AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
North Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_total_phosphorus

This gridded product visualizes 1960 - 2014 water body total phosphorus concentration (umol/l) in the North Sea domain, for each season (winter: December – February; spring: March – May; summer: June – August; autumn: September – November).

It is produced as a Diva 4D analysis, version 4.6.11: a reference field of all seasonal data between 1960-2014 was used; results were logit transformed to avoid negative/underestimated values in the interpolated results; error threshold masks L1 (0.3) and L2 (0.5) are included as well as the unmasked field.

Every step of the time dimension corresponds to a 10-year moving average for each season.

The depth dimension allows visualizing the gridded field at various depths.
Baltic Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_total_nitrogen

Units: umol/l. Method: spatial interpolation produced with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis). URL: http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/DIVA.

Comment: Every year of the time dimension corresponds to a 10-year centred average for each season :
- winter season (December-February),
- spring (March-May),
- summer (June-August),
- autumn (September-November).

Diva settings: Snr=1.0, CL=0.7.
North Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_nitrate

This gridded product visualizes 1960 - 2014 water body nitrate concentration (umol/l) in the North Sea domain, for each season (winter: December – February; spring: March – May; summer: June – August; autumn: September – November). 

It is produced as a Diva 4D analysis, version 4.6.9: a reference field of all seasonal data between 1960-2014 was used; results were logit transformed to avoid negative/underestimated values in the interpolated results; error threshold masks L1 (0.3) and L2 (0.5) are included as well as the unmasked field.

Every step of the time dimension corresponds to a 10-year moving average for each season.

The depth dimension allows visualizing the gridded field at various depths.
Mediterranean Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_total_phosphorus

Moving 10-years analysis of total phosphorus at Mediterranean Sea for each season :
- winter (January-March),
- spring (April-June),
- summer (July-September),
- autumn (October-December).

Every year of the time dimension corresponds to the 10-year centered average of each season.
Decades span from 1984-1993 until 1998-2007.
Observational data span from 1978 to 2013.
Depth range (IODE standard depths): -1000.0, -900.0, -800.0, -700.0, -600.0, -500.0, -400.0, -300.0, -250.0, -200.0, -150.0, -125.0, -100.0, -75.0, -50.0, -30.0, -20.0, -10.0, -5.0, -0.0.

Data Sources: observational data from SeaDataNet/EMODNet Chemistry Data Network.

Description of DIVA analysis:  Geostatistical data analysis by DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis) tool. Profiles were interpolated at standard depths using weighted parabolic interpolation algorithm (Reiniger and Ross, 1968). GEBCO 1min topography is used for the contouring preparation. Analyzed filed masked using relative error threshold 0.3 and 0.5.

DIVA settings: A constant value for signal-to-noise ratio was used equal to 3. Correlation length was optimized and filtered vertically and a seasonally-averaged profile was used.

Logarithmic transformation applied to the data prior to the analysis.
Background field: the data mean value is subtracted from the data.
Detrending of data: no.
Advection constraint applied: no.

Originators of Italian data sets-List of contributors:
o	Brunetti Fabio (OGS)
o	Cardin Vanessa, Bensi Manuel doi:10.6092/36728450-4296-4e6a-967d-d5b6da55f306
o	Cardin Vanessa, Bensi Manuel, Ursella Laura, Siena Giuseppe doi:10.6092/f8e6d18e-f877-4aa5-a983-a03b06ccb987
o	Cataletto Bruno (OGS)
o	Cinzia Comici Cinzia (OGS)
o	Civitarese Giuseppe (OGS)
o	DeVittor Cinzia (OGS)
o	Giani Michele (OGS)
o	Kovacevic Vedrana (OGS)
o	Mosetti Renzo (OGS)
o	Solidoro C.,Beran A.,Cataletto B.,Celussi M.,Cibic T.,Comici C.,Del Negro P.,De Vittor C.,Minocci M.,Monti M.,Fabbro C.,Falconi C.,Franzo A.,Libralato S.,Lipizer M.,Negussanti J.S.,Russel H.,Valli G., doi:10.6092/e5518899-b914-43b0-8139-023718aa63f5
o	Celio Massimo (ARPA FVG)
o	Malaguti Antonella (ENEA)
o	Fonda Umani Serena (UNITS)
o	Bignami Francesco (ISAC/CNR)
o	Boldrini Alfredo (ISMAR/CNR)
o	Marini Mauro (ISMAR/CNR)
o	Miserocchi Stefano (ISMAR/CNR)
o	Zaccone Renata (IAMC/CNR)
o	Lavezza, R., Dubroca, L. F. C., Ludicone, D., Kress, N., Herut, B., Civitarese, G., Cruzado, A., Lefèvre, D., Souvermezoglou, E., Yilmaz, A., Tugrul, S., and Ribera d'Alcala, M.: Compilation of quality controlled nutrient profiles from the Mediterranean Sea, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.771907, 2011.
Black Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_nitrate

Gridded product for visualization of Water body nitrate in the Black Sea generated by DIVA 4.6.9 using all EMODNET Chemistry data from 1975 to 2013.

Depth range (IODE standard depths): 0 – 150m.
DIVA settings: signal-to-noise ratio and correlation length were estimated using data mean distance as a minimum (for L), and both parameters vertically filtered.

Background field: the data mean value is subtracted from the data.
Detrending of data: no.
Advection constraint applied: no.

Every year of the time dimension corresponds to a 10-year centred average for each season:
- winter: December - February,
- spring: March - May,
- summer: June - August,
- autumn: September – November

Units: umol/l
Baltic Sea DIVA 4D analysis of Water_body_ammonium

Units: umol/l. Method: spatial interpolation produced with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis). URL: http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/DIVA.
		
Comment: Every year of the time dimension corresponds to a 10-year centred average for each season :
- winter season (December-February),
- spring (March-May),
- summer (June-August),
- autumn (September-November).

Diva settings: Snr=1.0, CL=0.7
Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea during 37 cruise of the R/V "Professor Vodyanitskiy"

This dataset contains phytoplankton data collected from the Black Sea during cruise 37 of the R/V "Professor Vodyanitskiy", from July 1st to July 27th 1992.
This dataset contains phytoplankton data collected from the Black Sea during cruise 37 of the R/V "Professor Vodyanitskiy", from July 1st to July 27th 1992.
Cetacean sightings in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait

Over 645 sightings of cetacean groups (of one and more individuals) have been recorded in the Black Sea, Azov Sea and Kerch Strait during the period from 1993 to 2010 inclusive.
Most the data were obtained by means of special cetacean line transect aerial and vessel-based surveys conducted by trained observers. Some data were colllected during cetacean photo-identification studies. The dataset is accompanied with the estimated values of cetacean density and abundance.
For the most recent 5 years of data collection, only presence data are made available, for data older than 5 years, abundance data is made available.
PANGAEA - Data from various sources

Biological data from various sources within PANGAEA
Collection of biological data from various sources within PANGAEA. Several smaller projects (less than 1 000 distribution records) and data which are not linked to a project, are collected here.

Overview of included projects: 

 Data from the Atlantic database for exchange processes at the deep see floor (ADEPD)
 Data from the Baltic Sea System Study (BASYS)
 Data from changes in the Geo-Biosphere during the last 15000 years
Data from Pelagic-benthic coupling in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea (CINCS)
 Data from the European project on ocean acidification (EPOCA)
 Data from the Investigation of new marine biological resouces in deep waters of Ionian and Aegean Seas
 Data from Key coastal processes in the mesotrophic Skagerrak and the oligotrophic Northern Aegean (KEYCOP)
 Data from the Kurile-Okhotsk sea marine experiment (KOMEX)
 Data from the Laptev Sea system project (LSS)
 Data from the Mangrove dynamics and management (MADAM)
 Data from Hydrodynamics and biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (PELAGOS)
 Data from Silicon cycling in the World Ocean (SINOPS)
 Data from multiproxy approach for the reconstruction of the glacial ocean surface
 Data from coastal ecology @ AWI
 Data from periglacial dynamics @ AWI
 Data from integrierte analyses zwischeneiszeitlicher klimadynamik
 Data without project indications


Detailed citation information on these records can be found in PANGAEA.
PANGAEA - Data from Canary Islands Azores Gibraltar observations (CANIGO)

Data about physics, biogeochemistry and paleoceanography of the eastern subtropical North Atlantic.
CANIGO (Canary Islands Azores Gibraltar Observations) is the North East Atlantic MAST III regional sea project of the European Union (Contract MAS3-CT960060), for investigating and understanding the marine system in the Azores-Canary-Gibraltar region and its links with the Mediterranean Sea, through comprehensive interdiscplinary basin scale studies. 

Its general objective was to gain a better understanding of the physics, biogeochemistry and paleoceanography of the eastern subtropical North Atlantic. The study region of CANIGO encompassed the subtropical frontal system of the Azores, the Gibraltar exchange, the northern Canary Islands region and the transition zone of the NW African upwelling margin. CANIGO included scientists of 45 institutions from several European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). The disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology and geology were included in a combined observational and modeling program.

The CANIGO data are publicly available at the Irish Marine Data Center (datacentre@marine.ie). Only biological data are available through EurOBIS/EMODnet.
MILZON-BENTHOS

MILZON-Benthos. In 1987-1989 the MILZON-Benthos (Milieuzonering) project did research on the spatial distribution of benthic animals (macro- en meiobenthos) on the Dutch Continental Plat (NCP).
Sampling MethodsBox-corer http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/51/Study ExtentDutch North Sea 1988-1993 Macro- and meiobenthosMethod step description:https://puc.overheid.nl/rijkswaterstaat/doc/PUC_55746_31/
Distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic - Data from the SponGES project

This database has been designed to hold data pertaining or related to the distribution of deep-sea sponges from the North Atlantic. All data was collected as part of the SponGES project, an EU funded (Horizon 2020, 2016-2021) project. The data here in largely comprises previously unpublished distribution records and records not digitized or available in other online databases.
PANGAEA - Data from Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean (POEM)

The ultimate goal of the Program for the Exploration of the Eastern Mediterranean (POEM) is to reach a comprehensive knowledge of the physical, chemical, and biological oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean. Such knowledge is an essential basis for environmental management, resource exploration, and marine operations. The overall scientific objectives are to: (1) describe the physical phenomena and quantify their kinematics; (2) define basic dynamical processes; and (3) construct physical models suitable for general ocean scientific studies and applications.
Trawl-survey data from the Pipeta programme in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1988 and 1991

The “Pipeta programme” (named after the Italian commercial trawler used; 300 HP; LOA = 26 m) was started in 1982 by the Laboratory of Marine Biology and Fisheries (LMBF, Italy) and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF, Croatia). The expedition was a fishery-independent trawl-survey of the demersal communities using a bottom otter-trawl net (wing mesh-size: 55 mm; cod-end mesh-size: 22 mm; foot-rope length: 41 m; head-rope length: 32 m). The average towing speed was about 3.5 knots, and the sampling duration was 60 minutes for almost all hauls, with the exception of one haul (sampling duration of 15 minutes). Two successive trawl hauls were performed at each station, with the second towing frequently performed along the same distance but in the opposite direction. Data per stations are given as the mean value of two replicates. The survey was successively named GRUND programme and ended in 2007.
This dataset includes a subset of 26 stations (Northern Adriatic Sea) for the years 1988 (January and October) and 1991 (January) from the “Pipeta programme”. CPUE (kg/h) indexes for 166 demersal and benthic species (1,807 records) and information on sediment type are reported. The depth of each station was extracted from the EMODnet Digital Bathymetry. Species synonymies were updated according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Some species are grouped into multispecies categories that group taxonomically similar species, i.e. species of the same genus or family (e.g. Raja spp., Triglidae).
Comparative study of the organismic assemblages associated with the demosponge Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862 in the coasts of Cyprus and Greece

This dataset includes species found in the demosponge Sarcotragus foetidus. The sponges were collected form two stations, in depths between 5 and 17 meters. The stations were located in Linaraki (Sithonia, Halkidiki, Greece) and in Milourgia (Kissonerga, Pafos, Cyprus). Sampling in Cyprus was conducted in January of 2003 and August of 2003 and 2007, in depths between 5 and 10 meters. Sampling in Greece was conducted in February and July of 2003, in depths between 14 and 17 meters.
Species were counted and sponge's volume and surface were measured.
Samples were collected from one location at the coast of Cyprus and one location at the coast of Chalkidiki (Greece). Samples were collected at single time points. 
Samples were collected by scuba divers. Each sponge was covered with a plastic bag and was detached from the substrate with a knife. Once ashore, in every sample formalin was added to final concentration 5% and the samples were stored in larger boxes.
Planktonic copepods from coastal and inshore waters of Tudor Creek, Mombasa (December 1984-March 1985)

List of copepod species and their occurrence (presence/absence) at three stations in Tudor Creek (Mombasa) for samples taken between December 1984 and March 1985. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.
Monthly transect study of Gracilaria salicornia and other algae at MacKenzie Point (February-March-April-May 1986)

Identification and habitat description of algae that grow together with G. salicornia at a transect from intertidal to sublittoral zone sampled once during the months of February, March, April and May 1986 at MacKenzie Point (Kenya). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.
Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)

Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1984). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale biocoenoses en van de demersale Pisces in en rondom de baggerzones. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 201. CLO Gent: Gent. 45, + annexes pp.
The first part of the dataset contains a list of all epibenthos and fish species caught in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. Next seven sampling points (BV1-BV7) were choosen in the dredging areas and divided in 2 zones (Zone I and Zone II). Per sampling point and sampling date or period abiotic factors and some exceptional catch data are given. Per zone and per year (1977-1981) average density, biomass, diversity, dominance and association indices for epibenthos and fish is calculated. Eventually density of autumn samplings for most important groups of epibenthos and fish is given.
Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by CCW

This dataset includes the survey data that were commissioned and collected by Countryside Council for Wales.
Note these data complement other datasets held by JNCC and the other country agencies that used the same methodology. However, this dataset comprises those data that were paid for by CCW directly. The data contributed to the MNCR programme which was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and their associated species around the coast of Britain which would aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance. The focus of MNCR work was on benthic habitats (often referred to as 'biotopes') in intertidal and inshore (typically within 3nm) subtidal areas.

Methods of data capture
The majority of data were collected using methods described in the MNCR Rational and Methods report (Hiscock 1996). Broadly, this encompassed surveying a range of sites within a geographical area to sample and describe the variety of habitats present (sampling habitats in different substrata, depths, wave exposures, current regimes, salinity regimes and so on). Each habitat was sampled using semi-quantitative recording techniques (SACFOR abundance scales) for recording epibiota on rocky habitats.

Geographical Coverage
This dataset relates to Wales. Note however that the dataset "Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) and associated benthic marine data held and managed by JNCC" also includes equivalent and complementary data from Wales.

Temporal Coverage 
The data were collected post 1993. 

Data Quality
The data have been extensively checked during the course of the creation of the various reports produced by the MNCR programme. This included the MNCR Area Summary report series which describes the marine habitats in particular regions around the UK and the creation of the national marine habitat (biotope) classification system. Through this work the vast majority of the anomalies and errors in the data should have been identified but some may still remain.
Happywhale - Sowerby's Beaked Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.
Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Supplemental information: Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 2 contributors in alphabetic order: Cottele Benny; Marilia Olio
Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast

Tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species and distribution of coral genera along the Kenyan coast. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.
The checklist includes corals identified in the field, and corals that are part of the KMFRI collection and the University of Nairobi, Zoology Department collection.
Happywhale - Short-finned Pilot Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.
Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Supplemental information: Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 8 contributors in alphabetic order: Andy Wolff; Cottele Benny; Ellen Tanger; Marian Herz; Marilia Olio; Michael Healy; Mike Greenfelder; Theo Vickers
Benthic Fauna of the Evvoia Coast and Evvoia Gulf

The Zoology Laboratory of the University of Thessaloniki, has undertaken an investigation relating to the benthic fauna of the Evvoia Coast and Evvoia Gulf since 1970. In this study were described specific benthic species. Some of them were recorded for the first time among the marine fauna of our country.
Includes 80 stations in the Evvoia Coast and Evvoia Gulf. E, V, F or SE in front of stations goes to Evvoia, Voiotia, Fiotida, SouthEvvoia etc. Stations have been digitized by the paper map with an uncertainty in meters of 3000m. Some stations have different letters in front e.g E.59 and F.59.This is because they have sampled in two places very closed to each other(so it is covered by the uncertainty). E.59 have been digitized, because the other is not on the map.This goes also to station 80(S.E.80,N.E.80), 81,etc.
PANGAEA - Data from Glacial Atlantic Mapping and Prediction (GLAMAP2000)

GLAMAP2000 is a joint effort to reconstruct Atlantic sea-surface temperatures (SST) during the Last glacial maximum (LGM). Contributing institutes are GEOMAR, Kiel for the Arctic, University of Kiel for the North Atlantic, University of Bremen for the South Atlantic, and Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, for the Southern Ocean.
PANGAEA - Data from Benthic biology and geochemistry of a North-Eastern Atlantic Abyssal locality (BENGAL)

Multidisciplinary data of the abyssal benthic boundary layer in the northeast Atlantic.
The project was a three-year multidisciplinary study of the abyssal benthic boundary layer in the northeast Atlantic. The aim of BENGAL was to determine how the seabed community and the geochemistry of the sediments change seasonally in response to a highly seasonal input of organic matter from the overlying water column. It did this by organising an intensive sampling programme on 14 research cruises over a two-year period and using a range of observational techniques including time-series sediment traps, marine snow cameras, benthic lander systems, long-term moorings and time-lapse photography. The study area was located in the middle of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain at a water depth of about 4850 m, 270 km southwest of Ireland (central location: 48°50′N 16°30′W). The BENGAL project involved 17 partners from 9 European countries
PANGAEA - Data from Hotspot ecosystem research on the margins of European seas (HERMES)

HERMES data in PANGAEA only include meiobenthos abundances at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (1037 records) and meiobenthos abundances in the Black Sea during Poseidon cruise.
HERMES is a multidisciplinary research programme investigating Europe's deep marine ecosystems and their environment. Study sites extend from the Arctic to the Black Sea and include biodiversity hotspots such as cold seeps, cold-water coral mounds and reefs, canyons and anoxic environments, and communities found on open slopes.
Painted Comber morphology in Adriatic Sea 2001-2002

The population analysis, i.e. population dynamics, fisheries biology and exploitation of painted comber, Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Teleostei: Serranidae), were done as a part of thesis. All representative samples were collected from commercial catches (the small costal trawl (12 mm stretched mesh)) in the Marina Saldun bay area (Middle eastern part of the Adriatic Sea) from November 2001 to March 2002.