oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 1995

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 1995/1995

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
Keith D. Mullin, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
A Caribbean cetacean survey was conducted  in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters, especially in the Caribbean Sea and adjacent North Atlantic. This dataset contains sightings of not only cetaceans but also other species including sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the ship survey.

During the 44 day cruise with 4,274 transect kilometers surveyed, nine cetaceans were identified, including

Humpback whale
Minke whale
Mesoplodon sp.
Ziphiidae
Pilot whale
Bottlenose dolphin
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Pantropical spotted dolphin
Striped dolphin

The dataset  is accompanied by transect data which is provided as a separate file.

Purpose:
The purpose of this survey is to examine the distribution and estimate abundance of cetaceans in U.S. waters, especially in the Caribbean Sea and adjacent North Atlantic, which should meet the responsibility under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Specific objectives of this survey are:

1. Collect line transect data to estimate abundance and define the distributions of cetaceans in the northern Caribbean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean.

2.Collect ichthyoplankton samples in an Atlantic swordfish longline fishing area and throughout the survey area.

3. Collect associated environmental data at designated stations.

4. Obtain biopsy samples of skin and blubber from selected cetacean species in U.S. waters.

5. Collect data on the distribution and abundance of seabirds and other marine life.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bridled Tern: Sterna anaethetus (176897) =&gt; Onychoprion anaethetus (824104)
Least Tern: Sterna antillarum (176923) =&gt; Sternula antillarum (824127)
Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) =&gt; Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)
COMRAPMS12016 Env Template phytoplankton

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (hereinafter referred to as COMRA) conducted its activities during 2016 according to the First Five-Year Plan specified in Appendix II to the Polymetallic Sulphides Exploration Contract (hereinafter referred to as the Exploration Contract) between the International Seabed Authority (hereinafter referred to as ISA) and COMRA. In accordance with the provisions specified in Section 10 of the Exploration Contract, COMRA, as the contractor, submits to the Secretary-General of ISA this Annual Report covering its program of activities carried out in the year of 2016.
DFO SABS: Dredging samples collected from bays along the southern coast of New Brunswick during summers of 1913 and 1914

Keywords: biological classification, Observation, oceans, Occurrence, biota
Temporal coverage: 1913/1914

During the summers of 1913 and 1914 a survey of the southern coast of New Brunswick was completed with the purpose to ascertain what bays would be suitable for oyster culture.  This resource contains the mollusc distribution observations obtained from the dredging samples collected as part of this project.
Historic seabird observations around New Zealand coastal waters and the south-western Pacific by Neil Cheshire (1971-1974)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1971/1974

Historic seabird observations around New Zealand coastal waters and the south-western Pacific observed and recorded by Neil Cheshire on a variety of coastal and ocean commercial shipping vessels. Observations typically 2 to 3 times per day for up to 2 hours. Location and weather details (air and sea temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction and atmospheric pressure) were recorded at the start period. Original data recording sheets  can be downloaded at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/download.cfm?file_id=5321. Data entered by OBIS Australia and where possible matched to WoRMS taxa.
Caracterización del caracol pala Lobatus gigas de la Isla Cayo Serranilla durante la Expedición Seaflower 2017 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: colombia, Seranilla, expedición, SEAFLOWER, caracol pala, COLOMBIA BIO, Observation, monitoreo, 2017, 2019, seaflower, Lobatus gigas, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, abundancia
Temporal coverage: 2017/2019

En el marco de la expedición científica en la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower 2017, se llevó a cabo el monitoreo de la distribución y abundancia del caracol pala en la plataforma arrecifal de las islas Cayo Serranilla. En total se observaron 145 registros de la especie Lobatus gigas distribuidos en 54 estaciones de muestreo.
Para la expedición del año 2019, se llevó a cabo el monitoreo en la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower y se observaron un 222 regristros distribuidos en 11 puntos de muestreo.
Mollusca Collections from the South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre (RRC), Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2003/2012

This dataset is a partial compilation of mollusca collections in the South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.
BLM CETAP AIR Sightings

Keywords: Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Aircraft,Visual Sighting, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1978/1982

Original provider:
University of Rhode Island

Dataset credits:
University of Rhode Island
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Dept of the Interior

Abstract:
The Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) was sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and conducted between October 1978 and January 1982 by the University of Rhode Island in outer continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to the Gulf of Maine and from shore to 9.3 km (5 nautical miles) seaward of the 1829 m (1,000 fathoms) isobath. Population surveys were conducted by CETAP to assess the distribution and abundance of whales, dolphins and sea turtles inhabiting the study area.

Purpose:
This dataset is a subset of CETAP_AIR extracting animal sighting records with taxonomic information of species sighted added. The full dataset may be available upon request. Please contact the primary contact person for the proper use of the dataset.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Turtles: Testudines (173749) =&gt; Testudines (948936)

Metadata are currently being revised. Sighting points that were more than 2 km inland were eliminated. Those from 1 km to 2 km inland can be considered as on-water sightings. Those records have TRUE in the [Excluded] field to indicate that they seem to fall on land but may be correct sightings.
IMR Zooplankton Barents Sea

Keywords: Phytoplankton, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1981/2016

The IMR zooplankton database holds Barents Sea data on species composition (abundance), size fractionated biomass as well as biomass for particular zooplankton groups obtained from standard seasonal transects (Fugløya-Bjørnøya and Vardø-Nord) and a regional coverage of the Barents Sea during autumn. Data on species composition are limited.
BGRPMN12017 Env Template MANGAN2014

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research Based on geochemical and physical data we identified differences in the polymetallic nodule facies within the eastern German license area. Nodules in Prospective Areas # 1 are generally larger and show significantly higher contents of Ni and Cu as compared to the nodules in Prospective Area #2 which are smaller and are characterised by higher contents of Co. Furthermore, our study shows that sediment, which mainly consists of Si and Al oxides, contributes 13 % to the dry weight of the nodules on average. The method we used is quantitative and can thus be used for habitat mapping and be related to biodiversity and other environmental parameters
The south coast survey of Hatakejima Islands from 1969

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1969/2008

Hatakejima Experimental Field is located in Tanabe Bay, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, which is composed of Hatakejima Island and Komarujima Islet, connected to the former in low tide. Hatakejima Island was purchased by Kyoto University and was designated as the ‘Hatakejima Experimental Field’ in 1968. The long-term surveys have been formally conducted on the experimental field since 1969 as the Century of Research Project. In the south coast survey, all intertidal organisms including seaweeds were identified by sight and recorded in the 16 rocks along the southern and western coasts of Hatakejima Island. This dataset is the result of the south coast survey conducted from 1969.
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2017

Keywords: area, coral, datum, effort, habitatid, keys, lastt, latitude, locality, longitude, method, monitoring, multiply, name, obtain, sampling, transect_lengh, type, width, biogeographic, biology, change, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, geodetic, institute, modified, project, siteid, station, system, time, waterBody, coral_reef_monitoring_effort, sampling_transect_units, array, first, florida keys, identifier, ocean, sitecode, state, stateProvince, stewardship, used, data_set_identification_number, coral monitoring, country, cremp, datasetID, date-time, evaluation, firstYear, fwc, geodeticDatum, information, language, lenght, maximum, maximum_depth, meters, number, observation, units, water, water_body, year, lastt_year_of_observation, samplingProtocol, Samplingevent, body, commission, event, length, research, sample_region, samplingEffort, set, minimumDepthInMeters, class, comprehensive, conservation, data, date, depth, fish, large, lastYear, lengh, minimum, obis, rectangle, reef, sample, sampleSizeValue, transect, maximumDepthInMeters, array-data, eventID, eventdate, fwri, gulf of mexico, license, minimum_depth, region, revisited, sampleSizeUnit, v2.3, coral_reef_monitoring_method, first_year_of_observation, last_date_time_change, dataset, florida, geodetic_datum, habitat, identification, province, samples, side, subregionid, video, wildlife
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

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 collectedprovides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals andassociated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwatervideography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include datafrom 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.
VACAPES FIREX Aerial Monitoring 2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Navy project,Aircraft,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

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

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

Abstract:
Between 13 and 15 July 2011, a Firing Exercise (FIREX) with Integrated Maritime Portable Acoustic Scoring and Simulator (IMPASS) Exercise occurred off the coast of Virginia in the U.S. Navy’s Virginia Capes Range Complex (VACAPES).

Supplemental information:

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
Phytoplankton samples - 2001/02 V3 CLIVAR

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

Locations of sampling sites for ASAC project 40 on voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis in the 2001/2002 season. The dataset also contains information on chlorophyll, carotenoids, coccolithophorids and species indentification and counts. CLIVAR (CLIVAR - Climate Variability - see http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_voyage.cfm?voyage_id=150).
Happywhale - Sei Whale in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2017/2021, 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 3 contributors in alphabetic order:

Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Mark OBrien; Mike Justa
PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, PMNM Humpback Whales 2019, Cruise 1901, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

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

Dataset credits:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
In April 2019, the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary conducted a collaborative exploratory ship-based survey for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) aboard the NOAA Oscar Elton Sette. During the 6-day effort the shallow atolls and banks extending from Middle Bank (north of Kauai) to St. Rogatien Banks (north of French Frigate Shoals) were surveyed. There were 60 cetacean sightings, most of which were humpback whales.

Supplemental information:
Data were collected under NMFS permit 20311.
The data included here are the sightings and on-effort tracks recorded within WinCruz survey software and extracted from the QA/QC'd DAS file using the R package swfscDAS (https://smwoodman.github.io/swfscDAS).

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

Other data not included here:
Photos and biopsy samples were collected during some sightings. Acoustic detections were recorded from a towed hydrophone array. Sonobuoys were deployed opportunistically.  
Oceanographic data were collected (CTD).
HELCOM/OSPAR Latvia ports water sampling

Keywords: Samplingevent, Harbours, Invasive species
Temporal coverage: 2013/2015

This dataset includes the data used in in the HELCOM/OSPAR Ballast Water Exemptions Decision Support Tool. This tool was developed in 2013 based on the overall IMO framework, the 21 Baltic and North-East Atlantic coastal states and the EU. It allows user to define 'low risk' routes, as well as other necessary steps in granting exemptions under regulation A-4 of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC)
CSIRO, SRFME, Algal Biomass, Perth region, Southwest Australia, 2003-2005

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2003/2005

Algal biomass in the Perth region were identified from quadrat surveys, as part of the SRFME research program. The aim of the SRFME Coastal project was to characterize the coastal benthic ecosystems of southwestern WA, with particular focus on benthic reef cosystems, their productivity and dynamics, and the physical, chemical and biological factors driving variability along dominant spatial and temporal scales. To achieve this, the project undertook 3-monthly seasonal sampling from 2003 - 2005 at a series of coastal sites situated between Cape Naturaliste in the south and Jurien Bay in the north. Benthic Sampling was integrated with satellite observations of SST, ocean colour and subsurface measurements of other water column properties, as well as sediment biogeochemical sampling. Within this region benthic sampling was nested at Regional (100s km) Local (10s km) and Site (1 km) scales and within each of the regions additional sites were sampled to incorporate site scale variability along cross-shore gradients.
Ophiuroidea distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe

Keywords: Data, Marine Genomics, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1872/1995

An annotated check-list is given of Ophiuroidea species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Keywords: Museum collections, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1880/2017

The aim is to provide a general view of the echinoderm collection of the Paris Museum, which is primarily a scientific collection. The naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, one of the founders of the Theory of Evolution, was the first to really establish the collection of echinoderms at the Paris Museum. There are both dry and alcohol-preserved lots. Some sea cucumber specimens are preserved as microscopic preparations on slides. The number of lots is estimated at 500,000, of which 0.4% are types. Echinoderms have been collected in all oceans, at all latitudes. The largest numbers of specimens were collected relatively recently in the Indo-West Pacific.
2013 University of Plymouth Flamborough Head (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC) towed underwater video condition assessment of epibenthic communities and biotopes

Keywords: habitat assessment, Video observations, Marine protected areas (MPAs), Benthos, Samplingevent, special area of conservation
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

This data set comprises of marine epibenthos (approx. 70 identified taxa derived from Algae, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera) data collected in June 2013 from Flamborough Head (UK) Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Data were collected using a high definition towed underwater video system . Fourteen areas were surveyed, seven areas were inside the SAC, one of which was a No Take Zone (NTZ) and seven were outside of the SAC. Three replicate 200 m x 0.5 m transects were recorded in each area. Locations of transects were selected based on previous surveys. The survey was commissioned by Natural England as part of a condition assessment to characterise the subtidal epibenthos and habitats within the SAC and in comparable areas outside the SAC. The extent and condition of biotopes was also identified and mapped.
Plankton community in WP2 net (200µm), PNMIR cruises, Parc Naturel Marin d'Iroise, France

Keywords: Imaging, Samplingevent, EcoTaxa, ZooSCAN
Temporal coverage: 2010/2017

The PNMIR cruises sample zooplankton (and other variables) regularly within the Marine Protected Area "Parc Naturel Marin d’Iroise", under the supervision of the Office Français de la Biodiversité.
This monitoring is part of the general assessment of this Marine Protected Area and is to be linked with the small pelagic fish stock in the region. This dataset comes from collection with a WP2 net and therefore covers organisms from 200µm to ~2cm
Catalogue and description of the coccolithophores (Haptophyta, Coccolithophyceae), calcareous, scale-bearing microalgae, in New Zealand waters

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1958/2012

This dataset is from the first volume in the NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (NBM) series that addresses photosynthetic organisms, cataloguing the wonderful diversity of coccolithophores in New Zealand
waters.
A checklist is presented of living, calcareous, scale-bearing microalgae previously recorded from the New Zealand region; it contains 80 species, plus three different life-cycle forms of two of these species. Studies of this group of microalgae, based on 160 samples collected from 10 ocean-going surveys between January 2009 and February 2012, revealed a total of 50 named individual groups of microalgae (taxa), with two taxa as first records for the region (Cyrtosphaera lecaliae Kleijne, 1992, and Syracosphaera azureaplaneta Young et al., 2018, both recorded here for the first time). The 50 taxa recorded in this study are illustrated in the Memoir with 157 scanning electron micrographs in 29 plates. Of the 50 taxa presented in this monograph, 45 were placed in a group characterised by having calcareous scales of variable shape and size that are formed inside the cell (heterococcolithophores), while three taxa (with one being transferred to to the family Syracosphaeraceae) were placed in another group characterised by having numerous minute crystallite scales that appear to be calcified outside the cell (holococcolithophores). Two of the first group also had forms showing characteristics of both groups. Forty-two taxa from the first group were placed in seven families in the four orders: Coccolithales, Isochrysidales, Syracosphaerales and Zygodiscales, and five taxa in four families of uncertain taxonomic position. Three holococcolithophore taxa were placed in the family Calyptrosphaeraceae. Emiliania huxleyi was the most plentiful and widespread taxon. On three occasions, in spring 2009 and two consecutive summers in 2011 and 2012, this species formed massive blooms off the central east coast of New Zealand, two of which (spring 2009 and summer 2011) were visible in NASA’s satellite observations. Seven other relatively widespread species recorded here were: Reticulofenestra parvula, Umbellosphaera tenuis type II, Syracosphaera molischii, Syracosphaera anthos, Gephyrocapsa ericsonii, Syracosphaera mediterranea, and Calcidiscus leptoporus. In spring 2009 Reticulofenestra parvula was the second species found in bloom proportion (up to 571,000 cells l-1), but the bloom was limited to Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand. In this study the genus Syracosphaera was the largest group, with 17 species and one life-cycle form of one of these species, which made up about 36% of all living coccolithophores identified. Most of the other genera, however, did not have many species and occurred in very limited areas. This work provides a diagnostic description of all 50 living coccolithophores identified in New Zealand waters, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and gives information on cell abundances and distribution in the New Zealand region.