oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Brazil Estuaries ILTER Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo Benthic Macrofauna

Keywords: ILTER, Samplingevent, macrofauna, estuary, Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo, mangroves, Costa das Algas, Sampling Event
Temporal coverage: 2012/2016

The PELD (Long-term Program of Ecological Research) Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo is part of the Brazilian LTER program and started in 2017. It is located on the Eastern Coast of Brazil, and includes coastal ecosystems including estuaries, mangroves, coastal reefs and rodolith beds. This is an innovative project to assess the temporal patterns in multiple coastal ecosystems in the East ern Brazil Marine Ecoregion, where there is a decadal warming trend. The program associates research and conservation, at three Conservation units: Coasta das Algas Environmental Protected Area (APACA), Santa Cruz Wildlife Refuge (RVSSC) and Municipal Reserves of Integral Protection of the mangroves of Piraquê-Açu and Piraquê-Mirim rivers (RPPAM).

The project aims to investigate the interactions among abiotic, climatic and ecological dynamics in the benthic communities and Ichthyofauna assemblies associated with the estuaries, the mangroves and the Rhodolith beds.

PELD-HCES counts with a research team coordinated by UFES in partnership with USP, UFBA, UFSB, UFF, UFPR, UNISUL, UFSC and the State University of Oregon, and funded by CNPQ, CAPES and FAPES.
Circalittoral faunal turf occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 2005 to 2018

Keywords: Arquipelago, Remotely operated vehicles, Aguas Vivas, Cameras, Samplingevent, research vessel, propelled unmanned submersible, submersible
Temporal coverage: 2005/2018

Circalittoral faunal turfs are animal-dominated shelf assemblages that are found on hard substrata between the lower limit of the infralittoral zone and the shelf edge. Benthic organisms generally form dense intricate mixes that may include tall alcyonarians, sponges, hydroids, scleractinians and gorgonians, as well as less prominent fauna such as encrusting sponges, bryozoans, ascidians, bivalves, solitary cup corals, serpulid worms and vermetid gastropods.
Colección de Plancton Mixto – Sección Zooplancton del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia – Makuriwa (Invemar)

Keywords: Specimen, Zooplancton, Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia Makuriwa, MHNMC, Occurrence, Plancton, Invemar, Colecciones biológicas, Colombia
Temporal coverage: 2008/2018

El Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia - Makuriwa, el cual es custodiado por el Invemar, incluye entre sus colecciones biológicas una colección de Plancton mixta que cuenta con una sección de Zooplancton. Cada lote de esta colección, contiene una muestra en la que se encuentran inmersos y sin separar los organismos o grupos que la componen, y es por ello que es denominada como mixta. La colección se creó en el año 2013, aunque en el Museo existían muestras de este tipo más antiguas que datan incluso de décadas previas al establecimiento del Museo, y que provenían del desarrollo de diferentes actividades científicas y académicas del Invemar a lo largo de su historia o de donaciones de otras entidades. Para la constitución oficial de la colección, se tomó como punto de partida el material obtenido en diferentes proyectos realizados por el Invemar en conjunto con la Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH). A estos rápidamente se sumaron numerosos lotes depositados por diversas entidades nacionales, que en cumplimiento con la normativa que entró en vigencia en 2013, requerían entregar este tipo material a colecciones biológicas legalmente registradas y con las condiciones para su almacenamiento, una circunstancia coyuntural que ha enriquecido considerablemente la colección.
 
El presente conjunto de datos reúne información de 302 lotes de muestras mixtas de zooplancton, colectadas tanto en el Caribe (94%) como del Pacífico colombiano (6%) entre los 0 y 1000 m de profundidad durante 11 proyectos de investigación. A partir de estos lotes, se documentan 9085 ocurrencias de los reinos Chromista y Animalia comprendidos en 17 fila; los registros se obtuvieron mediante el análisis general de dichas muestras, y se complementan con datos de abundancias correspondientes para 9026 ocurrencias, las cuales son descritas en un archivo complementario (eMoF).
 
Aunque los ejemplares se encuentran inmersos en las muestras originales mixtas, y por ello no cuentan con un número de catálogo, los lotes que los contienen pueden ser consultados en la Sección de Zooplancton a través del código de seguimiento asignado por el museo, el cual es denominado como Número consecutivo (No. Consec.).
Structure and function of contemporary food webs on Arctic shelves: A panarctic comparison. The pelagic system of the Kara Sea- communities and components of carbon flow

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

This datasets has 10688 records representing 83 terminal taxa collected from the Kara Sea between 1997 and 2001. In the zooplankton, for which most data were available, four regional aggregations were separated: (1) the rivers and estuaries of the Southern Kara Sea, (2) the south-western and (3) the central Kara Sea, and (4) the northern troughs and slope.
SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 2

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

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Abstract:
Mid Atlantic Tursiops Surveys (MATS) were conducted  in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters in mid-and southern Atlantic bight. This data set contains sightings of not only the target dolphins but also other species including cetaceans, sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the aerial surveys.

The same transects were traced three times on different dates during the survey period. This data set is the second one. The other two are provided, too, with the number following MATS95s indicating the first, second and last.

Cetacean and sea turtles observed include as follows.
&lt;&lt; Cetacean &gt;&gt;
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Standard Bottlenose dolphin

&lt;&lt; Sea Turtle &gt;&gt;
Hardshell
Kemp's ridley
Leatherback
Loggerhead

Survey's transects information is available in MATS95s2Efforts.

Purpose:
The purpose of this survey was to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters of the U.S. mid- and southern Atlantic bight.

Supplemental information:
Records with no common name are some pollution observed (e.g. plastic).

Records were assigned a sequential number LineNo. LineNo can be used to match observations with corresponding transects, each of which has BegLineNo and EndLineNo fields. Observation records with their LineNo between BegLineNo and EndLineNo in a transect are related to  that transect.

A duplicated LineNo indicates more than one species were observed at the same time.

Records include 'off-effort' sightings as well. Card 'F' indicates that the observation was done while off-effort. Card D is used for observation while on effort.

When searching for a specific species, note that some records don't identify animals observed at a species level. If this is the case, the common/scientific name may be genus/family or higher (e.g. Balaenoptera sp.).
NMML Harbor Porpoise Vessel Survey, SE Alaska, Spring 1991

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,harbor porpoise,Phocoena phocoena,abundance,marine mammal survey,survey,marine mammal,cetacean,Vessels,Sightings, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1991/1991

Original provider:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Dataset credits:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Abstract:
In spring 1991, Southeast Alaska, Cook Inlet, and Bristol Bay, was surveyed for harbor porpoise (<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>) from the NOAA John N. Cobb using line transect methodology.  The shipboard platform was 28.36 m (93 ft) in length with a bridge height of 4.27 m (14 ft). To obtain data on seasonal movements of porpoise, a limited number of transects were made in areas of known porpoise concentrations. When a sighting was made, the following variables were recorded: time, angle, number of reticles to the sighting, radar distance (nm) to the shoreline at the same angle of the sighting, the species, the count of the porpoise seen (best, high, and low), and the animal(s) direction of travel. Search effort was recoded by noting the time and location of the ship at the beginning and end of each transect.

Purpose:
Although harbor porpoises, <i>Phocoena phocoena</i>, are known to occur throughout Alaska waters, few estimates of abundance exist. In 1991, the National Marine Mammal Laboratory initiated a 3 year study on Alaska harbor porpoises. The objectives of this program were to: 
1) Obtain minimum population estimates in coastal waters using line transect methodology with a coefficient of variation for density estimates of less than 30% for each survey area, and 
2) Establish a baseline for detecting changes in abundance through time, for analysis of trends. 
The ability of the observers to sight porpoise was sensitive to environmental conditions. As expected, when conditions deteriorated the number of porpoises observed declined.

Supplemental information:
This dataset and associated effort data were updated on September 8, 2005. Those who downloaded them before that date should renew them.
SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution

Keywords: BIOGEOGRAPHY, MOLLUSC, SOUTHERN OCEAN, Occurrence, TAXONOMY, Gastropods, Mollusks, Polar, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, BIVALVIA, DATABASE, ANTARCTIC, GASTROPODA, Bivalves, ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION
Temporal coverage: 1831/2008

Databases and Geographical Information Systems are becoming increasingly popular tools for biogeographic analysis. The reliability of the analysis depends on the accuracy of the entered data and the ability to add changes in systematics and taxonomy. The main aim of the Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE) project is to set up a database linked with a GIS and user-friendly front end. This system allows for the inclusion of other taxa in the future. Currently the database consists of records for 950 shelled gastropod and 136 bivalve species and 2800 sites from the Southern Ocean.The database contains fields including: 1) Taxonomic authorship, synonyms, higher level classifications, diagnostic morphological characters, and ecological features; 2) Distributional information including substrate and depth; 3) Bibliographic information.The maps can display selected sites based on any query of any field or combination of fields in the database. An online version of the database is available with distribution maps for all taxonomic levels (www.antarctica.ac.uk/SOMBASE). SOMBASE is a contribution to the Biogeiegraphic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
Vessel line-transect surveys of Arctic pinnipeds in the Chuckchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II, 2015-08-09 - 2015-09-03

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

This dataset contains pinniped observation data conducted during shipboard transects in the Chukchi Sea during the 9 August - 3 September 2015 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise. The dataset is three comma-separated values (csv) files describing the dates, times, latitude, longitude, species and best-high-low estimates of numbers for each pinniped (seals, seal lions, and walrus) sighting. This dataset was exported from the marine bird and mammal observation software WinCruz from the entire survey, and later transformed from the native WinCruz format into Darwin Core formatted tables (DwC, occurrence core), with DwC  term names as column names.
South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection - marine  records

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1886/2015

The fish collection is comprised of over eleven thousand registered lots. The collection has a strong regional focus with freshwater fishes of southern and central Australia and Southern Ocean marine fishes, including deep-sea species, well represented.
Data downloaded from ALA (http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co57) and non-marine records have been excluded. Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species.
Données d'observations des capture accidentelles de tortues marines sur la cote sud camerounaise

Keywords: capture accidentelles, tortues marines, Occurrence, Cameroun, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

Données des observations des tortues marines capturées accidentellement par les filets des pêcheurs artisanaux au cours de l'années 2009 sur la côte sud du Cameroun. Les espèces étaient mortes ou vivantes. les espèces retrouvées sont: Dermochelys coriacea, Lepidochelys olivacea, Eretmochelys imbricata et Chelonia mydas.
Registros biológicos de aves Distrito de Manejo Integrado Musichi y Santuario de Fauna y Flora los Flamencos, La Guajira.

Keywords: Aves playeras, Aves Migratorias., Occurrence, Salinas, Manglares, La Guajira
Temporal coverage: null/null

270 Registros biológicos para aves costeras del departamento de La Guajira, en dos zonas determinadas como de manglares que deben ser restaurados. 
Los datos se reportaron por areas geográficas establecidas como Unidades de Paisaje considerando los siguientes criterios: Presencia/ausencia  de manglares, yipos fisiográficos de los bosques de manglar,  presencia de otras coberturas vegetales, principales aportes hídricos, presencia de asentamientos humanos, presencia de infraestructura.
Para el registro de aves se realizaron caminatas en las primeras horas de la mañana y al atardecer.
Diversity, abundance and other ecological features of littoral brachyuran crabs from Falcon State, Venezuela

Keywords: CaribeSur, Falcon, littoral, Venezuela, BID-CA2020-025-NAC, Samplingevent, true crabs, Brachyura
Temporal coverage: 1990/1990

Diversity, abundance and other ecological features of littoral brachyuran crabs from Falcon State, Venezuela.
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Aransas Bay Bag Seine

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1977/2008

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) utilizes several sampling gears for fisheries-independent monitoring of finfish and shellfish communities. They include bag seines, trawls, gill nets and oyster dredges. TPWD uses multiple gears in a random sampling protocol, and they identify (to the lowest taxonomic unit possible) and count everything that they collect. This dataset contains bag seine data collected for the Aransas bay system in Texas from 1977 to 2008. Collected data also included spatial and temporal information describing the sample location and time, collection gear information, hydrological data (e.g. dissolved oxygen, water temperature, and salinity), weather conditions, species caught, and number of each species captured. Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) calculated the relative abundance data, calculated as the catch of a particular species in a sample divided by the total number of animals captured in that sample. Absence data was recorded for species on the TPWD species sampling lists that were not captured during sampling.
Macroinvertebrate groups found on deep-sea volcanic habitats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: Porifera

Keywords: Porifers, Sponge, Seamounts, Macroinvertebrate, -	Deep-sea, Volcanic seascapes, Galapagos Marine Reserve
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Macroinvertebrate groups found on deep-sea volcanic habitats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: Porifera
BGRPMN12017 Env Template MANGAN2010

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

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
WADFW PSAMP S1994

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Seabirds,Aircraft,Visual Sighting, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1994/1994

Original provider:
Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife

Abstract:
The metadata edits are in progress. Please contact the contact person for detail.

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 17, 2006:
Wrong ITIS number for Unidentified Sea Lion
180623 -&gt; 180615

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.
Progetto Egadi (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

Original provider:
Islameta Group, University of Pisa

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Islameta Group, Dept. of Biology - University of Pisa
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1324">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.
Biological Collection, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India

Keywords: None
Temporal coverage: 1971/1996

The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India is a premier oceanographic research institution in India. It has a strong biological oceanography division which maintains the biological museum at its headquarter in Goa. The NIO COLLECTION is the digitized repository of this museum. Currently 308 specimens have been digitized, which is an ongoing process.
NEFSC North Atlantic Marine Mammal and Turtle Aerial Abundance Survey 2007

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

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
During 30 July to 29 August 2007, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center conducted an abundance survey using an airplane and ship in waters from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Bay of Fundy, from the coast line to beyond the 2000 m depth contour. The shipboard survey (using the R/V Henry Bigelow) was concentrated in the coastal waters in the Gulf of Maine, and the aerial survey (using the NOAA Twin Otter) covered the rest of the area. The aerial results are reported in this document; while the shipboard results are reported in a companion paper. The primary objective for the aerial survey is to determine the spatial distribution and abundance of cetaceans and sea turtles in the study region. The airplane flew at 600 feet above the water surface at about 110 knots and the circle-back (Hiby) data collection methods were used, where circles were performed on groups of cetaceans and turtles that had 5 or less animals per group. There were about 8,900 km of on-effort track lines that were conducted in Beaufort 3 or less and will be used in the abundance estimates. On these track lines, there were 15 species of identifiable cetaceans, 4 turtle species detected. There were 98 circle-backs performed on 20 species/species groups that can be used to estimate g(0) for these species. The abundance estimates using these data are underway.

Purpose:
The primary objective is to determine the spatial distribution and abundance of cetaceans and sea turtles in the study region. The aerial survey was coordinated with a shipboard survey. Each platform covered separate regions, except for two small areas which were surveyed simultaneously by both platforms on the same day on the same track lines.

Supplemental information:
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available.
Deep-Sea holothurians (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) of the Colombian Southern Caribbean Sea

Keywords: Sea cucumbers, towed camera, Occurrence, ROV, Observation, southern Colombian Caribbean, Equinodermata, Holothuroidea
Temporal coverage: 2015/2017

Data includes holothurians reported in southern Colombian Caribbean, registered in images from towed camera systems and remote operated vehicles (ROVs).