oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Happywhale - Indian humpback dolphin in South Atlantic Ocean

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

Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

Supplemental information:
Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 1 contributors in alphabetic order:

Els Vermeulen
Deep Atlantic Bivalves

Keywords: Occurrence, Deep Sea
Temporal coverage: null/null

This paper lists the species and the distribution of the bivalves collected from the deep-sea expeditions undertaken by American, British and French research vessels in the Atlantic over a period of twelve years. Samples were taken from eleven basins, and the analysis is restricted to samples taken with the epibenthic sled from depths ranging from 500 m to 5,000+ m. A preliminary analysis is made of the changing distribution with depth and discussion as to why some genera and families are either restricted to or are more dominant in the deep sea as compared with those found at shelf-sea depths. It provides a baseline of information against which future deep-sea sampling can be compared. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4002/0076-2997-50.1.57
SEFSC Atlantic surveys, 1998 (3)

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

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Abstract:
These are cruise results for the summer Atlantic Ocean marine mammal survey during the NOAA ship relentless cruise RS 98-01 (3).

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid scientific names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (176924) =&gt; Hydroprogne caspia (176935)
Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) =&gt; Leucophaeus atricilla (824079)
Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (176922) =&gt; Thalasseus maximus (824142)
Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) =&gt; Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)
Elephant Seal Sightings, Macquarie Island

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1952/2007

At Macquarie Island 1000 seals were weighed per annum between 1993-2003 at birth and individually marked with two plastic flipper tags in the inter-digital webbing of their hind flippers. These tagged seals were weighed again at weaning, when length, girth, fat depth, and flipper measurements were made. Three weeks after weaning 2000 seals were permanently and individually marked by hot-iron branding. Recaptures and re-weighing of these known aged individuals were used to calculate growth and age-specific survival of the seals.
Similar data were collected from elephant seals between 1950 and 1965 when seals were individually marked by hot-iron branding. Mark-recapture data from these cohorts were used to assess the demography of the declining population. Length and mass data were also collected for these cohorts and were used, for the first time, to assess the growth of individual seals without killing them.
Mesozooplankton abundance and biomass in Sevastopol Bay and inshore waters off the Crimean Coasts of the Black Sea

Keywords: Inshore waters, Mesozooplankton, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1999/2011

The dataset contains the monitoring data on abundance and biomass of 26 mesozooplankton species and life stages in Sevastopol Bay and inshore waters off Crimean coast of the Black Sea from September 1999 to December 2011 (about 15.224 measurements).
Loggerhead turtle movement off the coast of Taiwan

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Sea turtles,Animal tagging,Radio transmitters, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2002/2012

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

Dataset credits:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)

Abstract:
Satellite tags were attached to 34 non-reproductive loggerhead turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) caught as bycatch in the Taiwanese coastal poundnet fishery from 2002 to 2008. Transmission durations ranged from 6 to 503 d (median 172 d), with 5860 d tracked in total. Horizontal track data were processed using the Bayesian state-space modelling to extract the most likely daily positions, taking into account ARGOS data quality and other forms of statistical error. A region of high occupancy in the East China Sea, covering 433 549 km2 of coastal and pelagic area next to Taiwan, China, Japan, and South Korea, was characterized from the tracking data. Various attributes of this hotspot are described using satellite tracks and remotely sensed data. The tracks were merged with oceanographic data, emphasizing a new global dataset characterizing mesoscale eddies from satellite altimetry data. A proximity-probability approach coupled with odds ratio testing was used to infer orientation to eddy features. Comparisons against random points, simulated particle tracks, and drifter buoys were used to demonstrate turtle differential responses to eddies inside and outside the hotspot, depending on eddy features (i.e. cyclonic vs. anticyclonic, edges vs. centres). Turtles inside the hotspot utilize fewer strong cyclonic eddy edges than those outside.

Purpose:
Define habitat use of loggerhead sea turtle, <i>Caretta caretta </i> in the Pacific Ocean Basin.

Supplemental information:
Metadata for individual animals / trackings including PTT Type, Duty cycle, Date deployed, Deployment location, Tag nos., Final location, Date terminated, Distance traveled,  Transmitting days, Mean Speed of Travel, Capture status
are available upon request.
2005-Ongoing UK MarLIN Shore Thing timed search results

Keywords: Occurrence, Data, Taxonomy, Observation, Marine Genomics, Species distribution
Temporal coverage: 2006/2016

Intertidal species effort based search undertaken by students (16+) and volunteer groups with support from an ecologist. During the twenty minute timed species search surveyors look for 22 species, 4 non native and 18 climate change indicator species within 1 of 3 habitats rockpools; boulders, crevices and overhangs or open rock. Abundance is recorded using a simplified version of SACFORN.
Marine species from published papers of the Kenyan EEZ in the period 1975-2013

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1980/2013

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute has a digital library repository of published work called KMFRI/dspace http://41.215.122.106/dspace/ from which publications with marine species were downloaded and the species described in them, their sampling locations and latitudes and longitudes. This data will contribute sopecies lists in Afremas, Worms and OBIS datasets. This effort has been championed by the ODINAFRICA project.
Colección de Nemertinos del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia - Makuriwa

Keywords: Nemertinos, Caribe Colombiano, Ribbon worms, Pacific Colombian, Marine, Colombian Caribbean, Biological colections, Gusanos cinta, Marino, Nemertea, Nemerteans, Pacífico colombiano, Colecciones biológicas, Specimen, MHNMC, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2022

El Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia - MHNMC que hace parte del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras Invemar, custodia entre su material biológico la Colección de Nemertinos (Gusanos cinta). Esta fue creada en el año 2008 a partir de tres lotes que contenían 33 especímenes; aunque se tenía conocimiento de la existencia previa de más lotes, los cuales estuvieron durante varios años confundidos con material de otros grupos de vermes. En el año 2016 durante el proceso de organización del Museo, tras el traslado del Invemar a nuevas instalaciones, el material extraviado fue ubicado; se destinó un espacio físico para esta colección y a partir de allí se dio paso al proceso paulatino de catalogación.  Actualmente la colección custodia 323 lotes catalogados, recolectados en diferentes ambientes desde el litoral en la plataforma, hasta el margen continental profundo entre los 0 y 3896 m de profundidad. El material proviene principalmente del Caribe, aunque también se cuenta con algunos especímenes del Pacífico colombiano. Este recurso presenta los registros biológicos correspondientes a todo el material catalogado que fue documentado a partir del proceso de curaduría y catalogación efectuado entre 2022 y 2023 durante el desarrollo del proyecto BID-CA2020-055-NAC.
The Marine Natural History Museum of Colombia - MHNMC, which is part of the Marine and Coastal Research Institute Invemar, holds among its biological material the Collection of Nemertines (Tapeworms). This was created in 2008 from three vauchers containing 33 specimens; although there was knowledge of the previous existence of more lotes, which were for several years confused with material from other groups of worms. In 2016, during the process of organizing the Museum, following the transfer of Invemar to new facilities, the missing material was located; physical space was set aside for this collection, and from there the gradual process of cataloging began.  The collection currently holds 323 cataloged lots, collected in different environments from the littoral on the shelf to the deep continental margin between 0 and 3896 m depth. The material comes mainly from the Caribbean, although there are also some specimens from the Colombian Pacific. This resource presents the biological records corresponding to all the cataloged material that was documented from the curatorial and cataloging process carried out between 2022 and 2023 during the development of the project.
Angola LNG olive ridley tracking project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2010

Original provider:
PENV

Dataset credits:
Data provider
West Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Angola LNG


Abstract:
The objective of this project is to track olive ridley turtles attempting to nest on Kwanda Island, Soyo Angola. The primary aim of the poject is to obtain information on internesting sites. Kwanda Island is the site of the Angola LNG development that will treat gas from offshore wells which is currently being flared.  Kwanda Island is located inside the mouth of the Congo River in northern Angola.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=263">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.
Mesozooplankton, National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2017, EMBLAS-II

Keywords: 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
Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) observations and occurrences in the Southern Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1994/1995

Between 1993 and 1996 observations of individual leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) Bird Island, South Georgia were recorded. The purpose of this study was to monitor haul out patterns, seasonality and diet of leopard seals. This sampling program resulted in a collection of photos of individual leopard seals, many of which were tagged or known individuals (based on scars or pelage patterns). The collection includes different gender and life stages and individuals exhibiting different behaviour such as feeding (Antarctic fur seal or penguin kills) or swimming. Individual seals may have been photographed multiple times. A number of individuals were tagged using Dalton Jumbotags, Dalton Supplies Ltd., UK. Other seals could be identified by unique markings (scars or pelage patterns). This resource is based upon this photo collection and includes presence information only – no information is provided to calculate density. The next version of this resource will be enhanced and include the photos associated with these observations. In addition it will also be expanded to include photos collected between 1993 to present (2016).
SCANS I cetacean sightings 1994

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

Original provider:
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews

Dataset credits:
Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews

Abstract:
Shipboard and aerial line transect surveys were conducted of the North Sea and adhacent waters to provide accurate and avundance estimates of small cetaceans. Known as the SCANS survey, it was conducted in summer 1994. Shipboard transects covered 20,000 km and aerial transects covered 7000km. Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) dominated the data.
Habitat and fisheries production in the south east fishery ecosystem - Zooplankton records from three Southern Surveyor voyages, shelf waters, South East Australia (1994-1996)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1994/1996

Zooplankton were collected by bongo and/or drop nets at 40m and 200m stations on seven transects across the continental shelf in eastern Bass Strait, south-west Victoria, and south-west NSW waters. Data were collected in July 1993 (cruise SS 05/93), August 1994 (cruise SS 05/94), April 1996 (cruise SS 02/96) and November 1996 (cruise SS 06/96). Major species/species groups were identified, biomass measured, and subsamples taken for stable isotope analysis. Zooplankton communities identified will be analysed for links to water masses, water column phytoplankton pigments, and nutrient levels in the water.
CRC HRC PMRF Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys February 2014

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

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

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

Abstract:
Data in this datasets represent marine mammal sightings for ten days of Navy funded small boat surveys to photograph and satellite tag marine mammal odontocetes. Surveys were conducted from 1 to 10 February 2014 off Kauai, in and around the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), within the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC). Work was performed under HDR task order KB26 (IDIQ contract award N62470-10-D-3011, NAVFACPAC).
Benthic Foraminifera of Laucala Bay (Suva, Fiji)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Foraminifera (often abbreviated to "forams") are acellular organisms (protists) that form shells (tests) of calcium carbonate or cemented grains of sand or other material which, when the animals die, may form calcareous sand. The purpose of the study was to determine the species of benthic foraminifera present in Laucala Bay, and to investigate the role of large foraminifera, especially the soritid Marginopora vertebralis (Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1830) in supplying carbonate sediments to a lagoonal sedimentary system in Fiji, namely the Nukubuco Reef flat in Laucala Bay. A total of 68 different species from 48 different genera were identified from the 13 sites sampled and the species classification and taxonomy were determined.
Megafaunal data from the 2009 BIOFUN trans-Mediterranean deep-sea cruise

Keywords: research vessel, Sarmiento de Gamboa, Deep water, Benthos, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

Deep-sea sampling in 2009 onboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa in the three Mediterranean basins. A combination of 2 samplers was used to collect the benthic megafauna: an otter-trawl Maireta system (OTMS) and an Agassiz dredge. The OTMS is a 1-warp benthic otter-trawl designed to work seamlessly on high depth grounds: its stretch mesh size at the cod-end is 40mm, with an outer cover of 12mm, to allow retrieval of small-sized fractions of megafauna. The net total length is 25m, with an horizontal opening of 12.7m and a vertical opening of 1.4m. Trawls were conducted at 2.6 to 2.8 knots. The Agassiz dredge had a 2.5 m horizontal opening and 1.2 m vertical opening, a net mesh size of 12 mm, and was trawled at 2.0 knots.
Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) associated to Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) in southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2021

Cryptic species in coral reefs, such as sea slugs, represent and contribute an important portion of their biodiversity, which is usually underestimated. Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been implemented to estimate cryptic diversity in coral reefs. Therefore, this research aimed to contribute to the southern Gulf of Mexico (GM) and the Caribbean Sea (CAR) coral reefs sea slugs’ diversity and distribution using ARMS as a collection method. 58 ARMS were placed at three coral reefs in the GM and CAR, recovered after 1-2 years and then, disassembled at the laboratory. Plates were individually placed in trays with seawater, where we searched for sea slugs. A total of 242 organisms were found belonging to 37 species; 20 of them were identified to species level, while 17 were determined up to genus or family. More than half of the species (24) were found in Bajo de 10 (GM), while 16 species were found in the CAR localities. Unlike previous studies, we assessed sea slugs’ diversity exclusively by an indirect sampling method. In this work we found 11.2% of the sea slug diversity recorded in the Caribbean, and we report 20 species for the first time in the country. New records of species, and even one family for the GM stress the gap of information that we still need to fulfill in the area. We recognize ARMS as a useful tool to find juvenile, cryptic, and rare species of sea slugs, as well as to standardize their quantification and record their diversity.
Tracking 21 White-necked Petrels (Pterodroma cervicalis) from Phillip Island (Norfolk Island), Tasman Sea (2019)  , Tracking 21 White-necked Petrels (Pterodroma cervicalis) from Phillip Island (Norfolk Island), Tasman Sea (2019)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

Tracking 21 White-necked Petrels (Pterodroma cervicalis) as part of a study by Halpin et al. (2021) looking at the accuracy of geo-locators. Data sourced from the Dryad repository described in the cited paper.
Diet results from Adelie penguins at Bechervaise Island and Whitney Point, 2012/13

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

These spreadsheets provide the proportions of prey DNA sequences in the scats of Adelie penguins at Bechervaise Island and Whitney Point in East Antarctica. 

Samples were collected during two stages of the breeding season: mid brood guard (Bechervaise Island-January 4-6th 2013, Whitney Point 23- 28th December 2012) and mid creche (23-26th January 2013). Scat samples were collected from breeding birds, chicks and non-breeders at Bechervaise Island and breeding birds and chicks at Whitney Point. 'Breeders' were identified as individuals brooding or provisioning a chick, whereas 'non-breeders' were usually pairs that had reoccupied the colony and were building new practice nests with no chick present. Non-breeders in the colony include immature birds that have not yet bred and mature birds of breeding age that did not breed in a particular season (e.g. no partner or insufficient body condition)

DNA from each sample was extracted and sequenced as per the protocols in the following paper:
Jarman, S.N., McInnes, J.C., Faux, C., Polanowski, A.M., Marthick, J., Deagle, B.E., Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. 2013 Adelie penguin population diet monitoring by analysis of food DNA in scats. PLoS One 8, e82227. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082227).

The Raw Data spreadsheet contains the proportion of each prey group of each individual sample, plus the total sequence count of prey items. Only samples with greater than 100 prey sequences are included in the dataset. The summary datasheet contains only prey taxa which contained greater than 2% of the proportion of sequences.

Analysis of these data have been published in: McInnes JC, Emmerson L, Southwell C, Faux C, Jarman SN. (2016) Simultaneous DNA-based diet analysis of breeding, non-breeding and chick Adelie Penguins http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150443
Quality: 2018-09-24 - The original datasheet was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ standardS. The new datasheet 'AdeliePenguinDiet2012_2013.csv" provides datasetID, recordNumber, resourceID, relatedResourceID, relationshipOfResource, relationshipAccordingTo, eventRemarks, eventDate, year, month, day, locality, locationID, verbatimLatitude, verbatimLongitude, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, continent, countryCode, preparation, identificationQualifier, occurrenceStatus, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType, basisOfRecord, behaviour, and institutionCode. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Galapagos Green Turtle Satellite Tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2003/2005

Original provider:
Jeffrey Seminoff, NOAA-NMFS

Dataset credits:
Data provider
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
test2
Project sponsor or sponsor description
test3


Abstract:
test1

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1169">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.