oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Dry Tortugas during 2016, Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2016

Keywords: Gulf of Mexico, survey, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS &gt; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, HABITAT - BENTHIC, FISH CENSUS, visual estimate, North Atlantic Ocean, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center, survey - swimmer/diver, DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS &gt; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC &gt; Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Coastal Waters of Florida, FISH SPECIES, biological, COUNTRY/TERRITORY &gt; United States of America &gt; Florida &gt; Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007), survey - biological, FISH - CORAL REEF, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Marine Biology &gt; Fish, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, OCEAN BASIN &gt; Atlantic Ocean &gt; North Atlantic Ocean &gt; Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007), National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), Samplingevent, oceanography, Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Biosphere &gt; Zoology &gt; Corals &gt; Reef Monitoring and Assessment &gt; Reef Fish Census &gt; Stationary, Numeric Data Sets &gt; Fish Census, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Marine Biology &gt; Fish &gt; Fish Census, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOSPHERE &gt; ECOSYSTEMS &gt; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS &gt; BENTHIC, SEFSC, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, biological data, OCEAN &gt; ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, CORAL REEF STUDIES, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, visual observation, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 743, Biennial, in situ, swimmer/diver, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, OCEAN &gt; ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; GULF OF MEXICO
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

This dataset includes observations of reef fish near the Dry Tortugas in 2016. Data were sourced from the SEFSC Data Portal and aligned to Darwin Core. This data is a subset of data from an ongoing project that includes data from other regions and years and is dependent on the sampling design. The stationary point count method (7.5m radius cylinder) is used to conduct fish surveys in Florida as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). This method collects and reports information on species composition, density, size structure, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity). Data provided in this data set are from the Dry Tortugas. Data are collected using a 2-stage, stratified random survey design. Lead agencies involved include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA Fisheries) and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS).
Cetacean sigthings in North Sea

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

Original provider:
Marijke N. de Boer

Dataset credits:
Marijke N. de Boer

Abstract:
Minke whales and other marine mammals were recorded in the central 
North Sea in an area characterised by frontal features and high productivity 
northeast of the Dogger Bank (4677 km2). Survey efforts were carried
out from 28 March to 2 July 2007, at a finer scale than in earlier studies in 
the region, using 2 vessels as platforms of opportunity and a dedicated line-
transect survey vessel following distance sampling methods. The high 
density of whales indicated that this offshore bank slope is an important 
spring habitat for minke whales in the North Sea. In total, 77 sightings of 
minke whales comprising 130 individuals were recorded. The peak density 
of minke whales was estimated to be 0.029 whales km–2 (minimum 
estimate, 95% CI: 0.012 to 0.070) in May. During peak abundance, the minke 
whales temporarily congregated in the area, suggesting that the whales 
were taking advantage of the local spring abundance of sandeels. The 
density found was higher than previous studies have suggested for the
central North Sea. The results correspond to recent observations of minke 
whale redistribution within the North Sea, and these may be related to a 
decline in sandeel availability elsewhere in the North Sea. Offshore banks 
that aggregate prey may therefore become increasingly important feeding 
habitats for minke whales and other top predators in the North Sea. The 
observed habitat preference of minke whales along this offshore bank 
appeared to be similar to that observed in coastal areas, and this suggests 
some degree of generality regarding the preference for this type of habitat.

Purpose:
As part of a geophysical seismic survey, marine mammals observations were 
carried out from three vessels: one seismic vessel, one supply vessel operating 
well ahead from the seismic vessel. The third vessel, MV ‘Andfjord’, carried out 
a dedicated Line Transect (LT) survey (23 April to 17 May).  The LT vessel was 
surveying at distances of ≥20 km away from the geophysical vessel and 
followed predetermined line transects placed randomly in a zigzag pattern in 
the central (German) part of the survey area.
Nanophytoplankton along the salinity gradient in the Tamar estuary in 1969

Keywords: Nannoplankton, Salinity gradients, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1969/1969

List of phytoplankton species for 13 salinity zones along the Tamar estuary on 10th of April, 1969. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Mommaerts, J.-P. (1971). Note sur le nannoplankton de l'estuaire du Tamar (Plymouth, Grande-Bretagne): étude d'un transect couvrant tout le gradient de salinité.
Acadia University: Ectoparasites on Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1814) in the Minas Basin

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

Two intertidal fishing weirs located in Five Islands and Walton in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia were used to collect and examine fish for the presence of ectoparasites. The focus was on the Atlantic sturgeon. Data collected during this study were part of a university honours project (Munroe, Samantha E.M. 2010).
This resource contains species distribution (presence) associated with this project.
Antarctic Biodiversity Studies 2006 (Ross Sea, Scott Island, and Balleny Islands) (TAN0602)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

NIWA was contracted by the New Zealand Government, through its agent Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), to conduct a 51-day scientific study of areas in the Eastern &amp; Central Ross Sea and around Scott &amp; Balleny Islands, Antarctica. This work included biodiversity studies for the Ministry of Fishes (MFish), and marine mammal and sea bird studies for MFish and Department of Conservation (DoC).
Soela Voyage SO 2/85  - Seabird Observations, Australia (1985)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1985/1985

Incidental seabird observations from Hobart to Cascade seamount, Tasman Sea. Data sourced from publication. Voyage overview metadata record is http://www.marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/search#!f85ddc97-282b-4a9e-a9d9-262946b7708d
National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2016, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Phytoplankton)

Keywords: research vessel, Biological monitoring, lowered unmanned submersible, Mare Nigrum, Biological sampling, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Phytoplankton data: species composition, volume of the cell [µm3], abundance [*1000cells/l], biomass (mg/m3) and Carbon biomass 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 R/V "Mare Nigrum" (Romania) in May 2016
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2016

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

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Abstract:
As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center conducted aerial surveys of continental 
shelf waters (up to the 200 m isobath) along the US east 
coast from New Jersey to Florida between 3 July - 9 
August, 2016. The survey was flown aboard a NOAA Twin 
Otter aircraft at an altitude of 600 feet (183 m) and a 
speed of 110 knots. The survey path followed tracklines 
oriented perpendicular to the shoreline and latitudinally 
spaced 20 km apart. “Fine-scale” track lines were 
surveyed 
in waters off the coast of New Jersey, Delaware and 
Virginia. The survey was designed for analysis using 
Distance sampling and a two-team (independent observer) 
approach to correct for visibility bias in resulting 
abundance estimates.

Purpose:
The goal of the surveys was to conduct line-transect 
surveys using the Distance sampling approach to estimate 
the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals 
and turtles in waters over the continental shelf of the 
eastern US.

Supplemental information:
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly 
available.
The dataset is accompanied by transect (effort) data 
which is provided as a separate file.
Sightings included were detected on-effort by the forward 
team 
only; you may request the full dataset and sightings 
including opportunistic ones directly to the provider.

Environmental Attribute Codes
Beaufort Sea state
0 Calm, mirror like seas
1 Waves &lt;1ft, rippled surface
2 Small wavelets (&lt;2 ft), no white caps
3 Large wavelets (&lt;3ft), scattered white caps
4 Swell 3-4 ft, numerous white caps
5 Swell &gt;5 ft, many white caps, some spray
6 Swell &gt;10 ft, white caps everywhere, spray
CloudCover
0 Clear
1 0-25% Cloudy
2 26-50% Cloudy
3 51-75% Cloudy
4 76-100% Cloudy
5 Overcast
Glare (Glare intensity)
0 No Impairment
1 Slight Impairment
2 Moderate Impairment
3 Severe Impairment
Weather
0 Clear
1 Mist
2 Light Rain
3 Heavy Rain
Conditions
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Moderate
3 Good
4 Excellent
Haze
0 No
1 Yes
Fog
0 No
1 Yes
Sun penetration (Sun pen)
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
Turbidity
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
Tracking of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) from Montague Islands, New South Wales coast, Australia (2012-2019)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2012/2019

Penguins were tracked from a breeding colony on Montague Island (Baranguba) (36°15.11 S, 150° 13.60 E), 9 km off the southeast coast of New South Wales, Australia. Tracking was conducted during September and October over a 5-year period from 2015 to 2019. Penguins were tracked while brooding young chicks (0–4 weeks old) and therefore limited to making single-day foraging trips within approximately 25 km of the colony. This dataset contains additional tracking in the period 2012 to 2014. Data sourced from Dryad repositories referenced in the cited publications.
Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2012

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2012/2012

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.
Sistema de Monitoreo de Arrecifes Coralinos - SIMAC: Salud Coralina

Keywords: INVEMAR, Observation, Océano Pacífico, Occurrence, Corales, Salud Coralina, Mar Caribe, Monitoreo
Temporal coverage: 1998/2018

Los datos se derivan de la línea de investigación del SIMAC: Sistema de monitoreo para los ambientes arrecifales en Colombia y evaluación de agentes de mortalidad coralina; dentro del programa de Biodiversidad y Ecosistemas Marinos. El proyecto busca generar información sobre la salud y la dinámica de los arrecifes coralinos en Colombia, mediante la evaluación de su estado. De esta forma contribuir al entendimiento y conservación del sistema arrecifal, así como al uso sostenible de sus recursos. En este conjunto de datos se reporta la información sobre la salud coralina en estaciones de monitoreo del SIMAC, ubicadas en el Mar Caribe y Océano Pacífico colombiano, que corresponde a un total de 46424 registros biológicos obtenidos entre 1998 y 2018.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2003/2003

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA

Abstract:
This 2003 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was part of the Stenella Abundance Research Project (STAR), a multi-year cetacean and ecosystem assessment study designed to assess the status of dolphin stocks which have been taken as incidental catch by the yellowfin tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur II</i> for a combined total of approximately 26,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 2003. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey by the NOAA Ship <i>David Starr Jordan<i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to collect information necessary to estimate abundance of dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as bycatch in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery.

Supplemental information:
This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: 
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 989
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 990
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1080
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1081
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1164
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1165
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1267
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1268
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1369
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1370
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1610
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1611
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1613
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1614
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1615
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1616
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1623
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1630
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1631
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR-LITE 2007, Cruise 1634</i></i>
Northumberland Strait multi-species trawl survey dataset

Keywords: occurrence, Samplingevent, emof, trawl
Temporal coverage: 2000/2018

Catch weight, length frequencies, and biological information for crustaceans and fish caught during the annual July-August research vessel trawl survey in Northumberland Strait (NAFO Division 4T). Abundance indices and spatial distribution patterns of commercial and non-commercial crustaceans and other groundfish.
NW pacific deep-sea benthos distribution and abundance (Beneficial Project)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2010/2016

The aim of this dataset is to deliver a sound biogeographic baseline study of the NW Pacific area including our available data from the Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril-Kamchatka Trench (KKT), Aleutian Trench (AT), SW Bering Sea, and the NW Pacific open abyssal plain. We aim at compiling a novel book on the biogeography of the NW Pacific faunas, which will also provide information on highly abundant key species which might potentially invade the Arctic Ocean in future under decreasing sea-ice conditions. Thus our data will be “beneficial” for the assessment of state and quality of the Arctic marine ecosystem in a changing environment.
Seaweeds records from Argentina and Uruguay

Keywords: macroalgae, seaweeds, Biodiversity, South-West Atlantic, Occurrence, Argentina, Patagonia
Temporal coverage: null/null

Seaweeds inventory includes the species recorded on the coast of Uruguay and Argentina. These records combine data obtained from scientific papers, technical reports, databases and personal communications provided by specialists. Georeferences are consigned as latitudinal and longitudinal ranks when a continuous distribution is assumed, and with data-points in case of discontinuous distribution. The validity of seaweed taxa reported was checked with Algae Base (Guiry and Guiry, 2009) in order to update species names or higher taxonomic levels.
Phytoplankton data collected during cruise 38 (December 1986 - April 1987) on board of R/V Dmitriy Mendeleev

Keywords: Digitization, Dmitry Mendeleev, Observation, Occurrence, research vessel
Temporal coverage: 1987/1987

Dataset includes phytoplankton data collected during cruise 38 (December 1986 - April 1987) on board of R/V Dmitriy Mendeleev.
Harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and minke whales in North Sea - Vessel surveys -

Keywords: Occurrence,Harbour porpoise,white-beaked dolphin,minke whale,North-east Scotland,distribution,seasonality, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1999/2001

Original provider:
Caroline Weir

Dataset credits:
Caroline Weir, Ketos Ecology
Karen Stockin, Sea Watch Foundation

Abstract:
Spatial and temporal trends in the distribution of the harbor porpoise <i>Phocoena phocoena</i>, white-beaked dolphin <i>Lagenorhynchus albirostris</i>, and minke whale <i>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</i> were assessed at a coastal North Sea study area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Between March 1999 and October 2001, cetacean data were collected using both land- and vessel-based survey methods. A total of 174 sightings of these three cetacean species was recorded during approximately 330 h of combined survey effort (228 h land-based and 102 h vessel-based).

Purpose:
The data were collected to analyze the distribution and seasonality of cetacean species in the region, in order to provide recommendations for their long-term conservation and management.

Supplemental information:
This dataset is accompanied with a <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/423">land-based survey dataset</a>, a separate dataset available on OBIS-SEAMAP.
NEFSC Marine Mammal Abundance Cruise 2004 Passive Acoustic Monitoring - Rainbow Click Detections

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
Sofie Van Parijs

Abstract:
The primary objectives of the survey were to:
(1) determine the spatial distribution and abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study region,
(2) determine the spatial distribution and relative abundance of sea birds in the same region, and
(3) use passive acoustics to record vocalizing cetaceans that will hopefully be used to improve the abundance estimates derived from the visual surveys.
A secondary objective was to compare the distribution of these species with each other, physical characteristics, such as depth contours and water temperature, and biological characteristics, such as relative plankton distributions.

Purpose:
A total of 241 sperm whales were detected during Leg 1 and 220 during Leg 2. Note that sperm whale encounters may not be independent and these numbers are likely to over estimates.

Rainbow Click (medium frequency click detector) detected clicks 53,804 attributed to sperm whales and 2428 clicks to dolphin. Clicks were grouped into events attributed to individual sperm whales and dolphin groups. Where it was not possible to attribute clicks to individual animals estimates of group size associated with an event are given as low, best and high. Note that these events do not reflect the total number of vocalizing cetaceans, nor do they reflect the total number of encounters with cetaceans.

Supplemental information:
Rainbow Click is a software based click detector developed by Douglas Gillespie for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It was originally developed to detect the broadband clicks of sperm whales and some dolphin species; although recent hardware developments now allow it to detect narrow band ultrasonic clicks made by <i>Phocena spp.</i> or <i>Kogia spp.</i> The latest implementation of Rainbow Click is in the <a href="http://www.pamguard.org">PAMGUARD software</a>. Currently (2009), Automated species classifiers exist for sperm whales and <i>Phocena spp.</i> New click classifiers are now under development for beaked whales, north Atlantic dolphin species and <i>Kogia spp.</i> at the Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews. Time Of Arrival Differences (TODA) are used to calculate bearings to detected clicks, and clicks are grouped into click trains by an experienced operator. Click trains typically represent one animal. Crossed bearings are used to determine the location of the vocalizing animals.

Additional attributes caveat: The ranges and bearings associated with these data have not been validated or corrected in any way so they may vary from fairly accurate to completely wrong.
DFO Maritimes Region Cetacean Sightings

Keywords: biota, biological classification, oceans, Event, Samplingevent, Extended Measurement Or Fact, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1963/2021

This is an OBIS formatted version of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Maritimes Region Whale Sightings Database for visual sightings of cetaceans (e.g. whales, dolphins and porpoises) mostly from the Scotian Shelf/Bay of Fundy portions of Canada's east coast, as well as the Gulf of St. Lawrence in recent years. The collectors of these sightings are diverse (e.g. NGO researchers, fisheries observers, private consultants, etc.), mostly on-board ships and mostly collected since the late 1990s.

The horizontal resolution of the data (e.g. distance between sightings) varies by a vast amount - just metres in some areas like the Bay of Fundy, and tens to thousands of kilometers elsewhere, like off northern Labrador. A small portion of the database  are standardized marine mammal survey data, where a line transect sightings survey is conducted and sightings effort is logged. Only these survey data allow for the calculation of Sightings Per Unit Effort and the use of Distance Sampling methods, leading to a statistically-based, unbiased abundance estimate. This information is not provided in this resource.

This resource contains presence information only. No absences are recorded.

The design and structure of the main project database is consistent with other DFO databases and with the University of Rhode Island (URI) whale sightings database. Departures from the URI standard (mainly species and gear codes) are easily translated by users of either database.

This database is a compilation of a number of datasets, most of the data being gathered opportunistically. More detailed information on the individual sightings, human interactions, and animal behaviour are available from the source database and the resource creator should be contacted.
Gelatinous macrozooplankton abundance and biomass in inshore and deep waters of the Northwestern Black Sea

Keywords: Occurrence, Deep water, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2005/2010

The dataset contains abundance and biomass data of four species of gelatinous zooplankton (<i>Mnemiopsis leidyi, Beroe ovata, Aurelia aurita, Pleurobrachia pileus</i>) obtained in October 2005 and October - November 2010 (32 stations in October 2005 and 98 stations in October - November 2010) in the Northwestern Black Sea.