AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Drifter WMO# 13608

PLOCAN is a multipurpose technical-scientific service infrastructure that provides support for research, technological development and innovation in the marine and maritime sectors, available to public and private users. PLOCAN offers both onshore and offshore experimental facilities and laboratories, operational throughout the whole year thanks to the Canary Islands excellent climatic conditions. PLOCAN also brings a broad experience in large national and EU marine/maritime projects. 

As part ot its activitites, PLOCAN manages a variety of Observation Platforms in order to provide a continuous and real-time in-situ monitoring of the ocean. These platforms can be both fixed or mobile, providing information about the ocean surface and/or the water column. Different sensors are placed in PLOCAN Observation Platforms allowing access to physical, biochemical and climatological data.
Momareto 2006: environmental conditions

Environmental conditions (temperature, pH, total dissolved sulphides, iron, and copper, and sampled surfaces on the hydrothermal edifice Eiffel Tower (Lucky Strike vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge), during Momareto cruise (2006). Twelve sampling units were selected to represent variate mussel assemblages on the edifice. Environmental conditions were measured above each of them. Details on the sampling method and biodiversity analysis are published in Sarrazin et al. 2015 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.04.013)
Current Profiler Marsaxlokk Malta

A Nortek AquaDopp ® 400kHz current profiler deployed within a shallow bay in Malta. The deployment was conducted for the EU Horizon 2020 research project ‘Tools for Assessment and Planning of Aquaculture Sustainability’ (TAPAS) and its aim was to produce scientific research data to support the sustainable expansion of coastal aquaculture systems. The current profiler was deployed for 16 months to help model the hydrodynamic activity, and to complement the on-going integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) study. The collected data was input into nutrient dispersion modelling software to illustrate the movement of nutrients. The current profiler collected current speed and direction by 1-meter increments from the sensor. The profiler system was re-positioned periodically. All specific data set pertaining to each deployment is in the metadata file.
Plastic Pirates - Go Europe!: Floating macro-, meso- and microlitter data collected by citizens in rivers in Europe between 2022 and 2024

Floating macro-, meso- and microlitter data collected by school children from the surface water of European rivers and streams in the period 2022-2024 for the Plastic Pirates – Go Europe! project. (Micro)litter particles have been analysed in the lab by experts to assess their characteristics. The data have been validated by experts of the Plastic Pirates partner institutes according to a data verification protocol. After validation of the data by the partner institutes, further quality control was done by VLIZ and NIB. Data harmonisation, standardisation and publication was done by VLIZ. 

Acknowledgement: These data have been collected by numerous school schildren and their teachers from primary and secondary schools. We would like to thank all of them for their valuable contributions. 

Over the years, countless people have contributed to the Plastic Pirates project. The concept for it is based on the citizen science projects Científicos de la Basura and Following the Pathways of Litter and has been continously developed by colleagues from Kiel Science Factory (Germany), the Científicos de la Basura at Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile), the Ecologic Institute (Germany) and the partner institutions of the Plastic Pirates - Go Europe! initiative. The design of the material was done by familie redlich AG, KOMPAKTMEDIEN, the Ecologic Institute and the DLR Project Management Agency (Germany).

The data files contain data on the amount of floating litter observed, the sampling effort and the characteristics (size, type, colour, material) of the (micro)litter particles. The data are collected in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovenia during the autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024 and autumn 2024 sampling campaigns of the project. The sampling methods used can be found in the Plastic Pirates project booklet (methods for group C and D): https://www.plastic-pirates.eu/en/material/download.
Underway fluorometer data from cruise ETS_2018_09_10

The dataset contains pairs of files with fluorometer data acquiured underway during the cruise. The first file in a pair named "fluoXX", where XX is sequentional number, contains raw output of fluorometer. Each record in the file contains: global time (seconds from 01/01/1970), internal No, date, time, Chl-a value, and temperature 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 fluorometer model: 10-AU-005-CE of Turner Design. The raw output from the autoranging fluorometer has no absolute meaning without calibration against sample data, however it allows to investigate spatial variablity of parameter.
MEPA Coastal Water Survey - Pollutants in Water Column  2012/13

The survey was conducted at 12 stations in the coastal waters of the Maltese Islands over a period of one year between May 2012 and July 2013. Sea water samples were collected at a depth of 5 metres using a Niskin bottle. These were transported to the laboratory in appropriate containers, where they were analysed for the level of pollutants using International Organization for Standardization and US Environmental Protection Agency standard procedures. The pollutants tested for are Priority substances and are divided into oils and miscellaneous. All stations were tested for oils, while only 9 stations were tested for miscellaneous pollutants. The measurements were made in connection with a monitoring survey of Maltese coastal waters. The resultant datasets generated provide the benchmark for long term monitoring programs and assessments that are required in order to implement EU Directives on water resources.
Gill Net Fishing Effort

This dataset shows the distribution of fishing effort by fishing vessels according to the gear type used. Fishing effort is defined as the time spent engaged in fishing operations or time spent at sea, this time may be multiplied by a measure of fishing capacity, e.g. engine power. In this dataset fishing effort is measured as average hours spent actively fishing per kilometre square, per year. Data from years 2014 to 2018 was used to produce this data product for the Marine Institute publication the “Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, third edition“ (https://oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/1432).
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.
Please do not consider the submission with UUID f095d7fa-e273-4728-bf1d-f6fb7abb4816.
Macronutrient data collected by RRS James Clark Ross cruise 116 around South Georgia (Southern Ocean), Dec 2004-Jan 2005

The dataset comprises macronutrient (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia/ammonium) data collected on RRS James Clark Ross cruise 116 around South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. The data were collected between 22 December 2004 and 18 January 2005 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.
HM 2015617

The cruise HM 2015617 onboard the Research Vessel Håkon Mosby is the second and last research
cruise of the project ”On Thin Ice (NICE): Role of Ocean Heat Flux in Sea Ice Melt”. NICE is led at the
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen (PI: Ilker Fer) and is funded by the Research Council of
Norway (project number 229786) for the period 01.01.2014-31.12.2017
Sparker seismic profiles (52 to 64) in the Ceuta canyon region

Seismic profiles were obtained with a Sparker system composed of a multitap SIG ELC820, and the source varied during the course of the cruise from Applied Acoustics CSP600 to CSP700.
The GRACE cruise aimed to study the geological risks associated to the Ceuta Canyon and its adjacent areas onboard the R/V Belgica (RBINSOD Nature, Belgium). The GRACE cruise pursued two main objectives: to better understand the Ceuta Canyon, including its origins, influence of tectonic features, and chronostratigraphy of the deposits; and to study the potential hazardous geological and oceanographic processes occurring in the Ceuta Canyon and adjacent areas.
Galway Bay Cable Observatory - WQM time-series

The Galway Bay Subsea observatory was installed in 2015 on the seafloor in the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site, which is an area 1.5km off Spiddal pier and is used primarily to test small-scale ocean energy devices. The observatory uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. This observatory equipment will allow ocean energy developers to monitor how their devices are performing in the ocean as well as give ocean researchers unique real-time access to monitor ongoing changes in the marine environment. Data relating to the marine environment at the site are now being transferred in real-time from the Galway Bay Observatory to the Marine Institute headquarters and onwards onto the internet. This data set includes estimates of the chlorophyll and turbidity levels in the water which give an indication of the volume of phytoplankton and other particles, such as sediment, in the water. The data platform for the Galway Bay Observatory has been built using Big Data technology, so that when new instruments are plugged into the cable system it is straightforward to include the new data streams into the system. The real-time underwater video footage and all the data from the various sensors and instruments is continuously refreshed and displayed online. The web-viewer can be accessed using the Google Chrome web browser at: http://smartbay.marine.ie.

This submission contains 1 months daily files from February 2018. The full data are available from the weblink provided.
2013, Envision Mapping, Dogger Bank, Creyke Beck Project Habitat Mapping

Envision have undertaken a biological interpretation of the geophysical data from Tranche A and Creyke Beck Export Cable Route. The strategy for this interpretation was to integrate sample records and the geophysical remotely sensed images to produce distribution maps. This follows the strategy that has been established within the EU through the MESH program. 

The primary purpose of analysis was to derive a limited range of habitat classes suitable for ground truthing the acoustic data, which were adopted as the mapping units. The requirements for successful ground truthing are not exactly the same as describing diversity. There has been more emphasis on commonality and potential for overlap between the mapping units. The analyses identified a small number of robust classes from the infauna defined by their predominant species and those that contributed most to the classes distinctiveness. Information on epifauna and gravel/cobble were incorporated to derive a single ground truth dataset Suitable ground truth data assigned to habitat classes is vital for integrated analysis and this necessitated Envision undertaking the analysis of the sample records to derive a locally relevant list of habitat classes. The analyses identified a small number of robust classes from the infauna defined by their predominant species and those that contributed most to the classes distinctiveness. Information on epifauna and gravel/cobble were incorporated to derive a single ground truth dataset The faunal composition of these groups were then matched to the Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland (v04.05) and a suite of possible biotopes assigned to the ground truth data. 

The geophysical data required processing and transformation to render the images suitable for integrated analysis. The analyses have been reported and the full list of habitat classes described. The interpretation of the geophysical data through integrated analysis with the ground truth data has been reported and the habitat class distribution map has been presented. Surficial sediments were identified from the still images and classified. These data have been used to ground truth the geophysical images and a map has been generated. The distribution of the habitats is discussed. The biota is typical of moderately exposed (moderately disturbed) gravelly sandy sediments in the North Sea. Although all the habitats can be considered components of Annex 1 Subtidal Sandbanks, there are no biotopes of particular sensitivity and, although Sabellaria spinulosa was found, the densities of individuals in samples was never very high and it is unlikely that any sample sites could be classified as biogenic reef.
Underway thermosalinograph data from cruise ETS_2018_03_12

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.
Hierarchical benthic habitat classification in the Atlantic Ocean

Classification of the Atlantic Ocean seabed into broad-scale benthic habitats employing a hierarchical top-down clustering approach aimed at informing Marine Spatial Planning. This work was performed at the University of Plymouth in 2021 with data provided by a wide group of partners representing the nations surrounding the Atlantic Ocean. It classifies continuous environmental data into discrete classes that can be compared to observed biogeographical patterns at various scales. It has 3 levels of classification. For ease of use, a layer is provided for each level. Level 1 has 4 classes. Level 2 has 15 classes nested within level 1. Layers indices are 2 digits (1[level1 class index]1[level 2 class index]). Level 3 has 157 classes nested within level 2 and class names have 4 digits (1digit[level1 class index]1[level 2 class index]2[level 3 class index]). Note that the classification was performed for the whole world and thus it has more classes than in the presented layer.
REMP project - Sessiliflorae 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.
Macroinvertebrate Taxa Counts Associated with Experimental Seaweed Dropper Replicates, Schelphoek, The Netherlands, North East Atlantic Ocean 2018-2020  (GENIALG Project Work Package 6.1)

List of macroinvertebrate taxa associated with experimental dropper replicates. Collected at two test seaweed farms in The Netherlands. 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. A total of twelve seaweed lines (droppers of 2m length) were deployed in the farm at November 21st 2018. Six lines were located on the outer edge of the farm and six lines were located in the middle of the farm. At both locations three lines were seeded with seaweed and three lines were left empty. The ropes were collected on the 24th of April by gently removing the ropes from the water and directly transferring them into plastic bags.  On May 14th 2020 droppers were randomly selected and cut from the longlines and processed following the same protocols.
SNP discovery and validation for parentage assignment in hatchery progeny of the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata

Selective breeding strategies require pedigree information over generations, but many species produced in aquaculture are too small to be physically tagged at early stages. Consequently, maintaining a sufficient number of separate families is often needed but costly and logistically difficult. Alternatively, parentage assignment can be obtained using DNA markers. We developed a panel of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata using an existing transcriptomic resource. An initial set of 2,176,887 SNPs was filtered to select 500 for high throughput genotyping. Of these, 298 SNPs were amplified in at least 90% of our H. tuberculata samples, consisting of a mixed family cohort (945 offspring) generated by crossing 40 abalones, and 5 full-sib training families. Based on amplification success among parents, minimum allele frequency and checks carried out against the training families, a subset of 123 markers was used to carry out parentage assignment in our mixed family cohorts. Maximum likelihood and exclusion-based methods of parentage assignment yielded consistent results, allowing parentage to be assigned in 98.9% of the studied progeny. Optimization of markers suggests that the 60 most informative SNPs may be sufficient for 95% assignment success in these progeny. The panel was also used to estimate effective population size, and revealed a low Ne due to high variance of reproductive success between parents. Our panel could be used to estimate genetic parameters of traits in mixed family cohorts, an essential stage to initiate selective breeding in H. tuberculata. It could also be useful tool in the context of monitoring stock enhancement and population genetics studies.
Batumi - Kalenderi Cape Coastal Line 1834 - 2017

Changes of coastal line of Kalenderi cape from 1834 to 2017. The main objective of long-term observations conducted in the coastal zone from City of Batumi to Sarpi (the border with Turkey, Ajara region) was to reveal trends of sedimentation and erosion processes occurred to assess the dynamics of coastal line. Monitoring of the coastal line was initiated to prevent the possible damages to the infrastructure of urban agglomeration.
multichannel seismic profile GBT39b_m

Multichannel seismic profile recorded onboard  RV Sarmiento de Gamboa. High volume G-gun arrays and a long Sercel multichannel digital streamer  were used.

The scientific goal of the cruise is to improve our knowledge of the geodynamic evolution of the Gibraltar Arc System (GAS) from improving the existing dataset in particular margin segments of the westernmost Mediterranean. The survey was conducted in the Palomares and Cartagena margins.
Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean

Satellite-tracking data of 44 loggerhead sea turtles  tracked from western Mediterranean between 2016-2018. Dataset includes tracking data of different life-stages: i) 17 one-year-aged post-hatchlings of loggerhead sea turtle came from nests laid on the Mediterranean Spanish coast; ii) 4 loggerhead nesting females collected from nesting events occurred on the Spanish Mediterranean coast; iii) 21 juvenile and 2 adult loggerhead sea turtles from fisheries bycatch. Our dataset consist in a CSV file-format which provides the turtle identity name or number, the date and coordinates of the location data, and the Argos location class associated. A metadata spreadsheet file is also provided with other relevant information. Our data contribute to the knowledge about the spatial use of the loggerhead sea turtle in the Mediterranean Sea and could be used in further analysis regarding habitat use and dispersal of this species in the Mediterranean basin. This submission is related to the data article: . Abalo-Morla, E.J. Belda, J. Tomás, J.L. Crespo-Picazo, A. Marco, O, Revuelta, 2022. Satellite-tracking dataset of loggerhead sea turtles from western Mediterranean. Data in Brief, In Press.
Collocations of surface drifter and GlobCurrent (centered five-day) 15-m zonal and meridional velocity estimates

GlobCurrent is an analysis that linearly combines the geostrophic and Ekman components. Drifters respond locally to a combination of geostrophic, Ekman, tidal, inertial, Stokes, and wind drift processes, including processes on scales smaller and faster than the GlobCurrent grid can resolve. Collocations of drifters (whose drogues move roughly with the 15-m current) and GlobCurrent (also at 15 m, with additional samples at daily intervals from two days before to two days after collocation) are included in this dataset.  Six-hourly drifter velocity has been estimated following Hansen and Poulain (1996). We restrict attention to drifters whose continuous drogue presence was confirmed by objective or subjective means (Rio et al. 2012, Lumpkin et al. 2013). The resulting geographic distribution for 1993-2015 (Fig. 1) yields more than eleven million drifter and GlobCurrent zonal and meridional velocity estimates. (A comparable number of drifters lost their drogues and, being more responsive to surface wind forcing, are omitted.)
Bottle data collected during the cruise TAlPro2022 (only from CTD sensors)

Repeat hydrography, as organized through the GO-SHIP network, is fundamental for detecting trends and variability also in the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean component of GO-SHIP is MedSHIP, and TAlPro is the western Mediterranean component. The TAlPro2022 cruise consisted of 26 full depth hydrographic stations crossing the Tyrrhenian Sea from north to south, then the Algero-Provencal Basin from south to north. Here the postcalibrated bottle file data are made availiable. Postcalibration has been done by measuring dissolved oxygen and salinity on water samples collected by the rosette.
Balchik meteo site

The observing meteorological site Balchick is part of system for monitoring the parameters of the marine environment in the port areas and bays along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast developed under a contract between the Maritime Administration Executive Agency (MARAD) and Institute of Oceanology (IO-BAS). The technical design complies with the requirements of the one provided by MARAD terms regarding:  safety of navigation in the sea and inland waterways of the Republic of Bulgaria; traffic control in the canals, ports of the Republic of Bulgaria and others, designated areas; monitoring the navigation environment, ensuring the safety of shipping