oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Nesting Flatback Sea Turtle (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2016

Original provider:
AusTurtle Inc.

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Bare Sand Island Flatback, Green and HawksbillPrg
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Research Institute of the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University, AusTurtle Inc. Cardno Ecology Lab, Inpex,


Abstract:
Flatback sea turtles were fitted with a slip-on harness (turtle girdle) with Wildlife Computer Splash tags as they returned to the water after nesting on Bare Sand Island.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1145">Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information.

This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
In situ observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea

Keywords: Abundance, Behaviour, Distribution, Remotely operated vehicles, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

This dataset was provided by Dhugal Lindsay (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)). The data is extracted from a paper by Mark C. Benfield (Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University) and William M. Graham (Dauphin Island Sea Lab and University of South Alabama).
Four individuals of the large scyphozoan jellyfish Stygiomedusa gigantea were observed in the northern Gulf of Mexico over 2005 – 2009 by industrial remotely operated vehicles as part of the SERPENT Project. One of these observations included the symbiotic Bythitid fish Thalassobathia pelagica. Prior to these observations, neither S. gigantea nor T. pelagica had been observed in, or collected from the Gulf of Mexico. In order to summarize the available information on S. gigantea, we located 110 observations obtained over 110 years (1899 – 2009) representing 118 individual specimens of this species from around the world. The resulting dataset confirms that this species is cosmopolitan occurring with records from all Oceans except the Arctic. While the depth range of the four Gulf of Mexico specimens was bathypelagic, there appears to be a pattern of S. gigantea occurring in mesopelagic and epipelagic depth zones at high latitudes, particularly in the Southern Ocean and mesopelagic and bathypelagic depths at mid- and low-latitudes. This pattern may be related to the meridional vertical distribution of temperature or perhaps avoidance of light levels that could degrade porphyrin pigments. There was no evidence that this species migrates vertically. Two of the individuals in the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be actively clinging to subsea structures and we speculate that this is a consequence of its normal mode of feeding which may entail using its large oral lobes to hold on to, and trap prey.
Poríferos de la Colección de Referencia de Biología Marina de la Universidad del Valle (CRBMpor-UV)

Keywords: Pacífico colombiano, Esponjas, Occurrence, Porífera, Specimen, Universidad del Valle
Temporal coverage: 2017/2022

Este conjunto de datos hace parte de la Colección de Referencia de Biología Marina de la Universidad del Valle. Posee 17 registros iniciales de esponjas (todos de la clase Demospongiae), pertenecientes en su totalidad a la región del Pacífico colombiano. Los registros datan desde el año 2017 hasta el año 2022, en donde el Biólogo Edgardo Londoño-Cruz PhD. fue quien inició con esta colección.
Data on cetacean occurrence collected during the project “Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector” funded by ACCOBAMS 2016-2017

Keywords: Delphinus, Tursiops, line-transect survey, Occurrence, Ukraine, photo identification, Phocoena, Observation, Black Sea, cetaceans
Temporal coverage: 2016/2017

The data contain information collected during the implementation of the ACCOBAMS Project "Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector" 2016-2017 on the occurrence of the cetaceans in the north-western part of the Black Sea including photo identification surveys and linear-transect surveys of density and abundance.
Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection - marine records

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1849/2018

The Australian Museum Mammalogy collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of Australasian mammals in the world. While it contains specimens from all over the world the largest collections are from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.
Among the most important specimens in the collection are the more than 500 type specimens (types are the original specimens on which the first description of a particular species or subspecies is based). Most types in the collection are from Australia, although there are also many from other parts of the Pacific region including many from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co80). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
Occurrences of HAB species in the Mediterranean

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1909/2018

This dataset contains occurrences of HAB species in the Mediterranean found in literature.

Protoceratium reticulatum is considered uncertain in all cases when molecular or toxin data are lacking: in these cases it could be the species Pentaplacodinium saltoense/Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum. Chattonella subsalsa from Sardinia includes 2 genotypes. Pseudo-nitzschia seriata is not in in the Mediterranean Sea, all records were uploaded as "Pseudo-nitzschia". Ostreopsis ovata is changed to  Ostreopsis cf. ovata in all records, since the type material is not available and so the proper identification of the species is not possible. Dinophysis acuminata has been considered "probable" since the presence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea is not clear.
Phytoplankton data collected from the Black Sea during November 1957 (Cruise 2)

Keywords: Historical records, Observation, Cruises, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1957/1957

The data were collected by the IBSS staff at 18 stations in the Black Sea during November 1957 (Cruise 2). This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
Benthic ciliate in the Yellow Sea in November 2010

Keywords: Occurrence, benthic ciliate, Yellow Sea
Temporal coverage: null/null

This dataset contains benthic ciliate species diversity data collected in the Yellow Sea during the 20-30 November 2010. The marine benthic ciliates were analyzed following the newly developed Ludox-QPS method. Supplementary environmental data are included for the beginning of each survey period.
Composición y abundancia de la comunidad zooplanctónica presente en la Isla Cayos de Serrana.

Keywords: Composición, Estructura, OBIS Colombia, Zooplancton, Seaflower, Abundancia
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

En este conjunto de datos se encuentran presentes los registros taxonómicos pertenecientes al componente Zooplanctónico que fueron recolectados dentro del proyecto "EVALUACIÓN FÍSICA Y BIOLÓGICA DE LOS AMBIENTES PROFUNDOS DE LA ISLA CAYOS DE SERRANA EN LA RESERVA DE BIÓSFERA - SEAFLOWER", para el efecto se establecieron 17 estaciones distribuidas en el área de estudio, el cual se llevó a cabo en la embarcación ARC Providencia entre el 10 y el 25 de agosto de 2016. Este material actualmente se encuentra en custodia en el Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia MAKURIWA.
Southern range extensions for twelve heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) on the eastern coast of Australia

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1929/2015

A list of occurrence records of twelve species heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Australian waters as  part of a study of the extension of the southern distribution limit at Port Stephens, New South Wales. This adds to the growing list of marine taxa that are progressively extending their southern range, potentially as a result of climate change.
Cabo Verde (Proyecto Aegina): males and female (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Radio transmitters,Animal movements, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2006/2008

Original provider:
Proyecto Aegina (Cabo Verde)

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Proyecto Aegina
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
This satellite project is a collaboration among the Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ICCM) of the Gobierno de Canarias, the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas (INDP), and the Direcção Geral do Ambiente, the latter depending on the Ministerio de Ambiente, Agricultura e Pescas of the Republic of Cabo Verde.The Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre (Cabildo de Gran Canaria) provides us logistic support for the development of this proyect
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the Interreg IIIB Program Açores-Madeira-Canarias, dependent on the European Union.


Abstract:
Aegina is a cooperation project between Gobierno de Canarias (Spain) and Republic of Cabo Verde; the main goal of the project is to propose a management plan for the Protected Marine Areas important for the sea turtles at both archipelagos.In the Canary Islands there lives an important juvenile stock of loggerheads, and in Cabo Verde archipelago occurs one of the largest nesting populations of loggerheads in the world.Five transmitters will be deployed on males of the Cabo Verde nesting population, complementary with the ongoing studies of females by Marine Turtle Research Group (Brendan Godley, Lucy Hawkes; see also at Turtle Track). Another ten transmitters will be deployed on juvenile loggerheads in Canary Islands.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=116">Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information.

This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea along the Tuapse transect in August 1951

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Digitization
Temporal coverage: 1951/1951

Data collected by the IBSS staff at several stations in the Black Sea along the Tuapse transect in August 1951. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, CSCAPE 2005, Cruise 1628

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census,CSCAPE,ORCAWALE
Temporal coverage: 2005/2005

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Abstract:
CSCAPE (Collaborative Survey of Cetacean Abundance and the Pelagic Ecosystem) 2005 was a shipboard survey conducted aboard the NOAA ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur II</i> to assess marine mammals and their ecosystem off the U.S. West Coast.  It was designed to survey waters off California, Oregon and Washington from the coast to 300 nmi (556 km) offshore, and to provide additional fine-scale coverage within four of the five 
West Coast National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS).  This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey by the NOAA Ship <i>David Starr Jordan</i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to assess the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and seabirds, and to characterize the pelagic ecosystem within the National Marine Sanctuaries and in the ecological context of the broader California Current region.

Supplemental information:
[2021-04-13] Updated with additional attributes.

SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1628
Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed.

Attribute descriptions for effort data:
dist: Length of the segment (km) 
Mode: Effort mode type (C = closing mode; P = passing mode)
Dalhousie University: Drift net plankton samples collected in Lunenburg Bay, 2005-2006

Keywords: biological classification
zooplankton
coastal embayment, Occurrence, biota, Observation, oceans
Temporal coverage: null/null

This resource contains plankton species distribution records extracted from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada BioChem database for the 'Dal thesis - Arnaud Laurent - Lunenburg Bay' series of records. These distribution records were collected as part of a university PhD thesis project designed to investigate variability in plankton dynamics found in Lunenburg Bay, an inlet on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia,Canada (Lunenburg Bay Project)
This OBIS resource contains a subset of the archived database records - at this time only abundance information has been released.
Report of deep-sea Porifera (Euplectellidae, Euretidae, Hylanematidae, Pheronematidae, Rossellidae) in the southern Colombian Caribbean.

Keywords: SiB_MARINO, Observation, Occurrence, Porifera; southern Colombian Caribbean; Deep-Sea  Euplectellidae; Deep-Sea Euretidae; Deep-Sea Hylanematidae; Deep-Sea Pheronematidae; Deep-Sea Rossellidae; ROV; towed camera
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Deep-sea research activities in Colombia are growing in a fast pace, and possibilities for substantial scientific discoveries are more reachable than ever.  During 2015 to 2017 Anadarko Colombia Company (ACC), in search of hydrocarbon sources in the southern Colombian Caribbean, explored deep-waters between 375 to 2500 depth. Thanks to these exploratory activities, and through ROV surveys and towed cameras, it was possible to record the diverse animals inhabiting the deep sea. The sponges (Porifera) encountered during the exploratory activities, which were identified to the most exact taxonomic level, are presented in the current data.
The data presented here corresponds to 81 occurrences of deep-sea Echinoderm. The taxonomic coverage of this dataset includes 1 class, 3 orders, 5 families, 4 genus and 3 species. There is a 26% classifed to the species level, 14% to class, 11% to family, 5% to order, 43% to genus, and 1% phylum.
Evaluación de los ecosistemas coralinos mesofóticos (ECM) en cayo Bolívar empleando tecnologías ROV, Caribe colombiano

Keywords: Sustrato, Fauna, Bentos, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

Entre el 21 y 26 de septiembre de 2022 se realizaron 13 inmersiones entre 70 y 150 m de profundidad utilizando tecnologías ROV, realizando la exploración del sustrato y las especies bentónicas y sésiles que lo habitan. Las inmersiones se realizaron utilizando la metodología desarrollada por Sepia Rov S.A.S. para explorar en profundidades mayores de 30 m; utilizando además los sistemas de navegación de la embarcación acompañante Hei Matau para agilizar el trabajo en campo. Dos de las inmersiones fueron utilizadas para realizar censos de peces debido a que fue imposible llegar al sustrato o la obtención de datos de calidad respecto al sustrato.
UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Norfolk Canyon Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

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

Supplemental information:
This dataset includes the animal observations toward the right side of the airplane. The left side observations are registered in <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1354">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a> (Dataset ID: 1354)

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Norfolk Canyon Aerial surveys.
Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1672">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1674">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1479">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1481">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1354">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</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.
Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1865/2019, 1875/2019

Our Fish Collection contains more than 754 190 specimens in 63 655 lots of fluid-preserved specimens. We have about 1740 type specimens that are mainly paratypes. We have a good representation of freshwater and marine species, predominately from North American high latitudes. The museum holds the best Canadian Arctic and lamprey collection in the world.
HRC CRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys August-September 2011

Keywords: Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

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.
Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database I, REVIZEE South Area (WSAOBIS)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1996/1999

This data set contains records of pelagic and demersal fish collected during the REVIZEE program off the southern Brazilian coast. Six oceanographic cruises were carried out from 1996 to 1999 between Cape of São Tomé (22oS) and Chuí (34oS). Pelagic fish distribution was investigated with acoustic methods (SIMRAD EK-500, double frequency ecosound, of 38 and 120 kHz) and fish was collected with a mid-water trawl at stations with high target strength, mainly within 100 and 500-m depth. Demersal fish were investigated to assess the fishing potential of catches vulnerable to hooks over both hard and soft bottoms on the outer shelf and upper slope – 80% of captures consisted of commercially valuable species.
Poliquetos criptobentonicos en Orbicella annularis en arrecifes coralinos del PNA de Los Roques Venezuela

Keywords: ID: BID-CA2020-025-NAC, arrecifes de coral. Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Los Roques, bioerosionadores  perforadores, criptofauna, Caribe Sur, Venezuela, Samplingevent, poliquetos
Temporal coverage: 2005/2007

Los poliquetos son importantes bioerosionadores en los arrecifes de coral, por lo que se evalúo su densidad en 13 localidades del Parque Nacional Los Roques en Venezuela, como parte del proyecto APORTE AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA Y CONDICIÓN DE SALUD DE LOS ARRECIFES CORALINOS Y EVALUACIÓN, MONITOREO Y CONSECUENCIAS ECOLÓGICAS DEL BLANQUEAMIENTO CORALINO EN LOS ARRECIFES DEL PARQUE NACIONAL ARCHIPIELAGO DE LOS ROQUES, dirigido por la Dra. Estrella Villamizar de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Estas muestras se colectaron en los años 2005 en: Dos Mosquises Sur, Pelona y Cayo Sal, y en el 2007 en 12 estaciones Dos Mosquises Sur, Cayo Sal, Herradura, Boca de Cote, Sebastopol, Boca del Medio, Pirata, Madrisqui, Noronquis, Isla Larga, Carenero y Laguna Central. Se tomaron en cada localidad muestras en dos estratos: -somero: entre los 0 y 9m de profundidad, y el estrato profundo por debajo de los 9m si el arrecife continuaba. Los poliquetos representaron en todas las estaciones, excepto Herradura entre el 58% y 93 del total de los organismos.  Dentro de los poliquetos se identificaron 26 familias: Eunicidae, Syllidae, Nereididade, Dorvilleidae, Sabellidae, Lumbrineridae, Chrysopetalidae, Terebellidae, Phyllodocidae, Cirratullidae, Spionidae, Hesionidae, Ampharetidae, Euphrosinidae, Eulephetidae, Glyceridae, Onuphidae, Phyllodocidae, Amphinomidae, Sabelariidae, Opheliidae, Oeonidae, Capitellidae, Flabelligeridae, Polynoidae y Serpullidae.  siendo la familia Eunicidae la mas abundante seguida de la Syllidae
Dentro de la familia Eunicidae se identificaron 6  especies: Lysidice ninetta, Marphysa belii, Marphysa cf. conferta (actualmente dentro del genero Paucibranchia, Eunice websteri, Eunice filamentosa, Eunice vitatta y ejemplares del genero Nematonereis actualmente denominado como Lysidice también.
Data collected in Suva, Fiji by the PacMAN project

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2022/2023, 2022/2024

This dataset contains the first voucher specimens collected by the PacMAN project, which aims to set up an invasive alien species monitoring network and early alert system in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS). The voucher specimens collected here were found on settlement plates deployed in and around Suva harbour, Fiji, in 2022. Future versions of this dataset will include results from metabarcoding of water samples and settlement plates, as well as settlement plate and voucher images.
Marine phytal Harpacticoida from Kenya with emphasis on seagrass dwelling species

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Seagrasses, Phytal meiofauna
Temporal coverage: 1991/1991

Overview and counts of phytal Harpacticoida collected on seagrass in Gazi Bay and English Point (Kenya). The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Demeulenaere, B. (1991). Marine phytal Harpacticoida from Kenya with emphasis on seagrass dwelling species. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 47 pp.
Distribution of benthonic foraminifera in Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia during the summer  of 1965

Keywords: Oceans, Biological Classification, Observation, Biota, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

Data on marine benthonic foraminifera were obtained from samples obtained from the Bras d’Or Lakes, Nova Scotia, Canada between June and August of 1965. The bay is an enclosed body of water with an area of 410 square miles. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by three outlets, but only one of these influence the lakes fauna. 

Samples were collected from the sediment in water depths from 1.2 metres to 228.6 metres. Salinity and temperature of bottom water was also recorded. Samples were split and filtered. Carbon tetrachloride with the tests in suspension was filtered by a millipore filter and placed in a Millipore Petri dish containing a suction pad that was saturated with tragacanth gum. 

Sediments were mixed with alcohol and Rose Bengal for faunal analysis. The samples collected from 1.82m are located in tidal marshes at low tide. The reports foraminifera results are presented in presence only. The report does note that in most samples the species count was below 10, and on rare occasions between 15-20 species. Only species presence is included in this OBIS view. Complete information on sediments in the bay and statistical analysis of samples can be found in the original data report(Vilks,1967).
AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2021

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

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Supplemental information:
The survey code is HB2102.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.