AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Jan-Feb 2024 Ocean glider observations in Greater Cook Strait, New Zealand

This dataset consists of a glider deployment in greater Te Moana-o-Raukawa (Cook Strait) as part of the DeepSouth National Science Challenge in Aotearoa New Zealand. This submission continues from previous deployments uploaded to SEANOE (doi:10.17882/76530). Survey uses a Teledyne Webb Research Slocum G2 glider equipped with a pumped SeaBird CTD to measure conductivity, temperature, and pressure, along with instruments to measure dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, backscatter at 470, 532, 660, and 700nm, chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Part-way through the deployment, in order to save battery, the science package was turned on only during downcasts and these subsequently appear as empty casts in the dataset. Science data were processed using the GEOMAR Glider Toolbox (https://git.geomar.de/open-source/geomar_glider_toolbox). Comparison with the previously-utilized SOCIB (Troupin et al. (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.mio.2016.01.001) toolbox shows negligible differences in outputs. Data have been averaged into vertical bins of 1dBar (~1m). Despite processing to minimize lag-error in salinity (following Garau et al., 2011, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-0503.1), some casts (n=10, out of 4246 total) were made empty after visual inspection in T-S space. Oxygen data were lag-corrected, whereas other variables are presented as-is without further processing. Depth-integrated water velocity derived from GPS and dead-reckoning are included.
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Giant Devil Rays in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea

Original provider: Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute Dataset credits: Tethys Research Institute Abstract: The giant devil ray -lt;i-gt;Mobula mobular-lt;/i-gt;, the only Mediterranean mobulid, is subject to mortality caused by directed and accidental captures in fisheries throughout the region. Whilst the combination of human impacts, limited range and a low reproductive potential is not inconsistent with its endangered listing, there are insufficient data to enable a quantitative assessment of trends. Without this, it is difficult to assess and prioritise threats and develop effective conservation actions.
Using results from aerial surveys conducted between 2009 and 2014 over the Ligurian, Corsican, Sardinian, northern and central Tyrrhenian seas (626,228 km2), this study provides the first quantitative information on giant devil ray abundance and habitat choice in the western Mediterranean. Devil rays were observed in all seasons except winter, with their estimated abundance in the study area peaking in summer. The overall uncorrected mean density in the study area during summer was estimated at 0.0257 individuals km-2 (range: 0.017–0.044), resulting in a total abundance estimate of 6,092 (12.7%CV) individuals at the surface; once corrected for availability bias, this estimate indicates a summer presence of -gt;12,700 devil rays in the study area. Rays were mostly observed alone even if occasionally, larger aggregations up to a maximum of 18 individuals were observed. Although observed throughout the study area, spatial modelling identified their preferred habitat to be over a broad strip connecting the Tuscan Archipelago to Eastern Sardinia, over a wide range of water depths ranging from 10 to 2000m. The observed seasonal changes in giant devil ray distribution in this study, combined with similar evidence from other areas in the Mediterranean, support the hypothesis that the species undertakes latitudinal migrations across the region, taking advantage of highly productive waters in the north during summer, and warmer southern waters during winter. Supplemental information: Some records do not have time part.
Macro marine litter along italian coastal areas in the Pelagos sanctuary - SeaCleaner project

Since 2013, SeaCleaner has involved an ever-growing number of students, researchers and volunteer citizens in monitoring the Anthropogenic Marine Debris (AMD) found stranded on our shores, by means of a protocol developed following both the Marine Strategy Framework Directives (MSFD) and the OSPAR protocol previously used and tested for several years, especially in Northern Europe. The original protocol, used for collecting and cataloguing the different types and sizes of such waste, has been simplified and adapted to the local specificities identified on our Italian beaches, in the locations monitored, to allow it to be used by volunteers and also by high school students, thus combining the research side with the educational side. The dataset proposed here collects data acquired from 2014 to 2015 in the italian coastal area of Pelagos Sanctuary. In detail into: Cinque Terre National Park, Porto Venere Natural Regional Park, Lerici beach, Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli Regional Natural Park and Pianosa island included in Tuscan Archipelago.
Microplastic particles in sediments from Danish waters 2018-2021

In relation to Danish MSFD monitoring the data maps microplastics content in sediments in Danish waters. Data covers 13 sediment samples from the Belt Sea and its fjords, Kattegat and Limfjord. The samples were taken in 2018-2021 and analyzed in 2020-2021. A study of variation of microplastics over short distances, consisting of 13 sediment samples taken in a grid in Odense Fjord in 2021. The survey showed that microplastic could be found in all sediment samples in concentrations ranging from 22 to 7402 µg kg-1 (microgram microplastic per kg sediment dry matter). As number of microplastic particles, this corresponded to between 508 and 23340 N kg-1 (number of microplastics per kg of sediment dry matter) Odense Fjord showed that the microplastic content at this locality varied greatly. The average mass concentration was 4683 µg kg-1 with a range from 250 to 24848 µg kg-1 . Measured as a number, the concentration averaged 18671 N kg-1 with a range from 7266 to 34141 N kg-1 .
Special Protection Areas

The EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) requires designation of SPAs for: listed rare and vulnerable species; regularly occurring migratory species, such as ducks, geese and waders; wetlands, especially those of international importance, which attract large numbers of migratory birds each year. (Internationally important means that 1% of the population of a species uses the site, or more than 20,000 birds regularly use the site.) This is a national dataset created by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage.
2011, Fugro Geoconsulting Ltd., Zone 9 Celtic Array, Geotechnical Survey

At the request of Centrica Energy Renewable Investments Limited (CERIL), Fugro Geoconsulting Limited acted as the main contractor for a geotechnical site investigation at the Irish Sea Round 3 Wind Farm (Zone 9) site. The fieldwork was performed using the Fugro Saltire from 05 March to 24 March 2011. A total of nine boreholes were performed at the Irish Sea Round 3 Wind Farm (Zone 9) site. Four locations were investigated comprising a continuous in-situ testing and sampling program. The purpose of the investigation was to provide soils information and to assess the ground conditions. This data will assist in design of met masts for the proposed wind farm. This dataset includes borehole geotechnical log information and the cone penetration test (CPT) data for all of the CPT sites during the geotechnical survey together with supporting documentation. Video data was also collected but is not included in this dataset.
Airgun SEISMIC PROFILE IN THE SINKING AREA OF THE PRESTIGE OIL TANKER-RG8

Seismic profile obtained with 4 Sleeve Gun canyons (3 Bolt model 1900LL and 1 Bolt model 1500LL), operating at 140 bars (2000 psi), and 40 channel, 150 m long streamer. This data has served to provide information about the morphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics in the Galicia Bank Region, particularly its SW flank, in order to define the geohazards at the location of the Prestige wreck.
Pelagic ecosystem monitoring with acoustic surveys in the Croatian waters the Croatian waters of the Adriatic Sea (PELMON-MEDIAS)

Data were collected during annual acoustic surveys carried out in the eastern part of the Adriatic Sea. Various data (i.e. oceanography, plankton, pelagic fish, acoustic - 38kHz) are collected, but up to now not organized in unique dataset.  At the present, number of different excel files exist. Data might be available for common scientific studies/publications, upon agreement.
Before accesion of Republic of Croatia to EU, data were collected within framework of national acoustic survey projects (Acronym: PELMON); after accession of Republic of Croatia to EU, data have been collected within EU-Data collection framework (EU-DCF) as related to Mediterranean acoustic surveys (Acronym: MEDIAS); possible use of data collected within EU-DCF, as submitted to Joint Research Center (JRC) database, is regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No. 199/2008. Sampling protocol followed is available on http://www.medias-project.eu/medias/website/handbooks-menu/handbooks/MEDIAS-Handbook-March-2015.pdf/
[GB001083] Pobie Bank Reef (East of Shetland) Annex I Reef Type

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) surveys were comissioned in 2005/06 by the Department of Trade & Industry (now Department for Energy and Climate Change). These surveys, in which JNCC collaborated, acquired multibeam and sidescan sonar data. Ground-truthing data (seabed imagery and biological/sediment samples) was also collected. Although full coverage multibeam and sidescan data was not present for all locations where potential Annex I reef was indicated the available data has provided a good indication of the nature of Annex I reef habitat present within Pobie Bank Reef SAC.Data from the SEA surveys were subsequently analysed to idenitfy areas of Annex I Reef within the Pobie Bank Reef SAC.
Micro and mesoplastic pollution from Latvian beach sand

Dataset gives a baseline for micro- and mesoplastic pollution distribution in 24 beaches along the Latvian coastline (Northern Europe, Baltic states), filling the existing knowledge gap and contributing to the global understanding of microplastic particles presence, transport, and the processes governing its dynamics. We also highlight citizen science as a fundamental tool to support data collection and raise awareness about microplastic pollution, as samples were collected by up to 250 volunteers during organized campaigns (Dimante-Deimantovica et al. 2023).
National monitoring of jelly plankton

The purpose of measuring jelly plankton in the marine environment is primarily to detect changes in the marine food web.
The national monitoring program is financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.

Monitoring is performed by Gothenburg University. Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive (SHARK) by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).

Information about the program and the methods are available in Swedish at the website of Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, https://www.havochvatten.se/vagledning-foreskrifter-och-lagar/vagledningar/ovriga-vagledningar/overvakningsmanualer-for-miljoovervakning/overvakningsmanualer/geleplankton.html
GENIALG - WP6.1 Species Dataset-Droppers

List of macroinvertebrate taxa associated with experimental dropper replicates. Droppers are 1m long polypropylene ropes attached to existing longlines in seaweed farm located in Ventry Harbour, Co. Kerry Ireland. Treatments: rope seeded with Sacharina latissima sporophytes and unseeded controls. Objectives within WP6 of GENIALG: assessing the biodiversity associated with cultivated seaweed. Dataset consists of macroinvertebrate taxa identified and enumerated by NUIG biologists supervised by project lead researcher Dr. Jose M. Farinas-Franco. The samples were collected in July 2018, three months after deployment. The aim was to characterise fauna associated with cultivated seaweed and ancillary structures. Samples collected as part of the GENIALG project (project ID: 727892, GENIALG - GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative Macro-ALGal biorefinery, http://genialgproject.eu/). GENIALG was funded by the European Union Horizon2020 programme. The remit of the work was assessing the environmental footprint and ecosystem services provided by seaweed aquaculture in Europe to provide best practice advice to industry.
Microplastic-like particles in sediments from Danish waters 2015

Contents and composition of microplastic-like particles have been analysed in ten sediment samples from the Danish part of the open North Sea and in the Inner Danish waters in 2015. The contents of microplastic-like particles in the size range 100-5000 µm were determined to be in the range of 192-3511 particles per kg dry weight sediment, dominated by blue and black coloured particles, mainly as fibres, and particle sizes < 300 µm were dominating.
Macronutrient data collected by RRS John Biscoe cruise 06 around South Georgia (Southern Ocean), Dec 1985-Jan 1986

The dataset comprises macronutrient (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, silicate, ammonia/ammonium) data collected on RRS John Biscoe cruise 06 around South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. The data were collected between 28 December 1985 and 22 January 1986 as part of an integrated ecosystem analysis. They form part of a more extensive dataset collected over 30 years, between 1980 and 2009, by the British Antarctic Survey.
Overvågning af mikroplast i havbundssediment 2024

This work was carried out for the Danish Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for an environmental monitoring program in accordance with the EU Marine Strategy Directive. The purpose of the monitoring is to monitor the state of the environment in the areas covered by the Marine Strategy Directive. The Directive is divided into 11 so-called descriptors, each describing different monitoring areas. The entire Danish marine strategy monitoring is described in Denmark's Marine Strategy II, Monitoring Program 2. Overall, this monitoring is the basis for an assessment of the state of the environment for each descriptor. Descriptor 10 of the Directive deals with marine litter, and the descriptor's criterion 1 describes that the composition, quantity, and spatial distribution of marine litter must be assessed. In this context, microplastics (MP) in sediment must be monitored.
This report presents the results from the first round of monitoring. It attempts to map the abundance and geographical distribution of MP in sediments in 20 stations, which were all collected in 2024
SIGNAL_CRUISE_1

The SIGNAL research project, funded by the BiodivERsA call of the ERA-Net, focuses on the effects of extreme weather events on biodiversity, ecosystem functions, resilience and tipping points in grasslands along a pan-European climatic gradient.
Studying the effects of extreme drought on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is a key facet of current climate change research. 

SIGNAL will investigate mechanisms of resilience in European grassland prone to novel climate extremes and identify early warning signals of thresholds and regime shifts by installation of replicated experimental manipulations of climate extremes at 8 grassland sites across Europe (field experiments and mesocoms including legumes, invasive species, species richness and within-species diversity). SIGNAL results will provide experimental evidence on mechanisms of resilience across European gradients, which may serve to regulate ecosystem services in the face of climate extremes and foster the identification of early warning signals of thresholds of regime shift.

SIGNAL is well-connected within the scientific community, members belonging to large research initiatives such as CLIMMANI, CExtreme, Precip-Net, TERRAC, INTERFACE producing outstanding scientific insights, contributing to global science networks, such as IGBP and DIVERSITAS.

SIGNAL will intensely serve the science-policy interface by delivering timely, highly relevant and understandable information to policymakers and stakeholders about European gradients of resilience and indicators of tipping points in the face of climate extremes, supporting EU policies and national legislative frameworks.
Autonomous temperature probes, data from the EMSO-Azores observatory, 2014-2015

This dataset contains temperature data acquired between July 2014 and april 2015 using 16 temperature probes (HTW, HTNKE and LTW) installed in smoker orifices or cracks. High-temperature WHOI probes (HTW) are composed of 2 J-type thermistors in the rod tip connected to 2 temperature data-loggers (named A & B), 2 data recordings are available for 1 HTW probe. They are able to record temperatures up to 415°C with an accuracy of ± 1.1°C, a resolution of 0.25°C at 375°C and a clock drift of 1min per month. High-temperature NKE probes (HTNKE) are able to record temperatures up to 450°C, with an accuracy of ±0.5°C, a resolution of 0.1°C and a clock drift of 1min/month. Low-temperature WHOI probes (LTW) are able to record temperatures up to 125°C. with an accuracy of ±0.22°C, a resolution of 0.025°C and a clock drift of ±1min per month. The array is not connected to an energy node. All probes are calibrated in time before deployment, probe time adjusted to UTC time. Temperature of probes is checked after recovery and before deployment. Clock drift after recovery is not implemented in data.
Underway thermosalinograph data from cruise ETS_2018_09_10

The dataset contains pairs of files with thermosalinograph data acquiured underway during the cruise. The first file in a pair named "tsgXX", where XX is sequentional number, contains raw output of thermosalinograph. Each record in the file contains: global time (seconds from 01/01/1970), temperature value, and salinity value. The second file in a pair named "gpsXX" contains the respective GPS data: global time (seconds from 01/01/1970) and GPS GPGGA sentence in each record. The thermosalinograph model: SBE 45 MicroTSG of Sea-Bird Electronics.
2012, Fugro GeoConsulting Ltd., Zone 9 Celtic Array, Geotechnical Survey

Fugro GeoConsulting Limited (Fugro) was requested by Centrica Energy Renewable Investments Limited (CERI) to perform a geotechnical investigation at the South-East Development Area of the proposed Irish Sea Wind Farm to provide sufficient data to enable the zone-wide characterisation of the soil and rock conditions for combination with the regional geophysical data to inform the technical and commercial planning process. The work was performed from the MV Normand Mermaid from 4 April 2012 to 29 September 2012, in accordance with the instructions received from CERI. 

Two drilling methods were mobilised for the work: the standard downhole American Petroleum Institute (API) drilling spread and a Geobor S piggyback coring spread. The fieldwork consisted of 43 boreholes: 19 boreholes utilising the API drilling spread to characterise engineering soil and prove depth to bedrock, and 24 boreholes using the API drilling spread with follow-on Geobor S boreholes to characterise engineering soil and bedrock to a target depth of 55 m. Downhole geophysical wireline logging was performed at each of the follow-on Geobor-S boreholes in order to enhance characterisation of the site.

The datasets included within this package are 1.AGS data (.ags) 2.Wireline Digital Data (.las, .xls) 3. Images(.pdf, jpg) These datasets relate to the Centrica report document No: SE-D-EN-127-0117-501003-005.
REMP project - Subselliflorae Habitat Suitability

This dataset consists of global raster maps indicating the habitat suitability for 7 suborders of cold water octocorals (Octocorallia found deeper than 50m). Maps present a relative habitat suitability index ranging from 0 (unsuitable) to 100 (highly suitable).
This data set has been used as one of the data inputs in the Atlantic REMP project. This project, funded by the European Union, worked together with stakeholders to produce a draft Regional Environmental Management Plan (REMP) for the Area in the North Atlantic, with a focus on the polymetallic sulphide deposits of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which are of interest for deep-sea mining. There was close collaboration with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and a consortium of scientific organisations. Marine data from multiple data services underpinned the environmental management plan development. A selection of the data sets is included in EMODnet Ingestion for wider distribution.
Belgian Marine Spatial Plan 2019

The Royal Decree of 22 May 2019 establishing a marine spatial plan defines 15 datasets according to the INSPIRE specifications: Aquaculture zones, Coastal protection experiments zones, Commercial and industrial zones, Cultural heritage (wrecks) zones, Dredged material disposal sites, Energy, cable and pipeline zones, Fishery management zones, Measuring poles, Military use and storage sites for war munition zones, Nature conservation areas, Potential seaport expansion zones, Radar towers, Sand and gravel extraction zones, Scientific research, recreation, radars and masts zones, and Shipping and ports zones.
Malvinas Current 2001-2003: mooring velocities

Currentmeter moorings in the Malvinas Current from 2001-2003 (cf Spadone A. and C. Provost (2009), Variations in the Malvinas Current volume transport since October 1992, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 114, C02002, doi:10.1029/2008JC004882.)
Beach litter monitoring data 2023 (Estonia)

The methodology used for monitoring has been applied in the Baltic Sea Region since 2011 and is based on the recommendations issued by UNEP/IOC in 2009. It has been further developed, considering the guidelines of HELCOM, OSPAR, and recommendations of the European Commission's JRC Marine Litter working group.
Marine beach litter monitoring data were gathered from 15 beaches. Monitoring of 13 sites was conducted three times during the spring, summer, and autumn periods, while two beaches were visited once (in the spring) and then replaced with other beaches (no further marine litter monitoring was carried out at these sites in 2023).
Algae Production Relational Database from the JRC, updated version of October 2021

Data of the companies producing algae (macroalgae, microalgae, Spirulina) in Europe. It contains the coordinates of the production locations, the organism group/groups of focus, the production method used, and the species produced when available.
It is the latest update in the database for algae producers in Europe that the Joint Research Centre created.
This submission in the EMODnet Data Ingestion Portal concerns an update from a previous submission with the UUID 66ded0bb-9238-43d2-b734-fc55b7d0e49b.