oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Composición del fitoplancton y zooplancton en zonas adyacentes a la Ciénaga de Los Olivitos- Venezuela

Keywords: fitoplancton, zooplancton, Samplingevent, nitrato, temperatura, abundancia de organismos, oxígeno, sulfato, Sistema de Maracaibo, potencial redox, transparencia, Ciénaga los olivitos, cloruro, conductividad, fosfato, Estado Zulia Venezuela. BID-CA2020-025-NAC, samplingEvent, pH, salinidad, solidos totales disueltos
Temporal coverage: 2000/2000

Inventario y abundancia del fitoplancton y de zooplancton presente en el manglar del refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca ciénaga Los Olivitos y sus adyacencias.
Absolute abundances of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts from 116 marine surface samples, eastern Indian Ocean (1990-2006)

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1990/2006

Assemblages of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts) from 116 marine surface samples have been analysed to assess the relationship between the spatial distribution of dinocysts and modern local environmental conditions [e.g. sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), productivity] in the eastern Indian Ocean. 
The investigated 116 core-top samples cover an area from Sumatra to Java, the Indonesian Throughflow, and the region off north-west to western Australia (10°N–30°S, 93°–128°E; Fig. 1). The samples represent the uppermost centimetre of the sediment and have been collected during several cruises, namely SHIVA 1990 and BARAT 1994 (RV Baruna Jaya I), FR10-95 1995 and FR2-96 1996 (RV Franklin) as well as SO184 2005 and SO189 2006 (RV Sonne). Data sourced from Hessler, Ines; Young, Martin; Holzwarth, Ulrike; Mohtadi, Mahyar; Lückge, Andreas; Behling, Hermann (2013): Absolute abundances of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts from 116 marine surface samples. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816650 on 2023-06-20.
HRC RIMPAC Aerial-Based Monitoring Surveys 2008

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Airplane
Temporal coverage: 2008/2008

Original provider:
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credits:
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Supplemental information:
Effort data is not available.
Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II, REVIZEE South Area (WSAOBIS)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1996/2002

This data set contains the records of demersal fish fauna inhabiting irregular bottoms and depressions on the outer shelf and slope of the South and Southeastern Brazilian coast between 220 15’S and 340 40’S collected during the REVIZEE program. Twenty one oceanographic cruises were carried out from May 1996 to April 2002. Along the region, in five bottom types classified according the topography and hardness of their substrate, conic and rectangular traps and "pargueiras" (a small longline) captured some 293,200 fishes, including some 70 hagfishes.
Zooplankton Species Biomass and Abundance Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the Norseman II, 11 August - 3 September 2015

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

This dataset contains zooplankton species biomass and abundance data collected in the Chukchi Sea during the 9 August - 3 September 2015 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II. This dataset contains three comma separate values (csv) files. The data were collected from zooplankton samples caught with traditional 150µm plankton nets and taxonomically identified. Each data file include the location, date, time, depth, and identification of zooplankton taxa collected during the 2015 AMBON cruise. The data in the file named AMBON2015_Zooplankton_Abundance_150_DC.csv and AMBON2015_505_Zooplankton_Abundance_DWC.csv consists of abundance per taxon of zooplankton. The data in the file named AMBON2015_Zooplankton_Biomass_150_DC.csv and AMBON2015_505_Zooplankton_Biomass_DWC.csv consists of biomass per taxon of zooplankton. These data files are presented in a table structure using Darwin Core term names as column names. This dataset also contains the file AMBON_station_masterlist.csv, describing stations sampled during AMBON cruises.
Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study Zooplankton Census

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1996/1996

Abundance and taxonomic analysis of major zooplankton and micronekton groups collected monthly, in both the day and night, from 1994 to 2000 in the Sargasso Sea (31 deg 40 min N, 64 deg 10 min W). The dataset currently contains the following groups of organisms: Branchiopoda, Calanoida, Euphausiacea, Ostracoda, and Thaliacea.
Experimental effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities

Keywords: Observation, Experimental research, Meiofauna communities, Meiobenthos, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/1993

This dataset arises from probably the first study on the effects of TBT on meiobenthic communities. Microcosm experiments were conducted where meiobenthos is concentrated in TBT contaminated and uncontaminated sediments.
Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness - Sightings

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1961/2018

The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness is an ongoing citizen-science project. It was originally the initiative of a small group of dedicated people who, in 2011, recognised the biological importance of the far south coastal region of NSW. They sought to encourage the documentation of the area’s biodiversity, building a community-based resource and network of contributors.
Data sourced from Atlas of Living Australia (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr702) December 2018. Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and non-marine records have been excluded.
Sampling the abyss: latitudinal biodiversity patterns along the base of Australia's eastern continental margin - RV Investigator voyage IN2017_V03, Australia (2017)

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

The primary objective of this voyage IN2017_V03 was to sample the biodiversity of lower bathyal (2500 m) and abyssal (4000 m) seafloor habitats off south-eastern Australia, and in particular deep-water ecosystems of seven Commonwealth marine reserves.
Data has been sourced from Atlas of Living Australia.
FRB Eastern Arctic Investigations: The Calanus Series

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1947/1954

In 1947 the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (FRB) initiated the Eastern Arctic Investigations. These were seasonal marine biological investigations led by Prof. M.J. Dunbar from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. The name "Calanus" comes from the name of the 50-foot wooden diesel ketch used during the program. The "Calanus" Series consists of collected reprints of publications resulting directly from the vessel's program in the eastern Canadian arctic.
Syllidae, Magelonidae and Maldanidae from the Northwestern Coast of Egypt

Keywords: New species, Occurrence, Introduced species, Taxonomy
Temporal coverage: 2007/2009

The data in this dataset results from different sampling campaigns along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt and the Suez Channel. Most samples of Polychaetes were taken using a Van Veen grab, while samples from Port Said Harbour were collected by knife and net used for collecting fauna.

Specimens including those of newly described species were deposited at the marine Reference Collection Center of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria under Code Numbers.
Equinodermos depositados en la Colección Estuarina y Marina, Universidad de Antioquia - CEMUA

Keywords: Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, Marino costero, Echinodermata, Specimen, Registro biológico, Occurrence, Colección CEMUA
Temporal coverage: 2002/2019

La Colección Estuarina y Marina de la Universidad de Antioquia (CEMUA) cuenta con especímenes pertenecientes al phylum Echinodermata desde el año 2010, año en el cual se dio origen a la colección gracias a la Expedición Antioquia. Este conjunto de datos cuenta con un total de 286 lotes físicos curados y registrados en la base de datos DarwinCore, provenientes del Pacífico y Caribe Colombiano, específicamente de lugares como Bahía Solano, El Chocó, Isla Fuerte, Isla Palma, Isla Tintipán, Reserva Sanguaré y San Bernardo del Viento. Cada uno de los especímenes fueron recolectados con un rango de profundidad entre 1 y 10 metros, entre los años 2002 y 2016. Por otro lado, el 77.27% del total de los equiodermos de la colección CEMUA corresponden a los lotes registrados hasta especie, el otro 22.73% está distribuido para los lotes que se registraron hasta phylum (1.40%), clase (16.08%), orden (1.75%), familia (1.75%)y género (1.75%).
Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, March 2021 – October 2021

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Seabirds,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

Original provider:
APEM Inc.

Dataset credits:
APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.

Abstract:
Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A) 0520, now called Beacon Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between March 2021 and October 2021 to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between December 2019 and November 2020 and can be accessed .

Purpose:
Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the Massachusetts Lease Area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery. The aims and objectives of the work are to assess the abundance and distribution of birds, marine mammals, sharks, rays, and turtles 
present in the Lease Area OCS-A 0520 over the course of the spring to fall period. The surveys will provide the baseline information required for conducting impact assessments and are consistent with the survey guidelines for providing avian, marine mammal, and sea turtle information for renewable energy development on the OCS (BOEM 2017 and 2019). The 
dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from March 2021 to October 2021 (12 surveys in total)  APEM analyzed the images to enumerate birds to species level, and to enumerate any other non-avian marine fauna. Normandeau 
provided quality assurance (QA) of the data.

Supplemental information:
[2022-06-06] The following recorded species names got their assigned scientific names corrected.
BILLFISH SPECIES: Alcidae =&gt; Istiophoridae
LARGE GULL SPECIES: Leucophaeus atricilla =&gt; Ciconiiformes
SEAL SPECIES: Otariidae =&gt; Caniformia
SANDBAR SHARK: Calidris alba =&gt; Carcharhinus plumbeus
The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1865/2002

A total of 237 species of azooxanthellate Scleractinia are reported for the Australian region, including seamounts off the eastern coast. This study was based on approximately 5500 previously unreported specimens collected from 500 localities, as well as a re-examination of most of the types and previously reported specimens from the Australian region.
Compared to all azooxanthellate species, those from Australia have a slightly higher percentage of species that are solitary and unattached (or transversely dividing), due to a disproportionate number of species in the families Flabellidae and Turbinoliidae. Bathymetrically they are typical of the worldwide fauna. Sixty-seven species are endemic to the Australian region.
Azooxanthellate corals comprise half of the species and genera of the order Scleractinia (Cairns, 1999b), and, with the publication of this paper, consist of 703 species. Two hundred thirty-seven species, or one-third, of the azooxanthellate species occur off Australia, making it one of the richest regions in the world for this type of coral. The purpose of this paper was not to re-describe the azooxanthellate coral fauna of Australia, as most of the species have been adequately described and figured within the last 15 years in papers about the Australian fauna or adjacent regions (Cairns, 1989a, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999a; Cairns &amp; Parker, 1992; Cairns &amp; Zibrowius, 1997). Instead, the primary purpose is to document and verify all previously published records of the 237 Australian azooxanthellate species in the form of annotated synonymies, to augment these reports with additional records from the various Australian museums, and to list deposition of types and type localities for all species. This exhaustive compilation then provides the basis for a meaningful zoogeographic analysis of this fauna, the second goal of the paper.
WADFW PSAMP W2002

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Aircraft,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 2001/2002

Original provider:
Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife

Abstract:
The metadata edits are in progress. Please contact the contact person for detail.

Aerial surveys of marine birds have been conducted annually since 1992 by the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP) staff during both a summer (July) and a winter (December to early February) survey window, sampling some part of every portion of the marine shoreline of the inner marine waters of Washington state by two strata:  nearshore (&lt; 20 meters in depth) and offshore (&gt; 20 meters in depth).  

The datasets are split by season (summer or winter) and year.

Purpose:
The purpose of this program is to monitor population trends of either summer or winter resident species rather than migrations around Puget Sound.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) =&gt; Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040)
Anas oustaleti (202228) =&gt; Anas platyrhynchos (175063)

Data correction Mar 14, 2006:
Wrong ITIS number for Unidentified [Large|Small] Gulls
180297 -&gt; 176802

The nearshore strata were sampled in two fashions: 
1)in nearshore habitat that was relatively narrow, the plane flew parallel to the shoreline generally 100 meters from the high tide line; 
2)in nearshore habitat with broad extensive shallow areas such as river estuaries, the plane flew in an S-pattern to sample a larger proportion of the habitat available in that locality.  The offshore strata were sampled in a crisscross pattern that zigzagged back and forth across depth contours, with an attempt made to cut across most all banks and similar major underwater bathymetric features.  There was no attempt made to survey during the same tidal stage in these areas.

The survey always began in the southernmost study areas and proceeded to the northern portions; therefore the same areas were usually sampled during the same time of month each year, give or take a week.  The last two summer surveys (1997-98) did not include the southern and central portions of Puget Sound, due to budget cuts.  These areas were chosen to be continued on a less frequent basis because low and consistent numbers of birds were seen there during the July survey window in the previous five summer surveys.

Effort data is provided in separate files.
HRC CRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys December 2009

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

Original provider:
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credits:
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Supplemental information:
Presence only. No group size estimated.
Effort data is not available.
Seagrass density surveys on the Central Coast of British Columbia

Keywords: eelgrass, seagrass, monitoring, nearshore habitat, LTER, Zostera marina, Occurrence, biophysical surveys
Temporal coverage: 2015/2019

The Seagrass Site-Level Production dataset is a component of Hakai Institute’s Nearshore research and monitoring program, designed to determine the drivers of change in seagrass ecosystems. The overarching objective of Hakai Nearshore research is to investigate the role of habitats and their associated communities, in the face of stress and disturbances from global climate change and local coastal perturbations.

This data package contains seagrass (Zostera marina) primary production observations collected from May 2015 to Feb 2019, at long-term seagrass meadow monitoring sites on British Columbia’s Central Coast. SCUBA divers collected data from 9 sites annually and 1-3 sites seasonally along permanent 30m transects. Primary productivity data was collected during two concurrent, but separate surveys (i.e., different parameters, methodologies, and sample designs). The data files included in this data package are: 1) ‘Habitat’ surveys, focused on landscape-level habitat variables (e.g., substrate type, subdominant vegetation, adjacent habitat types, seagrass patchiness), and 2) ‘Density’ surveys measuring seagrass specific variables at a finer scale (e.g., seagrass shoot density, and canopy height). Data included here are a subset of the Hakai Institute’s seagrass monitoring dataset.
Loggerhead satellite tracking data from Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Sea turtles,Animal tagging,Satellite transmitters,Loggerhead
Temporal coverage: 2010/2012

Original provider:
Samir Patel, Drexel University and Coonamessett Farm Foundation

Dataset credits:
Samir Patel, Drexel University and Coonamessett Farm Foundation

Abstract:
During the 2010 and 2011 nesting seasons in Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 21 satellite tags were deployed on post-reproductive loggerhead turtles, 20 females and 1 male. One tag failed, while the remaining 20 transmitted data during the migration period, with most tags continuing to transmit after the individual had reached a site of residency. The female turtles exhibited three distinct strategies, either migrating north into the Aegean Sea, southwest towards the Libyan or Tunisian coasts or remaining resident within the waters of Crete. Females migrated after completing nesting for the season starting in early July. The male turtle exhibited a different behavior migrating away from the nesting beach in mid-June and traveling into the Western Mediterranean basin.

Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to understand the at-sea behavior of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea through the use of satellite telemetry.
OMSPMN12017 Scavengers Senckenberg

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research Ocean Mineral Singapore (OMS) partook in its first sampling cruise, the ABYSSLINE-02 Cruise (hereafter referred to as AB02) in 2015. The cruise took place aboard the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson (R/V Thompson) between February 12, 2015 and March 25, 2015, as an expedition jointly funded and supported by UK Seabed Resources Development Ltd. (UKSRL) and Ocean Mineral Singapore (OMS). The AB02 programme was designed in accordance with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) environmental guidelines with its chief objective to conduct an evaluation of biological and environmental baseline conditions in the UK1 contract area, and the OMS contract area at depths ranging from 3900 to 4400 meters (m) in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ).
JAX SEASWITI Aerial Monitoring 2010

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Aircraft,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

Original provider:
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credits:
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Abstract:
On 4 December 2010, an Anti-Submarine Training Exercise (ASW) event occurred in the
Jacksonville Range Complex (JAX) off the eastern coast of Florida within the U.S. Navy’s
proposed boundaries of the Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR).

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Turtles: Testudines (173749) =&gt; Testudines (948936)
Biodiversidad del Phyllum Mollusca asociada a las plataformas de explotación de gas natural (Campo Chuchupa: La Guajira, Colombia)

Keywords: Chuchupa, Guajira, INVEMAR, OBIS Colombia, Plataforma continental, Mollusca
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Especímenes del Phyllum Mollusca, colectados durante el Macroproyecto "Biodiversidad asociada a las plataformas de gas. Complejo Chuchupa". El proyecto contó con dos estaciones: Estación 1 Plataforma A y Estación 2 Plataforma B. Por medio de colecta manual se obtuvieron un total de 158 especimenes.
IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Acoustic Tracking - Quality Controlled Detections (2007 -2021)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2001/2021

Over the last decade, the Integrated Marine Observing System’s Animal Tracking Facility (IMOS ATF) has established a permanent array of acoustic receivers around Australia to detect the movements of tagged marine animals in coastal waters. Simultaneously, IMOS ATF developed a centralised national database (https://animaltracking.aodn.org.au/) to encourage collaborative research across the user community and provide unprecedented opportunities to quantify individual behaviour across a broad range of taxa. Here we present the database and quality control procedures developed to collate 67 million valid detections from 1891 receiving stations. This dataset consists of detection data for 7800 tags deployed on 154 species (fish, sharks, rays, reptiles, and mammals), with distances traveled ranging from a few to thousands of kilometres. This dataset of acoustic detections constitutes a valuable resource facilitating meta-analysis of animal movement, distributions, and habitat use, and is important for relating species distribution shifts with environmental covariates.
This copy of the IMOS ATF data is of the valid detections downloaded via the IMOS Animal Tracking Portal at https://animaltracking.aodn.org.au/detection. This dataset has been summarized by reducing the detection records to the count of detections per animal per site per day (UTC). The DwC field organismId has been used to record the transmitter serial number. The initial deployment/release of the animal has also been added to the dataset via EMoF using an occurrenceId of the transmitter tag with a postfix of '-release'. Parameters include transmitter type, length and weight of the released animal.
Downloads of the detection, deployments and receiver stations are  from https://animaltracking.aodn.org.au/detection accessed in 2021-01-04