oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Tethys Research Institute aerial survey cetacean sightings 2009-2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Aircraft,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2009/2011

Original provider:
Tethys Research Institute

Dataset credits:
Tethys Research Institute; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA

Abstract:
Monitoring abundance and distribution is essential in any conservation strategy, but is often ignored in many regions, including much of the Mediterranean. It is a priority of the Italian Ministry of the Environment, who funded a series of aerial surveys around Italy, to provide significant baseline information on cetaceans distribution and abundance. The covered areas included the Pelagos Sanctuary, the Central Tyrrhenian, the Corsica and Sardinia Seas, and the Ionian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Numbers of animals within the Sanctuary are significantly higher in summer, when human activities and thus potential population level impacts are highest. A crude comparison with data from past shipboard surveys suggests an appreciable decrease in fin whale density in the Pelagos Sanctuary area over the last decade, reiterating the need for a major synoptic basinwide survey, as well as regular monitoring surveys. The low CVs and CIs reconfirm the effectiveness of aerial surveys in estimating abundance of certain cetacean species in suitable areas/circumstances and may provide a model for other areas of the Mediterranean. These surveys provide baseline data to develop efficient long-term systematic monitoring programmes, as required by a number of national and international frameworks. The collected data may also be crucial in assessing whether ship strikes, one of the main causes of death for fin whales in the Mediterranean, are affecting the Mediterranean population.

Supplemental information:
Effort data are from 2009 only. When time and observed counts were not available, "00:00:00" and "1" was filled in, respectively.
Northern Cyprus 2009 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2009/2010

Original provider:
Marine Turtle Research Group

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/"> Marine Turtle Research Group</a> (Annette Broderick, Wayne, Fuller and Brendan Godley) of the University of Exeter, UK, and the Society for the Protection of Turtles in Northern Cyprus (SPoT)
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project is supported by <a href="http://www.britishchelonia.org/">British Chelonia Group</a>, <a href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk//">Natural Environment Research Council</a>.


Abstract:
The <a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/projects/cyprus/"> Marine Turtle Conservation Project</a> is a project of the <a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/"> Marine Turtle Research Group</a> and has been monitoring the nesting beaches of Northern Cyprus since 1992. The project is in collaboration with the Society for the Protection of Turtles in Northern Cyprus (SPoT) and the Department of Environmental Protection. In Northern Cyprus both green and loggerhead turtles nest. Green turtles in the Mediterranean are listed as endangered by the <a href="http://iucn.org//">IUCN</a>, with estimates suggesting that there are as few as 300-400 females nesting annually in this region. Loggerhead turtles nest in slightly greater numbers, with approximately 2000-3000 females nesting annually. Approximately 30 % of the green and 10% of the loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean nest in Northern Cyprus.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=397">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.
The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology - DgoMB: Trawls

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2000/2002

A research program has been initiated by the Minerals Management Service (Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991) to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico entitled “The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology.”
Increasing exploration and exploitation of fossil hydrocarbon resources in the deep-sea prompted the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to support an investigation of the structure and function of the assemblages of organisms that live in association with the sea floor in the deep-sea. The program, Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos or DGoMB, is studying the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continental slope from water depths of 300 meters on the upper continental slope out to greater than 3,000 meters water depth seaward of the base of the Sigsbee and Florida Escarpments. The study is focused on areas that are the most likely targets of future resource exploration and exploitation. However, to develop a Gulf-wide perspective of deep-sea communities, sampling in areas beyond those thought to be potential areas for exploration has been included in the study design. A major enhancement in the program is the extension of the transects onto the abyssal plain of the central Gulf of Mexico through collaborative studies with Mexican scientists. This additional work effort will allow assessment of benthic communities structure and function throughout the basin by sampling the deepest habitats in the region.
The program is designed to gain a better ability to predict variations in the structure and function of animal assemblages in relation to water depth, geographic location, time and overlying water mass. Biological studies are integrated with measurements of physical and chemical hydrographic parameters, sediment geochemical properties and geological characteristics that are known to influence benthic community distributions and dynamics. Eight (8) hypotheses are being tested on the basis of measures of benthic community structure. It is hypothesized that community structure varies as a function of: 1) water depth, 2) geographic location (east vs. west), 3) association with canyons, 4) association with mid-slope basins, 5) sea surface primary productivity, 6) proximity to hydrocarbon seeps, 7) time (seasonal and interannual scales), and 8) association with the base of escarpments.
HRC CRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys October 2009

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

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

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

Supplemental information:
Presence only. No group size estimated.
Effort data is not available.
USGS South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network Crustaceans

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2011

The South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network (FIAN) is a monitoring project within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). It is an element of the Southern Estuaries module of the Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP).

The FIAN is designed to support the four broad objectives of MAP: (1) to establish a pre-CERP reference state, including variability, for each of the performance measures; (2) to determine the status and trends in the performance measures; (3) to detect unexpected responses of the ecosystem to changes in stressors resulting from CERP activities; and (4) to support scientific investigations designed to increase ecosystem understanding, cause-and-effect, and interpretation of unanticipated results.

FIAN is a regional scale monitoring program of seagrass-associated fish and invertebrate (penaeid and caridean shrimp and crabs) communities present in shallow waters of South Florida; the pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, as a restoration indicator, is a species of special interest.  FIAN provides input to the pink shrimp performance measure. The pink shrimp emerged as an ecosystem attribute to be monitored from the Florida and Biscayne Bay conceptual ecological models.

A 1-m2 throw-trap is the basic gear used to sample fauna in FIAN.  Associated with each throw-trap animal sample are measurements of seagrass/algae habitat, water depth, sediment depth and surface temperature, salinity and turbidity.  Twice annually, a randomly located throw-trap sample is collected in each cell of a 30-cell grid at each of the 19 monitoring locations at the end of the dry season (April/May) and the wet season (September/October).

This dataset describes the quantification of the invertebrate data (Crustaceans).
PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, Hawaii-Guam Transit 2010, Cruise 1001, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

Original provider:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted cetacean surveys aboard the NOAA Oscar Elton Sette during the ship's transit from Hawaii to Guam (20 January - 6 February 2010) and covered 2,380 km of on-effort trackline. There were 24 cetacean sightings, most of which were not identified to species. Eight of the cetacean groups were identified to six species. Time and weather limitations prevented the ship’s approach of more of the sighted cetacean groups.

Supplemental information:
Data were collected under NMFS permit 14097.
The data included here are the sightings and on-effort tracks recorded within WinCruz survey software and extracted from the QA/QC'd DAS file using the R package swfscDAS (https://smwoodman.github.io/swfscDAS).

Attributes for fields within the trackline files:
Cruise - see description in attribute table below
segnum - segment number for continuous on-effort line
Date - Local date m/dd/yyyy
TimeStart - Local time at start of on-effort segment
LatStart - Latitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment
LongStart - Longitude in decimal degrees at starting point of on-effort segment
TimeEnd - Local time at end of on-effort segment
LatEnd - Latitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment
LongEnd - Longitude in decimal degrees at end point of on-effort segment
Mode - see description in attribute table below
EffType - see description in attribute table below
avgSpdKt - average speed (knots) of the ship over the on-effort segment traveled
avgBft - average Beaufort Sea State over the on-effort segment

Other data not included here:
Photos and biopsy samples were collected during some sightings. Acoustic detections were recorded from a towed hydrophone array. Sonobuoys were deployed opportunistically. A High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) was deployed off Wake Island. Oceanographic data were collected (CTD, XBT, continuous plankton recorder).
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2010

Keywords: area, coral, datum, effort, habitatid, keys, lastt, latitude, locality, longitude, method, monitoring, multiply, name, obtain, sampling, transect_lengh, type, width, biogeographic, biology, change, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, geodetic, institute, modified, project, siteid, station, system, time, waterBody, coral_reef_monitoring_effort, sampling_transect_units, array, first, florida keys, identifier, ocean, sitecode, state, stateProvince, stewardship, used, data_set_identification_number, coral monitoring, country, cremp, datasetID, date-time, evaluation, firstYear, fwc, geodeticDatum, information, language, lenght, maximum, maximum_depth, meters, number, observation, units, water, water_body, year, lastt_year_of_observation, samplingProtocol, Samplingevent, body, commission, event, length, research, sample_region, samplingEffort, set, minimumDepthInMeters, class, comprehensive, conservation, data, date, depth, fish, large, lastYear, lengh, minimum, obis, rectangle, reef, sample, sampleSizeValue, transect, maximumDepthInMeters, array-data, eventID, eventdate, fwri, gulf of mexico, license, minimum_depth, region, revisited, sampleSizeUnit, v2.3, coral_reef_monitoring_method, first_year_of_observation, last_date_time_change, dataset, florida, geodetic_datum, habitat, identification, province, samples, side, subregionid, video, wildlife
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between 2007 and 2008) in the percent cover of major benthic taxa (stony corals, octocorals, sponges, and macroalgae), mean coral species richness and the incidence of stony coral conditions. Additionally, it examines the long-term trends of the major benthic taxa, five coral complex, Montastraea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Siderastrea siderea, and Porites astreoides) and the clionaid sponge, Cliona delitrix.
Happywhale - Dusky Dolphin in South Atlantic Ocean

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

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 7 contributors in alphabetic order:

Brian Dolan; David Hobbs; Gerald Friesen; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Kitty Swanson; Ramon Lucas; steve
Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV

Keywords: OpenPSD, gbif-cesp, private-sector, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1990/2021

DNV is a risk and classification company with roots dating back to the founding of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in 1864. DNV operates in the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors.
The data produced by DNV is stored in their own Environmental Monitoring database (MOD). It comprises approximately 2.8 million species occurrence records, as well as chemical and geology records. This information comes from grab sampling conducted in areas around oil drilling stations. GBIF Norway is working with DNV to publish the species abundance data in the MOD database.
The grab sampling process is done on a yearly basis around the months of May and June, but not all stations are sampled each year. In general sampling is done around each station every third year, and in some areas samples have been repeated since the 1990s.
Seagrass coverage of Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, South Australia (2013)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Inshore benthic habitat mapping of Pelican Lagoon, Kangaroo Island as part of a wider Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) project to map specific areas of the South Australian inshore environments. Data was captured on Kangaroo Island during 2013 which included field observations and Underwater video footage. This data is part of a national program Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme) and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project D3 (Reefs on the Australian Continental Shelf).
Cayman Islands 2005: Green Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2006

Original provider:
Cayman Islands Department of Environment

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
This project represents a collaborative effort between the Cayman Islands Department of Environment and the Marine Turtle Research Group of the University of Exeter in Cornwall (UK).
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Satellite transmitter and associated satellite time for Green Turtle 1 was supported by the Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP) - a joint initiative of the UK's Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in partnership with the UK Overseas Territories. 


Abstract:
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands in 1503, he named them Las Tortugas (the turtles). Ferdinand Columbus recounted that the islands were ?full of tortoises, as was all the sea about, insomuch as that they looked like little rocks? The green turtle population was estimated at over 6.5 million turtles at the time of the discovery, and turtle fishing (turtling) came to form the basis of the economy and culture of the Cayman Islands. This historical importance is memorialized in our Coat of Arms and currency, but by the beginning of the 19th century, commercial exploitation had driven the immense green turtle nesting population in the Cayman Islands to the brink of extinction. Wild turtles continue have a central place in the memories and experiences of many of our citizens, but today, only a few dozen nesting sea turtles remain. Where do these endangered greens and loggerheads go after they leave our beaches? With the help of schools and the community, the Cayman Islands Department of Environment and the Marine Turtle Research Group have begun a satellite telemetry project to track our historically and culturally important sea turtles for the first time.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=92">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.
Macrozoobenthos collected from the longitudinal profiles in the Romanian marine waters between 1986-1990

Keywords: Observation, Macrozoobenthos, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1986/1990

The macrozoobentos dataset includes a number of 56 samples collected on the Longitudinal profiles (L) of the Romanian littoral between 8 m to 42m depths. Van Veen grab with a sampling area of 1/20 m2 was employed as a macrozoobenthos sampler. One replicate  was collected at every station. Sampling was done in autumn period (September, October).The samples have been analyzed qualitative (number of species) and quantitative (densities and biomasses). The macroinvertebrates have been identified at species level.
Macro- and megafauna from the North Aegean Sea from 1997-1998

Keywords: Rocky shores, Zoobenthos, Macrobenthos, Biodiversity, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1997/1998

Samples of macro- and megafauna were collected in the North Aegean Sea, between 1997 and 1998. This dataset then served as a basis to describe the diversity, spatial and temporal variability and trophic relationships of different taxonomic groups inhabiting hard substrates.
Macrobenthos of the Voordelta (Grevelingen, Oosterschelde) in 1988 and 1989

Keywords: Samplingevent, Macrobenthos
Temporal coverage: 1988/1989

Counts of bivalves and polychaetes per family for several replicates sampled at 4 stations in the Voordelta between April 1988 and March 1989 and average density and biomass of macrobenthos species for several clustered stations sampled in the Grevelingen and Oosterschelde area between July and August 1988. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Craeymeersch, J.A.; Buijs, J.; Brand, R.; Hannewijk, A.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Stikvoort, E. (1990). Benthosonderzoek in relatie tot abiotische dynamiek het macrobenthos van de Voordelta: interimrapportage juli 1989. DIHO rapporten en verslagen, 1990(4). Dienst Hydrologisch Onderzoek (DIHO): Yerseke. 72 pp.
Benthic communities and environmental parameters in three Mediterranean ports (Sardinia, Crete, Tunisia)

Keywords: Mediterranean Sea; Ports; Physical parameters; Hydrocarbons; Heavy metals; Nutrients; Benthic biodiversity
Temporal coverage: null/null

Three seasonal sampling campaigns (winter, summer before touristic period, summer after touristic period) were implemented during 2012 in three Mediterranean touristic ports: Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), Heraklion (Crete, Greece) and El Kantaoui (Tunisia). Three to five stations were sampled per port, which were part of different port sectors (leisure, fishing, passenger, cargo, shipyard). Three water and three sediment replicate samples were collected per station for analysis of nutrients, pigments and hydrocarbons. One replicate was analysed for physical parameters, heavy metals and granulometry. Five sediment replicates were collected for analysis of benthic biodiversity. Benthic organisms were sorted to the main taxonomic groups (e.g. .Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata) and identified to species level.
MesoAmerican Reef shark habitat and environmental preferences (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Original provider:
MarAlliance

Dataset credits:
Data provider
MarAlliance - Marine Megafauna Program
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=1068">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.