oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Zooplankton biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1998/2000

This volume of the REVIZEE Documents Series presents, in atlas form, the principal groups of the zooplankton community recorded during the Program to Evaluate the Sustainable Potential of Living Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone (REVIZEE) - SCORE Central. The specimens were collected during the Central III, Central IV and Bahia 1 campaigns, in the period from 1998 through 2000. The collections were made between the Real River in Bahia (12 degrees S) and Cape São Tomé in Rio de Janeiro (22oS), including the seamounts of the Vitória-Trindade and Martin Vaz chain.
SEFSC GoMex Oceanic 1994

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1994/1994

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 1994 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the diversity, distribution and estimate abundance of marine mammals in U.S. waters. The survey was aimed at meeting the responsibilities under the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The survey was taken place along with Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP). In addition, it was conducted in coordination with the Japanese vessel SHOYO MARU and a larval transport survey in the Florida Keys.

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 survey, at least 18 species were sighted, including

Atlantic spotted dolphin
Clymene dolphin
Cuvier’s beaked whale
Dwarf sperm whale
Dwarf/pygmy sperm whale
False killer whale
Humpback whale
Killer whale
Melon-headed whale
Northern right whale
Pantropical spotted dolphin
Pygmy sperm 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. Complete a line transect survey of the study area for marine mammals during daylight hours.

2. Collect ichthyoplankton with bongo and double neuston trawl gear for estimates of abundance of eggs, larvae and small juveniles, particularly those of bluefin tuna.

3. Obtain associated environmental and oceanographic data.

4. Record data on marine life, seabirds and debris encountered during line transects.

5. Obtain marine mammal biopsy samples for analysis.

6. Collect tar samples encountered during  neuston sampling SEAMAP stations for analysis.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) =&gt; Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040)
Bridled Tern: Sterna anaethetus (176897) =&gt; Onychoprion anaethetus (824104)
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)
Presencia de Vibrio spp en la subregión Sanquianga-Gorgona y su relación con las condiciones hidrográficas

Keywords: Samplingevent, Patógeno, Estados mareales
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

El proyecto se enfocó en la recolección de muestras de agua con el fin de determinar la presencia del género bacteriano Vibrio spp (Vibrionales: Vibrionaceae) en la subregión Sanquianga-Gorgona.
South American Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Literature

Keywords: Antarctic zone, Biodiversity, Occurrence, Marine environment
Temporal coverage: 1978/2004

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and more recently Venezuela have done marine biological work in the Antarctica, mainly around the Antarctic Peninsula and Drake Passage. A compilation of the marine biodiversity registered in the South American Antarctic literature is shown here. Most of the initial Brazilian manuscripts and one Argentinean have been screened to pull their georeferenced marine species occurrence. So far, 11 phyla, 56 genera, and 73 species have been recorded mainly from King George Island and a few from other islands in the South Shetlands. The majority of manuscripts relates to Bivalvia (Mollusca) (23%), and Malacostraca (Crustacea) (23%). More information shall be added to this work as the datamining continues including all South American countries literature.
DinoTintinideos

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2000/2000

This volume of the REVIZEE Document Series, named "Dinoflagellates and Tintinnids of the central region of the Brazilian Economic Exclusive Zone: identification guide", was based on samples collected during the REVIZEE - Central IV oceanographic cruise that took place in the region between Salvador (BA) and Sao Tome Cape (RJ), including the oceanic islands of Trindade and Martim Vaz, from March through May 2000. Within the scope of the REVIZEE Program, we assessed some aspects of the plankton, those that related the abundance of populations to general oceanographic features, in order to add to the understanding of the dynamics of the overall availability of live resources. In this context, the detailed study of species composition was not part of the aims of the Program.
Happywhale - Northern bottlenose whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2016/2023, 2016/2022

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 3 contributors in alphabetic order:

Conor Ryan; Marilia Olio; Serguei Ponomarenko
IMMRAC marine mammal sightings from the Mediterranean's Levantine Basin

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/2014

Original provider:
Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC)

Dataset credits:
Nir Hadar, Oz Goffman, Aviad Scheinin and Dani Kerem, Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center (IMMRAC)

Abstract:
IMMRAC is a purely voluntary registered nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of cetacean populations in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the noethern Red Sea, through scientific research and public education. IMMRAC is a partner of ACCOBAMS. Research activities are under the academic auspices of the Institute for Maritime Studies, School of Marine Sciences in the University of Haifa. Open Sea research activity along the 190 km-long Israeli Mediterranean coast is conducted throughout the year, weather permitting. It focuses on the socio-ecology of the resident bottlenose dolphin population through half-day surveys from inflatable boats and private yachts. Due to logistic reasons, open sea research in the Red Sea is opportunistic and sporadic.

Purpose:
IMMRAC collates shore-based and boat-based cetacean sightings, the latter from dedicated surveys as well as from platforms of opportunity, made by its own staff or reported to it by other parties. The latter are mostly backed by photographs/videos or else, are indisputably accredited through careful interrogation by IMMRAC experts in real time and/or soon after the sighting, aided by a pictorial guide.

Supplemental information:
[2014-03-27] Sightings in 2012-2014 were appended. The activity column was added in this period whereas the seastate and comments columns were not provided.

Some records had estimates, minimums, or ranges for group sizes - these were converted to numbers, minimum + 1, or the median number (rounded down), respectively, for the number of animals observed.
Zooplankton data from voyages of the research vessel Warreen, South East Australia  (1938-1942)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1938/1942

This dataset contains surface net and N70 net plankton data collected by FRV "Warreen" over the period May 1938-July 1942 in south-eastern Australian waters. Voyages in 1938-1939 were largely exploratory in nature, while those in 1940-1942 aimed at biannual sampling of specified transect lines ranging from Byron Bay to off Tasmania. Details of fish collections from these voyages were published elsewhere. "Warreen" was seconded for war work in September 1942 and this sequence of observations ceased. The data were published in 2 volumes of CSIRO's "Oceanographical Station List" series. Volume 1 of the published data is prefaced by a description of the "Warreen". Additional data was added in Dec 2010 with the digitization of the zooplankton records from the Warreen cruises of 1938-1942. The source dataset includes surface zooplankton observations with synoptic oceanographic conditions (see cited publication Baird et al 2011.)
Data is from https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/14229075-3293-46a4-a514-3d5b6678633a
Seabird observations on the RV Falkor, Voyage FK210206, Coral Sea, Australia (2021)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

Seabird observations were conducted in the Coral Sea Marine Park from the Schmidt Ocean Institute vessel RV Falkor, Voyage FK210206 from February 2021 to March 2021. The  voyage 'Seafloor to Seabirds in the Coral Sea' was a month long investigation using seabirds to gain an understanding of ocean health.
Time aboard R/V Falkor for data collection on cruise number  FK210206 was granted by Schmidt Ocean Institute (https://schmidtocean.org).
Interstitial Turbellaria in the Dutch Delta 1978-1979

Keywords: Deltas, Digitization, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1978/1979

List and counts of observed Turbellaria species in 1978-1979 in the Dutch Delta area. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Martens, P. (1980). Interstitiële Turbellaria van het Nederlands Deltagebied. BSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Fakulteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 102 pp.
Christmas Island National Park Robber Crab (Birgus latro) Road Kill Monitoring

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

For detailed ecological metadata and source data see AEKOS http://www.aekos.org.au/dataset/115022)

The Australian territory of Christmas Island lies in the Indian Ocean, 2,600 km northwest of Perth and 500 km south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Christmas Island National Park is 85 km2 in size and makes up almost two thirds of Christmas Island. The robber crab (Birgus latro) is categorised as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, and Christmas Island is thought to have one of the largest remaining populations. Robber crab road mortality appears to vary with changes in traffic density. Since the opening of the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre in late 2009, thousands of robber crabs have been run over on the island's roads in line with the increased population and vehicular traffic, especially at night. Park staff began marking the location of road kills using pink marker paint to denote the sites and make them visible in January 2010. Basic data are collected at the site (sex, size, date, coordinates). To manage the impact of road mortality on the species, this monitoring project is designed to assess: spatial variation in road mortality across the island; temporal variation in road mortality; the relationship between traffic levels and mortality; and size and sex relationships.
Data downloaded from Atlas of Living Australia https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr2296 (Dec 2018)
DFO SABS: Wildish collection of sublittoral macro-infauna collected in the Bay of Fundy and its estuaries

Keywords: biological classification, Observation, Occurrence, biota
Temporal coverage: 1973/1974

This resources was created as part of a data digitization project. A list of reports published primarily in the 1970s containing species distribution records collected as part of sampling programs in estuaries around the Bay of Fundy by D. Wildish was compiled.  

Version 1 of this resource contains species presence information for three locations in New Brunswick: Saint John Harbour, the St. Croix and Musquash estuaries. This project of data recovery is on-going and we expect that version 2 of this dataset will contain many more records expanding the temporal, spatial and taxonomic extents of this resource.

The 'Wildish collection' acknowledges not just one person but an entire team. The sample collection and  analysis could not have been completed without the help of many assistants including skillful seamen. Samples were collected using 0.1m2 Smith-McIntyre grab having a 16cm effective digging depth.
FRDC Deep reefs BRUVS data, Australia (2014 - 2015)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2016

This study surveyed fish communities associated with two large patches of coastal reef that had been mapped previously using high-resolution multibeam acoustics. The reefs at Butlers Point and the Friars, located on the east and south coasts of Tasmania, are the focus of important commercial and recreational fisheries. The surveys utilised underwater video methods, including baited remote underwater video (BRUV) and remotely operated vehicle (ROV), as well as gillnets. Patterns in community composition, interactions between species and relationships with reef characteristics were described using multivariate statistical analyses. This information was assessed for its utility to develop predictive distribution and abundance maps of key species.
Metadata and data from GlobalArchive (https://globalarchive.org/geodata/data/project/get/133) accessed in 2021-08-31
Spain Tags merged (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2012

Original provider:
Yonat Swimmer

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Fisheries Bycatch Research Group
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=980">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.
Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Terrestrial

Keywords: CBMP, ASTI, CAFF, vertebrates, Observation, trends, Arctic Species Trend Index, Arctic, Terrestrial, abundance, Arctic biodiversity
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, a cornerstone programme of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Arctic Council working Group is an international network of scientists, government agencies, Indigenous organizations and conservation groups working together to harmonize and integrate efforts to monitor the Arctic's living resources.CBMP experts are developing four coordinated and integrated Arctic Biodiversity Monitoring Plans to help guide circumpolar monitoring efforts. Results will be channeled into effective conservation, mitigation and adaptation policies supporting the Arctic. These plans represent the Arctic's major ecosystems(Marine, Freshwater, Coastal, Terrestrial).
Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferredfrom whaling records

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Whale catch,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1904/1951

Original provider:
Conor Ryan

Dataset credits:
IWC

Abstract:
Archived logbooks detailing landings at Scottish shore-based whaling stations between 1903 and 1951 were used to map whale catch locations. 
Historical distribution and occurrence are inferred and summary statistics on total landings are updated for blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), North Atlantic right (Eubalaena glacialis), sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales: a total of 9,996 whales were caught 
during this period, which is 3.7% higher than previously reported and 25% higher for blue whales.

Supplemental information:
This dataset contains a subset of the data used in the citation. The data 
belong to IWC and the use of the data should be credited to the references.
Microphytobenthos in mussel farms - North Adriatic Sea (SosteMiTS Project) 2008-2009

Keywords: Mussel fisheries, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

Microphytobenthos collected near mussel farm activities in the Gulf of Trieste - North Adriatic Sea in the framework of SosteMiTS Project financed by  Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Data collected in 2008-2009.
DFO Pacific Outside South Hard Bottom Longline Surveys

Keywords: Samplingevent, Relative Abundance, Longline Survey, Relative Biomass, Fisheries, North Pacific, British Columbia, Oceans, Groundfish, Canadian Groundfish Research and Conservation Society, Marine biology, Pacific Ocean, Resources management, Fishery Independent Data, Commercial Species, CGRCS, Stock Assessment, Hard Bottom Habitats, Collaborative Agreement, Fish
Temporal coverage: 2007/2022, 2007/2020

The Outside South Hard Bottom Longline (HBLL)  survey is one of a set of long-term and coordinated surveys that together cover most of the nearshore, hard-bottom habitat of coastal British Columbia. The other surveys are the Outside North HBLL survey, Inside South HBLL survey, and Inside North HBLL survey
The Outside South HBLL survey was first conducted in 2007 and has been repeated every second year in alternate years to the Outside North HBLL survey, with the exception that no surveys were conducted in 2013. The survey was not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The objective of these surveys is to provide fishery-independent abundance indices and associated biological data for the assessment of nearshore rockfishes and other groundfish species that live on untrawlable, hard bottom habitats. The surveys follow a random depth-stratified design and the sampling units are 2 km by 2 km blocks. The Outside HBLL surveys use size 14/0 circle hooks, baited with frozen squid.
The Outside South HBLL Survey is conducted by DFO in collaboration with the Pacific Halibut Management Association (PHMA) and takes place on several chartered commercial fishing vessels each year. This survey covers the southern portion of the British Columbia coastline, including the mainland coast south of Milbanke Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound, and the north and west coasts of Vancouver Island. The PHMA provides the chartered commercial fishing vessels and field technicians, while DFO provides support for running the surveys, including survey design and equipment.
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.
Leopard Seal census, Heard Island 1987/88

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1987/1988

During the 5-1/2 months on the island most of the beaches were surveyed regularly for seals (3 species) and fishing debris. Leopard Sea surveys were made daily in the first three months for the Four Bays. In the last three months they were continued on a daily basis for Atlas Cove and Corinthlan Bay and once every three days for South West Bay.
Collation of spatial seagrass data (meadow extent polygons, species presence/absence points) from 1984 - 2018 for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) (NESP TWQ Project 3.2.1 and 5.4, TropWATER, James Cook University), Collation of spatial seagrass data from 1984 - 2014 for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) (NESP TWQ 3.1, TropWATER, JCU), Australia (1984-2014)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1984/2014, 1984/2018

This dataset summarises 30 years of seagrass data collection (1984-2014) within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The Site data describes seagrass at 66,210 sites; while the Meadow data describes seagrass at 1,169 individual or composite meadows. The data includes information on species, meadow type and age and reliability of the data. The dataset
is available as a shapefiles, GIS layer packages, and/or a CSV file. Data represented in this dataset has been collected by the TropWATER Seagrass Group and CSIRO in a GIS database.
This dataset is dominated by 822,000 'absent' compared to 37,666 'present' records.
Benthic communities and environmental parameters in Amvrakikos Wetlands: Mazoma, Tsopeli,Tsoukalio, Rodia and Logarou lagoons (September 2010 – July 2011)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2010/2011

Zoobenthic communities across confinement gradient in 5 coastal lagoons (Mazoma, Tsopeli,Tsoukalio, Rodia and Logarou) in Amvrakikos for four seasons (data analysis is still in progress)
JAX GUNEX Aerial Monitoring Surveys October 2010

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

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

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

Abstract:
Between 3 and 7 October 2010, two separate Gunnery Exercise (GUNEX) events occurred in the Jacksonville Range Complex (JAX) off the eastern coast of Florida within the U.S. Navy’s Firing Exercise (FIREX) boxes, BB and CC. Warships USS 58 and USS 64 were involved with the GUNEX events that included an Integrated Maritime Portable Acoustic Scoring and Simulator (IMPASS) component over a five day period. GUNEX events occur periodically throughout the year and allow the Navy to fulfill essential training requirements.

Purpose:
not provided
IOMPMN12015 Env Template annex 11

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research The underlying report has been prepared in accordance with Chapter 10 of standard
contractual conditions comprised in the Attachment no.III to the draft of the Agreement between the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Joint Interoceanmetal Organization
(IOM) concerning the extension of the Contract for exploration of polymetallic nodule deposits.
The report includes information concerning the search and exploration works which were executed by IOM in 2016 in accordance with a Program for the activity in the extension
period (starting from the year 2016), as it is envisaged in the Attachment I to the draft of the Agreement between the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Joint Interoceanmetal Organization (IOM) concerning the extension of the Contract for exploration of polymetallic
nodule deposits.