oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Marine fauna survey of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island, 1981-82

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1981/1982

This dataset is a description of the shallow coastal marine fauna found in the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island area, Antarctica. The results are from various surveys in this region over a 12 month period in 1981-82, and a full listing of species (with photographs) is given in the documentation. It includes benthic, pelagic and planktonic organisms of the coast as well as those that inhabit the ice-water interface.
Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment 2019 - marine fauna survey

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

In early 2019 Parks Australia commissioned CSIRO to undertake a survey of selected marine and terrestrial environmental values at Ashmore Reef Marine Park. Specific foci for the marine component of the survey were to assess the abundance of key invertebrates which have historically been the subject of illegal fishing and over-exploitation (trochus, beche-de-mer and giant clams), and to assess status (cover and health) of key habitat forming benthic assemblages (corals, macroalgae and seagrass).
The terrestrial surveys were undertaken in May 2019 and the marine surveys in June 2019. Details are in the following metadata record https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/269d73f5-1aa2-4e06-9805-1844dd9c7a6a
Access to this collection's metadata and/or data files (if any) are restricted until 31 Dec 2021. The current occurrence records have no abundance values. They will be published at the end of the embargo period.
Fish occurrence data in the Terminos Lagoon, Campeche

Keywords: Species richness, Fishery resource, Occurrence, Biodiversity, Fish occurrence, Nekton, Coastal lagoon, Estuary, Gulf of Mexico
Temporal coverage: 1980/2017

Information on fish species occurrence data is provided, belonging to the Terminos Lagoon coastal ecosystem, southern Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1980-1981, 1998-1999, 2010-2011, and 2016-2017. The information forms part of a compilation of four datasets mostly derived from the sampled material by the research program on tropical fishery resources of the “Instituto de Ecologia, Pesquerias y Oceanografia del Golfo de Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche (EPOMEX-UAC)”. The current dataset represents the first and most comprehensive open-access source of information corresponding to the fish assemblages occurring along the Terminos Lagoon ecosystem.
Datos de monitoreo asociados al indicador de condición tendencias para arrecifes coralinos - ICTac

Keywords: samplingEvent, Mar Caribe, Corales duros, Macroalgas frondosas y Tapete algal, Océano Pacífico
Temporal coverage: 2013/2020

Los datos se derivan de la línea de investigación del ICTac: Protocolo Indicador Condición Tendencias de áreas coralinas de los ecosistemas estratégicos marino-costero en Colombia. El protocolo busca establecer indicadores para proveer información sobre la condición y los cambios de los sistemas coralinas para entender, por medio de medidas prácticas y cuantitativas, la salud, integridad y el estado de conservación de estos ecosistemas. En este conjunto de datos se reportan corales duros, macroalgas frondosas y tapete algal, documentados en estaciones de monitoreo del Mar Caribe y Océano Pacífico colombiano, que corresponden a 125.818 registros biológicos obtenidos entre el año 2013 y 2020.
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction &gt;200 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a WPII net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform.

Keywords: Samplingevent, EcoTaxa
Temporal coverage: 2009/2013

The Tara Oceans project sampled contrasting ecosystems of the world oceans during a three-year expedition (2009-2013), collecting environmental data and plankton, from viruses to metazoans, on board the 36-metre Tara Schooner. It surveyed 210 ecosystems in 20 biogeographic provinces, collecting over 35,000 samples of seawater and plankton. Samples were later analysed using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies.
Ecoscope Balbaya Database

Keywords: surface vessel, Observation, Purse seine fishery, Fishing, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1999/2012

Balbaya is a detailed data base that contains all the data on catches , effort and measurements of French tropical tuna fishing. The data are obtained from the AVDTH database to which the species composition of catches is corrected and the  the sample sizes are homogenized. Balbaya contains data for the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean from 1991 to 2010.
Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project: 2012 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2014

Original provider:
Center for Coastal Studies

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Gulf of Maine humpback whale satellite tagging project
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
The project is being undertaken by multi-institutional team with expertise in whale behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, telemetry and wound healing processes. It includes collaborators from the following institutions: Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) http://www.antarctica.gov.au/science Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) . http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/ The Marine Mammal Center (MMC) .http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML)http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/ Research is being performed under NOAA scientific permit #14245.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Primary research funding comes from NOAA and Exxon through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This is a project of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP).


Abstract:
Satellite-monitored radio tags have yielded important information for the conservation and management of large whales. Tags provide far greater detail on large whale movements and habitat use than more traditional studies, and past tagging projects have revealed the existence of entirely unknown whale habitats. However, it is not uncommon for tags to stop transmitting within days to months of deployment, and follow-up studies on the individuals have been limited. Further work is needed to improve the scientific and conservation value of this technology. In this study, satellite tagging and its effects are being examined among Gulf of Maine humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This is among the best studied humpback whale populations. Its strong fidelity to particular feeding sites, long feeding ground residency and strong overlap with observer effort that are expected to result in repeated sightings of tagged animals, and a maximized resighting potential in future years. The project will also produce new information on humpback whale movement and habitat use in relation to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=756">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.
AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013

Keywords: Occurrence,Hatteras Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credits:
William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Supplemental information:
[2017-03-28] The sighting record was updated with more accurate species identification:
2012-06-09 11:04: Ziphius cavirostris to Mesoplodon europaeus

The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the right side sighting data. The left side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/1138">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a> dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Hatteras Aerial surveys.
All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1668">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1670">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1471">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1473">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1350">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1352">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1237">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1235">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1138">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1140">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/851">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/855">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</a>

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
OMSPMN12017 Macro Senckenberg

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research Ocean Mineral Singapore (OMS) partook in its first sampling cruise, the ABYSSLINE-02 Cruise (hereafter referred to as AB02) in 2015. The cruise took place aboard the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson (R/V Thompson) between February 12, 2015 and March 25, 2015, as an expedition jointly funded and supported by UK Seabed Resources Development Ltd. (UKSRL) and Ocean Mineral Singapore (OMS). The AB02 programme was designed in accordance with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) environmental guidelines with its chief objective to conduct an evaluation of biological and environmental baseline conditions in the UK1 contract area, and the OMS contract area at depths ranging from 3900 to 4400 meters (m) in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ).
Benthic habitats of Yanyuwa Sea Country, Barni - Wardimantha Awara Indigenous Protected Area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia (NESP MaC Project 1.12, JCU &amp; CDU)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2021/2022

This dataset summarises benthic surveys in Yanyuwa Sea Country. This data set shows that in Yanyuwa sea country in the Gulf of Carpentaria, that there is significant seagrass along the coastline. The inshore coastline seagrass continues from Rosie Creek to Robinson River, where King Ash Bay and Bing Bong has almost continuous, reasonably dense seagrass meadows. Seagrass cover is present around the north, east and southern intertidal areas of West Island. Around the northern side of Black Islet has seagrass as well as north areas of Skull Island. Watson Island has seagrass areas on the southern and eastern coastlines. Seagrass cover can be found on Centre Island on all sides, particularly on the east and western sides. Vanderlin Island has light seagrass cover mostly towards the southern tip. Species present in these regions include C. serrulate, E. acoroides, H. ovalis, H. uninervis.
Happywhale - Long-finned Pilot Whale in South Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2019/2021

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:

Bob Davies; Kitty Swanson; Mike Greenfelder; Petra Glardon
Opportunistic marine mammal sightings from commercial whale watching vessels, Montauk, New York 1981-1994

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1981/1994

Original provider:
Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc.

Dataset credits:
Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc.

Abstract:
The sightings came originally from the
Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation (Samuel S. Sadove, executive director; Okeanos is no longer in existence), and were recorded from commercial whale-watching vessels out of Montauk in late spring and summer of 1981–1994 (primarily the Finback I and Finback II). These sightings are heavily concentrated in the area between eastern Long Island and Block Island and during the whale-watching season, and therefore somewhat biased, but provide valuable information on several less-common species.

Purpose:
not provided

Supplemental information:
Data records that were missing time, animal count information, or located on land were excluded. One data record with two sighted species listed was also excluded.
CSIRO, Abundance and distribution of orange roughy in southeast Australian waters 1987-1979

Keywords: Demersal Trawls, Earth Science | Biological Classification | Animals/Vertebrates | Fish | Ray-Finned Fishes, Cameras, Midwater Trawls, Occurrence, Beam Trawls, Nets
Temporal coverage: 1987/1990

Several surveys were undertaken to carry out a depth-stratified random trawl survey for orange roughy in southeast Australian waters between Kangaroo Island, South Australia (137 degrees E), and East Tasmania (148 degrees E). Target depths were from 700 to 1200m.
This data has been republished (2022-08-29 with additional details of each occurrence where they can be one of three types:  catch composition (counts per taxa and optional aggregated weights by trawl event), catch measurements (length and/or weight) of individual taxa and/or catch specimens and their stored location. The occurrence type is recorded in occurrenceremarks.
MIRC PIFSC Small Vessel Surveys Jun-Aug 2013

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Mariana Islands Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Original provider:
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credits:
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Abstract:
Features in this feature class represent sightings from the PIFSC Small Vessel Surveys Jun-Aug 2013.
A detailed benthic faunal and introduced marine species survey of Port Davey, Bathurst Channel and Bathurst Harbour in SW Tasmania, Australia (2007)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

In February/ April 2007 invertebrate faunal communities were sampled at 70 locations throughout the system – with the greatest intensity of sites located within Port Davey, Bathurst Channel and Bathurst Harbour.
Depth was measured from the surface using a depth sounder. Benthic invertebrate communities were sampled from the surface using an Eckman grab (in silty and muddy sediments) or a Van Veen grab in sandy sediments. At each site three replicate grab samples were collected and amalgamated in the field after sieving through a 1.0 mm mesh sieve then fixed in buffered 10% formalin seawater solution. An additional grab sample was collected for sediment physical and chemical analysis (C. Reid, Queens University, Canada). Surface and bottom water salinity were recorded at each location using a conductivity-salinity probe (not included in this dataset). The geographical position of each site was marked using GPS.
Further details and the orginal data is from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=edbb8a4a-34c3-4e1a-8278-1c45978b85c1
US Navy marine mammal and sea turtle sightings from aerial surveys, Vieques, Puerto Rico 2000

Keywords: Occurrence,Aircraft,Sightings, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2000/2000

Original provider:
Andrew DiMatteo, US Navy

Dataset credits:
U.S. Department of the Navy

Abstract:
Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), under contract with the U.S. Deptartment of the Navy, conducted aerial surveys for manatees, other marine mammals, and sea turtles over the surrounding waters, and for sea turtle nests along the beaches of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The intent of these aerial surveys was to determine the presence of sea turtles, sea turtle nests, or marine mammals in the areas surrounding the Live Impact Area (LIA), Yellow Beach within the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (AFWTF), or other identified exercise locations around Vieques, Naval Station Roosevelt Roads (NSRR), and Offshore areas. These surveys were conducted to comply with the Biological Opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

Purpose:
Baseline information regarding protected natural resources is critical in order to assess the potential impacts of federal action to those resources. Here, aerial surveys were conducted to provide baseline information on marine mammals, birds, and sea turtles utilizing beaches and the surrounding waters of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA. Portions of the island are currently being remediated by the U.S. Navy under CERCLA. These data were used in support of developing biological evaluations of Navy activities under CERCLA.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Turtles: Testudines (173749) =&gt; Testudines (948936)

One sighting record on land was excluded. 
December 17, 2013: Nesting data from this study were contributed to the State of the World's Sea Turtles (SWOT) database and can be viewed <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot">online</a>. (Click the icon next to the "SWOT #nesting records" &gt; type in "Andrew DiMatteo" in the search box within the "SWOT Nesting Records on Map" window.)
Hamburg pelagic fish database

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Museum collections
Temporal coverage: 1973/1986

Data on pelagic fishes from German North Atlantic cruises from the 1970s to 1980s kept by the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZIM Hamburg). The dataset was provided to MAR-ECO by Dr. Heino Fock. Primary reference: Post, A. 1987. Pelagic transects of FRVs "Walther Herwig" and "Anton Dohrn" in the Atlantic Ocean 1966 to 1986. Mitt. Inst. f. Seefischerei d. BfaFi Hamburg, 42: 1-68.
DATRAS North Sea Sandeel Survey

Keywords: Samplingevent, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), Species distribution, No limitations to public access, Biota
Temporal coverage: 2008/2021

<p>The purpose of the sand eel dredge survey is to collect sand eels buried in the seabed and compare catches (number and age composition) with the previous year's collections to assess the year class strength of sand eel in area 1r, 2r and 3r of the different areas adopted by ICES in 2016. Data from the dredge survey is the basis for calculating an index, which is used in the stock assessment for sand eel in the North Sea.</p>
Echinoids_occurrences_Southern_Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

This database focuses on all echinoid species present in the Southern Ocean south of 35°S. In total 201 species were counted belonging to 31 families. 
Coordinates: 79°0’0”S and 35°0’0”S Latitude; 180°0'0"W and 180°0'0"E Longitude
Size Indian Nematodes

Keywords: Deep sea, Occurrence, Meiobenthos, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1992/1992

Length and width measurements of 800 nematodes from the Indian Ocean. Four stations were sampled, each with two replicates. The sampling depths varied from 50 to 2000 meters. The density (ind/m²) and the SCOC (mmol O2/m²/day) were calculated.
SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - Benthic Ostracoda - Data

Keywords: Ostracoda, CAML, SCAR-MARBIN, Southern Ocean; fossil; Recent; Mesozoic; Cenozoic; occurrences, BASO, benthos, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1873/2005

This dataset represents a literature study on the distribution of  fossil and recent benthic Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Southern Ocean, with only a few records of planktonic taxa. Dataset supplied in the framework of the SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (BASO).

The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean is a collection of representative maps and syntheses on the distribution of the Southern Ocean organisms, providing a general overview of the biogeography of the Southern Ocean (s.l.) and a benchmark of current biogeographic knowledge at the end of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life. This updates the well-known and useful but largely outdated biogeographic Folios of the Antarctic Map Folio Series (American Geographical Society).

These records were compiled from 81 papers. 
A few papers were not included in the dataset because they were either compilations of previous studies: i.e., Brandt, Gooday, Brandão,et al., 2007; Dingle, Lord, Boomer, 1989; Majoran, Dingle, 2001; Majoran, Dingle, 2002; Seeling, Colin, Fauth, 2004.
Some "old" papers are included in the dataset but their records should not be included in biogeographic, macroecological analyses, because there are too many misidentifications (i.e. Brady, 1880; Chapman, 1915; CHapman, 1919).
The following papers contain information on Southern Ocean Ostracoda, but were not included in the dataset because I (Brandao, S.N.) did not have access to them: Chapman, 1916a; Chapman, 1916; Cusminsky, Whatley, 2008; Gao, Zhang, 1986; Gazdzicki, 1996; Gazdzicki, 2001; Gou, 1994; Lofthouse, 1967; Müller, 1911; Poulsen, 1962; Setty, 1984; Scott, 1912; Whatley, Ramos, Moguilevsky, Chadwick, 1998.
The Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association: Bras d’Or Watch – Citizen-based Monitoring of the Biosphere

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

The Bras d'Or “Lakes” are actually a complex estuary occupying the central part of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Measuring 1,200 km2 in surface area and 13 km3 in volume, it consists of four basins, running in a northeast-southwest direction, separated by a series of low mountains, and connected by narrow channels, including two that open to the NE Atlantic ocean.

Bras d’Or Watch is a project being launched by the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association to enable and support citizen-based monitoring in the Biosphere. An inaugural project, the ‘Bras d’Or Watch Field Day’ was held on July 18, 2015 at six sites around the Bras d’Or Lake. Simultaneous sampling of several ecosystem properties took place on the lakeshore and in the shallow waters of the Bras d’Or Lake. Sampling at each site was overseen by an ecologist and everyone was welcome to come
and watch, learn and participate. Based on this field day a report card for the Bras d’Or Lake will be developed.

This version of the resource simply contains occurrence records for the invasive green crab.
pecesroncoshaemulidaeGorgonaBuenaventura

Keywords: Buenaventura, Gorgona, Haemulidae., Roncos
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

42 registros de especímenes de peces de la familia Haemulidae. Estos peces fueron capturados en Isla Gorgona o comprados en Buenaventura. Fueron disectados y su sistema acústico fue estudiado. Los otolitos y mandíbulas faríngeas pueden encontrarse en la colección de peces (CIR-UV) de la Universidad del Valle, deparmento de biología.