oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
WADFW PSAMP S1999

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Aircraft,Visual Sighting, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1999/1999

Original provider:
Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife

Abstract:
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Aerial surveys of marine birds have been conducted annually since 1992 by the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP) staff during both a summer (July) and a winter (December to early February) survey window, sampling some part of every portion of the marine shoreline of the inner marine waters of Washington state by two strata:  nearshore (&lt; 20 meters in depth) and offshore (&gt; 20 meters in depth).  

The datasets are split by season (summer or winter) and year.

Purpose:
The purpose of this program is to monitor population trends of either summer or winter resident species rather than migrations around Puget Sound.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) =&gt; Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040)
Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (176924) =&gt; Hydroprogne caspia (176935)
Anas oustaleti (202228) =&gt; Anas platyrhynchos (175063)

Data correction Mar 14, 2006:
Wrong ITIS number for Unidentified [Large|Small] Gulls
180297 -&gt; 176802

The nearshore strata were sampled in two fashions: 
1)in nearshore habitat that was relatively narrow, the plane flew parallel to the shoreline generally 100 meters from the high tide line; 
2)in nearshore habitat with broad extensive shallow areas such as river estuaries, the plane flew in an S-pattern to sample a larger proportion of the habitat available in that locality.  The offshore strata were sampled in a crisscross pattern that zigzagged back and forth across depth contours, with an attempt made to cut across most all banks and similar major underwater bathymetric features.  There was no attempt made to survey during the same tidal stage in these areas.

The survey always began in the southernmost study areas and proceeded to the northern portions; therefore the same areas were usually sampled during the same time of month each year, give or take a week.  The last two summer surveys (1997-98) did not include the southern and central portions of Puget Sound, due to budget cuts.  These areas were chosen to be continued on a less frequent basis because low and consistent numbers of birds were seen there during the July survey window in the previous five summer surveys.

Effort data is provided in separate files.
Cemetery Beach Port Hedland Flatback Tracking Project 2011-2012 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

Original provider:
Pendoley Environmental

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


Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=685">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.
Little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis) geolocation tracking from Burgess Island, Mokohinau Group, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand (2011-2012)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

Tracking of nine breeding Little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis) birds from Burgess Island, Mokohinau Group, Hauraki Gulf from Sept 2011 to Aug/Sept 2012. Equinox periods are filtered out for some birds and occasional days when unrealistic movements were present (probably caused by feathers shading the light sensor)
Data sourced from Zoatrack project 104 (https://zoatrack.org/projects/104/) on 2021-05-01
Trawl Data from the F/V Northwest Explorer during the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition

Keywords: International Year of the Salmon; Trawl; Specimen; Expedition, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

This data set contains the at sea data collected aboard the F/V Northwest Explorer for the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) survey in 2022 in the northwestern Gulf of Alaska. This data package contains three separate components; event, catch, and specimen. The event data contains all of the sampling event information, including time, location, and duration. All dates and times are in UTC, and all length measurements are in meters. The catch data contains all of the catch records, as counts and weights, for each species/taxa at each station. The sampling method for every catch weight should be total weight, and all weights are in kilograms. The specimen data contains individual lengths and weights for sampled individuals from each station. Specimen lengths are in centimeters and specimen weights are in kilograms.
Stony coral species observed in the Bajos del Norte and National Park Alacranes Reef: OCEANA Expeditions 2021

Keywords: National Park Alacranes Reef, Bajos del Norte, Occurrence, stony corals, Campeche Bank, Guf of Mexico, coral, diversity, reef
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

This dataset contains information about stony coral species recorded by photography and those observed in situ during AGRRA monitoring activities in Bajos del Norte reefs in August 2021. Also, includes information on species records of stony corals photographed in the National Park Alacranes Reef in September 2021. Both reefs are located are located in the north portion of Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico. OCEANA Mexico organized and carried out both expeditions during August and September 2021
Marine Invertebrate voucher specimens at the Florida Biodiversity Collection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1884/2021

This dataset is generated from the records for specimens housed at the Fish and Wildlife Research institute (FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL. As a division of the State of Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), FWRI houses voucher specimens supporting the research and monitoring efforts of FWC staff and other state agencies, as well as depositions from academic researchers and industrial projects. The samples are largely restricted geographically to the waters in and around Florida, USA. Sampling events primarily span from the 1950s through the present.
Corales y geckos del del atolón Albuquerque durante la Expedición Seaflower 2018 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: SEAFLOWER, Expedición, Occurrence, COLOMBIA_BIO, complejos coralinos, Reserva Seaflower, Albuquerque, Observation, Integridad ecológica
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

Entre los días 25 de septiembre y 2 de octubre de 2018 se llevaron a cabo los muestreos del proyecto. En total se hicieron 30 estaciones de monitoreo en arrecifes coralinos. Adicionalmente se visitó el cayo sur de Albuquerque en dos ocasiones, acumulando un total de cuatro horas de observaciones en él. En las noches se buscaron al Geckos en las palmas y escombros coralinos y conchas vacías de caracol pala, y se hicieron observaciones esporádicas de geckos en las instalaciones de la Armada. No se registró al Gecko Pestañudo (Aristelliger georgeensis) en la isla principal. En cambio, se documentó la presencia del gecko introducido Hemidactylus frenatus, tanto en las instalaciones de la Armada, como en la vegetación de ambos cayos.
En total se registraron 458 registros.
Foraging habitats of the seabird community of Europa Island (Mozambique Channel)

Keywords: Occurrence,sea birds,foraging,Vessels,Sightings, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2003/2003

Original provider:
Sebastien Jaquemet

Dataset credits:
Sebastien Jaquemet

Abstract:
We investigated the foraging habitats of the
winter breeding community of tropical seabirds from
Europa Island (Mozambique Channel) in September
2003. We focused our study on the dominant species of
this austral community, the sooty tern (<i>Sterna fuscata</i>),
the red-footed booby (<i>Sula sula</i>), and the frigatebirds,
including the great (<i>Fregata minor</i>) and the lesser frigatebirds (<i>F. ariel</i>). We considered the at-sea distribution and abundance of these species in relation to
chlorophyll concentration, sea surface temperatures,
sea surface height anomalies, depth of the thermocline,
distance to the colony, and presence of surface marine
predators, flying fishes and other seabirds. Although the
marine environment where seabirds foraged was oligotrophic,
it presents the best feeding opportunities for
seabirds for the area in winter.
Our study demonstrates
that the winter-breeding seabird species of Europa Island
tend to forage in productive waters in association
with other marine predators when possible. Sooty terns
and frigatebirds were widely distributed in the whole
study area, whereas red-footed boobies were not found
farther than 160 km from their colonies and were associated
with relatively productive waters. Sooty terns and
red-footed boobies were aggregated where flying fishes
were abundant. The presence of other marine predators
was associated with larger multispecies feeding flocks
than when no association occurred. Sooty terns, which
are numerically dominant at Europa and adopted network
foraging, seem to be catalysts of feeding events, and represented a good target for the other foraging
species, especially frigatebirds. However, when possible,
frigatebirds favor association with flocks of red-footed
boobies.

Purpose:
We studied the at-sea distribution and abundance
of the seabird species that breed during the
austral winter on Europa Island in relation to physical
and biological factors. We tested how the different
species distributed themselves within their foraging
range and whether specific locations aggregate foraging
seabirds. We also examine the foraging strategies
adopted by each species, particularly the importance of
local enhancement on the feeding activity of the seabirds.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (176894) =&gt; Onychoprion fuscatus (824105)
Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2008

Original provider:
Connie Merigo

Dataset credits:
Data provider
New England Aquarium
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
The New England Aquarium (NEAq) has been rehabilitating stranded sea turtles for more than twenty years. The majority of sea turtles that are treated at NEAq come from annual cold stun stranding events on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Each fall and winter, juvenile and sub-adult sea turtles strand on Cape Cod beaches after experiencing cold-stunning. Cold stunning, or hypothermia, in sea turtles is thought to occur when water temperature quickly drops below 50ºF (10ºC). Sudden cooling of ocean water temperatures leaves the turtles torpid and floating at the surface, unable to swim or dive, and allows them to be pushed by strong sustained storm winds onto the windward shore. Since the 1980s, NEAq has worked with the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (WBWS) to save these threatened and endangered species. NEAq has recently begun using satellite telemetry to study the post release survivorship of these rehabilitated turtles.  Our primary goal is to learn about the survivorship of these animals. We will also be studying and observing their habitat use and migration routes post-release.We wish to thank the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries for their continued support of the Massachusetts Sea Turtle Network. In addition we would like to thank our volunteers and the kind folks at the Cross Sound Ferry for their dedication and continued support to the preservation of sea turtles and other marine life.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=238">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.
Species list recorded by baited cameras at deep sea area in Japan

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2022, 2019/2021

Species list focused on demersal fish and scavenging animal recorded by the baited camera (http://www.jamstec.go.jp/bdive/j/photosvideos/). Species names were listed in each cast of cameras, and will be added as the seasonal and annual survey in the future. This research project was conducted in the Japanese EEZ including Suruga and Sagami Bays. This data sets will be used as the background data for environmental DNA analysis of deep-sea water.
Maldivian Sea Turtle Conservation Program- LG (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2012/2016

Original provider:
SEAMARC / Four Seasons Resorts Maldives

Dataset credits:
Data provider
LGSTRC
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru, Baa Atoll, Maldives
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Four Seasons Resort at Landaa Giraavaru, Baa Atoll, Maldives


Abstract:
The Maldivian Sea Turtle Conservation Program (MSTCP) was started in 2011 by our small team of Seamarc marine biologists at the Four Seasons resorts, Maldives. Our preliminary objective is to produce an estimated inventory of sea turtles using a photo identification monitoring method. This will allow us to better understand turtle population and migration patterns. A major threat these creatures are facing in the country is turtle and egg poaching. For this reason, one aspect of the MSTCP consists of protecting turtle nesting sites and rearing a few individuals per clutch in order to increase their survival rate.Off shore, Olive Ridley Sea Turtles are particularly exposed to Ghost Nets. Another aspect of the MSTCP is to rescue and rehabilitate injured Olive Ridley Sea Turtles and track them after release to study both the success of rehabilitation and the global distribution of the species in the Indian Ocean.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=750">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.
Philippine Mollusk Symbiont - ICBG  Collection

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2019

Specimens collected during an international biodiversity and drug discovery research project. The scope of the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (PMS-ICBG) includes biodiversity, drug discovery, biofuels and basic research. The focus is on bacteria associated with mollusks in one of the world's hotspots of diversity, the Philippines.
Polish Monitoring Programme - Monitoring of the Baltic Sea: zooplankton

Keywords: Monitoring, Long-term monitoring, Observation, Zooplankton, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2013

Zooplankton data from Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea collected in frame of the Polish Monitoring Programme. Data include information on species composition, abundance and biomass of zooplankton community for the period of 2002-2012.
Phytoplankton, Joint Black Sea Survey in Georgia(GE) and Ukraine (UA) waters  2019, EMBLAS Plus Project

Keywords: Sampling event
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

Phytoplankton data: species composition, volume of the cell [µm3], abundance [*1000cells/l], biomass (mg/m3) and Carbon biomass collected during Joint Black Sea Survey in Georgia(GE) and Ukraine (UA) waters (JBSS GE-UA) onboard the Romanian research vessel “Mare Nigrum” in July-August 2019
Visual detections of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia (2004-2020)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2020

Sightings of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) were collated from a variety of published and unpublished sources. Two 14-day surveys undertaken between Darwin and Broome to describe the presence of snubfins in nearshore tidal river environments (datasets ID OH-001 and OH-002 (b) four 20-day offshore biodiversity surveys conducted under contract with industry (OH-003) in the waters of the Bonaparte Archipelago and Browse Basin; (c) 46 daily surveys of Roebuck Bay run along predetermined transect lines (OH-004); (d) 36 collaborative surveys undertaken by coastal Indigenous Ranger groups (Nyamba Buru Yawuru, Dambimangari, Balanggarra, and Uunguu) on their respective Sea Countries [OH-005005], in addition to a 3-day intensive census of snubfins in the YawuruNagulagan/Roebuck BayMarine Park. Full details of the surveys and methods used,  referenced sources are in Table 1 of the cited paper   Bouchet PJ, Thiele D, Marley SA, Waples K, Weisenberger F,
Balanggarra Rangers, Bardi Jawi Rangers, Dambimangari Rangers, Nyamba Buru Yawuru Rangers, Nyul Nyul Rangers, Uunguu Rangers and
Raudino H (2021) Regional Assessment of the Conservation Status of Snubfin Dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:614852. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.614852
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction &gt;300 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Multinet and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform

Keywords: Imaging, EcoTaxa, Samplingevent, ZooSCAN
Temporal coverage: 2010/2013

Tara expeditions (2009-2013) sampled the world’s oceans with standardized protocols, putting an exceptional effort into sampling plankton diversity across a large size range, using a combination of water samples and net tows.
The efforts to explore the genomic diversity of plankton, through metabarcoding and metagenomics, have led to well publicized papers and have made the renown of Tara. While a similar extensive effort has been put on imaging, the datasets are not public yet. 
In a limited number of stations, in addition to the usual 5μm -&gt; ~5cm Tara sampling strategy, multinet trawls allowed to sample the vertical distribution of plankton; this is the content of this dataset. Using a 300µm mesh net, it cover organisms from 300µm to ~3cm.
Ecological study of the plankton in the port of Ostend in 1965

Keywords: Samplingevent, Zooplankton, Phytoplankton
Temporal coverage: 1965/1965

An overview of all plankton species and corresponding environmental parameters measured in the harbour of Ostend in 1965. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: De Pauw, C. (1966). Oekologische studie van het plankton in de haven van Oostende gedurende 1965. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 147, bijlage 54 pp.
Happywhale - Commerson's Dolphin in South Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
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 6 contributors in alphabetic order:

Johnny Giese; Marilia Olio; Pamela Le Noury; Rémi Bigonneau; Siyu Liu; Ted Cheeseman
School and gummy shark tagging by CSIRO in southern Australia: 1947-1956

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1942/1956

Between 1947 and 1956 a study lead by Mick Olsen resulted in 6502 school and 587 gummy sharks being tagged in south-east Australia. Most of the school shark were tagged in inshore bays and estuaries, notably Port Phillip Bay, Port Sorell, Georges Bay and Pittwater. Most of the gummy shark were tagged in inshore areas around Flinders Island and the north coast of Tasmania. A total of 594 school shark and 60 gummy shark were recaptured. This data set includes field sheets and the tags returned to CSIRO.
Movimiento migratorio de la tortuga carey. Islas del PNSAV. Veracruz, Ver., México. (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Original provider:
Acuario de Veracruz, A.C.

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Hawksbills/Aquarium of Veracruz
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
Para conocer el movimiento migratorio y zonas de alimentación se instalaron 3 transmisores a hembras de tortuga carey que desovaron en Isla de Sacrificios e Isla de Enmedio pertenecientes al Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (PNSAV, Veracruz, Veracruz, México.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1023">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.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1080

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1987/1987

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 1987 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was the second in a series of annual surveys (1986-1990) designed to monitor and detect trends in populations of dolphins killed in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 29,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1987. 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>McArthur</i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to collect the information necessary to calculate the relative abundance of those dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as a bycatch of 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 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 2003, Cruise 1624
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