oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Acoustic detections of sperm whales from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Acoustic - group size,Vessel, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1994/2001

Original provider:
Claudio Fossati, University of Pavia

Dataset credits:
Claudio Fossati and Giulia Romè, CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, University of Pavia

Abstract:
CIBRA Center for Bioacoustics, Univ. of Pavia, organizes research cruises in the Med sea since 1994. Visual and acoustic contacts (1994 - 2001) are available on OBIS-SEAMAP, while acoustic recordings are stored in our Sound library and available upon request.

Purpose:
Data were collected during cetacean research campaigns, acoustic software and hardware development campaigns.

Supplemental information:
This is a subset of sperm whale detections from an acoustic detection dataset "<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1114">Acoustic detections from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001</a>". Sperm whale detection records have an estimated group size while others do not.

Effort tracklines are registered with "Acoustic detections from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001".

Data from visual contacts are registered in a separate dataset "<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1078">Visual contacts from research cruises in the Med sea, 1994-2001</a>".
Weight of Copepoda in the Southern Bight of the North Sea in 1971 and 1974

Keywords: Thorax, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1971/1974

Mean weight and thorax length of the most important Copepoda species of samples taken between January and October 1971 and for 1 sample taken on 30th of May 1974 at station M55. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van Gijsegem, B. (1979). Bijdrage tot de gewichtsbepaling van de belangrijkste soorten Copepoda in de zuidelijke bocht van de Noordzee. BSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 48 pp.
RMT Trawl catch from the 1990/91 V6 AAMBER2 voyage

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1991/1991

Collected by RMT trawls during ANARE 1990/91 Voyage 6 AAMBER2 survey. 62 routine sampling sites were taken within the area 67 degrees to 78 degrees East, 65 degrees South to the Antarctic coastline, in a grid arrangement with approximately 30 nautical miles in latitude and longitude between sites. At each site the 0-200m water layer was sampled by a downward oblique haul with a rectangular midwater trawl RMT 1+8 net. Ten horizontal tows were also made with the RMT 1+8 to identify krill/zooplankton targets detected by the echosounders.
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1839/2014

Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are any ecosystem that are highly vulnerable to one or more kinds of fishing activity or other disturbance, and are identified by the vulnerability of their components (e.g. habitats, communities or species). The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) Convention includes specific provisions to protect VMEs. SPRFMO has defined ten benthic invertebrate taxa that are regarded as indicators of VMEs. They are: Porifera (sponges); Actiniaria (anemones); Alcyonacea (soft corals); Gorgonacea (sea fans); Pennatulacea (sea pens); Scleractinia (stony corals); Antipatharia (black corals); Stylasteridae (hydrocorals); Crinoidea (sea lilies); and Brisingida (armless stars). For management purposes, it is important to know where VMEs are known or likely to occur, based on the best available scientific and technical information. The likely presence of VMEs can be identified using habitat suitability models for indicator taxa, ideally across the entire SPRFMO area. This is the aim of the South Pacific VME project. Records of VME indicator taxa extracted for the SPRFMO area and the New Zealand EEZ from OBIS (Online Biogeographic Information System: www.iobis.org) together with other online data sources, and data from research institutes (e.g., NIWA, CSIRO) and fisheries agencies (e.g. MPI, AFMA) were used for the project. These data were compiled and groomed prior to use in the habitat suitability modelling. Data in this dataset represent records of the VME indicator taxa as extracted from the variety of data sources listed above and may include records that are outside of the SPRFMO area.
Enigmatic declines of Australia’s sea snakes from a biodiversity hotspot. Survey of seasnakes at Ashmore Reef, Australia (1973 - 2007)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1973/2007

Surveys conducted in eight years between 1973 and 2010 recorded the highest abundances (average 42–46 snakes per day) and species richness (nine species) in 1973 and 1994. In 2002 abundance had declined by more than 50% (21 snakes per day) and only five species were recorded. Since 2005 abundances have been consistently low (1–7 snakes per day), with just two species, Aipysurus laevis and Emydocephalus annulatus, recorded in significant numbers. Despite extensive searches since 2005 (especially in 2010) five species of sea snake historically abundant at Ashmore Reef have not been sighted and are presumed to have become locally extinct. These species include three Timor Sea endemics Aipysurus apraefrontalis, Aipysurus foliosquama, Aipysurus fuscus, and one Australasian
endemic Aipysurus duboisii.
National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2017, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Macrozoobenthos)

Keywords: Biological monitoring, Biological sampling, 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) onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in August 2017
Happywhale - White-beaked Dolphin in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 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 5 contributors in alphabetic order:

Javier Cotin; Marilia Olio; Mark OBrien; S. Helgu; Ted Cheeseman
Fish larvae biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1998/2000

This volume of the REVIZEE Document Series summarizes information on the identification and occurrence of the innumerable larval fish collected during the Program Assessment of the Sustainable Living Resource Potential of the Exclusive Economic Zone (REVIZEE). The study material was collected during three oceanographic cruises carried out between 1998 and 2000, in the area from the Real River (BA) to the São Tomé Cape (RJ), including submarine banks and the oceanic islands Martin Vaz and Trindade.
Happywhale - Southern Bottlenose Whale in Southern Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
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:

Hans Verdaat; Jim Wilson
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University

Keywords: Occurrence, Calcite, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1987/2003

Compilation of paleoceanographic datasets from the Tübingen University.

Data available on:
<ul>
<li> Distribution of diatoms, coccolithophores and planktic foraminifera in the Arabian Sea
</li><li> Benthic foraminifera of the Red Sea
</li><li> Benthic foraminifera in sapropels of the eastern Mediterranean Sea
</li><li> Planktic foraminifers and hydrography of the eastern and northern Caribbean Sea
</li><li> Planktic foraminiferal sedimentation and the marine calcite budget
</li><li> Lower Albian benthic foraminifera</li></ul>
ACZISC-AEI: NRC-McLachlan collections: Marine Algae of Nova Scotia. IX. Flora of Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton Island

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Bras d'Or “Lakes” are actually a complex estuary occupying the central part of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Measuring 1,200km2 in surface area and 13 km3 in volume, it consists of four basins, running in a northeast-southwest direction, separated by a series of low mountains, and connected by narrow channels, including two that open to the NE Atlantic ocean.

Species distribution information associated with a study of marine algae (McLachlan and Edelstein, 1990) were digitized, standardized and republished by Cape Breton University (CBU) as as part of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative (AEI) funded project “Atlantic Canada’s Biological Data for Ecosystem Planning and Decision-making” and OBIS Canada.

This resource contains species presence information and is a republication of data originally reported by McLachlan and Edelestein, 1971.
Frobisher Bay, Canada, OTN Frobisher Bay, Canada - Tag Release Metadata

Keywords: EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Occurrence, Samplingevent, ACOUSTIC TAGS, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2011, 2008/2009

This is the OBIS extraction of the OTN Frobisher Bay, Canada 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: This study described the marine migration distribution, movements, diet, mortality and duration of anadromous Arctic char relative to migration temporal phase and environmental conditions (salinity, temperature and prey availability, tides) in inner Frobisher Bay (63o N 68o W), a macrotidal estuary on southeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Of the 33 char acoustically tracked in 2009, 15 (45%) ventured beyond 10 km of either of the Armshow or Sylvia Grinnell river mouths and 9 (27%) were detected in both rivers’ estuaries. Marine mortality was estimated at 24.2% with 62.5% of the mortalities occurring within the Sylvia Grinnell River estuary. Assuming an emigration date of June 18th in both 2008 and 2009, marine migration duration was 46 to 78 days. Mean durations were 59±6 in 2008, 65±7 in 2009 and 63±7 days combined. Tracking revealed migrant movements into the intertidal zone with the flood and ebb of the tide. Most detections were in surface waters (0 to 3 m). Inter/sub-tidal movements and consecutive repetitive dives (maximum 52.8 m) resulted in extreme body temperature shifts (-0.2 to18.1oC). Approximately half of intertidal and subtidal detections were between 9 to13oC, and 1 to 3oC, respectively. Stomach contents and deep diving suggested feeding in both inter/sub-tidal zones. We suggest that char tolerate cold water at depth to capture prey in the subtidal zone, then seek warmer water to enhance feeding/digestion physiology.
Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the dredging areas of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)

Keywords: Demersal fishes, Samplingevent, Ecological monitoring, Abiotic factors, Dredging wastes, Dredging, Epibenthos
Temporal coverage: 1977/1981

Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in and around the dredging areas between 1977 and 1981. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1984). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale biocoenoses en van de demersale Pisces in en rondom de baggerzones. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 201. CLO Gent: Gent. 45, + annexes pp.
Investigation of School and Gummy Shark Nursery Areas in South East Tasmania, Australia, 1991-1997

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1991/1997

School shark pupping areas in inshore waters of Tasmania identified by Olsen in the 1940s and 1950s were re-sampled using gillnets &amp; longlines from 1991-97.
Catch data includes a wide variety of sharks, rays and teleosts species, the most numerous being: Squalus megalops, Platycephalus bassensis, Squalus acanthias, Pseudophycis bachus, Aldrichetta forsteri, Mustelus antarticus, Callorhynchus milii, Galeorhinus galeus, Tracurus declivis, Cephaloscyllium laticeps, Neosebastes scorpaenoides, Platycephalus richardsoni, and Sillago bassensis. The fish catch data was taken from school shark nursery areas in Tasmania and Victoria, this study is split into 2 portions, first a 12 month study (91-92), followed by a multi-year study (92-97).
Tracking two rehabilitated green turtles off Eastern Australia using satellite tags (2010 - 2011)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2010/2011

Two turtles trapped in crab pot float lines were found by members of the public and admitted to Australia Zoo wildlife hospital. They underwent rehabilitation and had their front flippers amputated due to necrosis. Upon release they were fitted with Argos satellite transmitters to determine their movements and survival potential.
Data is from https://zoatrack.org/projects/4.
Phytoplankton in the Oosterschelde before, during and after the storm-surge barrier (1982-1990)

Keywords: Observation, Phytoplankton, Occurrence, Monitoring
Temporal coverage: 1982/1990

During 8 years (before, during and after the storm-surge barrier) phytoplankton was measured at two stations in the Oosterschelde (inner harbour and the estuary, the Netherlands) by Kees Bakker.
Littoral Monitoring Network of Cantabria (Phytoplankton)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2005/2015

IHCantabria with the support of the Regional Government of Cantabria has been carried out since 2005 the monitoring of the coastal waters of Cantabria in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. Here is included the abundance of phytoplankton obtained from field campaigns in the coast and identified in the laboratory.
AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
During 27 June–25 August 2016, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted a shipboard abundance survey targeting marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds on the NOAA ship Henry B. Bigelow. The survey area was between 36 and 42N and 65 and 74W, covering waters offshore of the 100m depth contour. There were 2 independent teams targeting marine mammals and sea turtles using line transect sampling techniques, a team targeting targeting sea birds using strip transect sampling techniques, a team monitoring a towed hydrophone array, and a team collecting physical and biological oceanographic data. Track lines were covered at about 10 knots. In Beaufort sea states of six and less, about 5354 km of on-effort track lines were surveyed. Over 1200 groups (16,000 individuals) of cetaceans, 26 groups (27 individuals) of sea turtles and 1977 groups (4677 individuals) of seabirds were recorded.

Purpose:
The main objectives of the survey were: 1) determine the distribution and abundance of cetaceans, sea turtles and sea birds within the study area; 2) collect vocalizations of cetaceans using passive acoustic arrays; 3) determine the distribution and relative abundance of plankton and other trophic levels, 4) collect hydrographic and meteorological data, and 5) when possible, collect biopsy samples and photo-identification pictures of cetaceans.

Supplemental information:
[2022-10-14] The species for the record on 2016-06-30 (group size 160) was corrected from unidentified spotted dolphin to the spinner dolphin.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider 
to obtain this attribute.
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1978/2019

The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning of scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef in the 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document spawning times in other parts of the globe. Unfortunately, most of these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding of regional and global reproductive patterns. The Coral Spawning Database (CSD) collates much of these disparate data into a single place. The CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 of which were unpublished) of the time or day of spawning for over 300 scleractinian species in 61 genera from 101 sites in the Indo-Pacific. The goal of the CSD is to provide open access to coral spawning data to accelerate our understanding of coral reproductive biology and to provide a baseline against which to evaluate any future changes in reproductive phenology.
Data and metadata sourced from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00793-8 on 2021-11-22. See article for the full list of contributors and their organisations.
Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2011 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

Original provider:
Center for Coastal Studies

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
The project is being undertaken by multi-institutional team with expertise in whale behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, telemetry and wound healing processes. It includes collaborators from the following institutions:  Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) http://www.antarctica.gov.au/scienceCascadia Research Collective (CRC)         . http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/The Marine Mammal Center (MMC)              .http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML)http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/Research is being performed under NOAA scientific permit #14245.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Primary research funding comes from NOAA and Exxon through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.  This is a project of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP).


Abstract:
Satellite-monitored radio tags have yielded important information for the conservation and management of large whales.  Tags provide far greater detail on large whale movements and habitat use than more traditional studies, and past tagging projects have revealed the existence of entirely unknown whale habitats.  However, it is not uncommon for tags to stop transmitting within days to months of deployment, and follow-up studies on the individuals have been limited. Further work is needed to improve the scientific and conservation value of this technology.In this study, satellite tagging and its effects are being examined among Gulf of Maine humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This is among the best studied humpback whale populations.  Its strong fidelity to particular feeding sites, long feeding ground residency and strong overlap with observer effort that are expected to result in repeated sightings of tagged animals, and a maximized resighting potential in future years.  The project will also produce new information on humpback whale movement and habitat use in relation to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=660">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.
2012 University of Plymouth Falmouth towed underwater video maerl and associated epifauna survey

Keywords: Dredging, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2012/2012

Survey to establish the location and assess the extent, distribution and species composition of maerl bed habitats and quantify the abundance of associated epifauna communities in Falmouth Harbour, UK using a high definition towed underwater video system. Surveys were conducted in response to proposed dredging activities to deepen the shipping channel. The surveys took place in February 2012 and transects were approximately 200 x 0.5 metres.
Happywhale - South American Sealion in South Atlantic Ocean

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

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:

Per Nikolaj Bukh; Rémi Bigonneau
A Study of Attached Benthic Foraminifera Associated With The Deep-Sea Coral Primnoa resedaeformis On The Scotian Margin

Keywords: Observation, Oceans, Biological Classification, Occurrence, Biota
Temporal coverage: null/null

Data on marine benthonic foraminifera were obtained from samples collected from the Hudson 2002-54, Hudson 2002-46, Martha Black 2001 ROPOS cruise and 1965 Sackville cruise by video grab, piston core, and sediment suction. Samples were collected from coral specimens ranging in height from 25-60cm in water depths from 300 to 500 m. Methods of collecting and processing samples vary with each cruise.

The original survey report (Hawkes 2004)also contains information on ocean current paths. The OBIS view of this dataset includes only the abundance and biomass information and the units have been standardized to number of individuals (or biomass) per cubic centimetre.
Happywhale - Southern Elephant Seal in South Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2019/2019

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:

Petra Glardon; Ran Dembo