oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Paleobiology of Ostracoda in "Oued Merarzeka" (NE Tunisia) and the Mediterranean Sea

Keywords: Pliocene, Samplingevent, Geological time scale, Paleobiology
Temporal coverage: 1972/1972

Presence-absence data for Ostracoda species from different geologic times situated near Tunesia and the Mediterranean Sea. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Goddeeris, B. (1973). Systematische studie der Ostracoda (Crustacea) uit het mariene Plioceen van de "Oued Merarzeka" (N.O. Tunesië). MSc Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Leuven. 177, 4 pl. pp.
Length and weight of Antarctic Rock Cod (Trematomus bernacchii) from sites adjacent to Davis Station 2012/13

Keywords: NETS, OCEANS, FIELD SURVEYS, Trematomus bernacchii, BIOTA, Morphology, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH &gt; RAY-FINNED FISHES &gt; CODS/HADDOCKS, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Occurrence, FIELD INVESTIGATION, Antarctic Rock Cod, LABORATORY
Temporal coverage: null/null

Data show length (cm) and weight (g) of Trematomus bernacchii from four sites along a gradient south in the direction of the current from the Davis Station wastewater outfall (Outfall (0km); Torkler Rocks (1km); Warriner Island (4km) and Kazak Island (9km)) and two reference sites north of the outfall (Long Fjord (9kmN) and Bandits Hut (16km N). Fish were collected in the summer of 2012/13 using line and box traps. Fish were transported immediately back to the lab for analysis.

Gross body measurements were taken from fish used in an multiple-line-of-evidence assessment of station derived contamination impact.
Quality: Note from the AADC, 2018-08-02:

The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet provides the dataset ID, record number, event date, decimal latitude, decimal longitude, locality, continent, country, occurrence, and basis of record. The individuals measurements provided are: length (measurement unit in cm), and weight (measurement unit in grams). The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Cetacean sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2014

Original provider:
Marijke de Boer

Dataset credits:
Marijke N. de Boer

Abstract:
Within the Gulf of Guinea the information on the cetacean abundance and distribution is scarce. A cetacean survey took place during geophysical surveys (2013–2014) along the coasts of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Due to large group-sizes, melon-headed whales were the most abundant (0.34 animals
km−1) followed by Fraser’s dolphins and short-finned pilot whales. Range state records were confirmed for melon-headed whale and Fraser’s dolphin in Ivoirian waters and ten further species represented first at-sea sightings. Fraser’s dolphins, melon-headed whales, pantropical spotted dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and pilot whales were recorded in areas with the highest fishing densities. Melon-headed whales, pilot whales, and rough-toothed dolphins were observed in vicinity of trawlers; bottlenose dolphins, pantropical spotted dolphins, and pilot whales in vicinity of canoes. The poor knowledge on population trends of cetaceans in this unique upwelling region, together with a high demand for cetacean products for human consumption (as “marine bushmeat”) may lead to a potential decline of some species that may go unnoticed. These new insights can provide a foundation for the urgently required risk assessments of cetacean mortality in fisheries within the northern Gulf of Guinea.

Purpose:
The objective of this study was to gather new information on the poorly monitored local cetacean populations in order to understand the threat posed by interactions with fisheries either due to unintended bycatch (entanglement) or direct capture. The information presented provides a valuable insight into the occurrence, relative abundance, and at-sea distribution of cetaceans and an indication as to which cetacean species appear to be under the greatest fishing pressure. As such, these findings provide new directions for future assessments of fishing pressure on cetaceans through incidental catches and directed takes.

Supplemental information:
Information regarding location of fishing vessels is available upon request
Mauritanian Midwater fish in the Discovery Collections

Keywords: Samplingevent, deep-sea, midwater, fish, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1990/1990

Occurrence dataset of samples of fish collected by Rectangular Midwater Trawl during Cruise 195 of the RRS Discovery (III), 05/09/1990-05/10/1990, in the Tropical North Atlantic off Mauritania.
New records of Prionospio (Annelida: Polychaeta) collected from Andaman and Nicobar archipelago during 2009-2011

Keywords: Occurrence; Polychaeta; Andaman Sea
Temporal coverage: 2009/2011

The dataset comprises new distribution records of marine organisms reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Northern Indian Ocean under the Marine Living Resource Programme (MLRP). Specimens were collected onboard Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Sampada (FORVSS) during the cruises FORVSS261 (January 2009) and FORVSS292 (December 2011) in the winter monsoon season.
Finnish Baltic Sea phytoplankton monitoring, KPLANK database

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1937/2022

The KPLANK database includes data on phytoplankton, covering the Finnish coastal areas as well as the offshore areas of the Baltic Sea. The quantitative data mainly stem from the Finnish national monitoring program and statutory monitoring programs. In total the database contain approximately 240 000 quantitative records including size classes. The data span from 1937 to present. The database is regularly maintained and data is added continuously.
Happywhale - Sea Otter in North Pacific Ocean, Happywhale - Sea otter in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2015/2020, 2015/2023

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 4 contributors in alphabetic order:

Marilia Olio; Nic Brown Photo; Paul Pudwell; Rémi Bigonneau
Meiofauna monitoring in the Trieste harbour, northern Adriatic Sea (Port Authority), 2013 and 2015

Keywords: Samplingevent, Marine, Meiobenthos
Temporal coverage: 2013/2015

Meiofauna monitoring in the Trieste harbour, Northern Adriatic Sea (Port Authority), 2013 and 2015. In June 2013 and March 2015, sampling was carried out in the harbour of the Trieste port by a KC Haps bottom corer with polycarbonate sample tubes (12.7 cm I.D. with a sample area of 127 cm2). In laboratory, one sediment core was subsampled by means of 3 cut-off plastic syringes (2.7 cm I.D., surface area of 5.72 cm2, 0-10 cm top sediment) in order to obtain three pseudoreplicates for the meiofauna. Meiofaunal organisms (38–1000 m) were extracted from sediment subsamples by sieving each pseudoreplicate and by centrifuging the material retained by a 38 μm mesh net with Ludox HS-40 (density of 1.15–1.18 g cm−3). All meiobenthic organisms were counted and taxonomically classified to the main groups under a stereomicroscope (Olympus SZX12; final magnification of × 32-40)
Benthos, zoo- and phytoplancton data collected during the monitoring cruise of RV "Vladimir Parshin" in 1996.

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1996/1996

This dataset contains information about monitoring cruises carried out by R/V “Vladimir Parshin” in 1996. Cruise number 20 performed in accordance with the following programs: "The Black sea protection and rational exploitation" (GEF), Scientific Research Prohram "Integrated monitoring and anual assessment of the Black and Azov seas modern state" (Ministry of environment protection of Ukraine).
Queensland Coastal Wetlands Resources Mapping Data - Mangroves

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

1:100,000 coastal wetland vegetation mapping for Queensland including mangrove communities, saltpans and saline grasslands. Mapping taken from Landsat TM images with ground truthing. Additional metadata is available for details of techniques and accuracy for each section of coastline. Data Currency for each section of coast: NT border to Flinders River - 1995 SE Gulf of Carpentaria - 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 Cape York Peninsula - 1986-88, 1991 Cape Trib to Bowling Green Bay - 1997-99 The Burdekin Region - 1991 The Bowen Region - 1994-95 The Whitsunday Region - 1997 Repulse Bay - 1989 Central Qld - 1995, 1997 The Curtis Coast Region - 1997 Round Hill Head to Tin Can Inlet - 1997 Moreton Region - 1995.
Data and metadata sourced from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=135EB151-D406-4094-9E9F-40ABC5AA0C7B December 2020. This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of The Queensland Government for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
NT Alligator Rivers Region Bird Ground Count, Northern Territory, Australia (1981-1983)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1981/2003

Quantitative waterbird surveys over seasonal wetlands of the Alligator Rivers Region (ARR) of the NT, provided by the Supervising Scientist Division (SSD) of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA). Systematic ground surveys from 30 sites on the Magela Floodplain, Kakadu National Park
Encana: Deepwater benthic taxa collected as part of a survey of Stonehouse during August-September 2002.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

Jacques Whitford Environment Limited (now Stantec), on behalf of Encana Corporation, conducted a deep water benthic survey of former Exploration Licence 2414, referred to as Stonehouse. The survey was conducted on the 21 to 23 of August and 14 to 15 of September 2002. The Stonehouse area encompassed an area of 1,489 km2 and was located approximately 464 km from the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Water depths within the area ranged from approximately 500 to 3,200m.

This dataset contains species distribution records collected using 0.1 m2 Van Veen grab sampler. Additional information collected as part of the survey is available in the original report.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1267

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1989/1989

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 1989 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was the fourth 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 27,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1989. 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 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 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 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
Mangroves of the Northern Territory, 1:100,000, Australia (1996)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1996/1996

This dataset is derived from the 2001 mapping of mud crab (Scylla serrata) habitats along the NT and Queensland coastal wetlands. The information can be used in many ways to assist the management of these habitats. In the first instance, it provides a suitable baseline dataset for monitoring broad scale changes in area and composition of coastal wetland communities. Additionally, it provides information required by managers for choosing representative habitats for protection.
Metadata and source datafiles - see https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=39fbb324-b184-4ac5-8d3e-9a2994bbecb9
LifeWatch observatory data: permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor network in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Keywords: Harbour porpoises, LifeWatch, C-PODs, Data, Marine mammals, Echolocation, Samplingevent, Passive acoustic monitoring
Temporal coverage: 2015/2021, 2015/2022

As part of the Belgian LifeWatch observatory, a permanent Cetacean passive acoustic network is established in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The sensor network uses C-PODs (Chelonia Limited) to register the presence of harbour porpoise (<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>) in the neighbourhood. Click trains of harbour porpoises are detected and classified using the CPOD software and high and moderate quality click trains are selected. The dataset is published yearly aggregated per hour. In related datasets, described below, aggregated data per minute is available.
Baie de Mille-Vaches marsh - Characterization of important coastal habitats on the north shore of the St.Lawrence maritime Estuary | Le marais de la baie de Mille-Vaches - Caractérisation des habitats littoraux d’importance de la rive nord de l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent

Keywords: Invertebrate abundance and distribution, mammals abundance and distribution, birds, Fish abundance and distribution, Samplingevent, marais salée, Abondance et distribution de tortues marines, caractérisation d'habitat, Abondance et distribution de poissons, oiseaux et mammifères, Composition et couverture des herbiers marins, Seagrass cover and composition, Abondance et distribution d'invertébrés, habitat caracterization, Marine turtles, salt marsh, habitat important, important habitat
Temporal coverage: 2019/2021

A project to characterize important coastal habitats on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary was funded for a period of 4 years (2018-2022). The purpose of this project is to generate reference ecological data to draw a global portrait of the state of coastal marshes in the upper north shore sector of Quebec.

This dataset covers the area of the Baie de Mille-Vaches marsh, also known as Pointe à Boisvert (Municipality of Longue-Rive). In order to improve knowledge of this ecosystem, flora and fauna (ichthyological and benthic) inventories have been carried out and the various abiotic factors characterized. Geomorphological data was also collected, but is not included in this dataset. However, they remain available, contact the ZIP Committee of the North Shore of the Estuary (RNE) directly to access them. The ZIP RNE Committee also holds orthomosaics of the marsh. This project is part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program Initiative under the Oceans Protection Plan of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Un projet de caractérisation des habitats littoraux d’importance de la rive nord de l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent a été subventionné pour une période de 4 ans (2018-2022). Ce projet a pour but de générer des données écologiques de référence pour tracer un portrait global de l’état des marais littoraux dans le secteur de la haute côte-nord du Québec.

Ce jeu de données couvre le secteur du marais de la baie de Mille-Vaches, également connu sous le nom de la pointe à Boisvert (Municipalité Longue-Rive). Afin d’améliorer les connaissances de cet écosystème, des inventaires floristiques et fauniques (ichtyologiques et benthiques) ont été réalisés et les différents facteurs abiotiques caractérisés. Des données géomorphologiques ont aussi été collectés, mais elles ne sont pas incluses dans ce jeu de données. Elles restent toutefois disponibles, contactez directement le Comité ZIP de la Rive Nord de l’Estuaire (RNE) pour y avoir accès. Le Comité ZIP RNE détient aussi des orthomosaïques du marais. Ce projet fait partie du Programme sur les données environnementales côtières de référence de Pêches et Océan Canada.
Happywhale - Blue Whale in Arctic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2022, 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 50 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adelie Xiaohang Li; Adrian Boyle; Alex Cowan; Andrew Emmerson; Ann; Annette Bombosch; Barbara Messner; Bart Van Gelder; Cees Tineke; Christian Engelke; Conor Ryan; Doug Cheeseman; Doug Gould; Elke; Greta Henderson; Hadleigh Measham; Hannah Brightley; Hans Verdaat; Heidi Krajewsky; Hondius; Jamie Coleman; Jeff Higgott; Jeff Reynolds; Jérôme JACOB; Joel Moore; Joy van der Beek; Katharina Stoll; Keely Crowder; Kerstin Langenberger; Léa Zinsli; Loes de Heus; Marian Herz; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Marit Pedersen; Mary Want; Menno Schaefer; Nacho Oria; Olivier Blaud; Petra Glardon; Philip Stone; Philip van Dueren; Phil Schultz; Pippa Low; Rémi Bigonneau; Sara Jenner; Sophie Ballagh; Steffo Polar; Tobias Brehm; Ulf Velander
Schellenberg A. 1936. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Amphipoda Benthonica. Notes and memoirs No 18.

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1936 by Schellenberg A. and concerns of the faunistic report on the Amphipoda collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 29/8/1933 to 18/11/1933 and contains occurrence data of Amphipoda in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. It also contains informations about individual counts, sex,lifestage and body length. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.
Seagrass meadows of Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait, Queensland, derived from field surveys conducted 6-14 December, 1998, Australia

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1998/1998

Approximately 2,362 ±289 km**2 of seagrass meadows were mapped in the waters of Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait between 6 and 14 December 1998. This was the first comprehensive survey of the Great Sandy region. The survey involved examination of 1,104 field validation points from Elliot Heads and Sandy Cape in the north to Tin Can Bay in the south, and identified 174 individual meadows. Seagrass extended from the intertidal and shallow subtidal waters to a depth of 32m. Seven species of seagrass were identified (Cymodocea serrulata, Halodule uninervis, Syringodium isoetifolium, Halophila decipiens, Halophila ovalis, Halophila spinulosa and Zostera muelleri) within 22 seagrass meadow/community types.

The data is sourced from the cited publication and contains polygons of each meadow which are contained in the footprint_wkt field. A centroid of each meadow has been calculated and stored in the decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude fields.
Macro-and meiobenthos of a sublittoral sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (5 September 1978)

Keywords: Meiofauna, Macrofauna, Macrobenthos, Hydrozoa, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1978/1978

Comprehensive picture of total benthic fauna on the Kwintebank in September 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Willems, K.A.; Vanosmael, C.; Claeys, D.; Vincx, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (1981). Macro- and meiobenthos of a sublittoral sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Benthos 81/04. Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren, Sectie Mariene Biologie: Gent. 27 + annexes pp.
Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere (HS66) Hydrographic Survey Marine Mammal Observations

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2019/2020

Discovery Marine Ltd (DML) and iXBlue were contracted in 2019 by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to undertake hydrographic surveying services for the Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere Hydrographic Survey (HS66).
Marine mammals, in particular dolphins are a regular occurrence in the Marlborough Sounds. The species are important both nationally and internationally. There are eight marine mammal species known to frequent the Sounds (Davidson et al., 2011). Two of these are classified as nationally endangered (Hectors and Bottlenose) and one is considered nationally critical (Killer whale or Orca).
DML and iXBlue were contracted to map the seabed in the Marlborough Sounds (Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, Admiralty Bay and Te Aumiti (French Pass)) using multibeam sounders. The frequency of the sound emitted by a multibeam echo sounder is outside the hearing range of marine mammals in the Sounds, however as a precaution, best practice for minimising survey activities in the immediate proximity of marine mammals was used, including logging all sightings while on multibeam effort.
Mulitbeam operators and surveyors logged marine mammal sightings. Blue Planet Marine (BPM) was contracted prior to the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui and Tory Channel / Kura Te Au Hydrographic Survey (HS51) in 2016/7 to provide a review of the potential efforts of a multibeam survey and make suggestions as to best practice to minimise disturbance. Overall they concluded the survey was in the category of ‘minimal disturbance’ hence not requiring a dedicated MMO onboard (Blue Planet Marine, 2016). This report also gave some recommendations, including survey teams to log sightings, that NIWA adopted in the survey plan used by DML and iXBlue.