oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
BRUVS data from Southwest Corner Marine Park, Western Australia (2020-2023), BRUVS data from Southwest Corner Marine Park, Western Australia (2020-2021)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2020/2021, 2020/2023

This BRUVS data is from the South West Corner Marine Park project and has been downloaded from GlobalArchive (https://globalarchive.org/geodata/data/project/get/275) in Febrary 2022 Individual campaigns within this project can be identified by the collection code within this resource. Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
GlobalArchive is an online centralised repository of fish image annotation, stereo calibration and associated information that provides the ability to upload data with flexible file formats. It is designed to receive standardised datatable formats directly from EventMeasure (EM) software or from any other image annotation records or historical data sets and provides the ability to explore, query and share this data with other users across different projects and institutions. GlobalArchive is designed for working with annotation data that has already been generated via external sources. It solves the problem of data synthesis providing a centralised repository to work with and query the data, and also provides advanced sharing capability to allow for synthesis and collaboration between users and organisations. GlobalArchive was conceived by Timothy Langlois at the University of Western Australia and brought to life by Ariell Friedman at Greybits Engineering in Sydney.
Selmar Schonland Herbarium Marine Algae Collection

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Selmar Schonland Herbarium (GRA) was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of the Albany Museum Herbarium (GRA) and the Rhodes University Herbarium (RUH). It is named in honour of the distinguished botanist, Selmar Schonland, who did much to establish botany in South Africa, at Rhodes University and the botanical collections of the Albany Museum in the late 19th century. The herbarium is affiliated to Rhodes University Department of Botany and the Albany Museum.

Today the herbarium houses approximately 200 000 plant specimens, making it the 4th largest herbarium in South Africa and the 9th largest on the whole African continent. Taxonomic coverage is broad, and although the majority of specimens are Angiosperms, the herbarium has a very large collection of marine algae based on M.A. Pocock's work. Geographically GRA focuses on the flora of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, although collections from most parts of southern Africa are also available, including the Jacot-Guillarmod Lesotho material. The herbarium also has a limited number of specimens from other regions of Africa and other continents. Collections of several historically important collections include Burchell, Ecklon, Flanagan, Galpin, MacOwan, Pappe, Pegler, Rogers, Schlechter, Sim and Zeyher. Thanks to Schonland’s early exchange programmes the herbarium is exceptionally rich in type specimens.
Dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Kimberley - Aerial surveys, WAMSI Project 1.2.5, Australia (2009-2017)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2009/2017

Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species and as other specially protected fauna in WA under Schedule 7 of the Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2015). Gaps in our knowledge in Western Australia include having a good understanding of the species’ distribution, abundance and high use areas across the northwest. This 3-year project (2014-2017) integrated Indigenous knowledge and scientific observations from field surveys to better understand the distribution, abundance and movements of dugong in the Kimberley region. The data collected also provides a baseline for future monitoring and management. This medata record relates to raw and processed aerial survey data of marine fauna collected between 21st September 2015 and 8th October 2015 in Kimberley coastal waters to the 20m bathymetry line, comprising dugongs (Dugong dugon), Australian snubfin dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni), other dolphins (bottlenose, spinners, false killer whales), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and large, mostly green turtles (Chelonia mydas). The WA Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions (DBCA, ex-DPaW) and CSIRO provided additional resources to extend the North Kimberley dugong aerial survey boundary westwards (Broome to just past Port Hedland) to cover the South Kimberley-Pilbara coastal regions, to close the last remaining knowledge gap of the dugong distribution and abundance in Australia. This additional survey was completed in May 2017. Data from a trial movement study undertaken between 1-18th August 2016 also forms part of this metadata record. Five dugongs were tagged with Telonics manatee/dugong tags. GPS and ARGOS satellite detection locations and dive data were downloaded weekly from the ARGOS web site.
Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology (2000-2019)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2000/2019

A dataset of dives compiled 96,169 days of vertical movement data from 989 individuals, encompassing 38 species that were representatives of 14 families of elasmobranch. Most depth data were obtained from tag deployments on representatives of the families Lamnidae and 
Carcharhinidae, accounting for 43.7 and 21.7% of the data days and 37.4 and 28.9% of the individuals, respectively. The number of tagged individuals varied across species, ranging from 1 (Munk’s pygmy devil ray, Mobula munkiana; pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon
violacea; and Cuban dogfish, Squalus cubensis) to 187 (white shark, Carcharodon carcharias) (Table 1). The number of days of data
recorded by the tags per individual ranged from 7 to 784, with a mean (± SD) of 98.4 ± 80.9 data days per tag deployment across all species.
Data sourced on 2022-08-12  from Zendo repository doi:10.5281/zenodo.6885455 referenced in the cited paper.
Population viabilty analysis of the Perth metropolitan population of Little Penguins (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

Original provider:
Dr Belinda Cannell, Murdoch University

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Murdoch University - Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Murdoch UniversityUniversity of NSW
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project has been funded under the Australian Research Council Linkage Project Scheme. Funds have also been contributed by Department of Environment and Conservation,Fremantle Ports, Department of Defence, Tiwest and the Winifred Violet Scott Trust fund.


Abstract:
Little Penguins from Penguin and Garden islands in Perth, Western Australia, are tracked to determine the areas in which they travel and feed throughout the breeding season. Once  the areas they regularly use are determined, the threats the penguins are exposed to, and their likelihood of occurrence, can be elucidated. This forms part of a broader project to determine the population viability analysis of the Little Penguins in the Perth metropolitan region.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=219">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.
WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park - Quadrats, Australia (2010)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2010

A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken at Ningaloo, Western Australia from 2007 to 2010. This dataset is of the quadrat data from 20 sites.
Data and metadata from https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-node-3-2-2b-diversity-abundance-and-distribution-of-intertidal-invertebrate-species-i_c65f
PIFSC, Cetacean Survey, MHI 0901, Cruise 0901, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2009

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

Dataset credits:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted cetacean line-transect abundance surveys in the Hawaiian inner exclusive economic zone surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands (4-27 Feb 2009). The grid of tracklines was established prior to the cruise and was intended to replicate the “Main Islands” stratum of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center 2002 Hawaiian Islands Cetacean Ecosystem Assessment Survey. Eighteen days of on-effort survey were completed during the cruise, resulting in 116 sightings of cetaceans including  12 identified species and a number of unidentified cetaceans.

Supplemental information:
Data were collected under NMFS permit 774-1714.
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. A High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) was recovered and redeployed off the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island. Oceanographic data were collected (CTD, XBT).
Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on physicochemical parameters and meiofauna community

Keywords: Samplingevent, 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 physicochemical parameters and microscopic counts of meiofauna determined from sediment core samples which have been collected in the 2019 cruise of R/V Kaiyo-Maru No.1 (KAIYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.).
RV Investigator Voyage IN2017_T01 Seabird Observations, Australia (2017)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Seabird and incidental cetacean and seal sightings were recorded during daylight hours from a transit from Sydney to Broome, Oct 2017. Observations were made every ten minutes in the forward quadrant. There were 410 observations from 20 species of birds and 1 cetaceans. Each species has been linked where possible to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org).
Furher details at http://www.marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/search#!c2d03fae-9b49-4bb1-b364-f1651678c166
Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Keywords: Deep sea, propelled unmanned submersible, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1894/2021

The dataset is comprised of; 1) 'VME habitats' which are records for which there is unequivocal evidence for a VME, e.g. ROV observations of a coral reef, 2) VME indicators which are records that suggest the presence of a VME with varying degrees of uncertainty. For VME indicators a weighting system of vulnerability and uncertainty is provided as part of the database to aid interpretation.
RMT Trawl catch from the 1992/93 V6 KROCK voyage

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/1993

Collected by RMT trawls during ANARE 1992/93 Voyage 6 KROCK survey in the Prydz Bay region, East Antarctica. KROCK is an acronym for Krill and Rock. (KROCK Expedition - see http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_voyage.cfm?voyage_id=55).
BioChem: Zooplankton collected from Davis Strait, 1976-1977

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1976/1978

This work was part of a larger environmental studies program for offshore oil and gas exploration for the Arctic Petroleum Operators Association conducted between July 1976 and August 1978 in Davis Strait, Hudson Strait, Flemish Pass, coastal Labrador and Northeast Newfoundland. The OBIS view of this dataset contains zooplankton abundance information.
OTN NTNU River Nidelva Project - Tag Release Metadata, NTNU River Nidelva Project

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Samplingevent, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, ACOUSTIC TAGS
Temporal coverage: 2011/2014, 2011/2013

This is the OBIS extraction of the OTN NTNU River Nidelva Project project, consisting only of the release tagging metadata. i.e. the locations  and dates of tagged animal release. If readers are  interested in the full source  dataset they should refer to the OTN web site  (members.oceantrack.org). Abstract: The purpose of the River Nidelva project is to monitor the migration of anadromous brown trout between river and fjord. Hatchery-reared sea trout are tracked in order to monitor their willingness to migrate to the ocean. Adult sea trout of wild origin are tagged and tracked for 14 months in order to map their movements between freshwater and saline habitats.
WAMSI Node 3.1.1b and 3.2.2 - Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: finescale coral reef fish surveys Ningaloo Reef, Australia (2006)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

From 2006 to 2007 at northern Ningaloo Reef, stereo Baited Remote Underwater Video (stereo-BRUVs) and stereo Diver Operated Video (stereo-DOVs) were used to measure fish assemblages across shallow coral reef lagoon habitats. Four areas were identified including Osprey and Mandu Sanctuary, and Osprey and Mandu Reference Areas which were studied with stereo-BRUV and stereo DOV transects, during two successive summer and winter periods. Each time, six stereo BRUVs and 5 stereo-DOV transects were collected from within 6 coral reef lagoon habitats at 2 well established sanctuary zones and adjacent areas. The video footage was used to create the raw abundance and length data of different fish species.
RMT Trawl catch from 1985/86 V1 ADBEX III voyage

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1985/1985

This dataset contains results from the Antarctic Division BIOMASS Experiment III (ADBEX III) cruise of the Nella Dan. It is the fifth cruise in a series of six, conducting a long term field survey providing data on distribution, abundance and population structure of the krill Euphausia superba in the Prydz Bay region, Antarctica. The prime purpose of ADBEX III was to study the ecology of the Crabeater Seal, and surveys of krill and other zooplankton were taken off Antarctica in the Australian sector (east of Mawson) in the Enderby Land region between October and November 1985. Species identity and abundance data were obtained. The major species investigated were Euphausia superba, Euphausia frigidia, Euphausia crystallorophias and Thysanoessa marcuria. Other pteropods and cephalopods were also studied. A CTD cast and water collection for phytoplankton pigment, nutrients and primary production measurements were also made at each net sampling station. Summary results are listed in the documentation.
UKSRLPMN12015 Env Template GG 032020163

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research UK Seabed Resources Ltd (UKSRL) is pleased to submit this annual report on activities with respect to the Plan of Work associated with its 15-year International Seabed Authority (ISA) Exploration Licence that entered into effect on 8 February 2013. This report describes the activities of the calendar year 2014.
CWS: Waterbird colony database (Atlantic region)

Keywords: pelagic seabird surveys; marine birds; Canadian Wildlife Service; distance sampling; distribution; abundance; density; standardized survey protocol;, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1883/2016

The Canadian Wildlife Service maintains a waterbird colony database which holds colony census information such as counts of birds, nests, burrows, and holes observed at individual seabird colonies located in the Atlantic region of Canada. The methods used to conduct censuses are varied as it is not possible to regularly visit every colony. Each record in the colonies database census table references the census method.

Version 1 of this resource contains presence information of adult birds only. Future versions may contain more information. In the meantime please contact CWS directly should you require more information.
Seamount coral reefs are egg case nurseries for deep-sea skates, Tasman Fracture and Huon Australian Marine Parks (AMP), Tasmania, Australia (2018)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

Egg case nurseries of the boreal skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) and Richardson's skate (Bathyraja richardsoni) were defined and mapped on a bathyal seascape (c. 500–1900 m depths) of the Tasman Fracture and Huon Australian Marine Parks, south of Tasmania, Australia in 2018, using 99 towed-camera transects (157 linear km; N = 50,858 images). In total, 738 skate egg cases were observed (present in 240 images, absent in 50,618); among 113 egg cases examined to identify parent species, 70% were A. hyperborea, 10% B. richardsoni and 20% unidentified Bathyraja species. 
Voyage details (metadata, projects, other datasets either online or as downloads, publications and reports, events, maps etc) can be accessed at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2018_V06
If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.
FRB: Bottom fauna of Saint John Harbour and estuary as surveyed in 1959 and 1961

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1959/1961

Two surveys to collect bottom fauna in the harbour and estuary at Saint John, New Brunswick were conducted in 1959 and 1961. The objective was to see if there were changes caused by pollution from an oil refinery - the Irving Oil Refinery in East Saint John released most of its chemical wastes into Saint John Harbour through a pipeline terminating near the tip of Courtenay Bay breakwater (near survey station X). The refinery started up in stages from late March to mid-June 1960 by which time it was in full operation.

Species distribution information associated with this study were digitized, standardized and republished as part of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) Atlantic Ecosystem Initiative (AEI) funded project “Atlantic Canada’s Biological Data for Ecosystem Planning and Decision-making” and OBIS Canada.
CSIRO, Australian National Algae Culture Collection (ANACC), Global, 1949-2008

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1950/2008

The Australian National Algae Culture Collection (ANACC) is housed at the Hobart laboratories of CSIRO, Australia. The collection consists of 1000 strains of more than 300 microalgae species, including Bacillariophyta (diatoms), Chlorophyta (unicellular green algae including Chlorophyceae, Prasinophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae), Chrysophyta (golden algae), Cryptophyta (cryptomonads), Cyanophyta (blue-green algae or cyanobacteria), Dinophyta (dinoflagellates), Euglenophyta (euglenoid flagellates), Eustigmatophyceae (eustigmatophytes), Haptophyta (prymnesiophytes), Raphidophyta (chloromonads) and Rhodophyta (red algae). 779 strains have associated georeferenced data and information on these is supplied to OBIS, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. A small proportion of the strains (mainly of Cyanophyta) represent freshwater species, with the majority being marine or brackish. Some strains have originated from other algal culture collections worldwide, while the majority are new isolates from the Australian region. For more information see https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anacc
Antractic whale observation on a platform of opportunity abroad krill fishing vessel "Dalmor II", April - July 2011.

Keywords: Minke whale, whales observation, Antarctic, Humpback whale, Observation, occurence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

Karina Vishnyakova, an international scientific observer, conducted cetacean observations from a platform of opportunity, abroad polish trawler Dalmor II that fished Antarctic krill, during a cruise from March to July 2011. Most of the fishing season the vessel was in the CCAMLR statistical area 48.2, to the north-east of the South Orkney Islands. Observations were conducted on the vessel deck or on the bridge.  The following data were recorded:  observation details, time, geographical coordinates, species and number of animals in a group (or minimum abundance estimate), distance from the vessel and behavioral specific details. Also the photo material was collected.  

Over the observation period 50 sightings of at least 280 individuals were recorded.  Vast majority of recorded sightings (90%) and individuals (at least 90%) were minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis); humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were recorded in 5 cases. The largest minke whale groups were recorded in first ten-day period of April. Whales in such groups demonstrated feeding behavior, actively fed on the high density krill aggregations. Probably such aggregations were later fished by vessels on those fishing grounds. Group size varied from 2-3 up to few tens individuals (in the mean 6 ± 9.23 (standard deviation), median 3 individuals). In first ten-day period of April average number of individuals in groups was 12 whales ( ± 15.75 (standard deviation), median 8 individuals).  Frequency of occurrence did not correlated with the time of day.  Distance to the animals also varied from few meters to 5-7 kilometers. However, direct interactions of whales with the vessel were never recorded.

By late April – early May, number of sightings sharply declined, they became sporadic.  During that period fast migrations of small whale groups were recorded. Also minke whales demonstrated «nervous» behavior, coming to the surface frequently and moving fast and jerky.

Humpback whales were recorded in groups of 2-3 individuals at late April near the South Orkney Islands and early May near the South Shetland Islands.
SPC CoFish Fish Observations Niue 2005

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, SPC, PROCFish/C, Fish, UVC, CoFish
Temporal coverage: 2005/2005

Coastal fish species of commercial interest observed on Underwater Visual Census transects in Niue during the CoFish survey (2005). The individual counts correspond to the observations by a single diver (one side) on the 50 m transect, from the transect line up to visibility (distance sampling).