AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Counts of Mysidacea from Gazi (Kenya), Uroa (Zanzibar) and Ambon (Indonesia) sampled between October 1994 and July 1996

This dataset contains counts of Mysidacea (determined at genus level) from two samples from Gazi Bay (October 1994), 1 at Uroa Beach (July 1996) and two at Ambon (April 1996) using a hyperbenthic sledge (0.5m high, mesh width 0.5mm) or hand net. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Poppe, B. (1997). Taxonomische studie van enkele tropische Mysidacea = Taxonomic study of some tropical Mysidacea. Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Ghent. 19 pp.
Counts of Mysidacea sampled at night in Gazi Bay in October 1994

Counts of Mysidacea sp. (incl. sex and life stage) sampled at night in Gazi Bay and the West creek during October 1994. 10 night samples were taken using a hyperbenthic sledge trawled by a boat at 25 HP for 10 min (200m). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Cattaert, S. (1997). Mysidacea van Gazi Bay, Kenya (staalnamecampagne Oktober 1994, nachtstalen); Mysidacea of Gazi Bay, Kenya (field work campagne of 1994, night samples). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 19 pp.
Diversity of meiobenthos in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled from 16 to 19 July 1996

Meiobenthic composition and densities near five seagrasses (Halodule wrightii, Halophila ovalis, Thalassia hemprichii, Syringodium isoetifolium and Halophila stipulacea). Two quadrants of each seagrass species, situated in an intertidal seagrass bed at Gazi Bay (Kenya) were sampled. Sediment samples were taken to a depth of ten centimetre using a plastic hand core. They were divided into six depth layers (0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-10 cm). Relevant abiotic factors such as sediment characteristics and organic matter, pigment and nutrient content were also quantified. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Gurdebeke, S. (1998). Diversiteit van meiobenthos in tropische zeegrasvelden (Gazi Bay, Kenia)= Diversity of meiobenthos in tropical seagrass beds (Gazi Bay, Kenya). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 174 pp.
Counts of epibenthic fish species sampled at Gazi Bay on 17 and 19 July 1996

This dataset contains individual counts of fish species sampled in the seagrass beds and mangrove creeks of Gazi Bay (10 locations, 41 species) on 17 and 19 July 1996. Sampling was carried out using a beam trawl (fine mesh: 6mm width). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Dethier, K. (1997). Epibenthische visgemeenschappen en diversiteit in een tropische baai (Gazi Bay, Kenya)= Epibenthic fish communities and diversity in a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 16 pp.
Seagrasses and associated macroalgae at West Gazi bay during July and August 1987 and abiotic data of the corresponding sampling locations

List of macroalgae and seagrasses at Western Gazi Bay and abiotic data of the sampling locations (July-August 1987). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: De Wit, M. (1988). Vegetatie-ecologische studie van de zeegrasgemeenschap (incl. wiercomponent) in Gazi Bay, Kenia = Vegetation ecological study of the seagrass community (incl. algae component) in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Ir Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent - Faculteit van de Landbouwwetenschappen: Ghent. 189, 93 appendix pp.
The field work for this study was done in July and August 1987, at the western part of Gazi Bay. In order to cover the most representative seagrass associations, seven linear transects were traced in the seagrass community of Gazi Bay. At low tide the floristic structure of the seagrasses, benthic seaweeds, and epiphytic algae on Thalassodendron ciliatum were observed. On the medio- and infra-littoral transects 11 species of seagrasses, 31 species of benthic seaweeds, and 19 species of epiphytic algae were observed. Abiotic factors such as salinity and water temperature were investigated as well. Substrate was sampled on the 1 m^2 sample locations of floristic observations along the transects. These samples were analyzed for particle size distribution, concentration of Ca, K, Na, Mg, P, as well as organic material.
Dictyotales (Phaeophyta) of Kenya and Tanzania sampled between 1985 and 1994

List of species of the Dictyotales (Phaeophyta) and corresponding herbarium vouchers sampled between 1985 and 1994 in Kenya and Tanzania. The algae were sampled by walking and snorkelling. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Leuci, D. (1995). De Dictyotales (Phaeophyta) (excl. Dictyopteris en Dictyota) van Kenia en Tanzania. The Dictyotales (Phaeophyta) (excl. Dictyopteris en Dictyota) of Kenya and Tanzania. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent - Faculteit Wetenschappen, Vakgroep Biologie: Ghent. 127, 42 figures pp.
Danish benthic marine monitoring data from ODAM

Data contain abundance (number of individuals per species) and biomass (wet weight or dry weight per species) information.
Investigations of benthic macrofauna, in particular from soft sediments, have a long tradition, with the first quantitative studies in Scandinavian waters performed over 100 years ago. Benthic macrofauna is important as food for demersal fish, the cycling of organic matter and also play a role in carbon sequestration, and not the least as an indicator of environmental quality. Benthic macrofauna is normally defined as organisms retained on 1 mm (European standard) or 0.5 mm sieves. It includes invertebrates over a wide size spectrum; from large crustaceans like Norway Lobster and large bivalves like the Ocean Quahog, to small worms like polychaetes and oligochaetes. Benthic macrofauna also forms a substantial part of marine biodiversity, with more than 500 species in the soft sediments of Kattegat and the Danish estuaries. The typical data format is species specific abundance (number of individuals per species) and biomass (wet weight or dry weight per species) information and the sampling area are either 1/70 m-2 (0,0143 cm2) or 1/10 m-2 (10.000 cm2)
Living and Quaternary mollusca collected along the coast of Libya (Tripolitania) in spring 1913

Samples of living and fossil mollusca were collected in spring 1913 during an exploration along the coast of Tripolitania (western Lybia). The campaign was promoted by the Commission of the Italian Ministry of Colonies. Mollusca collected in the Mediterranean Sea in spring 1913, in particular along the coasts from Homs to the Tunisian border and at Tripoli and Capo Misurata. The spatial coordinates are missing from the original historical paper and were completed indicatively based on the coordinates of the locality after converting to actual name.
Project Data
The campaign was promoted by the Commission of the Italian Ministry of Colonies.

Title	Commission of the Italian Ministry of Colonies.
Study Area Description	Coast of Wester Lybia

The personnel involved in the project:

Originator
Camillo Crema
Author
Marchese Monterosato
Ostracoda distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe

An annotated check-list is given of Ostracoda species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.
The check-list is based on published data. The checklist includes 30 species. For each species synonymy, data on localities in European seas and general species distribution are provided. Station data are presented separately in the present thematic issue.
Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992

This dataset contains a list of the presence, habitats and herbarium vouchers of the species of the Siphonocladales sampled at the Kenyan coast. Field work was carried out on a yearly basis from July 1985 till September 1992. Sampling was done by walking or wading at low tide and by snorkeling at high tide. All algae were collected in separate pots or bags. All specimens were determined with a Reichert light microscope and a Wild stereoscopic binocular. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Verstraete, H. (1993). De Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) van de Keniaanse kust. The Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) of the Kenyan coast.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 90 text, 18 ill. 33 fig. Pp.
Microzooplankton South Adriatic-PRISMA1-Flussi Project

Microzooplankton abundance and composition were determined in the South Adriatic Sea in the framework of the Italian National Research Project PRISMA1-Flussi Project (1995-1996)
Sampling at discrete water depths with Niskin bottles deployed with a CTD profiler. 

Samples were fixed with Ca(HCO3)2-buffered formaldehyde (4% final concentration) and cell abundance and species composition of phytoplankton were estimated according to Utermöhl’s method (1958), using an inverted microscope equipped with phase contrast, at 200-320-400x final magnifications.
Happywhale - Harbor Porpoise 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 5 contributors in alphabetic order: Chad Carlson; Johnny Giese; Mick Peerdeman; MS Maud; Sarah Robinson
Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea during the 117th cruise of the R/V "Kovalevskiy" in 1990

Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea during 117 cruise of the R/V "Kovalevskiy" and processed by Lyudmila Georgieva. 
Samples were taken with 6 liter bathometers at standard depths and in the thermocline layer. 1-3 liter of water was concentrated by inverse filtering. Organisms were counted with a Nauman camera 0.4 cm³ or 0.001-0.01 cm³ for nanophytoplankton.
Microzooplankton North Adriatic-INTERREG Project

Microzooplankton data collected in the framework of INTERREG II and III Italy-Slovenia project, implemented on behalf of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regional Environment Office by the Marine Biology Laboratory in Trieste, with the contribution of the newly-founded Regional Agency for the Conservation of the Environment (ARPA - Agenzia regionale per la protezione dell'ambiente).
Circalittoral faunal turf occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 2005 to 2018

Circalittoral faunal turfs are animal-dominated shelf assemblages that are found on hard substrata between the lower limit of the infralittoral zone and the shelf edge. Benthic organisms generally form dense intricate mixes that may include tall alcyonarians, sponges, hydroids, scleractinians and gorgonians, as well as less prominent fauna such as encrusting sponges, bryozoans, ascidians, bivalves, solitary cup corals, serpulid worms and vermetid gastropods.
These assemblages make up an important part of two of the EC Habitats Directive Annex I habitats: i) ‘Reefs’ (1170) and ii) ‘Submerged or partly submerged sea caves’ (8830) containing deep aphotic enclaves. A variety of circalittoral faunal turfs have been observed on the Azores shelves but knowledge on their distribution and the assemblages they form is scarce.
This dataset compiles circalittoral faunal turf occurrences from sublittoral surveys conducted across the Azores archipelago (NE Atlantic) between 2005 and 2018. Sampling concentrated on island shelf and margin settings and was conducted using various optical platforms: (i) two small remote operated vehicles (a VideoRay Explorer micro-ROV and a SeaBotix LBV300S-6 mini-ROV); (ii) two custom-made underwater drop-down video frames carrying Tritech MD4000, GoPro Hero3+ or GitUp Git 2 cameras. A literature-based record made with a manned submersible is included for the sake of completion.
The compilation comprises 548 occurrences (200 presences and 348 absences) identified at depths ranging between 24 m and 307 m.

"Acknowledgements: To the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for grants and individual contracts awarded to Fernando Tempera (refs: SFRH/BD/12885/2003, SFRH/BPD/79801/2011) and P. Afonso (IF/01640/2015) and funding of Okeanos Strategic Program. To projects CoralFish (EC-FP7ENV/2007/1/213144), CORAZON (FCT/PTDC/MAR/72169/2006), PLATMAR (FCT/PTDC/GEO-GEO/0051/2014) and Mission Atlantic (EC H2020-LC-BG-08-2018) for funding surveys throughout the archipelago and work by F. Tempera and J.N. Gomes Pereira. To the Azores Regional Government for funding the projects MoniZec, BALA, MoniZec-ARP and MONICO via the Regional Foundation for Science - Technology (DRCT/FRCT) and the Regional Directorate for Maritime Affairs (DRAM).
To the Azores Regional Government for funding a Estagiar-L grant awarded to A.L. Sinde-Mano. To the Oceano Azul Foundation and the Waitt Foundation for funding the Blue Azores 2018 expedition. To the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) and Richard Bates for providing the Tritech camera used in the 2005 survey. To Renato Martins (IMAR-DOP/UAz) for the mini-ROV SP operation and troubleshooting. To the crews of the vessels R/L Águas Vivas, R/V Arquipélago and Nossa Senhora dos Milagres for all the hard work at sea. To Ricardo Serrão Santos and Frederico Cardigos for their general support and organisation of the early BANCOS expeditions promoted by IMAR/DOP-UAç."
Phytoplankton North Adriatic-INTERREG-FVG Project

Phytoplankton data collected in the framework of INTERREG II and III Italy-Slovenia project, implemented on behalf of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regional Environment Office by the Marine Biology Laboratory in Trieste, with the contribution of the newly-founded Regional Agency for the Conservation of the Environment (ARPA - Agenzia regionale per la protezione dell'ambiente).
Marine Benthic Fauna List, Island of Læsø, Denmark

A full metadata description is available at http://pythonprovider.danbif.dk/repository/collection971624/resource434553/details_html
Database of benthic fauna registered in the period 1959-1965. The list contains data from 86 stations in the Læsø-area. The species list was collected as a part of the pre-investigation to the suggested marine national park Læsø. Published by Marine Biological Laboratory, Helsingør.
Picoplankton North Adriatic-Gulf of Trieste LTER time-series

A regular sampling for the determination of picoplankton abundance at the time series station C1 in the Gulf of Trieste, North Adriatic Sea began in 1993. The time series station C1 was initiated by the University of Trieste, and was later taken care by the Laboratory of Marine Biology of Trieste after its formal institution in December 1979 and, since October 2005, by the Department of Biological Oceanography, now Division of Oceanography (OCE) of OGS, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale of Trieste.
Since 2006 the time series station C1 has been formally included in the Italian network of long term ecological research sites (LTER-Italy) as part of the northern Adriatic LTER site. Scientific responsible from 1998 to 2005: Prof. Serena Fonda Umani, Univ. Trieste - Scientific responsible from 2006: Paola Del Negro - Principal data originators: Paola Del Negro, Mauro Celussi
HELCOM/OSPAR UK ports water sampling

This dataset includes the data used in in the HELCOM/OSPAR Ballast Water Exemptions Decision Support Tool. This tool was developed in 2013 based on the overall IMO framework, the 21 Baltic and North-East Atlantic coastal states and the EU. It allows user to define 'low risk' routes, as well as other necessary steps in granting exemptions under regulation A-4 of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC)
Phytoplankton data collected during R/V Issledovatel cruise in September 1948

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff on the R/V Issledovatel in several stations in the Black Sea during the cruise 1 in September 1948. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.
Phytoplankton data collected during a cruise in the Black Sea in May 1957

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff during a cruise in the Black Sea in May 1957.  This dataset contains abundance (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) data for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.
Phytoplankton data from the Black Sea collected on R/V Professor Vodyanitskij in November 1991

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff at several stations in the Black Sea during a cruise of R/V Professor Vodyanitskij in November 1991. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) and biomass data (mg/m³) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.
Macrobenthos monitoring in function of dredge disposal monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the disposal of dredged material.
Sampling area: The five dumping locations along the Belgian coast Sampling frequency: Autumn-spring sampling before 2010, afterwards only autumn sampling. Since 2012, dumping site Nieuwpoort and Oostende were only samples once over a three year period, the other sites yearly.
Happywhale - Harbor Seal in Arctic 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 contributorsSupplemental 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 1 contributors in alphabetic order: Marilia Olio
Happywhale - Killer 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 28 contributors in alphabetic order: Adrian Boyle; Amy Tudor; Andrew Peacock; Antoine Viot; Boo Borsberry-Woods; Christine Corke; Conor Ryan; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Evelin Breuers; Hans Verdaat; Javier Cotin; Johnny Giese; Kimberly Nesbitt; Lucile Sachot; Marilia Olio; Michael Jackson; Mitch Doucet; MS Fridtjof Nansen; Paolo Bellezze; Philip Precey; Phil Sykes; Pia Lange; Raghavan Nair; S. Helgu; Steph -amp; Oli Prince; Tara Byrne; Thomas Kohn; Tim Martin
Phytoplankton data collected in deep waters of the halistatic region of the Black Sea in September 1948

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff in deep waters of the halistatic region of the Black Sea in September 1948. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.
Phytoplankton samples collected near Sochi, Black Sea, in 1974-1975

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff near Sochi (Mamaika. Matsesta. Sochi river's mouth), Black Sea, during three surveys in 1974 and 1975. Samples were taken in the area of deep sea outfall of Sochi. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) for phytoplankton taxa. Also size records are given for some of them. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.
Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities. The samples were taken following a impact/control design at the locations were aggregate extraction is expected or occur.
Sampling area: Aggregate extraction zones in the Belgian Part of the North sea Sampling frequency: The sampling events are mainly in autumn and depending on the research needs also in spring or another moment. Sampling at each zone is done yearly or in a cyclus of once in three years, depending on intensity of the extraction activity
The marine algae of Alexandria. I. A report on some marine algae collected from the vicinity of Alexandria by A. H. Nasr (1940). Notes and Memoirs No. 36

This is a historical dataset, published in 1940, regarding the marine algae of Alexandria. The survey was conducted by A. H. Nasr, Assistant Director of the Marine Biological Station in Ghardaqa, Egypt and it was facilitated by the Fuad I Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries in Alexandria, Egypt. The dataset contains occurrence data of the algae found in the wider marine region of Alexandria within the year 1933
The samplings were realised in one day trips with the use of the vessel "El hoot", a motor boat of 15 metres. In favourable weather conditions a rowing boat was used instead, in order to approach shallow waters and cliffs. The sampler for the benthic assemblages was a dredge with a 20*70 cm opening and in shallow waters the material was taken by diving. Collections on the shore were also made, whenever samples had been washed up onto it.

Study Extent	This digitised historical dataset is part of the bigger floristical and faunistical qualitative survey "The fishery grounds near Alexandria" coordinated by Adolf Steuer. It concerns the area along the coasts of the city of Alexandria in Egypt during the year 1933.
Quality Control	Taxonomy checked using WoRMS (match taxa tool).
Phytoplankton data of Sevastopol Bay of the Black Sea during 1972

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff in Sevastopol Bay, Black Sea during 1972. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) for phytoplankton taxa. Also size records are given for most of them. No additional metadata is available.
This dataset was rescued through data archaeology activities in the framework of the EMODnet Biology data grants.