oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Happywhale - Sowerby's Beaked Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2015/2017

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 2 contributors in alphabetic order:

Cottele Benny; Marilia Olio
AIS Settlement Plate Program: Ongoing monitoring of invasive biofouling species on the Pacific coast of Canada

Keywords: Samplingevent, tunicates; bryozoans; invasive species; fouling; invertebrates; marine
Temporal coverage: 2005/2022

The Aquatic Invasive Species Settlement Plate Program deploys experimental settlement surfaces, usually small PVC plates, on floating structures such as docks, wharfs, and marinas throughout coastal British Columbia annually. It targets non-native biofouling species, although other taxa and common native species are also tracked. This dataset includes both non-native and common native tunicates and bryozoans, identified to species.
Macrozoobenthos, National Pilot Monitoring Studies Phyllophora April 2017, EMBLAS-II

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Macrozoobenthos data: species composition, abundance (ind/m²), biomass (g/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) in the area of the Zernov’s Phyllophora Field onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in April 2017
Balfry Tags, OTN Balfry Tags - Tag Release Metadata

Keywords: EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Occurrence, Samplingevent, ACOUSTIC TAGS, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

This is the OBIS extraction of the OTN Balfry Tags project, consisting only of the release tagging metadata. i.e. the locations  and dates of tagged animal release. If readers are  interested in the full source  dataset they should refer to the OTN web site  (members.oceantrack.org). Abstract: The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project was designed to develop and promote the application of acoustic tagging technology to study the life history of Pacific salmon and other species migrating along the continental shelf of western North America. POST envisioned the eventual creation of a permanent continental-scale telemetry system, however, during its existence more limited pilot-scale arrays were deployed, primarily concentrated in the Pacific Northwest. These included several acoustic receiver curtains between Vancouver Island and the mainland, creating an excellent means by which to monitor coastal marine animal migrations, especially by juvenile salmonids (smolts) migrating to sea (see projects QCS, JDF and NSOG). In addition to arrays on the continental shelf, POST equipment was deployed upstream and in the estuaries of several major salmon-producing rivers.  POST arrays, and POST data, were incorporated into the OTN in 2012. The integration of these arrays, their equipment and the associated animal tagging projects into OTN's global network allowed for international, widespread monitoring of important species within the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Tracking data generated from the POST arrays can be applied to the development of fishery management policies aimed at the sustainable harvest of resources, and to the understanding and conservation of other marine and diadromous species. Additional details about specific tracking projects which were originally a part of POST are only available by contacting the associated researcher.
Spring Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Southern Ocean Between Australia and Antarctica (CLIVAR-SR3)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

Spring Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Southern Ocean Between Australia and Antarctica (CLIVAR-SR3) - For voyage details see http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_voyage.cfm?voyage_id=150)
Fish and marine invertebrates from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Keywords: non-indigenous species, fish, invasive species, Metadata, Mediterranean Sea, trawl, marine invertebrates
Temporal coverage: 1990/2012

Fish and marine invertebrates caught with trawl surveys (fish and shrimp trawls) from the Mediterranean continental shelf and upper slope of Israel from 1990 to 2012 (1990-1994, 2000, and 2008-2012).
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 1999

Keywords: about, basisOfRecord, data_set_name, dataset, florida, identification, marine, organism, rank, recordedBy, samples, subregionid, usage, vernacular, vernacularName, wildlife, acceptedNameUsageID, organism_per_sample_area, acceptedNameAuthorship, acceptedNameUsage, Samplingevent, basis, commission, event, kingdom, phylum, research, set, square, taxonomicStatus, tortugas, value, associatedreferences, 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, accepted, aphia, array, common, datasetName, dry, florida keys, identifier, ocean, order, percent, sitecode, stewardship, taxonomy, scientificNameAuthorship, occurrence_identification, coral monitoring, 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, 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, authorship, basis of record, class, comprehensive, conservation, coverage, data, date, fish, hierarchy, large, obis, reef, sample, scientific_name, statement, worms, taxonomic_status, absence, area, coral, habitatid, latitude, longitude, monitoring, name, recorded, species, data_set_identification
Temporal coverage: 1999/1999

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. It is one of the longest running coral reef monitoring projects in south Florida and has been extremely important in documenting the temporal changes that have occurred in recent years
SOCAL Marine Mammal Aerial Monitoring 2008-2009

Keywords: Occurrence,Southern California Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

Original provider:
Smultea Environmental Sciences, LLC

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

Supplemental information:
The sighting records in 2010 were removed and registered as a new dataset "SOCAL Marine Mammal Aerial Monitoring 2010" (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1467) with new attributes and tracklines.
Stranded cetaceans and sea turtles along the Sicilian coasts and waters (years 2014-2018)

Keywords: Visual observation, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2014/2018

Data on stranded cetaceans and sea turtles along the Sicilian coast and waters, in the framework of the project "Dolphin watching and conservation in the gulf of Catania" and the "Report
a sighting and help the research" initiative promoted by the MareCamp association.
Phytoplankton abundance and composition and physico-chemical parameters in the Ebro delta embayments (Alfacs Bay and Fangar Bay, North Western Mediterranean)  during 1990-2019

Keywords: Samplingevent, Embayments
Temporal coverage: 1900/2021

The dataset PHYTOENVDELTA contains the weekly values of abundance (cells/L) for more than 200 taxa of marine planktonic microalgae at 10 sampling stations located in the two embayments of the Ebro delta, together with the physico-chemical parameters (temperature (°C), salinity, oxygen saturation (%) measured at the same sampling stations during 30 years (1990-2019)
UKSRLPMN12017 Senkenberg Meofauna

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research UK Seabed Resources Ltd (UKSR) is pleased to submit this annual report on activities with respect to the Plan
of Work associated with both of its 15-year International Seabed Authority (ISA) Exploration Licences. The first
licence entered into effect on 8 February 2013 (UK1); the second on 29 March 2016 (UK2). UKSR has integrated together the exploration programmes of UK1 and UK2 in order to provide UKSR and the ISA and its stakeholders a broader insight into CCZ-wide ecosystem structure and function. This report describes UKSR’s activities and particular achievements for the calendar year 2017 with specific reference to UK, and
also its plans for the future.
Macroalgas en raíces de Rhizophora mangle. Yaima y Laguna de Boca de Caño, Península de Paraguaná, Falcón, Venezuela.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Cholorphyta, Falcon, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta, Venezuela, Cyanobacteria, macroalgas, Paraguana Peninsula, raíces del mangle rojo Rhizophota mangle
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

En la zona sumergida de las raíces de mangles, especialmente de Rhizophora mangle L., se desarrollan comunidades de macroalgas que comparten este sustrato con otros organismos sésiles. En especial, en el mar Caribe se observa una gran riqueza de especies. En este estudio se caracterizó la comunidad de macroalgas asociadas a las raíces de R. mangle, en la península de Paraguaná, en el noroccidente de Venezuela. Se seleccionaron dos localidades de estudio, la ensenada de Yaima, abierta al mar y cercana a una plataforma coralina, praderas marinas, buhedales y bancos de arena, y otra ubicada dentro de la laguna de Tiraya, una albufera hipersalina.
Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2006

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

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.
Phyto- and microzooplankton in mussel farms - North Adriatic Sea (SosteMiTS Project) 2008-2009

Keywords: Samplingevent, Mussel fisheries
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

Phytoplankton and microzooplankton collected near mussel farm activities in the Gulf of Trieste - North Adriatic Sea in the framework of sosteMiTS Project financed by  Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Data collected in 2008-2009.
Voucher Specimen collections of Centre for Marine Living Resources &amp; Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, India

Keywords: Occurrence, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

CMLRE has collected various specimens from the Indian Ocean. The current dataset includes a wide range of faunal groups such as fishes, echinoderms, polychaetes, crustaceans, mollusks, and others. These specimens were collected from various cruises onboard FORV Sagar Sampada during the period of 2010-2023 and have been diligently preserved and maintained at the newly established CMLRE Referral Centre.
Epibenthic and fish community in Gazi Bay sampled from 12-15 October 1994

Keywords: Occurrence, Epibenthos, Observation, Demersal fishes, Seagrass beds, Mangroves
Temporal coverage: 1994/1994

Counts on epibenthos and fish species sampled in October 1994 by beam trawling in the mangroves and seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (kenya). Minimum and maximum standard length of fish was measured. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Boone, A. (1996). Epibenthische gemeenschappen in een tropische baai (Gazi Baai, Kenya)= Epibenthic communities in a tropical bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculteit van de wetenschappen, vakgroep biologie: Ghent. 125, appendix pp.
Seagrass data, Western Australia (2006-2009)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2009

This record describes data collected for the 2013 report "Synthesis of seagrass mapping studies conducted by the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water". 
Seagrass data was collected from the 11 study areas: Beaufort Inlet (2009), Hardy Inlet (2008), Irwin Inlet (2009), Leschenault Estuary (2009), Oyster Harbour (1988, 1996, 2006), Princess Royal Harbour (1996, 2006) Stokes Inlet (2009), Swan Canning (2011), Walpole Nornalup Inlets (2009), Wellstead Estuary (2009), Wilson Inlet (2007, 2008). Data downloaded on 2021-03-01 from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=a1a2d181-d453-43e1-ae2e-627ec2a9bd1e
ChEssBase

Keywords: Biogeography, Ecology, Observation, Biology, Bibliographic information, Occurrence, Taxonomy
Temporal coverage: null/null

ChEssBase is a dynamic relational database for all deep-water species from chemosynthetic ecosystems (hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and other reducing environments such as whale carcasses, sunken wood or OMZs) being constructed from the ChEss project (Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems) within the Census of Marine Life initiative.
Maritimes 4VSW Research Vessel Surveys

Keywords: Samplingevent, Animals/Vertebrates, Scotian Shelf, North Atlantic Ocean, Ecological Dynamics, Agriculture, Biosphere, Fish, North Atlantic, Fisheries, Species/Population Interactions, Aquatic Sciences, Earth Science, Oceans, Biological Classification, Agricultural, Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy
Temporal coverage: 1986/2010

“4VSW” missions focus on the eastern half of the Scotian Shelf, and occur primarily in March, but sets in both February, and April are also present in the data. These missions use a unique stratification scheme intended to optimize the abundance estimates of cod. Collected data includes total catch in numbers and weights by species. Length frequency data is available for most species, as are the age, sex, maturity and weight information for a subset of the individual animals. Other data such as ageing material, genetic material, and stomach contents are often also collected, but are stored elsewhere.
Northern Pelagic Shark Tagging Data 1983-1985 (releases), 1983-1997 (recaptures), tropical waters of Australia

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1983/1985

Between February 1983 and May 1985, some 10 500 sharks of 23 species were fin-tagged off northern Australia. Tagging concentrated on the commercially important Carcharhinus tilstoni and C. sorrah. Most recaptures were made in 1984 and 1985, but returns continued until May 1997. In all 579 tags (5.5%) were recovered. Tag shedding was estimated to be low (0.025 year1 for C. tilstoni) and tagging mortality was significantly lower for sharks caught by handline than by gillnet. Australian gillnetters, Taiwanese gillnetters (fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone) and Australian prawn trawlers accounted for most of the returns. The maximum distance between the release and recapture positions was over 1100 km, but most returns were made within 50 km of the tagging site. Nearly all of the releases were in inshore waters fished by Australian vessels. Although substantial numbers of recaptures were made by the offshore Taiwanese fishery, when fishing effort was considered, relatively few sharks appeared to move from inshore to offshore waters. This dataset contains the release and recapture information for all tag events and was collected as part of the CSIRO Northern Pelagic Fish Stock Research Project.
Tracking of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) from Montague and Bowen Islands, New South Wales coast, Australia (2012 - 2014)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2014

The field study was conducted on Montague Island (−36.253°, 150.227°), 9 km off the southeast coast of New South Wales, Australia, in September, November and December 2012–2014. This dataset consists of 166 tracks from adult little penguins (Eudyptula minor) covering the peak of the little penguin’s breeding season.
The analysis of tracks versus ocean properties is in Carroll, G., Everett, J., Harcourt, R. et al. High sea surface temperatures driven by a strengthening current reduce foraging success by penguins. Sci Rep 6, 22236 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22236 (data at https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.g24c6b6). Original data sourced from the following Zoatrack projects https://zoatrack.org/projects/119/ https://zoatrack.org/projects/123/ https://zoatrack.org/projects/170/.
Visual and genetic surveys for odontocete cetaceans in American Samoa 2003-06

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2003/2006

Original provider:
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center &amp; Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

Dataset credits:
Marie Chapla Hill, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Research Corporation for the University of Hawaii
David Johnston, Duke University Marine Laboratory
David Mattila, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Jooke Robbins, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies

Abstract:
Very little is known about the species composition, distribution, abundance, and stock structure of odontocete cetaceans inhabiting the United States Exclusive Economic Zone's (EEZ) waters of American Samoa. While some information on species presence in this region has been gleaned from anecdotal sightings and whaling and stranding records, the diversity of odontocete cetaceans in the waters of American Samoa has never been formally investigated.

We conducted a series of small boat photo-identification and biopsy surveys for cetaceans in the nearshore waters of Tutuila during 2003-2006. As well, ship-based visual surveys were conducted in the waters surrounding the Manu'a Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island in the summer of 2006. A total of 52 groups of odontocete cetaceans were encountered during small boat surveys, including spinner dolphins (<i>Stenella longirostris</i>), rough-toothed dolphins (<i>Steno bredanensis</i>), sperm whales (<i>Physeter macrocephalus</i>), false killer whales (<i>Pseudorca crassidens</i>), bottlenose dolphins (<i>Tursiops sp.</i>), dwarf sperm whales (<i>Kogia sima</i>), and unidentified odontocetes. A total of six groups of cetaceans were encountered during ship-based surveys, including false killer whales, pilot whales (<i>Globicephala macrorhynchus</i>), sperm whales, and unidentified odontocetes. Photographs, taken during both small boat and ship-based surveys, were analyzed for quality, and individuals with distinctive markings were selected for entry into the photo-identification catalogue. The resulting catalog includes 46 spinner dolphins, 41 rough-toothed dolphins, 2 bottlenose dolphins, 5 false killer whales, 4 pilot whales, 1 dwarf sperm whale, and 4 sperm whales. Thirteen (13) spinner dolphins and 14 rough-toothed dolphins were sighted in multiple years. For spinner dolphins, genetic data were used to estimate genetic diversity and effective population size and to compare these values with those of spinner dolphins in the Hawaiian Islands.  Diversity and populations size estimates were higher in American Samoa than in Hawai'i, suggesting a larger population size at American Samoa.
Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, human, Herbarium specimens
Temporal coverage: 1985/1992

This dataset contains a list of the presence, habitats and herbarium vouchers of the species of the Siphonocladales sampled at the Kenyan coast. Field work was carried out on a yearly basis from July 1985 till September 1992. Sampling was done by walking or wading at low tide and by snorkeling at high tide. All algae were collected in separate pots or bags. All specimens were determined with a Reichert light microscope and a Wild stereoscopic binocular. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Verstraete, H. (1993). De Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) van de Keniaanse kust. The Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) of the Kenyan coast.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 90 text, 18 ill. 33 fig. Pp.
AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2017

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
During 6 June 2017 – 15 July 2017, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted aerial abundance surveys targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was off of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. This survey covered waters from the coast line to about the 2000 m depth contour with a higher coverage over the New York State Offshore Planning Area. This survey coordinated with the SE aerial survey south of this study area in US waters. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots). The two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 9,479 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed, where 95% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below.

Purpose:
The objectives of this aerial flight was to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their ecosystem.

Supplemental information:
The survey code is TONE17SPR.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.