawn Penaeus monodon in Australian waters

A study of the population genetics of the prawn Penaeus monodon in northern and eastern Australian waters. Mitochondrial D-loop DNA (and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism - RFLP) were used to estimate connectivity and dispersal between populations which range through locations in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. Statistical analyses and clustering procedures were carried out.Collection of samples were from 6 locations throughout the species range in Australia: Townsville, Cairns, Weipa, Melville Island, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, De Grey River.Some comparison was made with Indonesian and South African samples, see separate metadata record.Microsatellite markers were used in a further study of genetic variation among the Australian populations above.
 To estimate connectivity and dispersal between Penaeus monodon populations in northern and eastern Australia.To compare results with genetic analyses using allozymes.
 Separate metadata records apply for data relating to the genetic analyses using allozymes of Penaeus monodon from Australian waters and South Africa.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (Tasmania) - Sightings of Algae and Plant 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
Ocean and Marine Modelling and Forecast Products - Tsunami model scenarios

Collection of ocean circulation and marine wave and inudation analysis and forecast model output from National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre and CAWCR using the various modelling systems for a variety of domains such as global, regional, and coastal.  The data collection represents the Bureaus daily forecast of ocean circulation, wave analysis and model output including research reanalysis of global, regional and coastal ocean circulation and marine wave environments.  Additionally the collection contains the tsunami wave propogation scenarios and model output.
The analysis data is outputted from the BLUElink Ocean Data Assimilation Software (BODAS), the forecast data from the NOAA MOM4 software and Ocean Model And Prediction System (OceanMAPS), and the wave model output from the Wave Watch 3 software. The tsunami model scenarios are outputted from NOAAs MOST modelling software

Tags: 040503 - Physical Oceanography, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Oceanography, Tsunami
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Blackmans Bay

Blackmans Bay monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Beach Watch program. Derwent Beach Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 18 swimming sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Outplanted kelp survivorship

NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project E7. Results from the outplanting of lab-selected and cultivated warm-adapted genotypes of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), at two trial restoration sites. A third restoration trial site had no surviving kelp, so those data were not included here.
Data and details from lab-selection experiments can be found in the associated dataset - "NESP Marine Hub Project E7 - Macrocystis pyrifera thermal tolerance testing" https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0b91d7fd-7d29-452f-954a-78cf75151035

Tags: Macrocystis pyrifera, family-line of outplanted kelp, giant kelp, length of surviving sporophytes at most recent assessment (~175 days after outplanting), name of site where kelp were planted, unique code that identifies the plates/family-lines in the field.
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Carbon isotope (13-C) values for 5 different foraminiferal species down the core of GC12, collected from the Capricorn Channel

A gravity core (GC12) was collected from a depth of 990.5 mbsl within the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). 13-C values were recorded for 5 foraminiferal species through the core, with results varying considerably throughout the last 30kyr. The 13-C values of the benthic Cibicidoides spp. are the lowest, whilst those for the planktonic species are comparable, once correlated for their vital effects (except Globorotalia truncatulinoides because no correction for vital effects is available). It is apparent from the 13-C values that there are 3 main 13-C phases during the glacial/interglacial transition: Glacial, Deglaciation and Holocene phases.

Tags: 51200000, Foraminifera, Foraminiferans, Foraminiferida, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes, age, amount_of_carbon-13_isotope_per_taxonomic_species, core_depth
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in April 2015

Flow cytometry data was collected in April 2015, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (DCM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sediment trap data sets for 10 individual sites around Cleveland Bay - 1993

This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993.   Data are divided into a number of main groups: Wind, tide gauge, wave rider, S4, sediment traps, water samples and nephelometers.  The data are grouped according to collection method and sampling location. See the metadata record title for collection method and geographic extent for the sampling location. Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Sediment traps, sedimentation_rate, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Tasmania in Storm Bay (August 2011)

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

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Population Structure in the Australian Sea Lion based on Microsatellite Markers

Tissue samples were collected from newly born pups from 15 individual colonies between 1989 and 2000, to look at variable nuclear microsatellite markers to allow the investigation of genetic population structure and sex-biased dispersal.

Tags: 41 131005, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Genetic variation, Microsatellite markers, Neophoca cinerea, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Mammals, Population genetics
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Damselfish territories and primary productivity on coral reefs from the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea

The territories of herbivorous damselfish from two coral reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef (Davies Reef and Myrmidon Reef) and a fringing reef in Papua New Guinea (Motupore Island) were measured for algal biomass and primary productivity and compared to surrounding epilithic algal communities. Three automatic data-logging respirometers were deployed for periods of 24 hours in the field to measure productivity parameters, light (as irradiance, Li-cor), temperature and oxygen concentration at 1 minute intervals. Primary productivity was estimated from diel patterns in oxygen flux using data from: photosynthesis-irradiance relation (Ik, Icomp and alpha); rates of photosynthesis (P) and respiration (R); primary productivity expressed as the area1 gross (Pg) and net (Pna) rates and as the net turnover (Pnb) of community biomass (B, g C m-¹). These results were compared to the parameters: damselfish species; reef location; date; inside/outside fish territories.Algal productivity inside and adjacent to the territories of Stegastes fasciolatus at Myrmidon Reef and Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus at Motopure Island was measured using square blocks (8 x 8 x 2 cm) of Porites which had been attached to the respective reef substrata for a period of 12 months prior to measurement. At Davies Reef, coral blocks with established algal covering from non-territory substrata were caged with wire mesh to exclude all large grazers for 30 days, then the productivity of the increased algal biomass on these blocks was measured by respirometry, uncaged blocks were measured at the same time. The surface area of Acropora sp. branches was calculated. Algal biomass was determined by drying coral rock samples at 60°C and scraping the surface to a depth of 2 mm. Scrapings were ground, redried, and then analysed for total organic carbon.Surveys of algal community distribution were carried out in May 1986 across the northern, central and southern sections of Davies Reef, from the front reef slope to the back reef slope. Up to 14 sites were established along each of these sections. At each of these sites, a 100 m tape transect was surveyed perpendicular to the section lines and the length of intercept to the nearest 1 cm for each major substratum category and damselfish territory was recorded. Four major substratum categories were surveyed: fish territories with dense mats of turf algae; closely-cropped filamentous and encrusting coralline algae; bare sand; organisms other than algae.
 This research was initiated to:1. quantify differences in reef epilithic algal community metabolism within and outside damselfish territories.2. assess the significance of these differences in the context of total reef primary productivity.
 Epilithic algal communities include coralline algae, turf algae (filamentous forms and thick turfs), corallines mixed with short turf.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network