oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Upper Laguna Madre Trawl

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1982/2008

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) utilizes several sampling gears for fisheries-independent monitoring of finfish and shellfish communities. They include bag seines, trawls, gill nets and oyster dredges. TPWD uses multiple gears in a random sampling protocol, and they identify (to the lowest taxonomic unit possible) and count everything that they collect. This dataset contains bay trawl data collected for the Upper Laguna Madre system in Texas from 1982 to 2008. Collected data also included spatial and temporal information describing the sample location and time, collection gear information, hydrological data (e.g. dissolved oxygen, water temperature, and salinity), weather conditions, species caught, and number of each species captured. Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) calculated the relative abundance data, calculated as the catch of a particular species in a sample divided by the total number of animals captured in that sample. Absence data was recorded for species on the TPWD species sampling lists that were not captured during sampling.
Galathea II, Danish Deep Sea Expedition 1950-52

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Deep sea, Historical records
Temporal coverage: 1950/1952

Database of the specimens from the Galathea II, Danish Deep-Sea Expedition Round the World 1950-52, published in Galathea Report 1-20, Copenhagen 1956-2005. The published specimens are deposited in the collections of ZMUC, Copenhagen.
A full metadata description is available at <a href="http://pythonprovider.danbif.dk/repository/collection049424/resource785542/details_html">http://pythonprovider.danbif.dk/repository/collection049424/resource785542/details_html</a>
Sampling of the host-specific parasitic copepod Pandarus rhincodonicus from Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus), Ningaloo, Western Australia (2016-2022)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2016/2022

Dermal tissue of whale sharks and Pandarus rhincodonicus were collected near Black Rock Passage and Norwegian Bay in the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia, between 2016 and 2022. Tissues were collected from host whale sharks using a modified hole-punch spear to remove an
approximately three-centimetre-deep skin biopsy spear near the first dorsal fin on each shark. At the same time, a free diver scraped copepods off whale shark hosts using a plastic knife, which were subsequently collected with a hand net. The sex of each whale shark was determined by the observation of claspers, and the individual length was measured using EventMeasure.
Benthic Isopoda of the Aegir Ridge (Norwegian Sea) collected during the IceAGE3 (SO276 MerMet17-06) expedition in summer 2020

Keywords: Samplingevent, Deep sea, research vessel, Detritus feeders, Sonne, Zoobenthos, lowered unmanned submersible
Temporal coverage: 2020/2020

Benthic isopods from this data set were collected during the IceAGE 3 expedition (SO276) on board RV Sonne in July 2020 with an epibenthic sledge (EBS). A total of seven EBS samples were taken in two areas of the Aegir ridge (Norwegian basin) at depths between 681 m to 3,702 m. The benthic samples taken are the first from the deep seabed within the Aegir ridge and therefore represent an important data set for assessing the diversity of the deep Nordic seas and their relationship to water mass distribution and depth. Isopoda collected by the EBS contained 1,978 specimens divided into eleven families, 25 genera and at least 42 species. Munnopsidae were by far the most dominant family contributing 59.1% to total isopod specimens, followed by the Munnidae (18.3) and Katianiridae (17.8). The remaining families were present with less than 5% of total Isopoda.
Evaluación bioecológica y ambiental de las áreas arrecifales del Caribe colombiano

Keywords: Ambiente, Corales, Makuriwa, Moluscos, Specimen, Peces, Bioecología, Exploración, Biodiversidad, Registros, Colombia, Macroalgas, Arrecifes, Occurrence, Colciencias, Evaluación, Areas arrecifales, Caribe, Cnidarios, Ecosistema, Arrecifes Coralinos.
Temporal coverage: 1965/1999

Este proyecto fue concebido y diseñado primordialmente con el ánimo de llenar los vacios de información básica general sobre las caracteristicas fisiográficas, ecológicas y ambientales de las áreas con areecifes coralinos existentes en el Caribe colombiano. El proyecto abarca desde la caracterización geomorfológica y ecológica general de cada una de las áreas estudiadas, pasando por aspectos más específicos como las comunidades bióticas denominadas clave (macrolagas, peces, esponjas, corales, octocorales), hasta la evaluación de salud coralina y otros signos de deterioro ambiental. Las áreas geográficas estudiadas corresponden a las catalogadas como prioritarias en cuanto a necesidades de información en un Taller sobre Investigación y Manejo de Arrecifes Coralinos realizado en 1991 en Santa Marta.
O_AMELAND - Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopodidae) breeding on Ameland (the Netherlands) [subsampled representation]

Keywords: Observation, altitude, Occurrence, temperature, accelerometer, birds, gps tracking, UvA-BiTS, biologging, frictionlessdata, animal movement, Movebank, animal tracking
Temporal coverage: 2010/2013

This animal tracking dataset is derived from Oosterbeek et al. (2022, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6656937">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6656937</a>) a deposit of Movebank study <a href="https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study1605803389">1605803389</a>. Data have been standardized to Darwin Core using the <a href="https://inbo.github.io/movepub/">movepub</a> R package and are downsampled to the first GPS position per hour. The original dataset description follows.
<em>O_AMELAND - Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopodidae) breeding on Ameland (the Netherlands)</em> is a bird tracking dataset published by <a href="http://www.sovon.nl">Sovon</a>, the <a href="https://ibed.uva.nl">University of Amsterdam</a> and the <a href="https://www.inbo.be/en">Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)</a>. It contains animal tracking data for the study <strong>O_AMELAND</strong> using trackers developed by the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System (UvA-BiTS, <a href="http://www.uva-bits.nl">http://www.uva-bits.nl</a>). The study was&nbsp;operational from 2010 to 2013. In total 15 individuals of Eurasian oystercatchers (<em>Haematopus ostralegus</em>) have been tagged as a breeding bird on the Wadden island Ameland (the Netherlands), mainly to study their space use during the breeding season. Data are uploaded from the UvA-BiTS database to Movebank and from there archived on Zenodo (see <a href="https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking">https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking</a>). No new data are expected.
These data were collected by Sovon and University of Amsterdam (UvA). Funding was provided by NAM and supported by the UvA-BiTS virtual lab on the Dutch national e-infrastructure, built with support of LifeWatch, the Netherlands eScience Center, SURFsara and SURFfoundation. The dataset was published with funding from Stichting NLBIF - Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.
SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1992 (199)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 1992/1992

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Abstract:
A spring marine mammals survey  in Gulf of Mexico was conducted  in 1992 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters. The survey was taken place along with Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) ichthyoplankton survey in coordination with Minerals Management Service. This dataset contains sightings of not only cetaceans but also other species including sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the ship survey.

During the planned 54 survey days, 20 species were sighted, including

Atlantic spotted dolphin
Blainville’s beaked whale
Bryde’s whale
Clymene dolphin
Dwarf sperm whale
Dwarf/pygmy sperm whale
False killer whale
Fraser’s dolphin
Killer whale
Melon-headed whale
Pantropical spotted dolphin
Pygmy killer whale
Risso's dolphin
Rough-toothed dolphin
Short/Long-finned pilot whale
Sperm whale
Spinner dolphin
Standard Bottlenose dolphin
Striped dolphin

The dataset  is accompanied by transect data which is provided as a separate file.

Purpose:
The purpose of this survey is to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters.

Specific objectives of this survey are:

1. Conduct line transect surveys of marine mammals to study their diversity, distribution and abundance.

2. Collect ichthyoplankton (particularly bluefin tuna eggs and larva) for distribution and abundance determinations.


3. Collect associated environmental data in order to study the factors which may ultimately affect the diversity, distribution and abundance of both ichthyoplankton and marine mammals.

4. Collect biopsy samples of marine mammals for genetic analysis in order to learn about the population structure of selected species.

5. Collect flying fish (Exocoetidae) samples in order to study their diversity and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bridled Tern: Sterna anaethetus (176897) =&gt; Onychoprion anaethetus (824104)
Franklin's Gull: Larus pipixcan (176838) =&gt; Leucophaeus pipixcan (824082)
Gull-billed Tern: Sterna nilotica (176926) =&gt; Gelochelidon nilotica (176882)
Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) =&gt; Leucophaeus atricilla (824079)
Least Tern: Sterna antillarum (176923) =&gt; Sternula antillarum (824127)
Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (176922) =&gt; Thalasseus maximus (824142)
Sandwich Tern: Sterna sandvicensis (176927) =&gt; Thalasseus sandvicensis (176932)
Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) =&gt; Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)
FRB: Benthic communities in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as surveyed in February 1962

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1962/1962

As part of the sediment water interface program of the Atlantic Oceanographic Group a study of the distribution and ecology of benthic organisms was initiated in 1961 and in February of 1962 van Veen grab samples were collected during the CHS Baffin cruise (Peer 1963).

Species distribution information associated with this study were digitized, standardized and republished as part of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative (AEI) funded project “Atlantic Canada’s Biological Data for Ecosystem Planning and Decision-making” and OBIS Canada.
RV Investigator Voyage IN2020_V01 Seabird Observations, Broken Ridge region, Indian Ocean (2020)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2020/2020

A team of 4 observers recorded 446 incidental seabird and cetacean sightings from Perth, Western Australia and return on the RV Investigator voyage IN2020_V01. The bulk of the observations is at Broken Ridge on the edge of the Kerguelen Plateau. Voyage details, reports and other datasets are at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2020_V01
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, CalCurCEAS 2014, Cruise 1647

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Purpose:
CalCurCEAS = California Current Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey.
Objective: estimate population size and describe distributions for cetaceans in the California Current.
Vessel: Ocean Starr (chartered vessel, formerly the NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan).
Study area: waters off contiguous U.S. West Coast

Supplemental information:
SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1647
Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed.
Phytoplankton North Adriatic-INTERREG-FVG Project

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Biological monitoring
Temporal coverage: 1998/2001

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).
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Seabirds,Animal tagging,Radio transmitters, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2012/2015

Original provider:
University of Liverpool

Dataset credits:
Dr. Louise Soanes, University of Roehampton, UK
Dr. Jonathan Green, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr. Jenny Bright, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK
Ms. Farah Mukhida, Anguilla National Trust
Ms. Susan Zaluski, Jost Van Dykes Preservation Society, British Virgin Islands

Abstract:
The UK Overseas Territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are located in the north-west Lesser Antilles. Whilst mainland Anguilla lacks any large breeding seabird populations, its offshore cays excel in this area and are home to five globally and 12 regionally important populations. Four of Anguilla’s seven offshore cays are already designated as terrestrial important bird areas (IBAs) due to their important seabird colonies, with Dog Island being the second most important site for breeding seabirds in the region. The British Virgin Islands (composed of 60 cays) support two globally important populations of Magnificent frigatebird and Roseate tern and have three IBAs designated for breeding seabird populations. This study uses GPS tracking data collected from the guild of globally and regionally important seabird populations breeding within these two Territories to identify important foraging areas, and relate these to oceanographic variables and potential threats such as fishing activity and coastal/marine developments.

This project is being led by the University of Liverpool (UK) in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Anguilla National Trust, Jost Van Dyke Preservation Society and British Virgin Islands National Parks Trust, with support from the Anguillan Government’s Fisheries and Marine Resources Department and the BVI Conservation and Fisheries Department, and funded by the UK’s Darwin Plus Initiative.

Purpose:
This project aimed to:
(1) identify key feeding areas of seabirds using GPS technology,
(2) establish and support long-term monitoring strategies in Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, and
(3) identify current and future threats facing seabird populations in Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands.
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations New Caledonia 2004

Keywords: SPC, Occurrence, CoFish, Fish, UVC, Observation, PROCFish/C
Temporal coverage: null/null

Coastal fish species of commercial interest observed on Underwater Visual Census transects in New Caledonia during the PROCFish/C surveys (2004) in 5 sites Moindou, Luengoni, Oundjo, Thio, Ouassé. The individual counts correspond to the observations by a single diver (one side) on the 50 m transect, from the transect line up to visibility (distance sampling).
Dutch long term monitoring of phytoplankton in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea (2000-2018)

Keywords: Long-term monitoring, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Samplingevent, MSFD
Temporal coverage: 2000/2018

Long term measurements of phytoplankton composition in the Dutch national part of the North Sea. Samples were taken 12 - 24 times per year between 2000 and 2018 and analysed to the level of genus, species, or other taxon group. The dataset has been used for assessment of the marine environment and habitat quality in the scope of the OSPAR Quality Status Reports and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Currently, there are known issues concerning the quality of the data caused by changes in analytic procedures and labs. When more information is available, this will be published through EMODnet. The monitoring is directed and the dataset is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat, the executing body of the Dutch Ministery for Infrastructure and Environment. Publication of the dataset has been facilitated by Deltares, The Netherlands.
1915-2016 Department for Environment Food &amp; Rural Affairs (Defra), Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Collation of invasive non-indigenous species

Keywords: Data, Invasive species, Marine Genomics, Alien species, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1915/2016

A collation of datasets contributing to the MSFD baseline data for the current known distribution of non native species in the UK
Marine metagenomes from the bioGEOTRACES project (2010-2011)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2010/2011

Marine metagenomes from the bioGEOTRACES project Metagenome.  Study details at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/studies/MGYS00005294 This dataset was sourced from GBIF  https://www.gbif.org/dataset/3de01c29-b3d4-4eeb-bd5c-b2bb475566cc on 2023-10-10. It contains samples from CSIRO Voyage SS2011_V02 (details at http://127.0.0.1/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=SS2011_V02) and known within the GEOTRACES survey GP13.
Of the 6000+ taxa, about 3,300 can be matched to WoRMS.
Happywhale - Harbor Porpoise in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2017/2022

Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

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 4 contributors in alphabetic order:

Johnny Giese; Mark OBrien; Mick Peerdeman; Sarah Robinson
JAX SEASWITI Vessel Monitoring 2010

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Navy project,Vessels,Sightings, Observation
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:
[2014-07-02] The unit of Distance field was wrong in the metadata. It is in meters.
All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Hatteras Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credits:
William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Supplemental information:
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/1140">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a> dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Hatteras Aerial surveys.
All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1668">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1670">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1471">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1473">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1350">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1352">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1237">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1235">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1138">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1140">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/851">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/855">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</a>

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
NEFSC Deepwater Marine Mammal 2002

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
National Marine Fisheries Service

Abstract:
The cruise was conducted during 16 July 2 - August 2002. The area of operation was the western North Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Bear Seamount, located at approximately 39o 55' North latitude, 067o 25' West longitude, and along the continental slope south of George’s Bank.

Purpose:
The cruise objectives were twofold: (1) to explore the biodiversity in the vicinity of Bear Seamount and to collect nekton (especially fish and cephalopod) specimens in bottom and midwater samples from the maximum depths possible and (2) to collect information on the distributional relationship between cetaceans, particularly beaked whales and sperm whales, oceanographic features, and potential prey.

Supplemental information:
In addition to the sighting data, effort data was recorded  every half hour or whenever conditions change.
This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.
Esponjas asociadas a raíces de Rhizophora mangle del Parque Nacional Morrocoy

Keywords: Samplingevent, Falcón, ID:BID-CA2020-025-NAC., Parque Nacional Morrocoy, CaribeSur, sponges, Venezuela
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

Ocurrencia y cobertura de las especies de esponjas asociadas a las raíces de R. mangle en 3 localidades del Parque Nacional Morrocoy, Venezuela. Los registros se realizaron mensualmente durante el 2011.