oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Tortugas marinas observadas en las playas del litoral Pacífico nariñense en 2002

Keywords: Nariño, Anidación, Litoral Pacifico, Occurrence, Playas, SiB_MARINO, Observation, Tortugas marinas
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

Durante los meses de agosto y diciembre del 2002, el litoral Pacífico colombiano fue cubierto por 2 investigadores de campo. El primero hizo un recorrido básicamente en el Golfo de Cupica, en el Pacifico norte, y el segundo investigador recorrió la zona entre la desembocadura del río San Juan (Chocó) hasta el río Mira (Nariño) en el límite con Ecuador. Durante sus recorridos de campo, se recogió información por medio de observaciones directas, entrevistas informales y anécdotas logradas con la comunidad local y profesionales de las autoridades ambientales.
Un total de 53 playas fueron identificadas y descritas como importantes para la anidación, alimentación o uso y comercio de tortugas marinas, sin embargo sólo 41 fueron efectivamente visitadas, con 108 km de línea costera aproximadamente. El litoral de la costa Pacífica esta conformado playas, playones y cordones, manglares, colinas, montañas, 10 y valles aluviales. De estas geoformas, sólo las 3 primeras son hábitats con potencial para la anidación, cuya extensión es de aproximadamente 605 km de línea costeras. Considerando sólo estas áreas de anidación potencial, se tiene que las tortugas marinas usan casi el 18 % de la extensión lineal de tales áreas.
Las especies avistadas en las playas de anidación y en el mar fueron la tortuga golfina, la tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), la tortuga negra o verde del Pacífico (Chelonia agassizii) y la tortuga galápago (Dermochelys coriacea). La tortuga golfina (Lepidochelys olivacea) fue la especie mas abundante avistada anidando en las playas evaluadas. La comunidad local también reportó la tortuga negra que anida en algunas playas del pacifico sur. La tortuga galápago también anida pero en menor cantidad que las dos anteriores. La tortuga carey fue observada en el mar únicamente, y no hubo reportes de anidación.
El presente recurso presenta 35 registros de observaciones realizadas en 13 estaciones (playas) del litoral pacifico nariñense, abarcando los municipios de San Andrés de Tumaco, La Tola y Francisco Pizarro.
Arqueomonitor project: Abundance of the Bucentaure and Fougueux shipwrecks benthic communities, Cadiz Bay (Spain) 2012-2013

Keywords: Dynamics, Shipwrecks, Samplingevent, Ecological succession, Environmental, Preservation, Sessile species
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

This dataset contains abundance data of the benthic community around the shipwrecks Bucentaure and Fougueux, in the Cadiz Bay, Spain during 2012-2013 within the framework of the Arqueomonitor Project. Three random replicated belt transects of 50× 300 cm by site (shipwreck) and season were carried out. The ARQUEOMONITOR Project, supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER (CTM2009-08668 and CTM2010-16363) studied in what grade, the generation, conservation or degradation of archaeological sites are influenced by marine environmental variables, employing two wrecks of the same chronology subjected to very different environmental conditions, Fougueux and Bucentaure (1805)
NEFSC Survey 1998 2

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1998/1998

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
The survey was performed on the R/V Abel-J from 6 July to 4 August 1998 (Leg I), and from 8 August to 6 September 1998 (Leg II) starting and ending in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The study areas in Leg I and Leg II, respectively, were from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Virginia, and from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both study areas extended from the 100 m depth contour to the Gulf Stream.

Purpose:
Primary objectives of the survey were: 
1) Estimate the abundance of strategic species of pelagic dolphins and whales, such as common, spotted, and bottlenose dolphins, and sperm, pilot, and beaked whales, and 
2) Estimate the abundance of all other dolphins and whales detected in these waters.

Secondary objectives included: 
1) Collect bongo, CTD, water depth and temperature data to correlate with the spatial distribution of the marine mammals,
2) Conduct marine mammal photographic and video identification studies, and 
3) Collect biopsy samples.

Supplemental information:
In addition to the sighting data, effort data were recorded  every half hour or whenever conditions changed. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.
SWFSC juvenile loggerhead sea turtle tracking 2002-2005

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Radio transmitters,Animal movements,Caretta caretta,Caretta caretta,Caretta caretta,pelagic, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2005

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Abstract:
Satellite telemetry data from 17 juvenile loggerhead turtles (43.5-66.5 cm straight carapace length) were used in conjunction with oceanographic data to analyze the influence of regional and seasonal oceanography on dive behavior in the North Pacific Ocean. Combined dive behavior for all individuals showed that turtles spent more than 80% of their time at 0-5 m depths, and more than 90% of their time at 0-15 m depths. Multivariate classifications of dive data revealed four major dive types, three representing deeper, longer dives, and one representing shallower dives shorter in duration. Turtles exhibited variability in these dive types across oceanographic regions, with deeper, longer dives in the Hawaii longline swordfish fishing grounds during the first quarter of the year, as well as in the Kuroshio Extension Bifurcation Region and the region near the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Turtles in the Kuroshio Extension Bifurcation Region also exhibited dive variability associated with mesoscale eddy features, with turtles making deeper, longer dives while associated with the strongest total kinetic energy. Turtles in the central North Pacific exhibited seasonality in dive behavior that appeared to reflect synchronous latitudinal movements with the North Pacific Subtropical Front and the associated seasonal, large-scale oceanography. Turtles made deeper, longer dives during the first quarter of the year within this region, the reported time and area where the highest loggerhead bycatch occurs by the longline fishery. These results represent the first comprehensive study of dive data for this species in this region. The increased understanding of juvenile loggerhead dive behavior and the influences of oceanography on dive variability should provide further insight into why interactions with longline fisheries occur and suggest methods for reducing the bycatch of this threatened species.

Purpose:
These results will aid in our understanding of juvenile loggerhead dive behavior during their oceanic phase. An increased understanding of potential effects of oceanography on loggerhead dive behavior should assist in future conservation and bycatch studies working toward the reduction of loggerheads by longline fisheries in the North Pacific.
DFO Pacific Groundfish - Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl Survey

Keywords: Marine biology, Occurrence, Pacific Ocean, Fishery Independent Data, Commercial Species, Assemblage, Fisheries, North Pacific, British Columbia, Relative Biomass, Bottom Trawl, Groundfish, Hecate Strait, Oceans, Relative Abundance, Biota, Fish, Surveys, Stock Assessment
Temporal coverage: 1984/2003

The Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl survey series consists of twelve surveys that were conducted from 1984 to 2003 by the Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The main objective of this survey series was to collect detailed catch and biological data on species assemblages in order to develop an ecological basis for mixed species stock assessment in Hecate Strait. These surveys also provided abundance indices for individual species and were a source of information on recruitment.
The surveys were conducted using a combination of charter vessels and two Canadian Coast Guard Research Vessels, the R/V G.B. Reed and R/V W.E. Ricker. To determine haul locations, a grid of 19 km² (10 nautical miles²) blocks were used with an attempt made to establish one trawl site within each 18 metre depth interval within each block. The 1984 survey involved one chartered and one research vessel; all other surveys were single vessel surveys. The Hecate Strait Multispecies Assemblage Bottom Trawl survey series surveyed Pacific Fishery Management areas 4, 5, and 101 to 106. A total of 1,111 number of tows were made with a Yankee 36 trawl net.
This survey series is the predecessor for the present day Hecate Strait Synoptic Bottom Trawl Survey and represents one of the longest running time series of fisheries independent groundfish surveys on the west coast.  For further details about the Hecate Strait Multispecies assemblage bottom trawl survey series, a list of reports can be found in the supporting documents section.
The data provided include information about the annual survey trips and fishing events (tows/sets) that are part of this survey series, including the vessel name, dates, times, spatial coverage, gear details, and effort information. Catch information (total weight in kg or counts of individual specimens) is included from successful fishing events. Catches are identified to species or to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Most catches are weighed, but some are too small (“trace” amounts) or too large (e.g. very large Big Skate). Some catches were subsampled and biological data were collected from individual fish specimens, including length, sex, and weight information. Where age structures were collected and processed, fish ages have been included. Relative abundance indices are provided for species that have been captured in every survey of the time series. The coefficient of variation and bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals are provided for each index. The groundfish data synopsis report (Anderson et al. 2019) provides an explanation of how the relative biomass indices are derived.
New records of reef fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, off northeastern Brazil

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

Six new records of reef fish and a hybrid species are reported from Rocas Atoll, off Rio Grande do Norte State, northeast Brazil. Data on species abundance, distribution of the recorded species in Brazilian oceanic islands, trophic structure, and the occurrence of the hybrid species “Menephorus dubius” are provided.
Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1800/2002

The database covers the Haida Gwaii archipelago, including the contiguous waters of Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and westward into the Northeast Pacific to 145 degrees W (based on research cruise reports). Records from Vancouver Island, the mainland (continental) British Columbia and Alaska coasts, mainland coast islands and inlets were excluded. It includes all species of the Haida Gwaii region from any published source, accessible collection and unpublished observations from scientists. Subspecies are included in the database. Includes all marine invertebrate species recorded from the intertidal to the deep-sea and maps their distributions known to the end of 2000. The GIS contains 25,000 invertebrate records of &gt;2,500 species from 2,900 localities.
Happywhale - Fin Whale in Southern Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2013/2022, null/null

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 45 contributors in alphabetic order:

Alain Bidart; Alicia; Andrew Thompson; Annette Bombosch; Berit Solstad; Brian Dolan; Carlos Martins; Conor Ryan; Crawford Anderson; Cyril VATHELET; David Gamba; Dmitrii Kiselev; Duncan Jones; Eleuthera du Breuil; Fanny; Frank Tetreault; Hannah Lawson; Heidi Krajewsky; Hondius; Ignatius Tan; Johnny Giese; Julie Daltrey; Kitty Swanson; Kurtis Randall; Madoc Troup; Marian Herz; Marilia Olio; Matthew Chadwick; Michelle van Dijk; Mike Greenfelder; Oana Claudia Gasit; Pamela Le Noury; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Philip van Dueren; Pippa Low; Plancius; Robert Parker; Santiago Imberti; Sarah Kather; Sarah Keenan; Sara Jenner; Sebastian Shaw; Stefan Bernhard; Tobias Brehm; Vicki Beaver
Australian Museum Mel Ward’s Crustaceans - Cabinets 2 to 7, (1896 - 1988)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1896/1988

Charles Melbourne Ward (1903-1966) was an actor, naturalist and marine collector. At the age of 23 years, he abandoned the stage for marine zoology after he discovered a red crab which was named Cleistostama wardi after him. &nbsp;Mel worked overseas, travelled widely collecting artefacts and zoological specimens which led to published papers in Australian and international scientific journals. He collected for the Australian Museum and donated his scientific collections and library to the Museum
This dataset is sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr1172 dr1180 dr1181 dr1175 dr1177 ). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
Cheloniidae Instituto Tartabinhas Brazil

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

Instituto Tartabinhas is a non-profit organization dedicated to nature conservation, which aims to: (1) increase knowledge about sea turtles found on the coast of the peninsula through scientific research; (2) expand knowledge to the entire population and visitors through environmental education; and (3) protect sea turtles and all the flora and fauna of the seas that surround the city of Bombinhas, Brazil.

Partners: The Mariscal Neighborhood Sport, Environment and Mobility Association – AEMARISCAL, HyBrazil Diving School, O Alquimista Burguer, Marina Blue Marine, Sacolão Bombinhas, Zimbros Ecotur, Ohana Dive, Pet Farma, Hermoso Burguer, Real Estate Cássia Lippmann, Bombinhas Department of Tourism, Sicredi, Pino bank, and The Mafia do Mergulho.
Supporters: City of Bombinhas, Bombinhas Environmental Support Foundation FAMAB, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Pró TAMAR Foundation, and ICMBio.
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) – Zooplankton community structure in Nearshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef. (2000 - 2002)

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2000/2002

A study of zooplankton from 10 stations located in nearshore waters adjacent to two catchments (one near-pristine - Princess Charlotte Bay, and the other intensely farmed - Innisfail) of the Great Barrier Reef.

CTD casts were made through the water column at each station for salinity and temperature data. Water samples for chlorophyll a were made. Environmental variables include day and night, location and date (can allocate season, year).

Mesozooplankton community structure and biomass were sampled by triplicate bottom to surface plankton hauls. Half of each sample was analysed for community composition (65 zooplankton taxa found) and the other for DW biomass estimates based on size (73-150µm, 150-350µm, &gt;350µm).
Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset was sourced on July 2018 from the original DiGIR dataset at OBIS and updated to reflect changes in the OBIS data requirements.
Phytoplankton samples - 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

Locations of sampling sites for ASAC project 40 on voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis in the 2005/2006 season. The dataset also contains information on chlorophyll, carotenoids, coccolithophorids and species indentification and counts. ( see http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_voyage.cfm?voyage_id=178).
Rethymno Nesting Turtle (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2006

Original provider:
ARCHELON

Dataset credits:
Data provider
ARCHELON (2004-2007)
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1314">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.
FRB: The Cheticamp Expedition of 1917 - Amphipoda collection

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1917/1917

During the spring and summer of 1917 a marine biological investigation was carried on in the Gulf of St. Lawrence under the direction of Dr. A. G. Huntsman. Samples were collected at various points near the north and west shores of Cape Breton, from the vincity of the Magdalen islands and at some points in a line between Eastern Harbour, Cape Breton and the Magdalen islands. Hydrology and biology of the western Gulf of St. Lawrence was studied.

This resource contains the amphipod collection associated with this expedition. At that time, this collection formed the largest and most comprehensive collection of amphipods from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Amphipods were collected from the shore to 90 metres.

This resource contains presence information only - no abundance information is available
HRC KB26 Shoreline Aerial Surveys Jan-Feb 2014

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

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

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

Abstract:
Features in this feature class represent animal sightings recorded during aerial monitoring surveys for marine mammals and sea turtles performed in January, February, and August 2014 in the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC). Aerial surveys were conducted subsequent to two naval training events in HRC. The surveys involved circumnavigation of the island of Kauai in January–February using a ASTAR 350 B2-7 helicopter, and the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe in August using a Bell 206L3 helicopter . The associated training events (Koa Kai and Rim of the Pacific or “RIMPAC”) involved the use of mid-frequency active sonar and, in the case of RIMPAC, explosives. The Koa Kai event took place primarily on the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Tactical Underwater Range and Barking Sands Underwater Range Extension between Kauai and Niihau, Hawaii, during 24–31 January 2014. Following the Koa Kai event, shoreline surveys were conducted on 31 January and 5 February. RIMPAC took place during an extended period from 8 July through 2 August 2014 and involved a broader expanse of ocean off the main Hawaiian Islands. The aerial shoreline surveys performed subsequent to RIMPAC circumnavigated the five islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe over 4 days on 1 and 4–6 August. All surveys involved looking for stranded or near-stranded marine mammals, and observers documented the positions and behavior of all marine mammals and sea turtles seen within 3 km of shore. The survey platform was a small fixed-wing Aero Commander 500. Work was performed under HDR task order KB26 (IDIQ contract award N62470-10-D-3011, NAVFAC LANT).
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1268

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1989/1989

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 1989 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was the fourth in a series of annual surveys (1986-1990) designed to monitor and detect trends in populations of dolphins killed in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery. 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 27,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1989. 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>McArthur</i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to collect the information necessary to calculate the relative abundance of those dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as a bycatch of the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery.

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 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
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR-LITE 2007, Cruise 1634
Historical benthic data from the southern Baltic Sea (1839-2001)

Keywords: Occurrence, Abundance, Observation, Macrobenthos, Macrozoobenthos, Long-term monitoring, Biomass, Benthos, Biodiversity, Taxonomy
Temporal coverage: 1839/2001

Biodiversity of macrozoobenthos of German Baltic waters between Fehmarn and Usedem, literature data from 1839 to 2001
PHYTOPLANKTON AND FLORA COMPOSITION OF SOUTH WESTERN REGION OF THE NIGERIAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS

Keywords: Checklist, Lagos Lagoon, Observation, Phytoplankton, Badagry lagoon, Epe Lagoon, Lagos flora, Ondo waters, Apese lagoon, Lekki Lagoon, Yewa lagoon
Temporal coverage: null/null

This is a checklist of Pyhtoplanktons in Lagos, Epe and Lekki lagoon as observed through sampling of the environment from November 2012 to April 2014