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Phytoplankton data collected during First Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (March 1997) on board of R/V Krenkel in Bransfield strait and region of Ukrainian Antarctic Station

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, research vessel
Temporal coverage: 1997/1997

Dataset includes phytoplankton data collected during First Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (March 1997) on board of R/V Krenkel  in Bransfield strait and region of Ukrainian Antarctic Station.
Joint Open Sea Surveys 2016, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Phytoplankton)

Keywords: Mare Nigrum, research vessel, Biological monitoring, Samplingevent, lowered unmanned submersible, Biological sampling
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Phytoplankton data: species composition, volume of the cell [µm3], abundance [*1000cells/l], biomass (mg/m3) and Carbon biomass collected during the Joint Open Sea Survey (JOSS UA - GE 2016) in the Black Sea waters (Transects Odessa - Batumi - Constanta) onboard the R/V "Mare Nigrum" (Romania) in May-June 2016
Happywhale - Sperm Whale in Southern Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2004/2018, null/null

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:

Jayne Ryan; Jim Spiegel; Ted Cheeseman
North Atlantic and Arctic Isopoda sampled during the IceAGE project

Keywords: Samplingevent, Scavengers, Filter feeders, Predators
Temporal coverage: 2011/2013

The North Atlantic and Arctic Isopoda dataset contains three parts: 1. Distribution records collected from literature; 2. Distribution records of specimens collected by the BIOICE project (Benthic Invertebrates of Icelandic waters 1992-2004); 3. Distribution records of specimens collected by the IceAGE project (Icelandic marine animals: Genetics and Ecology, since 2011).

This dataset contains distribution data regarding the 3nd group, isopods occurrences sampled during the IceAGE project
Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui and Tory Channel / Kura Te Au (HS51) Hydrographic Survey Marine Mammal Observations

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2016/2017

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) was contracted in October 2016 by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to undertake hydrographic surveying services for the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui and Tory Channel / Kura Te Au Hydrographic Survey (HS51).
This survey comprises both hydrographic (LINZ) and habitat mapping (Marlborough District Council (MDC)), requirements which are met by a National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA) led partnership with Discovery Marine Limited (DML).
These Marine Mammal Observations form part of the deliverables required for LINZ project HYD-2016/17-01 (HS51) Contract No 20058 for the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui and Tory Channel / Kura Te Au Hydrographic Survey. This project is referred to as HS51. The Observations are submitted in accordance with the HS51 Services Agreement Contract and Marine Mammal Liaison Group (MMLG) Specifications.
Marine mammals, in particular dolphins are a regular occurrence in the Marlborough Sounds. The species are important both nationally and internationally. There are eight marine mammal species known to frequent the Sounds (Davidson et al., 2011). Two of these are classified as nationally endangered (Hectors and Bottlenose) and one is considered nationally critical (Killer whale or Orca).
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and Discovery Marine Limited (DML) were contracted to map the seabed in the Marlborough Sounds (Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui and Tory Channel/Kura Te Au) using multibeam sounders. The frequency of the sound emitted by a multibeam echo sounder is outside the hearing range of marine mammals in the Sounds, however as a precaution, NIWA ensured best practice for minimising survey activities in the immediate proximity of marine mammals, including logging all sightings while on multibeam effort.
Mulitbeam operators and surveyors logged marine mammal sightings. Blue Planet Marine (BPM) was contracted prior to the survey to provide a review of the potential efforts of a multibeam survey of Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel and make suggestions as to best practice to minimise disturbance. Overall they concluded the survey was in the category of ‘minimal disturbance’ hence not requiring a dedicated MMO onboard (Blue Planet Marine, 2016). This report also gave some recommendations, including survey teams to log sightings, that NIWA adopted in the survey plan.
Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, November 2017-October 2018

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Seabirds,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2017/2018

Original provider:
APEM Limited

Dataset credits:
APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.

Abstract:
Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0520). To facilitate this, surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts.

Purpose:
Equinor initiated monthly offshore high resolution aerial surveys of marine mega-fauna in the New York Bight offshore wind lease area plus a 4 km (2.5 mile) buffer. The surveys used APEM Inc.'s ultra-high resolution aerial digital still imagery to characterize birds present in the lease area and gather additional information on other marine fauna. These surveys provided the baseline information required for conducting impact assessments. The dataset is comprised of observations and survey track line information collected from one survey per month from November 2017 until October 2018 inclusive (12 surveys in total). 

APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau–APEM team) extracted and identified avian and other marine species and provided quality control (QC) of the results.

Supplemental information:
[2021-08-23] No-animal objects (e.g. boats) were given species names and codes. These wrong assignments are corrected.

Each record represents 1 individual (except for Fish Shoals which is one entry per 1 shoal encompassing uncounted number of fish). 

Locations of digital snapshots are available as a static point layer.
Cetacean sightings in Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

Original provider:
Conor Ryan

Dataset credits:
Conor Ryan

Abstract:
Sightings of humpback whales and rough-toothed dolphins (all cetaceans 
encountered on-track) and the associated search effort (from a 5m RIB at 7 - 10 
knots). Note that some of the effort associated with the outlying sightings are 
missing, but can be asssumed to be the shortest route to Sal-Rei.  

Supplemental information:
Funders: Island Foundation and Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
Research permits: Ministério de Ambiente, Habitacao e Ordenamento do 
Território (permits 03/2011 and 02/2012)
CASES: The pre-winter assemblages of southeastern Beaufort Sea

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

This dataset has 1728 observations representing 54 taxonomic categories from the southeastern Beaufort Sea. This dataset was used to study the zooplankton communities in southeastern Beaufort Sea in September-October 2002. At each of the 35 stations of the CASES (Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study) 2002 sampling grid, a 200 µm-mesh net tow was carried out.
MEDGULL_ANTWERPEN - Mediterranean gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Laridae) breeding near Antwerp (Belgium) [subsampled representation]

Keywords: animal movement, birds, gps tracking, Ornitela, biologging, frictionless, Occurrence, temperature, Movebank, animal tracking, Observation, altitude, LifeWatch
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

This animal tracking dataset is derived from Stienen et al. (2022, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6599273">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6599273</a>) a deposit of Movebank study <a href="https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study1609400843">1609400843</a>. Data have been standardized to Darwin Core using the <a href="https://inbo.github.io/movepub/">movepub</a> R package and are downsampled to the first GPS position per hour. The original dataset description follows.
<em>MEDGULL_ANTWERPEN - Mediterranean gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Laridae) breeding near Antwerp (Belgium)</em> is a bird tracking dataset published by the <a href="https://inbo.be/">Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)</a>. It contains animal tracking data collected by the LifeWatch GPS tracking network for large birds (<a href="http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds">http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds</a>) for the project/study MEDGULL_ANTWERPEN, using trackers developed by Ornitela (<a href="https://www.ornitela.com">https://www.ornitela.com</a>). The study has been operational since 2021. In total 4 individuals of Mediterranean gull (<em>Ichthyaetus melanocephalus</em>) have been tagged in their breeding area near the city of Antwerp (Belgium), mainly to study their habitat use and migration behaviour. Data are automatically synced with Movebank and from there periodically archived on Zenodo (see <a href="https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking">https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking</a>).
This dataset was collected using infrastructure provided by INBO and funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) as part of the Belgian contribution to LifeWatch.
Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Southern Ocean:  catalogue and occurrences

Keywords: Southern Ocean, Antarctic, Distribution, Occurrence, Biogeography
Temporal coverage: null/null

The dataset comprises all occurrence records of hyperiid amphipods from the Southern Ocean sensu lato (south of the sub-Tropical Front). It is based on taxonomic and ecological literature checked until 28 February 2009. Some unpublished species records from the Southern Ocean in various museum collections have also been included.
Happywhale - Fin Whale in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2003/2022, 2003/2024, 2003/2023

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 74 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adam Ernster; adam maire; Alan Wight; Alvaro Jaramillo; Amy Houghton; Andre estevez; Andy; Ann Pitts; Ashley Schenkel; Ben Hagler; Bobbie Hedges; Bryan Tucker; Capt Nicholas robbins; chelsea bradley; Chelsea Mayer; Chris; Chris Biertuempfel; Dale Frink; Dane McDermott; Daniel Cayton; Dave Cade; Deana Glenz; Debra Kettler; Delaney Trowbridge; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Elizabeth Robinson; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erich Starzinger; Evan Brodsky; Floyd Hayes; Frank Rotter; Hamish Laird; Hayley Newell; Isidore Szczepaniak; Jeannette Ashlin; Joel Barrett; Joe Meuleman; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Kathy Peavey; Ken Southerland; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kim Powell; Lotti Keenan; Maria Laura Marcias; Marian Herz; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Girardeau; Mark OBrien; Matthew Liivoja; Matt Jackson; Max Block; Michael Nelson; Mike Davies; Mike Doherty; Mike Justa; Monica Smith; Natalie Kervin; Nico Heyning; Patricia VanOver Indictor; Patrick Sysiong; Philip Stone; Robert Perry; Robin Lowe; Ron Charbonneau; Ron Niebrugge; Rose Franklin; Steve Willetts; Sydney Minges; Ted Cheeseman; Trinitie Seeber; Valérie Stekke
Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1997

Keywords: Samplingevent, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1997/1997

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.
Happywhale - Humpback Whale in Indian Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 1988/2024, 1988/2023, 1990/2022

Original provider:
Happywhale

Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors

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

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

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

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 62 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adrian Bell; Alan Straton; Alex Bradshaw; Alex Vogel; Andy Gilbert; Angie Gullan; Arthur Teo; Benjamin Wambergue; Bernard Ash; Bianca Tree; Brooke Lloyd; Cees Tineke; Centre for Whale Research; Centre for Whale Research Western Australia; Christine Olson; Conor Ryan; Danielle Conry; David Donnelly; Deb Philipps; Deep Voice; Devienne Gilles; Don Marx; Doriane; Dustin; Eddy Thys; Esther van der Stappen; Frank Eckler; Gabrielle Lui; Gary Allport; Gill Braulik; Grace Russell; Graham Downer; Hayley Islip; Jeffrey Garriock; Kenya Marine Mammal Research and Conservation; Lana; Libu Cyprien; Linda Heads; Linda Horton; Lucas Facchinetti; Marian Herz; Mdu Seakamela; Melanie Keyte; Melissa Nel; Michael Sheehan; Olaf Pignataro; Pamela Le Noury; Pedro Víctor Albaladejo Fresnadillo; peter allsop; pia markovic; Raina Burke; Ramzy Haddad; Roanna Horbelt; Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan; Sarah Gower; Sherri Daniels; Sue Holman; Tanja; Violaine Dulau; Wayne Sentman; Wendy Hare; Whale Watch Western Australia
Phytoplankton and environmental study in the Southern North Sea between 1971 and 1973

Keywords: Phytoplankton, Environmental variables, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1971/1973

Abundance of phytoplankton species and related environmental parameters for 57 stations in the Southern Bight of the  North Sea between January 1971 and June 1973. The data were digitized from technical reports in the frame of the 4DEMON project.
Study of epibenthos and ichthyofauna of an industrial waste discharge area in the Belgian Continental Shelf (1976-1981)

Keywords: Epibenthos, Industrial wastes, Dumping, Discharge, Samplingevent, Ecological monitoring, Demersal fishes, Ichthyofauna, Pelagic fishes
Temporal coverage: 1976/1981

Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in the discharge areas between 1976 and 1981 and comparison of these data with a coastal reference zone choosen in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D. (1985). Vorderingsverslag betreffende de monitoring van de lozingsgebieden voor industriële afvalstoffen. Partim: biologisch monitoring onderzoek 1976-80. Rapport DUMP-I/MON/BIO/3/80. Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij: Oostende. 15 + annexes pp.
CSIRO, Cruise SS200001, Marine Biodiversity, South and Southeast Australia, 2001

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2000/2000

Biological data collected on Southern Surveyor cruise SS 01/2000. This voyage took place off around the south-east coast of Australia including Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian waters, in the areas of the south eastern "large marine domain" and the Great Australian Bight Marine Park, during April - May 2000, under the leadership of Rudy Kloser (legs 1 and 3) and Alan Williams (leg 2). Biological data collected on this cruise include fish trawls, benthic sled and video camera data, largely in association with ground truthing for swath mapping carried out on the same voyage. In addition, on leg 2, benthic invertebrates and demersal fishes were collected from the lower continental slope region (approx. depths between 1500 and 2000m) to enable the extension of biophysical regionalisations to a new depth, and on leg 3, collections were made to form a taxonomic inventory of demersal fishes and benthic invertebrates from the Great Australian Bight Marine Protected Area, in areas with contrasting histories of light vs. heavy trawling activity.
Reports, metadata and other data from this voyage are at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details,cfm?survey=SS200001
Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1905/2015

This is the OBIS version of the Atlantic Reference Centre museum database for Canadian Atlantic marine organisms. Specimens represent invertebrates from sponges to tunicates, and fishes. The ichthyoplankton collection is the most extensive, with complete holdings from many scientific broad-scale surveys. Geographic coverage is the Arctic to Cape Cod and the coast to the slope water. Temporally, most specimens were collected from the 1960s to the present.
LTER Antarctic satellite telemetry of humpback whales

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,LTER,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Animal tagging,Satellite tag,Argos data, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2012

Original provider:
The Bio-Telemetry and Behavioral Ecology Lab at the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University

Dataset credits:
Research was conducted under a collaboration with the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Program’s Palmer Long-term Ecological Research Program and the Australian Antarctic division.

Abstract:
This data is from 5 humpback whales that were tagged in the Western Antarctic Peninsula in 2012.  The tags were SPOT5 Platform Transmitting Terminals.  Tags were programmed to transmit between 00:00 and 04:00, and between 12:00 and 16:00 (GMT) daily, and were activated upon first dive after tagging.

Purpose:
The purpose of this effort is to deepen the understanding of movement patterns and behaviors of humpback whales. This information is important to better understand the relationships between whales and their prey in an increasingly warming Western Antarctic Peninsula.

Supplemental information:
Research was conducted under grant award ANT-0823101 and NMFS permit 14097, ACA permit 2009-013, and Duke University IACUC A049-112-02.
NS Southern Upland Salmon Tagging, OTN NS Southern Upland Salmon Tagging - Tag Release Metadata

Keywords: EARTH SCIENCE &gt; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION &gt; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES &gt; FISH, Occurrence, Samplingevent, ACOUSTIC TAGS, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2010

This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network  and Ocean Tracking Network (OTN)  NS Southern Upland Salmon Tagging, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals.
    If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=WRS).
Abstract:To investigate late riverine, estuarine and early marine migration and survival of wild Atlantic salmon smolts/post-smolts, we tagged 35 wild salmon smolts in each of 4 Nova Scotia Southern Upland rivers (Total of 140 smolts). The rivers where fish were tagged (and 64 receivers deployed) were; The LaHave River, The Gold River (Chester), The West River (Sheet Harbour) and The St. Mary's River. 2010 was the first year for all river tagging projects, with the exception of the West River, upon which it was year #3.
Zooplankton data collected in the Romanian Black Sea waters between 1973 and 1980

Keywords: Species composition, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1973/1980

The zooplankton dataset contains samples collected during 1973-1980, from different stations, from the Romanian Black Sea waters. Samples were collected from different depths, in different seasons. All samples were collected using the Baskakova net, with an opening of 36 cm diameter. Zooplankton samples were analyzed both from quantitative (density and biomass) and qualitative (list of species) point of view.
DFO Quebec Region Ecosystemic bottom trawl surveys 2004-2022

Keywords: Biomass, Trawl, Abundance, Fish, Invertebrate, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2022

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Quebec Region (DFO-Qc) conducts a multidisciplinary scientific bottom trawl survey in the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO areas 4RST) every year since 1978. Survey data are collected following a stratified random sampling with a bottom trawl. The main objectives are to examine spatial and temporal changes in the distribution and relative abundance of fish and their assemblages and biological parameters of commercial species. Over the years, this survey has been conducted aboard five vessels: the MV Gadus Atlantica (1978-1994), the MV Lady Hammond (1984-1990), the CCGS Alfred Needler (1990-2005), the CCGS Teleost ( 2004-2022) and since 2022 the CCGS John Cabot. The objectives, the protocols, the identification of species as well as the trawl used during the various surveys changed over time. The data are therefore not directly comparable between these surveys. Comparative analyzes were carried between vessels and conversion factors are available for a number of species. Contact the team for more information.
This data constitutes an OBIS version of the data collected from 2004 to 2021 onboard the CCGS Teleost. At each sampling station, a Campelen 1800 shrimp trawl with a 12.7 mm mesh lining in the codend is towed for 15 minutes on the bottom at each sampling station. Physical oceanographic data are also collected at most stations using CTDs attached to the back of the trawl, a rosette and a zooplankton net. The OBIS view of this dataset includes presence and biomass information for fish and invertebrates species at the survey station locations.
Data collected onboard the CCGS Alfred Needler (1990-2005) are also available on Obis.