AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
CV16049 Cetaceans on the Frontier 7.5 Survey

Marine mammal and seabird observation survey led by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in 2016 on board the Celtic Explorer. This survey is part of an annual survey - Cetaceans on the Frontier. ‘Cetaceans on the Frontier’ has become an annual research cruise, lead jointly by the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) which aims to record abundances and distribution of cetaceans along the continental shelf edge.    The survey consisted of 5 dedicated survey blocks for marine mammal and seabird surveys located off the south coast of Ireland between Wexford and Cork. Surveying these allow for comparative analysis with similar surveys conducted here in 2012 during CV12029.     Surveys took place between 1st and 7th December during daylight hours between 8:30am and 4:30pm (light and weather permitting). Each survey block consisted of 6 parallel transect lines of 7 nautical mile length each with a 1 nautical mile spacing in between. Dedicated surveying for marine mammals and seabirds took place on each of these transect lines with additional survey effort also carried out during transit between survey blocks.    Marine mammal observations: Observer effort was focused on a 90 degree arc ahead of the ship. Sightings up to 90 degrees to port and starboard or coincidental sightings behind the boat are recorded as well. The observer scans the area systematically by eye and using binoculars. Surveying is conducted up to Beaufort sea-state 6 and in visibility = 500m. Bearings to sightings are measured using an angle board and distances are estimated with the aid of a range finder.                         Seabird observations: conducted visual surveys. Bird observations follow the European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) proposed methods. All birds, flying or sitting on the water, are recorded within 90 degrees on either side of the boat in 1 min time blocks.  Binoculars are only used to confirm species identity. Distance to the boat is estimated with a Heinemann range finder. 1. Conduct a visual survey using distance sampling techniques to calculate the abundance, density and distribution of marine mammals and seabirds in the Celtic Sea  2. Examine the temporal and spatial distribution of these animals in relation to key prey forage fish species, namely sprat and herring  3. Examine the temporal and spatial distribution of these animals in relation to other oceanographic processes (sea surface temperature, bathymetry, wind etc.) using data collected by remote sensing techniques  4. Obtain, when possible, photographic images of large baleen whales (humpback and fin) to add to an existing photo-ID catalogue   5. Conduct a visual survey for surface marine litter to calculate the its abundance, density and distribution in the Celtic Sea

Tags: environment
Organization: Marine Institute
CV16048 Nephrops Underwater Television (UWTV) Trials 2016

This survey was carried out to trial the Underwater TV (UWTV) system for surveying the abundance and distribution of Nephrops. It was conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) in Galway Bay in December 2016.     Nephrops is a genus of lobsters comprising a single extant species, Nephrops norvegicus (the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn). It is common around the Irish coast occurring in geographically distinct sandy/muddy areas where the sediment is suitable for them to construct their burrows. The Nephrops fishery is extremely valuable. Underwater television surveys are carried out annually to survey the distribution and abundances of Nephrops, and are used to provide a fishery independent estimate of stock size, exploitation status and catch advice. Trial the underwater television equipment which is used to survey Nephrops grounds.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16046 SMART Science@Sea Multidisciplinary Marine Science Training 2016 Survey

SMART Sea School training survey in Cork Harbour. The objectives of the proposed training programme are to:   •	Deliver two postgraduate two-day multidisciplinary marine science courses on-board the R.V. Celtic Voyager.  •	Provide access to the national research vessels for students of marine related sciences.  •	Provide a multidisciplinary, ecosystem approach to studying the marine environment.   •	Further develop national capacity in carrying out practical marine scientific research.   •	Increase employment opportunities for graduate scientists at national and international level.  •	Inspire and act as a stimulus for those considering a career in marine science research and the marine economy.  •	Enhance and expand collaboration between third-level students and institutes.  •	Enable students to collect data for undergraduate projects and postgraduate research.  •	Enable students to acquire multidisciplinary data from Cork for inter-annual and inter-seasonal comparison.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16045 LANGOLF TV Nephrops Underwater Television (UWTV) 2016 Survey

A LANGOLF Underwater TV (UWTV) survey of Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) in the Bay of Biscay in May 2016 conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). This work involves the acquisition and analysis of Underwater TV (UWTV) data in support of the provision of stock advice for nephrops for the entire Bay of Biscay region. To survey abundance and distribution of the prawn shellfish Nephrops norvegicus in the Bay of Biscay as part of the LANGOLF-TV Project

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16042 SMART Common Module Winter 2016

This SMART (Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training) led training survey took place on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager in November 2016. The survey was conducted to deliver an accredited, offshore blended learning module for final year undergraduates of  National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) Marine Science and Earth and Ocean Sciences. During the survey CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) sampling was carried out, beam trawls and grab sampling. Familiarise students with the applications of scientific sampling equipment and instrumentation on board a modern survey vessel.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16039 Galway Bay Multidisciplinary Survey Planning Survey

This cruise organised by Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) was organised to use peer assisted learning to enable training of undergraduate degree students on the course in Applied Marine and Freshwater Biology in various fisheries, megafauna, benthic and oceanographic sampling methods at sea.  Those students who are on board a research vessel for a second or third time, whether undergraduate or postgraduate, will train (Peer Assisted Learning) students who are on board for the first time. This allows reinforcement of prior learning under the supervision of GMIT lecturers and postgrads. The aim is for the students to gain competencies in station position fixing, data logging, sampling and on-board sampling processing at sea.     This cruise took place in October 2016 in Galway Bay on board the Marine Institute&#039;s R.V. Celtic Voyager.  Sampling and surveys conducted during the cruise include:  the use of box dredges, day grabs,  reineck box corer,  beam/otter trawl, plankton nets, CTD rosette, hydrophone and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV). The objectives of the current survey were for GMIT to implement a Peer Assisted Learning model in a shipboard training environment.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16038 Galway Bay postgraduate Training Survey

Led by the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), this training survey took place on board the Marine Institute&#039;s R.V. Celtic Voyager in  October 2016 in Galway Bay. The aim of the survey was to train students and gain practical skills and experience in  oceanographic and biological sampling and data collection. Familiarise students with the applications of scientific sampling equipment and instrumentation on board a modern survey vessel.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16035 Biogeochemical Survey

CTD, plankton net and deployment of neuston net biogeochemical survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. A Biogeochemical sampling programme which aims to quantify and qualify a comprehensive range of water column characteristics including optical, chemical and biological properties in addition to micro-plastics measurements will be combined with a programme of zoological sampling including plankton, fish larvae, slaps and jelly fish. The objective overview is to integrate the results in order to investigate the links between the parameters mentioned above with the distribution and abundance of these organisms.  Optics:  The aim is to obtain a high-resolution picture of the underwater light field in contrasting environments and to qualify and quantify the light absorption/emission characteristics of the compounds that make up the colour dissolved organic matter (CDOM) pool.  An objective of this programme is to obtain a set of optical data that can be combined with other data sets from real time observations collected from Coastal Monitoring Stations. This will be combined with data collected on pico and nano plankton populations.  Chemical experiments:   Nutrient and trace metal analysis will take place. A key objective, involving both trace metals and CDOM, is to examine links in distribution patterns with the photodegradation history of the optically active organic materials.  Microplastics:  This work aims to assess and categorise the plastic compounds found in Irish waters and to constrain their transport and cycling pathways from source to sink.    Another aim of this survey is to carry out a Radon/Radium analysis of seawater from several different aquatic environments. The objective of these experiments will be firstly to develop a model that describes the depositional rate and transport mechanisms of these elements in an Irish inshore to offshore context.  Zoological sampling:     Jellyfish and fish larvae. The main objective of the jellyfish survey is to ground truth the surface abundance counts of these animals. The objective of the fish larvae survey is to collect data on species abundance.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16032 INFOMAR (Seabed mapping) Survey

The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and concentrates on creating a range of integrated mapping products of the physical, chemical and biological features of the seabed in the near-shore area.    This cruise took place on board the RV Celtic Voyager in 2016 from 11th - 25th September in the Celtic Sea.    Surveys conducted include:  Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) hydrographic survey to International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) Order 1a standard.   Bathymetry survey: to produce bathymetry shaded relief and backscatter mosaic products which provide depth, seabed features and seabed hardness information.   Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP) survey: to acquire data of the shallow (up to 30 metres) sub seabed to determine the existence of buried objects and ascertain the sub-seabed character.   A magnetometer was used to acquire data on sub seabed geology to provide information on manmade seafloor debris.   Shipwrecks were also surveyed.     An area of 350km2 was covered during this survey. Mapping Ireland&#039;s seabed resource.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16030 Rockall OBS network retrieval survey

Geophysics Rockall survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. - to monitor part of the Irish shelf area from local earthquakes (it is Ireland&#039;s most seismically active region but has never been locally monitored so we do not have a well constrained understanding of seismic activity offshore)  - to determine the effects of the shelf break on microseism propagation from the deep ocean to the shelf areas and onto land. (Through very recent methodological developments Microseisms  - ocean wave generated seismic wave in the solid earth - can now be used for seismic imagery but there are still a lot of details to better understand before the methodology is standard. We are ideally positioned to undertake this work in Ireland as the NE Atlantic is a microseism hotspot generation area)  - to generate pilot sub-surface seismic images using microseisms along the deployed OBS profile, as a pilot demonstration of the strong potential of this work in environmentally neutral offshore imagery.  - to further constrain development of microseisms as an ocean wave height proxy.

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Organization: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
CV16029 AZBO (THE BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF AZADINIUM) Survey

AZBO (THE BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF AZADINIUM) Survey conducted by the Marine Institute on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager in August 2016. The survey took place in along the west, south west and south coast of Ireland. To deliver data to the Irish Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) modelling effort as part of a Cullen Fellowship study.   Cruise objectives were to:  (a)	Map the extent of known Azaspiracid (AZA) biotoxins producers in Irish waters    (b)	Map the biological and physical characteristics of Killary and surrounding waters.   (c)	Collect and investigate the distribution and concentrations of late summer blooms of Azadinium species using its toxin fingerprint, DNA signature and microscopy.   (d)	Collect strains of the species for further DNA profiling   Scientific objectives were to:  (a)	Assess the vertical (microscale - anything <1 metre) and horizontal (mesoscale - 100 metre to 10 Km) distributional patterns of Azadinium species in relation to density stratification in the water column inshore and offshore.   (b)	Investigate the geographic distribution of Azadinium spinosum and other Azadinium species in Irish coastal and shelf waters.  (c)	Investigate the fine scale structure (temperature, salinity, oxygen and fluorescence) of Killary Harbour and outer shelf. How does phytoplankton patchiness relate to physical structures?  Field work was to be carried out with sample stations along a number of transects perpendicular to the coast in the South, South West and West. A study, carried out at stations outside and inside Killary Harbour, where samples of phytoplankton would be collected and sorting attempted on board to establish cultures while at sea and incubated pending further analyses carried out during the later stages of the project. Cultures established would be analysed to identify Azadinium, Amphidoma or similar species of interest.  Basic oceanographic profiling of the water column would also be carried out including ADCP transects in Bantry and Killary to validate flux models off; ADCP deployment off Gerahies (pier - N51.64493, W9.58641). Cross collaborative work with Benthos team to investigate Shot Head fish farm site benthos and Recovery of Killary post-2005 Karenia bloom.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16028 Celtic Sea Fisheries Nephrops Underwater TV (UWTV) Leg 2 Survey

Annual second leg underwater television (UWTV) survey of abundance and distribution of Nephrops in the Celtic Sea Nephrops grounds. The prawn (Nephrops norvegicus) are common in the Celtic Sea occurring in geographically distinct sandy/muddy areas where the sediment is suitable for them to construct their burrows.  The Celtic Sea area supports a large multi-national targeted Nephrops fishery mainly using otter trawls.     This survey was carried out by the Marine Institute on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager in August 2016 in the Celtic Sea. Underwater television surveys and assessment methodologies have been developed to provide a fishery independent estimate of stock size, exploitation status and catch advice Survey nephrops abundance and distribution in the Celtic Sea Nephrops grounds to provide a fishery independent estimate of stock size, exploitation status and catch advice.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16027 INFOMAR (Seabed Mapping) Survey

The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and concentrates on creating a range of integrated mapping products of the physical, chemical and biological features of the seabed in the near-shore area.    This 16 day survey took place on board the RV Celtic Voyager in 2016 from  24th July - 8th August in the Celtic Sea, offshore Cork.    Surveys conducted include:  Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) hydrographic survey to International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) Order 1a standard.   Bathymetry survey: to produce bathymetry shaded relief and backscatter mosaic products which provide depth, seabed features and seabed hardness information.   Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP) survey: to acquire data of the shallow (up to 30 metres) sub seabed to determine the existence of buried objects and ascertain the sub-seabed character.   A magnetometer was used to acquire data  on sub seabed geology to provide information on manmade seafloor debris.   Shipwrecks were also surveyed.     An area of 833km2 was covered during this survey. Mapping Ireland&#039;s seabed resource.

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Organization: Geological Survey Ireland
CV16034 GATEWAYS III Survey | Internal structure of the ridges of the Porcupine Saddle

This survey, led by  Maynooth University in associated with the Geological Survey Ireland,  was an investigation of submerged ridges off the west coast of Ireland. Linked previously with ice movement, these ridges can help reveal information on the dynamics of the British Irish Ice Sheet during the height of the last glacial maximum, around twenty thousand years ago. The cruise was also a training exercise in marine research for recent graduates from Cork and Dublin City Universities. Gateways 3 voyage is a continuation of previous research cruises to improve our understanding of ice drainage routes (iceberg “gateways”). The survey took place off the west coast of Ireland on board the Marine Institute&#039;s R.V. Celtic Voyager. GATEWAYS III; Internal structure of the ridges of the Porcupine Saddle:  The objective of this survey is to understand the formation of the Porcupine Saddle ridges and study their potential origin as subglacial features from the last glaciation.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16025 Dinophysis Survey

This survey took place in July 2016 on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager to survey the distribution of Dinophysis, a toxic phytoplankton, which has had an impact on shellfish aquaculture in coastal regions adjacent to the Celtic Sea. This survey built on results achieved from surveys in earlier years (in particular CV13019, CV14012 and CV15017). A Fine Scale Sampler was used to for water collection.  Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) sampling was also conducted. Survey the distribution of phytoplankton Dinophysis.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16024 Aran Grounds Celtic Sea Nephrops UWTV Leg 1 Survey

Aran Grounds Celtic Sea Nephrops Underwater Television Leg 1 Survey into the abundance and distribution of prawn shellfish. 1.To obtain 2016 quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities from a randomised isometric grid of UWTV stations at  4 nautical mile spacing over the known spatial a bathymetric distribution of the Smalls Nephrops Stock (FU22).   2.To obtain 2016 quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities from a randomised isometric grid of UWTV stations at 6 Nmil on  the Labbadie, Cockburn and Jone's Banks (FU20&21).   3. To obtain 2016 quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities from around 50 sites within the known spatial a bathymetric distribution of the Nephrops Stock off the south coast of Ireland (FU19).   4.To collect ancillary information from the UWTV footage collected at each station such as the occurrence of sea-pens, other macro benthos and fish species and trawl marks on the sea bed.   5.To collect oceanographic data using a sledge mounted CTD. 6.To sample Nephrops and macro benthos using a 3m beam trawl deployed at ~10 stations on the Smalls.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16023 Marine Medicines from the Irish Deep Survey

Marine Medicines from the Irish Deep survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. The three major objectives of this proposed cruise are: 1) the collection of marine benthic organisms and sediment for screening in a variety of biological assays, 2) the collection of Terebellid polychaetes in order to isolate and indentify trematode parasites, and 3) paleoclimate reconstruction for the deep sea habitats using isotope ratios in scleractinian corals.

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Organization: Marine Institute
CV16022 Aran/Porcupine Nephrops Under Water TV (UWTV) Survey 2016

Annual Nephrops Galway Bay (Aran) and Porcupine Underwater television (UWTV) Survey undertaken by Marine Institute. This survey took place in June 2016 on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager.      Nephrops is a genus of lobsters comprising a single extant species Nephrops norvegicus (the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn). It is common around the Irish coast occurring in geographically distinct sandy/muddy areas where the sediment is suitable for them to construct their burrows. The Nephrops fishery is extremely valuable. Underwater television surveys and assessment methodologies have been developed to provide a fishery independent estimate of stock size, exploitation status and catch advice.     This was a multi-disciplinary survey collecting UWTV, fishing, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other ecosystem data. 34 UWTV stations were successfully completed on the Aran Grounds, 7 on Galway Bay, 4 on Slyne Head patches and 65 on the Porcupine Bank Nephrops grounds. 1.To obtain 2016 quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities from a randomised isometric grid of UWTV stations at 6 nautical mile spacing over the known spatial a bathymetric distribution of the Porcupine Nephrops stock.   2. To obtain 2016 quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities from a randomised isometric grid of UWTV stations at 4 nautical mile spacing on the “Aran” Nephrops ground.   3.To carry out UWTV indicator stations on the Galway Bay and on the Slyne Head Nephrops ground.   4.To collect ancillary information from the UWTV footage collected at each station such as the occurrence of sea-pens, other macro benthos and fish species and trawl marks on the sea bed.   5.To collect oceanographic data using a sledge mounted CTD.   6.To sample Nephrops and macro benthos using a 4 m beam trawl deployed at stations on the Aran Grounds

Tags: environment
Organization: Marine Institute