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NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2005

Tidal creeks draining watersheds representative of forested, suburban, urban, and industrial land cover were sampled along the Southeast USA coast from 2002 to 2006 under two federal projects including (1) USGS May River Project; and (2) the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative.
NMML Killer Whale Vessel, Kodiak Island, 1992

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Killer Whale,Orcinus orca,vessel survey,survey,abundance,Vessels,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 1992/1992

Original provider:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Dataset credits:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Abstract:
From 9 July to 22 August, 1992, a part of a larger study, the waters surrounding Kodiak Island were surveyed for killer whales (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) from the NOAA Brielyn Marie using line transect methodology. To provide adequate coverage throughout the area, the study was limited to areas of known killer whale concentrations. The vessel was 36.5 m (113 ft) long and had a bridge height of 6.0 m (18.5 feet).

Purpose:
The objectives of this study were as follows: 
1) Develop a photographic identification catalogue of each killer whale encountered, and its pod, to determine pod identity, distribution, and movements relative to annual survey effort, 
2) Obtain minimum population estimated of killer whales in the central/eastern Aleutians and the south side of the Alaskan peninsula, 
3) Establish baseline data for detecting annual changes in abundance.

Supplemental information:
This dataset and associated effort data were updated on September 8, 2005. Those who downloaded them before that date should renew them.
Happywhale - Bryde's whale in South Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2004/2022

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:

Alvaro Jaramillo; Matthew Bendt; Ted Cheeseman
HRC CRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys June-July 2008

Keywords: Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2008

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.
Aegean Sea Bathyal Nematodes

Keywords: Occurrence, Deep sea, Data, Observation, Marine Genomics, Meiobenthos
Temporal coverage: 1997/1997

Meiofaunal communities from the bathyal ecosystem of the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). The dataset contains data on the community structure of nematodes from 7 stations (depth range 153 to 1772 m) which were sampled twice (September 1997 and March 1
Fauvel P. 1937. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XI.Annelida Polychaeta. Notes et memoires No 19

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1937 by P. Fauvel and concerns of the faunistic report on the Polychaetes collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 3/9/1933 to 18/11/1933 and contains occurrence data of polychaetes in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.
Valoración de servicios ecosistémicos y diversidad biológica de los arrecifes de coral en los alrededores de la Isla Cayos de Bolívar, Reserva de Biósfera Seaflower, Caribe Colombiano.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Peces, Macroalgas
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

En el marco de la expedición Seaflower 2022, realizada en la Isla Cayos de Bolívar, dentro de la Reserva de la Biosfera Seaflower, se realizaron censos visuales de peces, determinación de complejidad topográfica y evaluación de la comunidad béntica, mapeo de ecosistemas someros, así como muestreos de macroalgas en Cayo Bolívar, mar Caribe colombiano, ubicado en la reserva de la biosfera Seaflower. Con este proyecto se da continuidad a la valoración de servicios ecosistémicos de los arrecifes de coral realizada en todas las expediciones Seaflower a partir de 2017, con estudios cuantitativos sobre diversidad de peces, cobertura del bentos, complejidad topográfica y protección costera, empleando metodologías estandarizadas e implementadas en dichas expediciones. Se da continuidad a proyectos realizados durante otras expediciones en Seaflower de 2014 a 2018 , al inventario de diversidad de macroalgas, además de continuar con esfuerzos conjuntos con CIOH, UN-Medellín y DIMAR (expediciones Seaflower 2017 y 2018).
Phytoplankton samples collected near Sochi, Black Sea, in 1974-1975

Keywords: Digitization, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1974/1975

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff near Sochi (Mamaika. Matsesta. Sochi river's mouth), Black Sea, during three surveys in 1974 and 1975. Samples were taken in the area of deep sea outfall of Sochi. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) and biomass (mg/m³) for phytoplankton taxa. Also size records are given for some of them. No additional metadata is available.
WADFW PSAMP W2004

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Aircraft,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 2003/2004

Original provider:
Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife

Abstract:
The metadata edits are in progress. Please contact the contact person for detail.

Aerial surveys of marine birds have been conducted annually since 1992 by the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP) staff during both a summer (July) and a winter (December to early February) survey window, sampling some part of every portion of the marine shoreline of the inner marine waters of Washington state by two strata:  nearshore (&lt; 20 meters in depth) and offshore (&gt; 20 meters in depth).  

The datasets are split by season (summer or winter) and year.

Purpose:
The purpose of this program is to monitor population trends of either summer or winter resident species rather than migrations around Puget Sound.

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)
Anas oustaleti (202228) =&gt; Anas platyrhynchos (175063)
Larus tridactyla (176874) =&gt; Rissa tridactyla (176875)

Data correction Mar 17, 2006:
Wrong ITIS number for Unidentified Sea Lion
180623 -&gt; 180615

Data correction Mar 14, 2006:
Wrong ITIS number for Unidentified [Large|Small] Gulls
180297 -&gt; 176802

The nearshore strata were sampled in two fashions: 
1)in nearshore habitat that was relatively narrow, the plane flew parallel to the shoreline generally 100 meters from the high tide line; 
2)in nearshore habitat with broad extensive shallow areas such as river estuaries, the plane flew in an S-pattern to sample a larger proportion of the habitat available in that locality.  The offshore strata were sampled in a crisscross pattern that zigzagged back and forth across depth contours, with an attempt made to cut across most all banks and similar major underwater bathymetric features.  There was no attempt made to survey during the same tidal stage in these areas.

The survey always began in the southernmost study areas and proceeded to the northern portions; therefore the same areas were usually sampled during the same time of month each year, give or take a week.  The last two summer surveys (1997-98) did not include the southern and central portions of Puget Sound, due to budget cuts.  These areas were chosen to be continued on a less frequent basis because low and consistent numbers of birds were seen there during the July survey window in the previous five summer surveys.

Effort data is provided in separate files.
Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire on the Coral Geographer from Zanzibar to Fremantle, Indian Ocean (2023)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2023/2023

Seabird observations by Neil Cheshire on the tourist vessel Coral Geographer from Zanzibar to Fremantle, Indian Ocean in march 2023. 
Observations typically 2 to 3 times per day. Weather details (air and sea temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction and atmospheric pressure) were recorded once per day. Original data recording sheets can be downloaded at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/download.cfm?file_id=5393. Data entered by OBIS Australia and where possible matched to WoRMS taxa.
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2016

Keywords: accepted, aphia, array, common, florida keys, identifier, ocean, order, percent, sitecode, stewardship, taxonomy, scientificNameAuthorship, occurrence_identification, coral monitoring, authorship, basis of record, class, comprehensive, conservation, coverage, data, date, fish, hierarchy, large, obis, reef, sample, scientific_name, statement, worms, absence, area, coral, habitatid, keys, latitude, longitude, monitoring, name, recorded, species, data_set_identification, about, basisOfRecord, florida, identification, marine, organism, rank, recordedBy, samples, subregionid, usage, vernacular, vernacularName, wildlife, acceptedNameUsageID, organism_per_sample_area, acceptedNameAuthorship, acceptedNameUsage, array-data, database, eventID, eventdate, family, fwri, gulf of mexico, occurrence, register, revisited, scientific, scientificname, taxon, taxon_status, unaccepted, v2.3, aphia_database_identification_number, scientificnameid, biogeographic, biology, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, institute, occurrenceID, project, record, siteid, station, status, system, taxon_rank, taxonomic, time, authorship_information, accepted_authorship_information, percent_coverage, Samplingevent, basis, commission, event, kingdom, phylum, research, set, square, taxonomicStatus, value, accepted_aphia_database_identification_number, occurrenceStatus, cremp, evaluation, fwc, genus, information, meters, number, per, presence, species_name, specificEpithet, taxonRank, vernacular_name, world, year, organismQuantity, accepted_name_usage, organismQuantityType
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

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.
Larvae collected near deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields for microbiome study

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2007/2017

This dataset provides the sampling locations and identifications for a total of 60 larvae collected near deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields and used in a microbiome study by Carrier et al. (2020, submitted). The larvae were collected near hydrothermal vent fields on the East Pacific Rise (EPR 9°50'N vent field), on the Mariana Back-Arc Spreading Center (near Snail and Archaean vent fields), and in Pescadero Basin (Auka vent field) in the Gulf of California. This dataset is derived from a dataset in the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) repository (Beaulieu et al., 2021, doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.839476.1) with the addition of two Darwin Core terms recommended for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; countryCode and kingdom). See the dataset in BCO-DMO for acquisition description, data columns removed that were not in the Darwin Core standard (e.g., Lowest_level_taxon_name_or_morphotype, microbiome_16S_Dryad), and associatedMedia. Note that the use of the Darwin Core term habitat differs from the standard definition; we describe the habitat as "hydrothermal vent" ENVO term http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000215 for those taxa for which we are confident that the adults live at a hydrothermal vent, otherwise NotDetermined. Funding to collect specimens was from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) OCE-0424953 and OCE-1028862 and the Dalio Explore Fund, and funding to standardize these data to Darwin Core for sharing through the Ocean Biodiversity Information System was from NSF DEB-1558904 and OCE-1829773.
PANGAEA - Data from Hotspot ecosystem research on the margins of European seas (HERMES)

Keywords: Meiobenthos, Observation, Benthos, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1999/2004

HERMES data in PANGAEA only include meiobenthos abundances at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano (1037 records) and meiobenthos abundances in the Black Sea during Poseidon cruise.
MIRC Guam Marine Species Monitoring Winter-Spring Surveys 2012

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Mariana Islands Range Complex,Vessels,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2012/2012

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

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

Abstract:
This dataset presents a Guam subset of the results of the Guam and Saipan Marine Species Monitoring: Winter-Spring Survey conducted on the motor vessel (M/V) Sea Fantasy (Guam survey) and the M/V Super Emerald (Saipan survey) from 15 to 29 March 2012.
The objective of the 2012 survey effort was to conduct baseline surveys to further document marine mammal and sea turtle occurrence in nearshore waters around the island of Guam and Saipan. The approach primarily followed opportunistic survey protocols used in recent surveys around Guam (Ligon et al. 2011; HDR 2011), which remained within 10 kilometers (km) or 5.4 nautical miles (NM) of the coastline.

Purpose:
not provided

Supplemental information:
A Saipan subset of the survey is found at <a href=""></a>
Biogeographic distribution of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Cumacea

Keywords: Biogeography, Occurrence, Occurrences, Southern Ocean
Temporal coverage: null/null

A comprehensive literature search was carried out to extract all available historic published information. Additionally data were submitted from own Antarctic research expeditions since 1985 as far as species have currently been identified.  These data shall include taxonomic level of family, genus (optional subgenus), species (optional subspecies) and synonyms (optional). Further details will be given on authorship of the species, year of publication, holotype or additional findings. Station data cover cruise name, vessel name or expedition name (if available), station number (if available), coordinates (if available), depth (if available), sampling date (if available), description of sampling locality and sampling gear (if available). A second file was produced to contain the references list for the data described in the taxonomic and station data file.
Distribución espacial y abundancia de la Familia Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) en el Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela

Keywords: Cyclopoida, ID:BID-CA2020-025-NAC, Corycaeidae, Composición, CaribeSur, Caribe sur-oriental, Samplingevent, Golfo de Cariaco
Temporal coverage: 2003/2004

La composición, distribución y abundancia de la Familia Corycaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), fue estudiada en el golfo de Cariaco. Las muestras fueron recolectadas con una red tipo Bongo (300μm) entre 0 – 25 m en 10 estaciones, 5 extendidas en la zona Pariche-Manicuare (zona norte) y 5 en la zona Cumaná - El Peñón (zona sur). La temperatura y salinidad del agua superficial mostraron diferencias significativas entre los meses pero no entre las dos zonas. Se examinaron 1034 ejemplares y se identificaron 14 especies, siendo la más frecuente y abundante en ambas zonas Ditrichocorycaeus amazonicus, luego le siguieron Onychocorycaeus catus y Monocorycaeus robustus en la zona norte, mientras que en la zona sur le secundaron Corycaeus speciosus y Farranula rostrata. La densidad media en la zona norte fue de 914 ind.m-3, mientras que en la zona sur fue más baja (145 ind.m-3). Se hallaron diferencias significativas en la abundancia entre las dos localidades, permitiendo dividir a dichas especies en dos grupos: marinas y estuarinas. El reporte de M. robustus y F. carinata son el primer registro para el Mar Caribe y el golfo de Cariaco, respectivamente.
Marine mammal observations from the TAN1802 voyage to the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

RV Tangaroa carried out a six-week voyage to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean between 9 February and 21 March 2018 with scientists from NIWA and the University of Auckland.
Scientists did a range of surveys to better understand the processes governing this environment and its relevance to New Zealand. These included oceanographic observations, atmospheric observations, whale and benthic habitat studies, along with studies of plankton communities. The whale studies were carried out by the University of Auckland.
The research aims of the voyage were to better understand:

* Climate change effects on oceanographic processes; 
* Marine microbial community structure and function ;
* Influence of marine aerosols on cloud formation and properties of Antarctic clouds; 
* Seabed habitats and fauna inside and outside of the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area (MPA); 
* The role of whales in the Antarctic ecosystem; 
* Abundance and distribution of mesopelagic fish found between 200 and 100m deep, krill, and zooplankton

One of the key outcomes of the research will be to generate baseline data required to determine whether the objectives of the MPA are being achieved. The MPA covers more than 1.55 million square kilometres and came into existence in December.
he ship carried 23 scientists and 17 crew. Together their work ranged from taking atmospheric and oceanographic observations and samples, to whale spotting, maintaining the vessel, and cooking meals around the clock to service the 24-hour operation of the ship.
ABYSSLINE UKSRL Contract Area CCZ Megafauna 2013-2015: Ctenophora

Keywords: Occurrence; Deep-sea mining; Polymetallic nodule; Clarion-Clipperton Zone; megafauna; Ctenophora
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

This dataset describes the abyssal megafaunal annelid morphotypes observed during the two ABYSSLINE cruises (AB01/MV1313 - 2013 and AB02/TN319 - 2015) to the UKSRL polymetallic-nodule exploration contract area (UK-1) and the site EPIRB (~250 km east of the UK-1 area) in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. These megafaunal annelids were recorded using ROV and AUV. There appear to be at least 5 distinct morphospecies identified by imagery. This dataset is from the paper: Amon D, Ziegler A, Drazen J, Grischenko A, Leitner A, Lindsay D, Voight J, Wicksten M, Young C, Smith C (2017) Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e14598. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598
UCF - TAMAR - NOAA juvenile tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Original provider:
University of Central Florida

Dataset credits:
Data provider
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Satellite Tracking - AMAPPS
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=782">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.
Finnish Baltic Sea phytoplankton monitoring, KPLANK database

Keywords: Samplingevent, Long-term monitoring, Species distribution
Temporal coverage: 1937/2018

The KPLANK database includes data on phytoplankton, covering the Finnish coastal areas as well as the offshore areas of the Baltic Sea. The quantitative data mainly stem from the Finnish national monitoring program and statutory monitoring programs. In total the database contain approximately 240 000 quantitative records including size classes. The data span from 1937 to present. The database is regularly maintained and data is added continuously.
Meiofauna of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea), 2013-2014

Keywords: Marine, Meiobenthos, diver, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2013/2014

Meiofauna monitoring in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy), 2013-2014 in the framework of the Italian flagship project RITMARE. In June 2013 and April 2014, sampling was carried out at four sites by scuba divers who collected five virtually undisturbed sediment cores using polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 µm) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of 32-40x)
Four species of deep-sea ascidians from Papua New Guinea

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1875/2014

This dataset is from a paper describing four deep-sea ascidian species collected during the KAVIENG 2014 expedition in Papua New Guinea. These species are described, including additional characteristics not reported previously. Fimbrora calsubia is classified within the family Ascidiidae, Dicopia fimbriata and Octacnemus bythius within Octacnemidae, and Culeolus recumbens within Pyuridae. Anatomical observations confirmed previous descriptions for these four species collected elsewhere. Here, we describe additional morphological features for these species and provide the first barcode DNA sequences (based on a fragment of the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome Oxidase I) for D. fimbriata and C. recumbens