oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Waved Albatross Tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Radio transmitters,Animal movements,albatross,satellite-tracking,argos,seabirds
Temporal coverage: 2000/2001

Original provider:
Wake Forest University

Dataset credits:
David Anderson, Wake Forest University

Abstract:
All birds studied via satellite tracking were nesting in the same part of the breeding colony at Punta Cevallos, on the eastern point of Isla Española (Galápagos archipelago). In 2000 and 2001, a tape attachment method was used to attach Platform Transmitter Terminals (PTTs; Microwave Telemetry Inc., Columbia MD USA) to the dorsal feathers of birds at the nest. The birds were tracked using the satellites of the Argos System (Service Argos, Largo MD USA). In 2000, five PTTs used this duty cycle, while two others transmitted continuously, and in 2001 all six transmitters transmitted continuously.

Purpose:
The 21 birds tracked during incubation in 2000 and 2001 were part of a study of sensory ecology and navigation; 10 and 9 of them had, respectively, small (3.5 g) magnets or brass sham magnets affixed to their heads during their trips. All 19 of the magnet and sham birds showed the same 'commuter' foraging behavior seen during previous satellite tracking in 1995 and 1996 (Anderson et al. 1998, Fernández et al. 2001) and in the two unmanipulated birds tracked in 2000 and 2001. The satellite-tracked Waved Albatross traveled to the Peruvian shelf in relatively straight flights, remaining in the upwelling region for several days, and then returning directly to Española.
Funding was provided by the United States National Science Foundation (grant DEB 96-29539 to D.J.A.), the Carlsberg Foundation (to H.M.), the National Geographic Society, Canadian NSERC, the VolkswagenStiftung (Nachwuchgruppen Grant to H.M.), a CIAR Fellowship, an NSERC fellowship, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (NCE) grants to B.J.F., the Wake Forest University Sullivan and Richter Funds, and the Field Research for Conservation Program at the St. Louis Zoo.

Supplemental information:
Argos System ground-truthing conducted at the site in 1995 (Anderson et al. 1998) showed that the lowest quality locations, Class B, had a mean error of 17.8 km (9.6 nautical miles; Anderson et al., 1998).  Thus, only high-quality Argos locations are presented here. A total of 101 locations from 14 birds (14.9 % LQC-1, 6.9 % LQC-2, 4.0 % LQC-3, 32.7 % LQC-0, 41.6 % LQ-A) and 356 locations from 21 birds (13.2 % LQC-1, 5.3 % LQC-2, 3.4 % LQC-3, 32.0 % LQC-0, 46.1 % LQ-A) are reported for 2000 and 2001, respectively.

References cited:
Anderson, D.J., A.J. Schwandt, and H.D. Douglas. 1998. Foraging ranges of waved albatrosses in the eastern tropical Pacific. In: G. Robertson and R. Gales (eds.). Albatross Biology and Conservation, Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, pp. 180-185.
Fernández, P., D.J. Anderson, P. Sievert, and K.P. Huyvaert. 2001. Foraging destinations of three low-latitude albatross species. Journal of Zoology 254:391-404.

This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
COMRACRFC12015 Env Template Meiofaun

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2014

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research The China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (hereinafter referred to as COMRA) conducted its activities in 2015 for implementing the program of activities for the current five-year program of activities specified in Schedule 2 of Annex III to the contract for exploration of cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts between the International Seabed Authority (hereinafter referred to as ISA) and the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association. In accordance with the provisions specified in Section 10 of the Annex II to the contract, COMRA, as the contractor, submits to the Secretary-General of ISA this annual report covering its program of activities carried out in the year of 2015.
Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1981 to 1990

Keywords: Sea water, Black Sea, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1981/1990

The phytoplankton dataset includes samples collected from shallow to shelf Romanian waters, in the period 1981 - 1990, from February to November; there is no similar frequency each year. Dataset contains abundance data (cells per liter) and biomass (mg/m3) for individual phytoplankton taxa.
Incidental sightings of marine mammals

Keywords: Occurrence, Marine mammals, research vessel, Observation, fishing vessel, surface vessel
Temporal coverage: 1980/2015

Data on incidental sightings of cetaceans reported to the Institute of Marine Research by letter or telephone, as well as information from newspapers, have been collected since 1967. From the late 1970s, data have also been obtained from research vessels, coast guard vessels, some fishing vessels and inspectors. These reports contain basic information on date, position and species, but also additional information such as group sizes. These sightings are not useful for assessing abundance, but might reveal distributional aspects. Most of the reports come from the northern areas (Barents Sea); this is clearly related to the distribution of the activities which form the basis for this kind of reporting.
Happywhale - Atlantic white-sided dolphin in North Atlantic Ocean, Happywhale - Atlantic White-sided Dolphin in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2012/2023, null/null, 2012/2022

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 9 contributors in alphabetic order:

Caitlin Fitzmaurice; Gwenda; Marilia Olio; Mitch Doucet; MS Maud; Rory Jackson West Cork Ocean Tours; Sara Franson; Viktor Dittmer; Warren Zimmer
RMT Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Zooplankton

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

Samples were collected at trawl stations (approximately every second CTD station), as well as opportunistically when something interesting was spotted on the Echosounder. The samples were collected with an RMT-1 plankton net and preserved in Steedman’s solution. Upon returning to Australia, the samples were passed onto Kerrie Swadling, who split them with a Folsom plankton splitter so that between 400 and 1300 indivduials were counter per sample. Every organism was identified to the lowest possible taxon - in the case of copepods, usually to species and stage level. Other taxa are to species wherever possible. All the animals were counted and the results are expressed as abundance per 1000 cubic m.
Cnidarios del Golfo de México y mar Caribe

Keywords: Coral Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Cayo Arcas reef, Mexico, Occurrence, Alacranes reef, Campeche Bank, Caribbean
Temporal coverage: 2008/2017

The dataset contains information of specimens at the Collection  "Cnidarios del Golfo de México y mar Caribe" (federal register YUC-CC-254-11) at the UMDI-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. This dataset represents only specimens identified to genus and species (1308 specimens) from 72 localities in coastal lagoons, piers, and coral reefs at the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean from a period of time from 2008 to 2017. The specimens at the collection have been either identified or validated by professional cnidarian taxonomists, providing a significant level of trust in the data. The taxonomists that participated in this process appear in the list of authors.
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Corpus Christi Bay Bag Seine

Keywords: Occurrence
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 Corpus Christi 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.
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2015

Keywords: cremp, evaluation, fwc, genus, information, meters, number, per, presence, species_name, specificEpithet, taxonRank, vernacular_name, world, year, organismQuantity, accepted_name_usage, organismQuantityType, array-data, database, eventID, eventdate, family, fwri, gulf of mexico, occurrence, register, revisited, scientific, scientificname, taxon, taxon_status, unaccepted, v2.3, aphia_database_identification_number, scientificnameid, about, basisOfRecord, data_set_name, dataset, florida, identification, marine, organism, rank, recordedBy, samples, subregionid, usage, vernacular, vernacularName, wildlife, acceptedNameUsageID, organism_per_sample_area, acceptedNameAuthorship, acceptedNameUsage, absence, area, coral, habitatid, latitude, longitude, monitoring, name, recorded, species, data_set_identification, authorship, basis of record, class, comprehensive, conservation, coverage, data, date, fish, hierarchy, large, obis, reef, sample, scientific_name, statement, worms, taxonomic_status, Samplingevent, basis, commission, event, kingdom, phylum, research, set, square, taxonomicStatus, tortugas, value, associatedreferences, accepted_aphia_database_identification_number, occurrenceStatus, biogeographic, biology, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, institute, occurrenceID, project, record, siteid, station, status, system, taxon_rank, taxonomic, time, authorship_information, accepted_authorship_information, percent_coverage, accepted, aphia, array, common, datasetName, dry, florida keys, identifier, ocean, order, percent, sitecode, stewardship, taxonomy, scientificNameAuthorship, occurrence_identification, coral monitoring
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between 2007 and 2008) in the percent cover of major benthic taxa (stony corals, octocorals, sponges, and macroalgae), mean coral species richness and the incidence of stony coral conditions. Additionally, it examines the long-term trends of the major benthic taxa, five coral complex, Montastraea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Siderastrea siderea, and Porites astreoides) and the clionaid sponge, Cliona delitrix. It is one of the longest running coral reef monitoring projects in south Florida and has been extremely important in documenting the temporal changes that have occurred in recent years.
Meiofauna and nematodes from the Atacama Slope and Trench

Keywords: Occurrence, Trenches (oceanic), Observation, Meiobenthos, Deep sea
Temporal coverage: 1997/1997

The meiofaunal abundance, biomass, community structure and nematode diversity were investigated in relation to the spatial distribution of the potential food sources in the Atacama trench and open slope (South Pacific Ocean).
Bottlenose dolphins off Outer Banks 2007-2012

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2007/2013

Original provider:
Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research

Dataset credits:
Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research

Abstract:
Data were collected through a combination of dedicated and opportunistic effort by the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research. Survey coverage includes sound waters adjacent to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to examine the seasonal movement patterns of bottlenose dolphins in the sounds surrounding the Outer Banks, North Carolina using photo-identification.

Supplemental information:
[2015-01-23] the data in 2013 were added on 2015-01-23.
[UPDATE] the data in 2010 through 2012 were added on 2013-02-20.
OTN Noakes Tags - Tag Release Metadata, Noakes Tags

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, ACOUSTIC TAGS, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2009/2010

This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network  and Oregon State University (OSU)  Noakes Tags, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals.
    If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=NEP.NOAK).
Abstract:The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) project was designed to develop and promote the application of acoustic tagging technology to study the life history of Pacific salmon and other species migrating along the continental shelf of western North America. POST envisioned the eventual creation of a permanent continental-scale telemetry system, however, during its existence more limited pilot-scale arrays were deployed, primarily concentrated in the Pacific Northwest. These included several acoustic receiver curtains between Vancouver Island and the mainland, creating an excellent means by which to monitor coastal marine animal migrations, especially by juvenile salmonids (smolts) migrating to sea (see projects QCS, JDF and NSOG). In addition to arrays on the continental shelf, POST equipment was deployed upstream and in the estuaries of several major salmon-producing rivers.  POST arrays, and POST data, were incorporated into the OTN in 2012. The integration of these arrays, their equipment and the associated animal tagging projects into OTN's global network allowed for international, widespread monitoring of important species within the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Tracking data generated from the POST arrays can be applied to the development of fishery management policies aimed at the sustainable harvest of resources, and to the understanding and conservation of other marine and diadromous species. Additional details about specific tracking projects which were originally a part of POST are only available by contacting the associated researcher.
Green Turtles in Syria (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

Original provider:
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece

Dataset credits:
Data provider
ARCHELON (2004-2007)
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece has been conserving turtles in Greece since 1983. In 2004 it expanded its work to coordinate and initiate a project in Syria.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The transmitter was purchased thanks to an award from the British Chelonia Group and is supported by SEATURTLE.ORG and Ford - Middle East.The project has been supported by the Marine Conservation Society Turtle Conservation Fund.


Abstract:
In 2004, an important new green turtle rookery was dicovered in Syria. Follow up work discovered sea turtles are being utilised as food in the country and are being negatively impacted by fisheries interaction.In 2006 we are continuing the vital work from the last years and tracking a green turtle to identify her internesting habitat and post breeding migration. This was originally planned for 2005 but not realised due to the low nesting levels that year.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=76">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.
PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MACS 2021, Cruise 2102, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

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

Dataset credits:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
In summer 2021, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a comprehensive line-transect survey for cetaceans and seabirds within the United States exclusive economic zones of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. MACS 2021 sailed for 59 days at sea aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette in May–July, 2021, and surveyed 8,711.7 km of trackline. There were 77 cetacean sightings of at least 12 species.

Purpose:
The Mariana Archipelago Cetacean Survey (MACS) 2021 project was part of the multi-year Pacific Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (PacMAPPS) plan to conduct surveys and estimate density for cetacean species in regions of joint NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and U.S. Navy interest.

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

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

Other data not included here:
Photos and biopsy samples were collected during some sightings. Acoustic detections were recorded from a towed hydrophone array. Sonobuoys were deployed opportunistically.  Drifting Acoustic Spar Buoy Recorders (DASBRs) were deployed and recovered opportunistically. High-frequency Acoustic Recording Packages (HARPs) were recovered and redeployed off Saipan and Pagan.
Happywhale - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2015/2022

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:

Curt Finfrock; Marilia Olio; Mark OBrien; Nicholas Gray
Peces Criptobentonicos en los arrecifes coralinos del PN Archipiélago de Los Roques Venezuela

Keywords: Blenniidae, ID: BID-CA2020-025-NAC, Venezuela, Los Roques, Samplingevent, Labrisomidae y Tripterygiidae. Samplingevent
CaribeSur, Gobiesocidae, Gobiidae, Chaenopsidae, peces cripticos
Temporal coverage: 2005/2012

Los peces criptobentónicos, son abundantes en el arrecife,pero por su reducido tamaño pueden no ser tan evidentes en estos ambientes. Estos peces desarrollan todo su ciclo de vida en el arrecife y se encuentran estrechamente vinculados con
los corales y otros elementos del componente bentónico sésil. Son muy escasos los estudios ecológicos que aporten información sobre la estructura de esta
ictiofauna criptobentónicos, ya que los métodos de conteos visuales, que son los más utilizados en la actualidad, no los toman en cuenta, particularmente cuando son evaluaciones rápidas. En tal sentido, este trabajo representa el primer aporte al conocimiento de estas comunidades en los arrecifes del Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Los Roques (PNALR). Se identificaron 30 especies pertenecientes a 6 familias: Blenniidae, Chaenopsidae, Gobiesocidae, Gobiidae, Labrisomidae y Tripterygiidae. Se hace el reporte de una nueva especie para Venezuela:  Coralliozetus cardonae, de la familia Chaenopsidae.
Equinodermos del atolón Albuquerque durante la Expedición Seaflower 2018 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: equinodermos, mar Caribe, conectividad marina, COLOMBIA_BIO, Specimen, Colombia BIO, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, Reserva de la Biósfera Seaflower, SEAFLOWER, Isla Cayo Albuquerque, discontinuidades marinas, 2018, erizos de mar, expedición Seaflower
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

Para el componente denominado “Caracterización de los equinodermos de la Reserva de Biosfera SeaFlower: Isla Cayo Albuquerque, Expedición Seaflower, 2018: Inventario y afinidades biogeográficas para el Caribe”, se concentraron esfuerzos para observar, registrar y colectar los equinodermos presentes en la Isla Cayo Alburquerque.
Durante la expedición llevada a cabo en el segundo semestre del 2018 se caracterizó un total de 146 registros.
Phytoplankton, National Pilot Monitoring Studies 2016, EMBLAS II Project

Keywords: 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