oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Western Australian Seabirds

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1929/2010

The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) Seabird Island Database includes all available literature records since the publication of The Handbook of Australian Seabirds (Serventy et al. 1971) (plus selected references prior to that date), data from our own and colleagues' field note books, data from the Birds Australia Nest Records Scheme (up to 1985) and information provided by scientists and naturalists via a Seabird Breeding Islands Database Form. The Database is designed to be used by conservation managers, scientists and naturalists and depends on the contributions of interested people.
Data downloaded from ALA (http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr792) and taxa matched to the World Register of Marine Species
Nematodos de las Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena

Keywords: Caribe colombiano, Nematoda, Universidad del Magdalena, Marino, Nematodos, Colección biológica, Occurrence, CBUMAG, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2014/2019

El presente conjunto de datos contiene a los nematodos de las Colecciones Biológicas adscritas al Centro de Colecciones Científicas (CCC) de la Universidad del Magdalena. El recurso cuenta actualmente con 203 registros biológicos de especímenes que fueron recolectados en distintos puntos del Caribe colombiano, tanto en áreas costeras como profundas. La totalidad del material disponible hasta el momento, fue obtenido de proyectos desarrollados por entidades externas que lo han depositado en la colección. Los especímenes están depositados bajo el acrónimo CBUMAG: NMA.
La colección fue documentada, digitalizada y publicada por primera vez durante la ejecución del proyecto BID-CA2020-055-NAC "Incremento de la accesibilidad de información marina de las Colecciones de Historia Natural de Colombia, mediante la movilización de datos, el fortalecimiento de la infraestructura y el entrenamiento". El presente conjunto de datos es el producto de dicho proceso realizado entre 2021-07-01 y 2023-06-30, como parte del entregable “Colección de biología marina del Centro de Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena – CBUMAG” aportado por la UniMagdalena al proyecto.
This data set contains the nematodes from the Biological Collections attached to the Center for Scientific Collections (CCC) of the Universidad del Magdalena. The resource currently has 203 biological records of specimens that were collected in different parts of the Colombian Caribbean, both in coastal and deep areas. All the material available to date was obtained from projects developed by external entities that have deposited it in the collection. The specimens are deposited under the acronym CBUMAG: NMA.
The collection was documented, digitized and published for the first time during the execution of the BID-CA2020-055-NAC project "Increasing the accessibility of marine information of the Natural History Collections of Colombia, through data mobilization, infrastructure strengthening and training". The present dataset is the product of that process carried out between 2021-07-01 and 2023-06-30, as part of the deliverable "Marine Biology Collection of the Biological Collections Center of the University of Magdalena - CBUMAG" contributed by UniMagdalena to the project.
COMRACRFC12017 Env Template DY36 meiofauna

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

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 2017 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 2017.
MBON POLE TO POLE: SANDY BEACH BIODIVERSITY OF YUCATAN COAST

Keywords: MBON
POLE TO POLE
MARINE
SANDY BEACH
INTERTIDAL
MACROFAUNA
YUCATAN
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

The MBON Pole to Pole effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS; IOC-UNESCO), the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The MBON Pole to Pole aims to become a key resource for decision-making and management of living resource across countries in the Americas for reporting requirements under the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Aichi Targets of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This collection corresponds to the species registered on sandy beaches of the State of Yucatan, Mexico, using the MBON P2P sampling protocol for sandy beaches, with funding from the LANRESC UNAM-CONACYT (Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Universidad NAcional Autonoma de Mexico - CONACyT)
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Dry Tortugas during 2014, Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2014

Keywords: BENTHIC SPECIES, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, COUNTRY/TERRITORY &gt; United States of America &gt; Florida &gt; Monroe County &gt; Florida Keys (24N081W0007), Samplingevent, CORAL, oceanography, Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), Numeric Data Sets &gt; Fish Census, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Marine Biology &gt; Fish &gt; Fish Census, survey - coral reef, National Ocean Service, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOSPHERE &gt; ECOSYSTEMS &gt; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS &gt; BENTHIC, Occurrence, NOAA, SEFSC, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Biosphere &gt; Zoology &gt; Corals &gt; Reef Monitoring and Assessment &gt; Reef Fish Census, U.S. Department of the Interior, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, FISH CENSUS, HABITAT, North Atlantic Ocean, US DOI; National Park Service, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center, survey - swimmer/diver, Coastal Waters of Florida, Florida Keys Reef Tract, FISH SPECIES, Fish, benthic, biological, BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, survey - biological, DOI/NPS &gt; National Park Service, FISH - CORAL REEF, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), U-MIAMI/RSMAS &gt; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Observation, Biennial, in situ, swimmer/diver, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, University of Miami, DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC &gt; Southeast Fisheries Science Center, U.S. Department of Commerce, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, OCEAN &gt; ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; GULF OF MEXICO, Diver Visual Survey, Gulf of Mexico, Florida State Department of Environmental Protection, National Marine Fisheries Service, HABITAT - BENTHIC, Numeric Data Sets &gt; Biology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Nova Southeastern University, biological data, OCEAN BASIN &gt; Atlantic Ocean &gt; North Atlantic Ocean &gt; Florida Reef Tract &gt; Florida Keys (24N081W0007), EARTH SCIENCE &gt; SOLID EARTH &gt; GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES &gt; COASTAL LANDFORMS &gt; CORAL REEFS, OCEAN &gt; ATLANTIC OCEAN &gt; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, CORAL REEF STUDIES, DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS &gt; National Marine Sanctuaries, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, DEPTH - OBSERVATION
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.
Crustáceos nativos comestibles de dos escalas geográficas del Caribe Colombiano

Keywords: jaiba roja, Callinectes bocourti, Jaiba azul, Observation, Callinectes sapidus, Occurrence, PERMISO_COLECTA, SIB_MARINO, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

Colombia posee una gran biodiversidad y sostienen diferentes pesquerías en diferentes escalas espaciales. Entre ellas se encuentran pesquerías de crustáceos como la langosta espinosa (Panulirus argus), en gran parte del Caribe colombiano, y la jaiba azul (Callinectes sapidus), en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. Para el componente de jaibas (Decapoda: Portunidae), en inmediaciones de los palafitos de Nueva Venecia y Buenavista, se han recolectado hasta el momento 35 individuos, siendo 21 de jaiba roja (Callinectes bocourti) y los restantes 14 de jaiba azul (C. sapidus). Los resultados de esta investigación podrían ser útiles en el desarrollo de herramientas de detección y monitoreo de patógenos de crustáceos de importancia pesquera para la región Caribe en Colombia, y podrían ser útiles en programas de trazabilidad en la calidad de productos marinos colombianos.
Es conjunto de datos contiene 180 registros de cuatro especies de crustaceos de interes comercial: Callinectes bocourti , Callinectes sapidus, Maguimithrax spinosissimus y Panulirus argus. Que fueron colectados en cinco municipios de la costa Caribe colombiana: Cartagena de Indias, Providencia, Puebloviejo, Sitionuevo y Uribia.
Compilation of planktonic foraminiferal census counts from the Southern Hemisphere Oceans (1874 - 2012)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1875/2012

The database compilation of planktonic foraminiferal census counts from the Southern Hemisphere Oceans (1874 - 2012) extends from 15°S, at the northern limb of the middle- to low-latitude gyres in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans to the coast of Antarctica, to allow the reconstruction of past latitudinal variations of the polar, subpolar, and subtropical waters. Data sourced from the cited PANGEA dataset.
Allied Finback Whale Catalogue

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1977/1991

Original provider:
College of the Atlantic, Allied Whale

Dataset credits:
College of the Atlantic, Allied Whale

Abstract:
The North Atlantic Finback Whale Catalogue (NAFWC) is a sightings based, life history dataset of individual finback whales, inhabiting the western North Atlantic Ocean. Established in 1986 as a collaborative repository for several independent collections of photographically-identified finback whales, the NAFWC is comprised of photographic sightings, referenced by a whale identifying number, and date and location of the sighting. Individual identifications are based on morphological variations in dorsal fin shape, body pigment and patterns of scarring which provide a matrix of characters on which to qualify the identification as outlined in Agler et al. (1992). The majority of Catalogue sightings are obtained from coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine, during summer months from 1978 to the present, aboard both opportunistic and directed survey vessels.

Reference: Agler, B.A., K.A. Robertson, D. DenDanto, S.K. Katona, J.M. Allen, S.E. Frohock, I.E. Seipt and R. Bowman. 1992. The use of photographic identification for studying individual fin whales (<i>Balaenoptera physalus</i>) in the Gulf of Maine. Rep. Int. Wal. Commn 42:711-722.
Data on cetacean occurrence collected during the project "EMBLAS-Plus, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Selected Measures", 2019

Keywords: ship, Biological monitoring, Biological sampling, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

The dataset contains information collected within the EMBLAS-Plus Project on the occurrence of the cetaceans in the north-western part of the Black Sea including photo identification surveys and linear-transect surveys of density and abundance during summer-autumn 2019
Composición del fitoplancton de la Isla Cayo Serranilla durante la Expedición Seaflower 2017 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: Fitoplancton. Seaflower. Serranilla. Composición. Colombia.
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

En este conjunto de datos se encuentran presentes los registros taxonómicos pertenecientes al componente fitoplanctónico que fueron recolectados dentro del proyecto "EVALUACIÓN FÍSICA Y BIOLÓGICA DE LOS AMBIENTES PROFUNDOS DE LA ISLA CAYOS DE SERRANILLA EN LA RESERVA DE LA  BIÓSFERA - SEAFLOWER", para el efecto se establecieron 10 estaciones distribuidas en el área de estudio, el cual se llevó a cabo en la embarcación ARC Roncador durante el 04 y el 16 de septiembre de 2017. Se identificaron un total 59 géneros y siete phyla (Miozoa, Bacillariophyta, Cyanobacteria, Ochrophyta, Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta). Este material actualmente se encuentra en custodia en el Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia MAKURIWA.
Estudio de la comunidad zooplanctónica y fitoplanctónica en los ecosistemas de arrecifes coralinos mesofóticos del Parque Nacional Corales de Profundidad

Keywords: Fitoplancton, SIB_MARINO, Corales mesofóticos, Samplingevent, Zooplancton, Parque Nacional Corales de Profundidad
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

Con el presente estudio se aumentó el conocimiento sobre la biodiversidad de los arrecifes coralinos mesofóticos (MCE), los cuales son considerados a nivel mundial refugio para diversas especies, que han perdido su hábitat debido a la degradación antropogénicas y al cambio climático. Este estudio es un acercamiento para la comprensión de la composición comunitaria, y de la dirección e intensidad de las interacciones tróficas de un nivel base, llegando a establecer las posibles asociaciones dentro de los MCE, lo que permitirá generar herramientas para el entendimiento del funcionamiento de este ecosistema y propender por su conservación. El área de estudio es el primer parque creado en Colombia para la conservación de los MCE, y se trata de la montaña submarina Bajo Frijol, localizada en el Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Profundidad, en el Caribe colombiano.
Los organismos zooplanctónicos presentan especial importancia en estos ecosistemas, debido a que actúan como una fuente adicional de energía, debido a que los corales de los MCE cuentan con bajas concentraciones de simbiontes zooxantelados, viéndose en la necesidad de aumentar en algunos casos su tasa de heterotrofia. Asimismo, y aunque se piensa que el fitoplancton no brinda directamente alimento a los corales, si aumenta la disponibilidad de alimento para el zooplancton en estos ambientes, por lo que la atenuación de la luz es un limitante para la distribución de los organismos fotosintéticos en los MCE. En la actualidad existen diferentes técnicas para caracterizar la comunidad fitoplanctónica, sin embargo, en algunos casos requieren de grandes inversiones de tiempo y dinero, por lo que en el presente estudio se identificaron los grupos fitoplanctónicos en base a sus pigmentos mediante espectrofotometría de masas MALDI.
Se estudió la variación temporal de la comunidad zooplanctónica y se caracterizaron los pigmentos fitoplanctónicos asociados a arrecifes coralinos mesofóticos en la montaña submarina de Bajo Frijol, Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Profundidad, durante dos periodos contrastantes.
Fish assemblages across artificial and natural reefs in Puerto Rico

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

This database contains raw biological data from 12 sites around the main island of Puerto Rico, each belonging to one of four reef types: “accidental” (Muelle de Azucar, Crash Boat Beach, and Roosevelt Roads’ shipwreck), “restoration” (Escambron Beach, Condado Beach, Atolladora Beach), “transplanted” (Tres Palmas, Cayo San Cristobal, Bridges Beach), and “natural” (El Natural [Playa India], Maria’s Beach, Cayo Turrumote). The identity, abundance and size of reef fish and other commercially and ecologically important fish and megabenthic invertebrate, were characterized at these sites from spring 2018 to spring 2019. Sampling was done through Stationary Point Counting (SPC) (Bohnsack &amp; Bannerot, 1986), were divers pivoted in a point within 1m of an artificial or natural reef structure, and visually monitored fish in a cylinder of 7.5 m radius for 10 minutes. SPC surveys occurred 3 to 4 times per site visit, with an average of three site visits per season. Effort was made to include both non-cryptic and cryptic species and to identify them to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Fish length estimations were recorded as the median of 5cm interval size classes. The cephalothorax length (measurement from the tip of the rostrum to end of the thorax), also known as carapace length (CL) in centimeters is used to report the size of lobsters (Panulirus spp., Scyllarides spp.) With the length-weight relationship information available in FishBase.org, biomass estimates were calculated for each species when information on the species was available; if not, the species were excluded from biomass estimates. “Adjacent habitat type” and “distance to adjacent habitat” were not recorded during the first sampling season (spring 2018) but was recorded for the remainder of the experiment.
Tracking of Buller's shearwaters adults from Aorangi Island, Poor Knights, from March 2011 to February 2013.

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2013

Tracking of Buller's shearwaters (Puffinus bulleri) adults from Aorangi Island, Poor Knights, from March 2011 to February 2013. Filtered geolocation tracks with sea temperature corrected latitudes for some tags, mainly during equinox periods. Data sourced from Buller's shearwater tracking project 110 at Zoatrack (https://zoatrack.org/projects/110/) on 2021-03-04
Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on 18S rRNA gene

Keywords: 18S_rRNA_gene, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

SIP Ocean program conducted the research cruises for technical development and data collection of baseline condition in deep-sea environments off Minami Torishima. This data set contains 18S rRNA gene based phylogenetic composition of meiofauna community determined from sediment core samples which have been collected in the 2019 cruise of R/V Kaiyo-Maru No.1 (KAIYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.).
Gabon 2008-09: Mayumba &amp; Pongara, Leatherback Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2009/2010

Original provider:
MTRG / Seaturtle.org

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
In conjunction with Parc National de Mayumba, the <a href="http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/gabon/mayumba">Wildlife Conservation Society</a>, the Gabon Turtle Partnership, Aventures Sans Frontieres and Seaturtle.org, researchers from the <a href="http://www.uec.ac.uk">University of Exeter</a> have  attached satellite transmitters to female leatherback turtles nesting at <a href="http://mayumbanationalpark.com/welcome.htm">Mayumba National Park, Gabon </a>.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The first season of this project (2005/2006) was part funded by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Shellshock Campaign <a href="http://www.eaza.net">European Association of Zoos &amp; Aquaria</a>. Satellite transmitters attached in the 2007 and 2008 nesting seasons have been funded by the Large Pelagics Research Centre (University of New Hampshire) through National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency award NA04NMF4550391. Earlier phases of this project were made possible by funding receieved from the <a href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk">Natural Environment Research Council, UK </a>. Work of the Gabon Turtle Partnership is supported by funding from the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, through the US Fish &amp; Wildlife Service


Abstract:
This seasons fieldwork (2008-09) has focused on gathering information on leatherback turtle internesting and postnesting movements from two sites in Gabon. Six transmitters were attached to leatherback turtles nesting in Pongara National Park in December 2008. This park is very close to Libreville, the Capital of Gabon, and receives many visitors during the weekends and holidays periods. A further 4 satellite transmitters were deployed in February 2009 in Mayumba National Park.The turtles and their transmitters are performing excellently this season.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=340">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.
Three recorded Ostreopsis spp. (Dinophyceae) in New Zealand: in the upper North Island from 1995 to 1997

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1995/1997

Three species of epiphytic dinoflagellates - Ostreopsis siamensis, O. lenticularis, and O. ovata have recently been found on both the east and west coasts of the upper North Island, New Zealand. The morphological differences of all three Ostreopsis spp. have been studied with both light and scanning electron microscopes. Detailed studies of the inner face of the thecal wall of Ostreopsis siamensis revealed two types of trichocyst pores: small, simple pores and large multipore structures. The multipore structures apparently have not been previously reported. Surveys conducted during the period from November 1995 to April 1997 showed that all three Ostreopsis spp. were fairly widespread in northern New Zealand, and all three species were found to occur south of 35°S latitude. Cell concentrations of Ostreopsis spp. in summer were substantially higher than in early spring. There was also a clear regional difference in distribution; cell concentrations of the dominant species, O. siamensis, were greatest in Rarawa and Tokerau on the north-east coast. Other less abundant epiphytic species recorded during the same period included Prorocentrum lima, P. compressum, and Coolia monotis. These species were generally more sporadic in distribution than Ostreopsis spp.
Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand, Cape Expedition, 1941-1945

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1909/1951

This report is based on the collections of specimens and data in the Auckland and Campbell Islands in the years 1941-45. Early in 1941, coast-watching stations were established at Port Ross, Carnley Harbour, and Perseverance Harbour, and the personnel of from three to five men at each were relieved once a year. Standing instructions issued by the Navy Office included a recommendation that the men should, in addition to service routine, record general observations on natural phenomena. This report is regarded as of the Cape Expedition which was the war-time code name for parties in the field between 1941 and 1945.