oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Records of Opalia-like mollusks (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) from the Indo-Pacific

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1978/2000

This dataset is from a paper by Emilio Garcia (2004) on some new records of Opalia-like mollusks from around the Indo-Pacific region.
Many Indo-Pacific species of the epitoniid supraspecific taxa Gregorioiscala and Opalia are recorded, with range extensions for Gregorioiscala burchorum (DuShane, 1988), G. nierstraszi (Schepman, 1909), Opalia alba (de Boury, 1911), O. bicarinata (Sowerby, 1844), O. pupipunctata (de Boury, 1911), and O. sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925).
This study is a continuation of an earlier publication on new records of Indo-Pacific Epitoniidae (Garcia, 2003), in which extensions of known geographical ranges of a number of epitoniid species and the description of nineteen new species were reported. The material used in both of these reports was obtained as a result of expeditions by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Nouméa) and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris).
ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1954/2008

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island, a subset of banding and recovery records from within Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island.

The Australian Government under the auspices of the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) manages the collation of information on threatened and migratory bird and bat species. The information provided spans from 1953 to the present, and contains over 2 million records. This set comprises records of banding and recovery in the Australian Antarctic territory. Records are also included if the bird was recovered or banded outside this region.

The ABBBS site is at http://www.environment.gov.au/science/bird-and-bat-banding.
AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014

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

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

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

Supplemental information:
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/1235">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a> dataset.

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

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
Cetacean distribution in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean (AR-OBIS)

Keywords: Southwest Atlantic ocean, dolphins, nearshore, offshore, Southeast Pacific Ocean, porpoises, stranding, Occurrence, sightings, toothed, whales
Temporal coverage: 1767/2005

Database containing published information from scientific papers and reports of cetaceans in the Atlantic Ocean, Magellanic region and South Pacific Ocean. Different records encompassing counting, sighting and stranding programs, personal communications with trained individuals, photographs, unpublished abstracts from meetings, books newspaper articles, and specimen collections from academic institutions and museums. The oldest records were accepted by the authors when the documentation and synonymy were reviewed. Distribution at near shore waters of open coast sheltered fjords, bays and river mouths. Peripheral records from farther offshore include reported sightings in Malvinas/Falkland Islands, Drake Passage and the South Shetland islands.
The New Zealand triplefin Grahamina signata (Teleostei; Tripterygiidae): A junior synonym of G.gymnota from Tasmania

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1950/2000

The triptcrygiid fish Grahamina signata Fricke &amp; Roberts, 1993 was described  from 174 specimens collected from several  exposed  locations around the coast of New Zealand. It was distinguished from the Tasmanian G. gymnota (Scott 1977) by  the number of pored scales in the lower lateral line, the number of branches of the supraorbital tentacle, and the colouration of the pectoral-fin base.Examination of new material of G. signata from the Auckland  region, and re-examination  of type material of  G.  gymnota,  show  that  the  supraorbital  tentacle  and  lower  lateral  line  are  not differences  of taxonomic significance. Pectoral fin colouration in a published underwater photo of G. gymnota suggests that the colour difference was due to  the  effects  of preservation. We therefore refer G. signata to the synonymy of G. gymnota. This synonymy, in combination with the restricted Tasmanian distribution and dispersal capabilities of the species, suggests that G. gymnota was introduced to Tasmania from New Zealand.
CSIRO, Cruise SS200404, Benthic Biodiversity, Tasmanian Coast; Bass Strait; Tasman Sea; NSW Coast, 2004

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

This voyage was used to test and refine optimal techniques to map and assess seabed habitat. The sampling locations are a number of submarine canyons and their immediately adjacent flanks on the west coast of Tasmania and east of Bass Strait.
Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Reports, metadata and other data from this voyage are at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details,cfm?survey=SS200404
Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2000

Keywords: Samplingevent, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2000/2000

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.
NOAA coral reef monitoring invertebrate data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2015

Invertebrate 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. Benthic substrates were evaluated using a photo-quadrat technique. At each site, five 50-m transects were used to measure fishes, corals, and other benthic assemblages between 8–10 m on outer reefs, and at 3–5 m for inner lagoon reefs. Each 50-m transect was surveyed at a 5-m width by either one or two observers. Invertebrates were identified to the lowest possible taxon and enumerated. When possible, a size esitmate to the nearest 5 cm was provided.
Long-term Ecological Monitoring Research Brazilian Oceanic Islands (benthic community)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2019

Brazil has four tropical oceanic islands: St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Rocas Atoll and Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago. These islands are geographically highly isolated, experience less harmful human-driven impacts than the coastal area, and encompass different levels of protection. Therefore, these more pristine islands represent a fundamental reservoir of marine biodiversity not only to the country but to the whole world. However, the Brazilian oceanic islands remain unknown to the majority of the population. Our mission is to increase the awareness and interest among Brazil’s population, providing knowledge to support governmental decisions and thereby help to protect and preserve the diversity, manifoldness and health of the unique marine ecosystems of our oceanic islands.
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Archipelagic waters, Coastal fisheries
Temporal coverage: 2004/2013

Sightings (snap shots) of sea turtles collected by Biosphere Expeditions colaborators specifically for POPA. Since 2004 that Biosphere Expeditions (www.biosphere-expeditions.org) collects data for POPA in the Azores central group in April and May.
Maritimes Conservation Network: St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area (MPA) Acoustic Tracking Study

Keywords: Samplingevent, ACOUSTIC TAGS, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2016/2022

This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network  and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)  Maritimes Conservation Network: St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area (MPA) Acoustic Tracking Study, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals.
    If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=SABMPA).
Abstract:The St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area was established in June 2017. In support of the long-term management of this MPA, an ecosystem monitoring program is currently being designed to evaluate performance relative to conservation objectives. Data describing the spatial-temporal patterns of species movement relative to MPA boundaries is essential for evaluating species composition and to gauge the protective capacity of the MPA.  In 2015, a snow crab (Chionoceotes opilio) movement monitoring project was established in the St. Anns Bank area, with collaboration between industry, the OTN and DFO (previously projects V2LSCF and ZSC). Acoustic receiver arrays deployed as part of this project provide an opportunity to record the presence of tagged species who reside in, or transit through, the MPA. In particular, acoustic monitoring of tagged focal species (Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic striped wolfish (Anarhichas lupus)), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), and snow crab inside the MPA and beyond the receiver array, will provide important information for performance evaluation and design. As part of the Maritimes Conservation Network, this tracking study will contribute to understanding species connectivity among sites of conservation interest in the region.
PELD-ELPA Continuous monitoring of the micro and mesozooplankton of the Patos Lagoon estuary and adjacent coastal area

Keywords: Patos Lagoon, Samplingevent, Monitoring, Zooplankton
Temporal coverage: 2009/2013

The micro and mesozooplankton of the Patos Lagoon estuary have been sampled monthly by the zooplankton laboratory of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) at two locations inside the estuary (since Apr 2009) and another at the local adjoining area (since Nov 2009), near FURG´s marine aquaculture station. Mini-bongo nets fitted with 90 and 200 microns and callibrated flowmeters are being used to collect the samples. Temperature and salinity data as well as water samples to measure Chlorophyll a are also collected from each sampling site.
Macroinfauna bentónica en la plataforma continental del Caribe norte colombiano

Keywords: Caribe colombiano, Características del agua, Occurrence, PERMISO_COLECTA, SIB_MARINO, Macrobentos, Metales pesados, Observation, Sedimentos
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

La información recopilada en este recurso tenía el objetivo estudiar la estructura del ensamblaje macrobentónico infaunal, las características físicas y químicas del agua y los sedimentos, y la concentración de metales pesados en los fondos blandos. Se muestrearon 14 estaciones en la época seca y 15 en la lluviosa ubicadas entre 7 y 150 m de profundidad. Con una CTDO se midieron in situ la temperatura, la salinidad y el oxígeno en el agua a 1 m del fondo y empleando una draga Van Veen se recolectó una muestra usada para la caracterización del sedimento y dos que se utilizaron para el análisis biológico.
IOMPMN12018 Env Template BIOL

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research The report is compiled in accordance with Section 10 of the standard clauses for exploration contract specified in Annex III to the Agreement between the International Seabed Authority and the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization concerning the Extension of the Contract for Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules between the International Seabed Authority and Interoceanmetal Joint Organization (hereafter referred to as the Agreement). The report includes information concerning the research and exploration work, executed by IOM in 2018, in accordance with the Program of Activities for the Extension Period (starting from 2016) as specified in Annex I to the Agreement.
NCOS1959_Mollusca

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Database of NCOS1959_Mollusca includes 16008 records of Mollusca specimen collected in the Marine Biological Museum of Chinese Academy of Sciences during the National Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey (NCOS) from 1958 to1960. The surveyed area covered the coast of China Seas, including the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, almost 1200 sampling stations. Most taxa of marine invertebrates were obtained in this survey.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Annelid Collection

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1899/2014

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Annelid Collection comprises about 27,000 lots of registered specimens, including 71 holotypes and 223 paratype lots.

The Polychaete marine bristle worms are by far the best represented group, but the collection also includes earthworms and leeches (Clitellata).

The Polychaete collection has representatives from marine and estuarine areas throughout Northern Australia, in particular Darwin Harbour, Bing Bong (MacArthur River) and Gove.
The main focus of the collection is the Polychaete marine bristle worms. Other worm-like phyla are also held at the MAGNT, including Echiura (spoon worms), Sipuncula (peanut worms), Chaetognatha (arrow worms), Enteropneusta (acorn worms), Nemertea (ribbon worms), Nematoda (round worms), Phoronida, Platyhelminthes (flat worms) and Priapulida.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co142). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1631

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 2006 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was part of the Stenella Abundance Research Project (STAR), a multi-year cetacean and ecosystem assessment study designed to assess the status of dolphin stocks which have been taken as incidental catch by the yellowfin tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships David Starr Jordan and McArthur II for a combined total of approximately 22,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 2006. 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 McArthur II.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to collect information necessary to estimate abundance of dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as bycatch in 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 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-LITE 2007, Cruise 1634
Meiobenthos, National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2016, EMBLAS-II

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Meiobenthos data: species composition, abundance (ind/m2), biomass (mg/m2) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) onboard the R/V "Mare Nigrum" (Romania) in May 2016
National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2017, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Mesozooplankton)

Keywords: Biological monitoring, Biological sampling, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Mesozooplankton data: species composition, abundance (ind/m3), biomass (mg/m3) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) onboard the M/V "Augugste Piccard" (Ukraine) in August 2017
NRC Harmful Phytoplankton Monitoring Project

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

This long-term project (1996-2006) was carried out by the National Research Council of Canada with the cooperation of Dalhousie University Oceanography Department with additional funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Aquanet. The goals were to determine the distribution of harmful phytoplankton, to monitor for novel toxins and identify their planktonic origin, to investigate methods for the early detection of toxic algal blooms and to evaluate and improve monitoring strategies by developing and implementing new technology.

Phytoplankton samples were collected at regular intervals at two Nova Scotian aquaculture sites at Grave’s Shoal (1996-1997) and Ship Harbour (1998-2006). Samples were collected for phytoplankton profiles and phytotoxin analysis. Associated physicochemical and optical sensing data were collected concurrently to monitor the occurrence of harmful algae blooms. Harmful species responsible for the production of PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning), DSP (diarrhetic shellfish poisoning), ASP (amnesic shellfish poisoning) and spirolides were enumerated and correlated with toxin concentrations. Clonal isolates were established from net tow samples that contained toxic species. Only the pipe sample phytoplankton profile data is included in this data set.

Sampling was conducted weekly from May to September at selected locations. Two sites consistently sampled were: one inside a mussel farm and a second located just outside the mussel lines. Plankton samples were collected using a pipe sampler to sample the entire water column.
Plankton samples were transported on ice back to the lab for analysis including qualitative taxonomy of dinoflagellates and diatoms. Two common toxic dinoflagellates known to co-occur in this area are Alexandrium tamarense and A. ostenfeldii. These two species cannot be distinguished with a light microscope. Confirmational genetic analysis was conducted to provide an estimate of their abundance ratios however in this dataset the two species were combined. 

The OBIS collection contains species distribution information.
Typhloplanoida from the southern hemisphere (Zanzibar, Kenya, Kerguelen, Australia and Weddell Sea)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Type localities
Temporal coverage: 1985/1997

List of Typhloplanoida with type localities found in Zanzibar, Kenya, Kerguelen, Australia and the Weddell sea between 1985 and 1997. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vermin, W. (1998). Typhloplanoida (Turbellaria, Plathelminthes) van het zuidelijk halfrond. BSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 75, figures pp.
Benthos Cretan Continental Shelf

Keywords: Benthic fauna, Data, Occurrence, Biogeography, Marine Genomics, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1988/1988

This dataset is part of a national project on the consequences of the Navarino Oil spill, in 1994 at the Gialova Lagoon, Ionian Sea. The Cretan coasts were studied from May 1987, in order to assess the level of their environmental degradation due to touristic and other anthropogenic activities