oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Biodiversidad asociada al Estudio de Impacto Ambiental para el área de perforación exploratorioa Marina - APEM Rubí

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

Teniendo en cuenta los términos de referencia específicos para la elaboración del estudio de impacto ambiental EIA para el Área de Perforación Exploratoria Marina (APEM) Rubí/Bloque GUA OFF 10, emitidos por la ANLA en 2021.

El Bloque GUA OFF 10 se encuentra ubicado costa afuera en aguas territoriales de Colombia, en el mar Caribe, con un área aproximada de 106.903,82 ha, en las proximidades del histórico campo Asociación Guajira. El área del polígono de este bloque está delimitada por 11 puntos. El APEM Rubí tiene un área de 5.195,68 ha, delimitada por 13 vértices.
Como parte de dicho proceso y dentro de las actividades de licenciamiento ambiental adelantadas por la empresa ECOPETROL S.A., se encuentra la elaboración del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) del área de perforación exploratoria marina (APEM) Rubí, dentro del bloque GUA OFF 10, para lo cual fue requerida a AQUABIOSFERA S.A.S. la caracterización de dicha área, como insumo para el EIA; siguiendo y dando cumplimiento a los lineamientos y requerimientos de los términos de referencia definidos específicamente para la Línea Base Ambiental de cada uno de los componentes de los medios abiótico y biótico que deben ser analizados y presentados con información primaria lo más detallada posible. El objetivo principal del estudio es aportar información primaria y/o secundaria sobre algunos aspectos relacionados con las condiciones oceanográficas, de calidad de aguas y sedimentos marinos; además de aspectos bióticos de las comunidades del plancton (fitoplancton, zooplancton e ictioplancton), bentos (macrofauna y meiofauna), y avistamientos de aves, quelonios y mamíferos marinos, dentro de dicha área ubicada frente al departamento de La Guajira a una distancia que varía entre los 35.54 km y los 38.72 km, en aguas oceánicas del Caribe colombiano.
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Belgian Marine Invertebrates Collection (belgianmarineinvertebrates)

Keywords: Occurrence, Biological collections, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1837/1985

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Belgian Marine Invertebrates collection contains 135 digitised specimens over 14 taxa (mostly species). This dataset only contains the marine species of the collection. The following classes are included: Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Polyplacophora Gray, 1821.
MNA CIBAN Italian Antarctic Bacterial Culture Collection

Keywords: Antarctica, Bacteria, permafrost, sediment, marine, Culture collection, Southern Ocean, Terra Nova Bay, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1990/2014

The Italian Collection of Antarctic Bacteria (Collezione Italiana Batteri Antarctici; CIBAN) was established in 1989 at the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences of the University of Messina. CIBAN is one of the few collections in the world dedicated to Antarctic bacteria and, since its inception, it has grown to include 515 cold-adapted strains belonging to 69 Genera. Many of these strains derive from the Terra Nova Bay marine area and hav been extracted from seawater, sediment, and benthic organisms. CIBAN also hosts bacterial isolates from the continent.
Aerial surveys of cetaceans in the Zeehan and Apollo Australian Marine Parks, Australia (2021-2022), Aerial surveys of cetaceans in the Zeehan, Apollo and Beagle Australian Marine Parks, Australia (2021-2023)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2021/2023, 2021/2022

Aerial surveys of cetaceans in the Zeehan and Apollo Australian Marine Parks were conducted as part of commercial research. The surveys were conducted at an altitude of about 300 metres at a speed of approximately 130 knots along transect lines totaling 60 nautical miles using the following equipment: fixed wing aircraft, DSLR cameras fitted with 400mm lenses, binoculars,GPS and data recording applications. This data has been supplied to OBIS Australia as part of the activity permit for the survey within Australian Marine Parks.
The dataset now includes marine mammal sightings from aerial surveys conducted within the Beagle Marine Park in 2023.
BGRPMN12015 BIODIVERSITY

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2010/2014

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research Based mainly on nodule abundances in 221 box core samples and the hydro-acoustic data obtained during seven cruises to the German license area, resource modelling using artificial neural network statistics was carried out for the entire license area of 75,000 km2 size, and in particular for four prospective potential mining areas in the eastern license area with a total size of 1038 km2. According to these assessments, the entire license area contains 620 million metric tonnes of nodules (dry weight) with 195 million t of Mn, 8.7 million t of Ni, 7.3 million t of Cu, 1.6 million t of Ti, and 1.1 million t of Co. Results
of geostatistical analyses show that the mean nodule abundance in the four prospective areas in the eastern license area (“sub-clusters”) varies between 17.7 and 23.1 kg/m2 and the resources here amount to 14 million metric tonnes of nodules in total (dry weight), containing 4.4 million t of Mn, 198,000 t of Ni, 165,000 t of Cu, 36,000 t of Ti, and 24,000 t of Co.
Stereo-BRUVS observations from eight sites along the Western Australian coast, Australia (2007-2008)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2007/2008

Stereo-BRUVS observations as part of a  UWA / Western Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust Strategic Project from the following sites along the Western Australian coast:, Abrolhos, Jurien Bay, Capes, Rottnest Island, Middle Island, Point Ann, Broke Inlet, Wrights Bank and Two Peoples Bay. Data from GlobalArchive Project 75 (https://globalarchive.org/geodata/data/project/get/75) accessed on 2022-03-28.
Southern Giant Petrel census data within the Australian Antarctic Territory

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1956/2007

Historic field reports and other primary literature were re-examined and intrepreted into a consistent format for an analysis of the Southern Giant Petrel Macronetes giganteus census data within the Australian Antarctic Territory. Population data has been forwarded to Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) for their species assessments.
SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 3

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, 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:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

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 (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) 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 last one. The other two are provided, too, with the number following MATS95s indicating the first, second and last.
Cetacean and sea turtles observed included:
Cetaceans:
- Atlantic spotted dolphin
- False killer whale
- Standard Bottlenose dolphin
Sea Turtles:
- Hardshell
- Kemp's ridley
- Leatherback
- Loggerhead

This survey's transects information is available in MATS95s3Efforts.

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 were observations of pollution (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 the observation was done while off-effort. Card D was 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., <i>Balaenoptera</i> sp.).
Algunos Copépodos de la Fachada Atlántica de Venezuela

Keywords: CaribeSur, Copépodos, ID:BID-CA2020-025-NAC., Venezuela, Samplingevent, Fachada Atlántica
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

Abundancia y talla de los copépodos de 15 estaciones seleccionadas para una tesis de grado. Las muestras corresponden a parte del proyecto de “Estudio de la comunidad Zooplanctónica de la Fachada Atlántica de Venezuela” las cuales fueron obtenidas durante el macro proyecto “Estudio Geológico – Ambiental de la Fachada Atlántica” durante octubre 2001
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2001

Keywords: 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, cremp, evaluation, fwc, genus, information, meters, number, per, presence, species_name, specificEpithet, taxonRank, vernacular_name, world, year, organismQuantity, accepted_name_usage, organismQuantityType, 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, 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
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

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.
Aretopsis sandybrucei, a new deep-water shrimp (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Coral Sea

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1978/2017

A new alpheid shrimp, Aretopsis sandybrucei sp. nov., is described on the basis of three specimens collected from three deep-water banks in the Chesterfield Plateau of the Coral Sea, between New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia, at a depth range of 280–550 m. The new species is the first known deep-water species of the genus Aretopsis De Man, 1910, with its two congeners, A. amabilis De Man, 1910 and A. manazuruensis Suzuki, 1971, being confined to the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal areas, to a maximum depth of 50 m. Based on orphological grounds, A. sandybrucei sp. nov. can be easily separated from A. amabilis and A. manazuruensis by the generally much stouter third to fifth pereiopods, with their dactyli each bearing a very small secondary unguis on the flexor margin, in comparison to a much stronger one in the other two species. Aretopsis sandybrucei sp. nov. also differs from A. amabilis and A. manazuruensis by the less contrasting colour pattern, including the more translucent, dull yellowish chelae and tail fan. An association of A. sandybrucei sp. nov. with a deep-water hermit crab appears to be highly likely due to the presence of several large hermit crabs (Paguridae) in at least one of the three dredge/bottom trawl hauls, which was also containing a paratype of the new species.
Stereo BRUVS survey of the Money Shoal and Pillar Bank, Arafura Marine Park, Australia (2020)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2020/2020

Observations of demersal fish communities on and around Money Shoal and Pillar Bank, Arafura Marine Park were undertaken using baited remote underwater video (stereo-BRUV) units. Each stereo-BRUVS comprises a pair of high-definition video cameras (GoPro Hero5) set to record at 1080p resolution at a rate of 30 frames per second. Each stereo-BRUV was baited with approximately 1 kg of crushed pilchards (Sardinops spp.) held within a plastic-coated wire mesh basket, attached to a stainless steel bait arm and positioned 1.5 m in front of the cameras. Each system was deployed for 60 minutes on the seafloor. Neighbouring deployments were separated by at least 400 m to reduce the likelihood of fish swimming between neighbouring stereo-BRUV deployments.
Data from GlobalArchive (https://globalarchive.org/) project 293 and accessed on 2021-03-16. Report of the Arafura Marine Park survey (SOL 7491 / GA 0366) is at https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/arafura-marine-park-post-survey-report, covering multibeam, sediment samples and video observations from towed video.
Akazul sea turtle strandings at La Barrona, Guatemala 2013

Keywords: Occurrence,Land-based,Strandings,Sea turtles, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Original provider:
Akazul

Dataset credits:
Akazul

Abstract:
Akazul: Community, Conservation &amp; Ecology has been operating its sea turtle conservation project since 2011 at La Barrona, one of Guatemala’s key nesting sites, utilized primarily by olive ridley (<i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i>) and infrequently by eastern Pacific green (<i>Chelonia mydas</i>) and leatherback (<i>Dermochelys coriacea</i>) sea turtles.

From 1st July 2013 to 31st December 2013, Akazul conducted daily beach patrols across a 7.5 km study area and encountered a total of 67 dead sea turtles. Of these, 55 were <i>L. olivacea</i>, 11 were <i>C. mydas</i> and 1 was unknown. A peak of 35 dead turtles occurred in July where 28 olive ridley and 7 black sea turtles were recorded. A second peak was observed in October (N = 16), consisting of 12 olive ridley, 3 black and 1 unknown species of sea turtle. 

When possible, curved carapace length (CCL) and curved carapace width (CCW) measurements were collected and recorded in centimeters. Mean CCL and CCW for: 32 olive ridleys was 63.1 cm (range: 57-69.5 cm; SD = 3.1) and 68.0 cm (range: 61-73 cm; SD = 3.3), respectively; and 10 eastern Pacific green turtles was 68.2 cm (range: 54-81 cm; SD = 9.1) and 68.9 cm (range: 58-76 cm; SD =  6.2), respectively. 

Condition of stranded turtles was noted by the observer using the following classification scheme: alive without injuries, alive with injuries, fresh dead, moderately decomposed, dried carcass, skeleton (bones only). 44 turtles were recorded as fresh dead, 9 were moderately decomposed, 3 were severely decomposed and 2 were dried carcases. Cause of death was difficult to determine in virtually all turtles recorded and it is difficult to ascertain whether observed external injuries were obtained post-mortem. 

It is highly recommended that a regionally coordinated strandings program is implemented in the future as well as standardized sampling procedures to enable thorough analysis to effectively determine sources of mortality.

Purpose:
Key to Akazul’s long-term goal is conducting monitoring activities on the turtle nesting beach at La Barrona in order to further our understanding of Guatemala’s sea turtle populations. There are undoubtedly additional sea turtle strandings along unmonitored areas of Guatemala’s Pacific coast and the opportunity exists to collect substantial data on annual sea turtle mortalities. Such data provides valuable insights into the biology of and threats impacting populations of sea turtles present in Guatemalan waters (e.g. sources of mortality, locations of negative interactions between humans and sea turtles and spatial and temporal species distribution).

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)
VIES Herbarium UFES - Brazil

Keywords: Brazil, Espírito Santo, UFES, herbarium, macroalgae
Temporal coverage: 1964/2016

Herbário VIES, from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, presents a collection of more than 40,000 specimens of phanerogams, algae, fungi, lycophytes and monilophytes.

It is one of the main herbariums of Espírito Santo, with important collections of restingas in the State.
Romanian Black Sea Phytoplankton data from 1956 - 1960

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Biological sampling
Temporal coverage: 1956/1960

Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea between 1956 and 1960 and processed by Hilarius Skolka and Nicolae Bodeanu. This dataset contains abundance data (cells per liter) and biomass (mg/m3) for individual phytoplankton taxa. Samples were taken by 1L Nansen bottle at standard depths. The standard sedimentation technique for samples preparation (Morozova-Vodianitkaia, 1954) was used.
Macrozoobenthos, National Pilot Monitoring Studies Phyllophora July 2017, EMBLAS-II

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Macrozoobenthos data: species composition, abundance (ind/m²), biomass (g/m²) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) in the area of the Zernov’s Phyllophora Field onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in July 2017
Trawl Catch and Species Abundance from the 2020 Gulf of Alaska International Year of the Salmon Expedition

Keywords: Occurrence, Fish Abundance and Distribution, International Year of the Salmon, Oceans, Samplingevent, Salmon
Temporal coverage: 2020/2020

Fish species abundance data and species-specific length and weight data was collected in the Gulf of Alaska using a midwater trawl net. These data were collected as part of the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) High Seas Expedition conducted in March and April 2020, to further improve the understanding of factors impacting salmon marine winter survival. Trawl sets were conducted using a research trawl net with a 3 mm codend mesh size. A total of 52 tows were conducted, and for each tow the total species-specific weight and catch numbers were recorded. This dataset only contains data on salmonids and larger bycatch species that have been identified to a species level and verified by the data provider. A total of 566 salmon were caught in 29 out of 52 trawl sets, including 234 Chum Salmon, 118 Coho Salmon, 51 Sockeye Salmon, 136 Pink Salmon, 26 Chinook Salmon and 1 Steelhead Trout. All salmon were identified to species level, fitted with a floy tag on the caudal peduncle (to identify the specimen) and measured for fork length, standard length and weight. Where possible, sex and maturation stage are recorded. Larger bycatch species are enumerated, and their length (fork, total, standard, mantle or bell diameter), wet weight, sex and maturation stage (where possible) is recorded.
Happywhale - Bowhead in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2018/2022, 2018/2023

Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

Supplemental information:
Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 3 contributors in alphabetic order:

Doug Gould; Per Nikolaj Bukh; Peter Clement