oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Datos de monitoreo de las praderas de pastos marinos del Caribe colombiano - Estructura

Keywords: Praderas de pastos marinos, Indicadores, Seagrass Net, Condición tendencia, Samplingevent, Integridad biótica, Monitoreo, Subsistema de Áreas Marinas Protegidas (SAMP)
Temporal coverage: 2018/2022

En el contexto de los proyectos "Diseño e implementación del subsistema de áreas marinas protegidas en Colombia" y "Protección de la biodiversidad en el Caribe suroccidental", financiados conjuntamente por el GEF y llevados a cabo por Invemar y Coralina, se han unido esfuerzos para desarrollar y establecer protocolos de monitoreo para los elementos de conservación más importantes en las diversas Áreas Marinas Protegidas (AMP) del país. Estos protocolos se basan en la experiencia adquirida en los últimos 15 años en Colombia, a través de iniciativas como el Sistema de Monitoreo de Arrecifes Coralinos (Simac), la Red de Monitoreo de la Calidad de Aguas Marinas y Costeras (Redcam) y el Sistema de Información Pesquera (Sipein). Estas iniciativas han demostrado su fortaleza al trabajar en conjunto con el Sistema Nacional Ambiental (SINA), en particular con las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales costeras, el Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales y las instituciones académicas. El objetivo de estos protocolos de monitoreo para las AMP no solo consiste en obtener información científicamente sólida mediante la selección de variables mínimas, sino también en considerar la capacidad operativa y de mantenimiento a largo plazo de cada una de las instituciones responsables de estas actividades. La experiencia ha demostrado que resulta cada vez más difícil y costoso mantener sistemas de monitoreo que aborden los desafíos locales y proporcionen respuestas relevantes para evaluar la efectividad de la gestión de las áreas con menor incertidumbre.
Este trabajo fue realizado entre 2012 y 2014, aplicando la metodología Seagrass Net, adoptada por el INVEMAR desde 2015, y descrita en el documento de Protocolo Indicador Condición Tendencia Praderas de Pastos Marinos (ICTpm), logrando concertar que variables mínimas eran necesarias tomarlas en campo para responder a preguntas de manejo y gestión y  de esta forma poder diseñar la red de estaciones específica en cada una  de las áreas, partiendo de criterios como la zonificación del manejo y los  usos permitidos o no que se desarrollan al interior del AMP.
El conjunto de datos se compone de 1759 registros biológicos de grandes pelágicos, representado en 1 filos, 1 clase, 1 órdenes, 2 familias, 4 géneros y 4 especies.
Bryozoa collection of the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) - Data

Keywords: Magellan Strait, Occurrence, Section of Genoa), Specimen, Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Terra Nova Bay, Bryozoa, Ross Sea
Temporal coverage: 1988/2014

This dataset illustrates the distributional data of bryozoan species, belonging to the Classes of Stenolaemata and Gymnolaemata, collected in the Ross Sea and the Magellan Strait. The collection is curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa) and it includes a total of 311 specimens corresponding to 282 MNA vouchers and belonging to 127 morphospecies.
Ecological hyperbenthic data of the Scheldt estuary: ENDIS-RISKS data (2002-2005)

Keywords: Ecology, Salinity gradients, Observation, Hyperbenthos, Occurrence, Estuaries, Biological data, Benthic boundary layer
Temporal coverage: 2003/2005

Density, biomass, population structure and brood size were determined for Mysid shrimp populations in the Scheldt-estuary.
Acanthoplesiops naka. A new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1888/2000

Acanthoplesiops naka sp. n. is described from the 9.9 mm SL holotype collected at Ofolanga Island of the Ha'apai Group of Tonga. Its dorsal-fin spine count of XVIII is unique in the genus. The following combination of characters also distinguishes it from congeners: first two dorsal-fin pterygiophores in the 3rd interneural space (anterior dorsal-fin formula ?/?/I+I/I/I/I/I//I/I/I); 3 dentary pores; 2 intertemporal pores; head and body generally brownish with darker pigment spots (from shrunken melanophores), excepting a paler stripe from the anterior half of the symphyseal flap on the lower lip to the origin of the dorsal fin (continuing on to the first dorsal spine), a pale spot on the pectoral-fin base, and a pale caudal peduncle continuous with  pale bases of last 3 segmented dorsal- and anal-fin rays; regular ctenoid scales; no membranous attachment of last dorsal- or anal-fin rays to caudal fin. The new species might be the sister taxon to A. psilogaster as they share the putative derived character of two dorsal-fin pterygiophores in the 3rd interneural space.
SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network - UK Waters Phytoplankton Data 2001-2017

Keywords: Samplingevent, mooring
Temporal coverage: 2001/2018

This dataset consists of analysed phytoplankton data from the years 2001-2017 inclusive collected in UK waters from the SmartBuoy moorings at Celtic Deep, Dowsing, Gabbard/West Gabbard/WestGabbard2, Warp and Liverpool Bay using WMS and EDU automated water samplers. SmartBuoys consist of a 4 meter tall stainless steel frame with a fibreglass toroid for buoyancy. Instruments are attached at a nominal 1 meter depth to the frame. The water samplers collect into pre-spiked bags containing acidified Lugols Iodine on a pre-determined cycle over the course of a deployment. Following recovery these samples were analysed for a full community of phytoplankton species using the Utermohl method on high-power inverted microscopes. Phytoplankton cell counts are abundance values reported in Cells per Litre.
Biological observations from the Dana Expedition Reports

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1833/1971

The oceanographic Dana Expedition was led by Johannes Schmidt and financed by the Carlsberg Foundation. After finding the Atlantic breeding grounds for European freshwater eels, Schmidt turn his attention to the Pacific and Indian Oceans with the aim of comparing the pelagic life of the three main oceans.
The vessel chosen for the expedition was the Dana, a former British minesweeper rebuilt by the Danish Government for fisheries research purposes. The Dana was 42.2 m long, 7.2 m broad and a displacement of 360 tons. It carried a steam-driven trawl winch and two hydrographic winches.
The fishing gear consisted primarily of conical nets made of coarsely woven hemp cloth (stramin) and fastened to iron rings with diameters of 150 and 200 cm, supplemented with 300 cm ring nets with larger mesh size.
This data set comprises biological occurrence data that was extracted from the Dana reports. These data consist: of the results of the passage of the R/V Dana through the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans from 1928 to 1930; collecting by various merchant vessels carried out by request of the Dana Committee; other expeditions in the same waters, mainly the Galathea Expedition in 1951-52.
NOAA coral reef monitoring fish data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2011/2015

Fish census data were collected from sites around Micronesia as part of the ongoing Micronesia Challenge. Information on the program can be found at (www.micronesiareefmonitoring.com). Survey sites were selected around each island to be representative of natural environmental gradients, management, and major reef types. Thus, full site designs can be used to evaluate both island trends and site-specific trends. The size and abundance of fishes, which are generally consumed by people (hereinafter food-fish), were collected by four calibrated observers, with individual observers being consistent across jurisdictions. Fish assemblages were estimated from 12 stationary-point counts (SPCs) conducted at equal intervals along the transect lines. At each SPC, the observer recorded the species name and the size of all food-fish within a 5 m circular radius for a period of 3 minutes. Food-fish were defined as acanthurids, scarids, serranids, carangids, labrids, lethrinids, lutjanids, balistids, kyphosids, mullids, holocentrids, and sharks. The data in this submission include fish identification, counts, and sizes obtained during SPC surveys.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR-LITE 2007, Cruise 1634

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA

Abstract:
The primary objective of the Stenella Abundance Research Line Transect and Ecosystem (STAR-LITE) cruise was to investigate spatial and temporal variability and line-transect methodologies in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The project used a multidisciplinary approach. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ship <i>McArthur II</i> for a combined total of approximately 9,500 kilometers surveyed from late August to late November 2007. 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.

Purpose:
The primary objective of this survey was to investigate spatial and temporal variability and line-transect methodologies (closing versus passing mode) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean using a multidisciplinary approach.

Supplemental information:
This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: 
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 989
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 990
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1080
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1081
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1164
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1165
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1267
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1268
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1369
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1370
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1610
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1611
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1613
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1614
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1615
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1616
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1623
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1630
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1631
New Zealand fish and squid distributions from research bottom trawls 1964-2008

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1961/2008

From 1997 to 2008, a research programme to determine if fish assemblages in the New Zealand region could be classified into clearly identifiable communities based on their associations with each other and with environmental features was undertaken. This dataset is taken from the resulting fish communities database. These data have been used to show geographical and depth distributions of species from all research tows within the New Zealand EEZ since 2008.
Geographical distribution and abundance of the land blue crab Cardisoma guanhumi (Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) in Venezuela

Keywords: CaribeSur, Cardisoma guanhumi, Venezuela, populations status, BID-CA2020-025-NAC, Samplingevent, Land Blue Crab
Temporal coverage: null/null

Geographical distribution and abundance of the land blue crab Cardisoma guanhumi (Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) in Venezuela.
Epifauna community at Waarde and Saeftinghe (Westerschelde) in 1991

Keywords: Epibenthos, Epifauna, Samplingevent, Saltmarsh, Macrocrustacean communities
Temporal coverage: 1991/1991

Species composition, density and biomass of epifauna in the creeks of saltmarshes Waarde and Saeftinghe between February and August 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Makwaia, E.S. (1992). Utilization of saltmarshes by fishes and macrocrustaceans in the Westerschelde estuary. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 49 pp.
Seabird sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Seabirds,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2013/2014

Original provider:
Marijke de Boer

Dataset credits:
Marijke N. de Boer

Abstract:
We recorded birds in the waters off Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire during two surveys, totalling 104 days, in April–May 2013 and March–May 2014. Several species were observed for which there are few or no previous records for either country, with Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea and Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis being new for Ghana, and Leach’s Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous, White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, Cory’s Shearwater and Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus for Côte d’Ivoire. Our sightings suggest that several seabird species considered vagrants or rare visitors may occur more frequently in Ghanaian and Ivorian waters than previously thought.

Purpose:
The main purpose of this study was to contribute information on the distribution and occurrence of seabirds sighted during two geophysical surveys off Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
Mid-Atlantic Nearshore and Mid-shelf Baleen Whale Monitoring

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

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

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

Abstract:
The data in this dataset represent animal sightings and vessel tracks that 
occurred during nearshore and mid-shelf baleen whale surveys off the 
coast of Virginia Beach, VA in the VACAPES OPAREA beginning in November 
2020. This project is ongoing and data will be updated annually. Work is 
being performed by HDR under contract to Naval Facilities Engineering 
Systems Command as part of the U.S. Navy’s Marine Species Monitoring 
Program sponsored by U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

Supplemental information:
Sightings and effort data were entered and organized in this geodatabase 
by HDR. Source data was provided by HDR under the MSM IDIQ contract. 
Sighting locations represent actual animal locations. Sightings and effort 
data for this project were collected using a prototype collection 
application. Because this application used a different database structure, 
there are no environmentals associated with the effort tracks.

Survey tracklines (aggregated over time) are available online and included 
in a downloadable zip file (shapefile format).
NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Aircraft,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
The survey was conducted on the NOAA DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6, Series 300 aircraft (N57 RF) from 12 June to 12 July 2004. The study area extended between the state border between Virginia and North Carolina (36 degrees N) to the Bay of Fundy (45 degrees N) and from the United States Atlantic shoreline to the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (58 degrees W). The team was based out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) on June 12; Salisbury, Maryland from June 13 to 18; back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) from June 19 to 28; Portland, Maine on June 29 to 30; Bar Harbor, Maine from July 1 to July 7; Halifax, Nova Scotia from July 8 to July 9; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from July 10 to 11, and back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States on July 12th.

Purpose:
The objective of this survey was to describe the habitat of and estimate the abundance of cetaceans and turtles that are in the study area.

Supplemental information:
This aerial survey was conducted in conjunction with a shipboard survey '<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/396">NEFSC Mid-Atlantic marine mammal abundance survey 2004</a>,' another dataset available on OBIS-SEAMAP.
YUZPMN12016 Biodata

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2016

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research This report is submitted in accordance with Section 10 of the Standard Clauses of the Contract,
contained in Appendix II to the Contract for exploration for polymetallic nodules, as concluded
between the International Seabed Authority and Contractor Yuzhmorgeologiya on March 29,
2001.
The report contains information about the results of activities carried out by Contractor Yuzhmorgeologiya in 2016 in the Exploration Area for polymetallic nodules. The Exploration
Activities were carried out as provided by the Plan of Exploration Activities, approved by the Council in August 1997 (Appendix 1 to the Contract). The main activities under the Contract in 2016 consisted of the investigations of one Site (B7)
within the Eastern Polygon of the Russian Exploration Area for polymetallic nodules (REA) of Contractor Yuzhmorgeologiya.
Macrozoobenthos collected in the northern part of the Romanian littoral (Danube mouths) between 2000-2010

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2000/2010

The macrozoobenthos dataset includes a number of  243 samples collected in the Northern part of the Romanian littoral between Sulina and Chituc from 10 m to 57m depths. Van Veen grab with a sampling area of 0.05 m2 was employed as a macrozoobenthos sampler. One replicate  was collected at every station. Sampling was done in spring, summer and autumn mounths.The samples have been analyzed qualitative (number of species) and quantitative (densities and biomasses). The macroinvertebrates have been identified at species level. Dataset contains abundance data (ind/m2) and biomass (g/m2). The macroinvertebrates have been identified at species level.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, ORCAWALE 2001, Cruise 1617

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census,CSCAPE,ORCAWALE, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Abstract:
The 2001 Oregon, California and Washington Line-Transect Experiment (ORCAWALE) was designed to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA Ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 10,000 
kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 2001. 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 this survey was to estimate the abundance of and to describe the distribution of dolphins, whales, and porpoises off the west coast of the United States out to 300 nautical miles.

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

SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1617
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)
Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian region

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1966/2011

Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos is a series dedicated to the inventory and description of the deep-sea fauna of the world, with special emphasis on their most extensive--but remote and least-explored--habitats: the Indo-West Pacific. Growing out of marine expeditions undertaken by the French National Museum of Natural History and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, the series continues to present many new, strange, and sometimes colorful invertebrates.
The present volume presents results from recent expeditions within the New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone, reporting ninety-eight species (including fifty-seven new species) of corals from the Stylasteridae family and one new calcified species of hydrozoa from the family Hydractiniidae. Including numerous seamounts, submarine ridges, and small islands, New Caledonia's deep-sea benthos are ideal habitat for stylasterids, making it the most species-rich marine region in the world for this taxon.
Caracterización de la epifauna y macrobentos (0-800 m) de Isla Cayo Serranilla y Áreas aledañas: Equinodermos primera fase 2017 - Proyecto Colombia Bio

Keywords: Caribe, primera fase, Caribe colombiano, Equinodermos, Isla Cayo Serranilla, Colombia Bio, Expedición Científica SeaFlower, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

El conjunto de datos está documentado por 22 registros biológicos pertenecientes al phyllum Echinodermata que fueron obtenidos durante la Expedición Científica 2017 Isla Cayo Serranilla por investigadores de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, CECIMAR, Sede Caribe. Estos registros es la parte I del phyllum que se ha identificado hasta la fecha, aún queda material por trabajar el cual será documentado en otro conjunto de datos.
Summer distribution of pelagic birds off the coast of Argentina (A Hudson 70 Expedition data set)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1970/1970

In November of 1969, the Canadian Government Research Vessel CSS 'Hudson' departed from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, NS to make a year long oceanographic cruise around the Americas. This was the Hudson70 expedition. Numerous biological studies were associated with this cruise and many were published. This resource contains species occurrence records of pelagic birds off the coast of Argentina as described in one such report (Cooke and Mills, 1972).
SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018)

Keywords: Kruien, Kunstmatig afval in het vloedmerk, Samplingevent, Schaalhorens op strandhoofden, Dode schelpen en slakken in vloedmerk, Kiemende planten in vloedmerk, Zeepieren op laagstrand, Kleine heremietkreeften in branding, Washed up jellyfish, Schuim op het strand, Citizen science, Archeologische vondsten, Aantal schelpkokerwormen
Temporal coverage: 2014/2018

SeaWatch-B dataset (in Dutch) for the period of June 2014 to June 2018.