AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Integrated Marine Environmental Samples and Readings

The IMERS database was set up at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in response to the growing need of a general repository that could store the data resulting from sampling campaigns in a uniform way. The database has been designed for storing measurement data based on sampling of water, sediment, suspended matter and biota. The measurement data, the so-called readings, are stored together with a maximum of information on the actual sampling event that lay at the basis of the measurement.
The IMERS database was set up at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in response to the growing need of a general repository that could store the data resulting from sampling campaigns in a uniform way. The database has been designed for storing measurement data based on sampling of water, sediment, suspended matter and biota. The measurement data, the so-called readings, are stored together with a maximum of information on the actual sampling event that lay at the basis of the measurement. This way, for example biotic readings can be queried together with the environmental readings that were registered during the same visit of a station. There is a maximum of integration of the database with the other databases managed at the Flanders Marine Data and Information Centre. All species records in the IMERS database are directly linked to the APHIA database (WoRMS). The persons and institutes in the IMERS database are linked to IMIS (Integrated Marine Information System). Where relevant the trips in the IMERS database are linked to the trips in MIDAS (Marine Information and Data Acquisition System).

For own use and to allow external users of the database to manually input data into the IMERS system, an input tool has been developed. This input programme can be used for both online and offline input. In the case of offline input (for example on board of a research vessel) the data is temporarily stored in a local database before it is uploaded to the server database. Currently the IMERS database contains over 230,000 biotic records and more than 31,000 records for environmental parameters. A web interface allowing online consultation of the public part of these data can be found on http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/imers.
Bottom trawl fishery monitoring by commercial vessels in the Croatian waters of the Adriatic Sea

Data were collected during annual monitoring of commercial bottom trawl fishery carried out in the Croatian territorial waters of the Adriatic Sea. Data about qualitative and quantitative composition of demersal species, abundance and biomass are collected. Data were uploaded on official DCF database.
Data have been collected within EU-Data collection framework (EU-DCF) as related to monitoring of commercial fisheries (Acronim: DCF); 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.
NIOZ Epibenthos cruises 1974

The third inventory of the demersal fish fauna by NIOZ took place in 1974. Main goal of these cruises in the Marsdiep basin was the habitat selection and depth distribution of juvenile plaice. The programme was supervised by dr. Jenne J. Zijlstra and beam trawl sampling took place with rubber dinghies in the intertidal and in deeper waters with RV Ephyra. All the fish were identified and measured on board. In total 8 cruises each of about 20 hauls were carried out.
Allis Shad (Alosa alosa) distribution for Scotland, historical to present

This dataset contains distribution records of Allis Shad (Alosa alosa) in Scotland and was compiled through a literature review of Twaite Shad research and catch data in Scotland.
Purpose
The purpose for which the records were collected was to identify the national distribution of Allis Shad (Alosa alosa) in Scotland. Some records were obtained as part of sea fishing bycatch and reported.

Methods
	Records were included into the dataset after literature review or direct observations revealed presence. Methods included stake nets, stake net and traps, single trap bag nets, net and cobble, seine netting, ring netting, fixed engine and trawler data.

Geographical coverage	
The geographical extent of the Allis Shad dataset is limited to the East and West coasts of Scotland, particularly the Solway Firth and the North Sea. The survey reviewed known records of Allis shad distribution nationally. Data was also obtained via the Galloway Fisheries Trusts rare fish project. Records from both of these sources were mainly in rural coastal areas of Scotland. However, data from Marine Scotland Rare Fish Database (G. Henderson, pers comm) also revealed sea fishery data from vessels in the North Sea. All of the Marine Scotland Rare Fish Database records are collated using six figure British national grid-references. The majority of the remaining data was collated using a resolution of 100m grid-references.

Temporal coverage
	This dataset was created using a literature review of Allis Shad research and catch data in Scotland. Changes in level of fishery bycatch reporting, recording activity over time and changes in data source vary (e.g. fishing vessel, seasons and literature). There are 41 records from 1857 to 2008 where date is recorded by year, 197 records from 1918 to 2010 where the records have an exact date. The records within the dataset have been documented all year round.

Data quality
	The Clyde River Foundation reviewed the available literature on Alosa alosa within Scotland, collaborated with other fishery trusts, Marine Scotland and referred to national databases (NBN Gateway) to ensure that the dataset has a geographically comprehensive coverage. However the data have been updated and maintained sporadically with only a few fish being encountered annually and not by any one definitive person or organisation.
Cetacean sightings in the north western mediterranean Sea by écoOcéan Institut and partners 1994-2011

EcoOcéan Institut is a non-governmental organization with professional researchers working in the north-western Mediterranean Sea on cetaceans, turtles and seabirds since 1991. Campaigns at sea are dedicated to data collection (marine animals, maritime traffic, marine debris) and the research methods used are mainly "line transect" and "photo-identification." 
Currently, only cetacean sightings have been included in OBIS-SEAMAP, but the full dataset includes seabirds, sea turtles and sunfish, along with the effort tracks.
EcoOcéan Institut contributes to the growing knowledge on vertebrates at sea aiming for their protection. We work on subjects like ecology, distribution, and monitoring the impact of human activities (bycatch, ship strike, disturbance by leisure vessels).
EcoOcéan Institut works with several marine protected area managers at a local, national or international level (i.e., French Marine Parks, French Ministry of the Environment, Pelagos Sanctuary, ACCOBAMS, and RAC/SPA).
Each year, EcoOcéan Institut produces colleagues and young "eco-guides" and works with the concept of citizen science or "eco-volunteer" through its partners: Swiss Cetacean Society, Cybelle Planète, and Participe Futur. Also, we work in collaboration with several institutions and other researchers such as WWF-France, Fondation Nicolas Hulot, ISPRA, Cima Foundation, IFREMER, and Observatoire PELAGIS-CRMM. We participate actively at capacity building (concerning research methodologies on cetaceans) in the Mediterranean area (France, Marocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Lebanon).
EcoOcéan Institut is one of the founders of the French GIS3M (Groupement of scientific interest for the marine mammals of the Mediterranean Sea and their environment).
IHSM Pelagic diversity survey project

This dataset describes primary biodiversity data pertaining to pelagic diversity from the Bay of Toliara, Madagascar. The data is assembled in the framework of a specialized training program for students from Madagascar and its surrounding region (Pole de Formation Spécialisee, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences de la Mer). Additional data will be added along the years.
This study will include occurrence of organisms recorded in the framework of the Pelagic Biodiversity course of the Pôle de Formation Spécialisée. 
Pelagic samples are taken in the Bay of Toliara using two ships and Plankton nets. The georeferencing is done using a GPS onboard ships, and samples are taken inside the lagoon (in two seperate locations); as well as on the outer fringe of the coral reef. The taxonomic determination are done by the students using a local field guide, under the supervision of their accompanying professor. Identifications are not specialist grade. Scientific Names were matched against the content of the World Register of Marine Species using the dedicated Taxon Match tool. Students enter data in Darwincore spreadsheet templates as provided by GBIF.
Pocket Ferry Box (PFB) and Algae Online Analyser (AOA) data from the IBTS 2015, 2016, 2017 cruises, English Channel and North Sea

Gathering together researchers of various disciplines and from diverse institutes located along the Channel (several IFREMER laboratories, several French universities, English laboratories, universities and NGO), the IBTS cruises on board the RV Thalassa aims at sampling the entire English Channel (EC) and part of the North Sea (NS) ecosystems: hydrology, planktonic compartments including fish eggs and larvae, benthic invertebrates, pelagic, demersal and benthic fish and cephalopods, marine birds and mammals. To do so, the EC-NS area was sampled by complementary techniques: hydrological probe, Niskin bottle, high frequency measurements systems such as Pocket Ferry Box, LOPC, plankton nets, GOV trawl, pelagic trawl, grab, dredge, ROV for sub-marine video, multibeam echosounders and visual observations.
After treatment and analysis, the data acquired will be used to describe the species composition of biological assemblages (fish, plankton, benthos), to characterize their habitats and spatial distributions, to understand the food web structure and to establish a set of indicators related to the ecological state and the descriptors from the MSFD. Furthermore, the sampling of particular stations with a set of gears will allow, by comparison with historical data, to determine the impact of climate change on the composition of benthic invertebrates assemblages, which are known to integrate such change. The data set provide here correspond to high frequency data measured by an integrated, autonomous system called Pocket Ferry Box (PFB, 4H-JENA) whose particularity is to be coupled with a multiple-fixed-wavelength spectral fluorometer (Algae Online Analyser, AOA, bbe Moldenke ; Beutler et al., 2002). All parameters were recorded evrey minute and geographical coordinates were provided by an external GPS receiver. The system used was assembled with sensors for salinity and temperature (AANDERA conductivity sensor 3919), pH (Meinsberg MV 3010), oxygen concentration (AANDERA oxygen optode 3835), CDOM (AANDERA Cyclops 7 sensor) and spectral groups of phytoplancton using an Algae Online Analyser (AOA) (bbe, Moldaenke). This data set will help to support interpretation of results from JRAP1 in the English Channel. IBTS files contain raw data from (i) the Pocket Ferry Box (PFB; 1 text file/day), (i) the Algae Online Analyser (AOA; 1 txt file for the whole cruise) and (iii) the on board sofware file CASINO (Time/Date/Location/Main On Board Parameters).
Ferry Box CAMANOC 2014 cruise data (English Channel, 2014)

Gathering together researchers of various disciplines and from diverse institutes located along the Channel (several IFREMER laboratories, several French universities, English laboratories, universities and NGO), the CAMANOC 2014 cruise on board the RV Thalassa aims at sampling the entire English Channel (EC) ecosystem: hydrology, planktonic compartments including fish eggs and larvae, benthic invertebrates, pelagic, demersal and benthic fish and cephalopods, marine birds and mammals. To do so, the EC area was sampled by complementary techniques: hydrological probe, Niskin bottle, high frequency measurements systems such as Pocket Ferry Box, LOPC, plankton nets, GOV trawl, pelagic trawl, grab, dredge, ROV for sub-marine video, multibeam echosounders and visual observations.
After treatment and analysis, the data acquired will be used to describe the species composition of biological assemblages (fish, plankton, benthos), to characterize their habitats and spatial distributions, to understand the food web structure and to establish a set of indicators related to the ecological state and the descriptors from the MSFD. Furthermore, the sampling of particular stations with a set of gears will allow, by comparison with historical data, to determine the impact of climate change on the composition of benthic invertebrates assemblages, which are known to integrate such change. The data set provided here correspond to high frequency data measured by an integrated, autonomous system called Pocket Ferry Box (PFB, 4H-JENA) whose particularity is to be coupled with a multiple-fixed-wavelength spectral fluorometer (Algae Online Analyser, AOA, bbe Moldenke ; Beutler et al., 2002). All parameters were recorded every minute and geographical coordinates were provided by an external GPS receiver. The system used was assembled with sensors for salinity and temperature (AANDERA conductivity sensor 3919), pH (Meinsberg MV 3010), oxygen concentration (AANDERA oxygen optode 3835), CDOM (AANDERA Cyclops 7 sensor) and spectral groups of phytoplancton using an Algae Online Analyser (AOA) (bbe, Moldaenke). This data set will help to support interpretation of results from JRAP1 in the English Channel.
Phytoplankton data from the Etoile cruise in the Bay of Biscay in July - August 2017

The Etoile cruise was firstly designed to understand hydrological dynamics in the Bay of Biscay. Besides, a physical-biological coupling was effective (JERICO-Next JRAP#1 and JRAP#4) by including phytoplankton monitoring in surface and at some water column depths. One of the objectives of the cruise was to characterize phytoplankton distribution at meso/sub-meso-scale using automated flow cytometer and multispectral fluorometry. These measurements should be complementary to discrete sample at three depths (surface, sub-surface and chlorophyll maximum).
Following deployments were done: Mastodon-2D moorings (IFREMER), ADCP moorings (IFREMER, SHOM), CTD casts (IFREMER or AZTI), Pairovet nets (AZTI), Neuston nets (AZTI), Drifting buoy (AZTI), CytoSense continuous recording (CNRS-LOG), FluoroProbe continuous recording (CNRS-LOG), Fluoroprobe casts (CNRS-LOG).
Observaties van boormosselen en andere weekdieren in de Noordzee en het Kanaal

Deze dataset omvat observaties van levende en dode tweekleppigen en slakken in de Noordzee en het Kanaal, met een focus op boormosselen. Alle gevonden exemplaren zijn opgenomen in de persoonlijke collectie van Luc Meuris, waarbij gedetailleerde beschrijvingen over de omstandigheden (levend, dood, enkel de schelpen…) en vindplaats worden bijgehouden.

Via EurOBIS zijn enkel de waarnemingen van de levende exemplaren raadpleegbaar.
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records - Gloucestershire BAP Priority Species - Otter

UK BAP Priority Species records for Gloucestershire, held by Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records.
Purpose of data captureThe majority of records in the dataset were obtained during surveys aimed specifically at checking riparian wildlife in general or otters in particular. A few 'casual' records are mostly from visitors to nature reserves and/or other naturalists and regular observers of wildlife. A very few records are from untrained members of the public who just happened to see an otter and contacted the Wildlife Trust with a one-off record.Methods of data captureOur otter records come from several sources, mostly derived from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reports and including older documents:Field observations by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust staff, principally the Water Vole Project Officer and the Severn Vale Project Advisors.Observations by GWT members and members of the public, principally through the Severn Vale Project Otter monitoring scheme.Field observations by Cotswold Water Park Trust otter monitoring scheme.Other reports, mostly unpublished, by a range of authors.Almost all the records relate to observations of live otters in the field, or their recent signs (e.g. road casualties, footprints, food remains, fresh spraints and anal jelly). However, users of the data should bear in mind that there may be some records which relate only to older otter signs, such as old tracks/trails or disused holts.Geographical coverageSource records are derived from six- or eight-figure grid referenced observations. The records are for the whole of the administrative county of Gloucestershire. Please note that this does not include the administrative area called South Gloucestershire.Temporal coverageRecords range from 1993 to 2011, with concentrations of records from the recent activities of the Cotswold Water Park Trust 2007 - 10 and the recent activities of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust staff from 2007 - 11.Data qualityData relating to the otter surveys should be regarded as of high reliability where species identification is concerned. Casual records are generally thought to be of reliably-identified otters, but come with a slightly higher risk of confusion with similar species. Very doubtful reports of live sightings are not added to the database. 
The temporal and geographic spread of records is highly reliant on the scope of the main surveys involved, and should not be relied upon as a comprehensive guide to the exact distribution and abundance of otter in Gloucestershire for any period of time. Older records in particular should be seen only as a guide to those stretches of river which have been seen to be hospitable to otters in the past.
Irish Marine Turtle Database

A database of records of marine turtles in Irish territorial waters up to 2006.
The purpose of this data capture was to collate all valid records of marine turtles in a single database.The data consists of a compilation and review of both published and unpublished records, between 1838 and 2006, from the Irish coastal and territorial waters. The data have all been reviewed and more recent sightings were validated by Gabriel King.Some biological records have more precise location information than others. Often they are recorded using national grid references, which identify which 50km, 10km, 2km, 1km or 100m square they occur in. For this dataset, all records (989) are at the 100m resolution.Often the actual day on which records were made is not known precisely. However, they may be known to be within a particular month or year. For 709 records the date precision is "day range", for 276 records the date precision is "day", and for 7 records the date precision is unknown.
Polish Monitoring Programme - Monitoring of the Baltic Sea

Biological data originates from the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea including shallow water lagoons. Data has been collected in frame of the Polish Monitoring Programme of the Baltic Sea in frame of the contract with Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection.
This monitoring program has started in 1999. Zoobenthos data will be available for the time series of 1979-2012. Instantly available data regards phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos and phytobentos individual species, abundance, biomass (wet and dry) as well as chlorophyll a concentration in accordance with HELCOM COMBINE Manual. Samples were collected for number of sampling stations visited usually 5 times a year. The two of them are high frequency stations visited 12 times a year. Zoobenthos and phytobentos data are collected once and twice a year respectively. Station data include geographical coordinates and sampling dates, sampling water depth, layer, bottom substrate coverage etc., and may be supplied with physical parameters: temperature, salinity, oxygen concentration and saturation, pH. Some of the phytoplankton data have been collected along a Ferry-Box route at 6-5 discrete sampling stations
Microbial diversity of the Cretan Sea between 2016 and 2017

The dataset contains information on the soft sediment microbial communities from the Bay of Heraklion (Crete, Greece). Data include Bacteria and Archaea OTUs based on sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The samples were collected on October 2016 and July 2017 in the framework of JERICO-NEXT.
Mackerel and horse mackerel eggs surveys

A survey is carried out every 3 years in the north eastern Atlantic. The year after the Atlantic survey, a mackerel egg survey is conducted in the North Sea. The survey creates a basis for the stock assessment of Atlantic and North Sea mackerel and management plan for Atlantic horse mackerel. The group responsible for the survey is WGMEGS
There are currently nine nations and ten institutes participating in the survey which has a geographical area that extends from Cadiz in the south to Icelandic waters in the north. 

Egg data collected from both surveys provide an estimate of the total annual egg production (TAEP) that in turn provides an estimate of spawning stock biomass (SSB) for both the western and North Sea stocks of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus). In addition it also provides a relative abundance index of spawning for horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) in the Northeast Atlantic. 

The surveys are divided into three geographical component areas, the western, southern and the North Sea. In the western area, the mackerel egg survey has been running continuously on a triennial basis since 1977 and since 1992 has also sampled the southern spawning component. It typically takes place between February and July and aims to cover the entire spawning area from Cadiz in the south up as far as NW Scotland in the north and since 2010, up to the waters around the Faroe Islands and southeast of Iceland. The egg survey in the North Sea has been running since 1968.
Threatened coastal habitat types in Georgia (GIS)

Pilot study on red data habitats in Georgia.
This project achieved a number of positive conclusions, including:

 demonstrating the feasibility of using the EUNIS habitat classification system as a standard for delimiting different habitat types in the coastal zone and its immediate hinterland;
 the application of remote sensing and GIS techniques for locating, mapping and assessing the habitat types identified;
 assembling species information and creating a data base capable of displaying distribution maps using a 10 km grid and over six decenniel periods in order to assess trends;
devising a quantitative set of criteria for habitat risk assessment independent of the habitat types themselves so that baseline conditions can be determined and changes in status more easily monitored.
Sediment microbial diversity (16S) of the Mazoma, Tsopeli,Tsoukalio, Rodia and Logarou lagoons (February 2011)

Sediment microbial diversity was investigated at the lagoonal complex of the Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea, Western Greece). Sampling was conducted in February of 2011. DNA was extracted from sediment and PCR amplification followed with primers targeting the V5-V6 region of the 16S rDNA gene. The amplicons were sequenced using the 454 GS FLX Titanium Series (Roche).