oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Photographic Identification Mark-Recapture Surveys Collected from Small Boats in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico from  to 2014-03-29 to 2019-06-28

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Photo identification,Vessel,Abundance,Dolphins,Cetacean
Temporal coverage: 2014/2019

Original provider:
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Dataset credits:
Errol Ronje, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Abstract:
As part of the marine mammal stock assessment program of the National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), photographic identification capture mark 
recapture data were collected to estimate the abundance of common 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by the Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center, Pascagoula, Mississippi Laboratory, and the Texas Marine 
Mammal Stranding Network from 2014-03-29 to 2019-06-28.  This dataset 
includes spatiotemporal data for visual observations and dorsal fin images 
for individual dolphins encountered in the coastal and estuarine waters of 
north Texas and western Louisiana including East Matagorda Bay, West 
Bay, Galveston Bay, and Sabine Lake.

Purpose:
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 requires the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) to report the status of all marine mammal stocks in 
USA waters.  The primary purpose of this dataset was to collect common  
bottlenose dolphin encounter data for capture-mark-recapture abundance 
estimation models and to assess the spatial distribution of the dolphin group 
encounters to inform stock assessment reports in three NMFS designated 
stock areas: West Bay, Galveston Bay, and Sabine Lake.

Supplemental information:
Fin images are included in the downloadable zipped file.
DFO Quebec Region Ecosystemic bottom trawl survey 1990-2005

Keywords: Abundance, Occurrence, Fish, Trawl, Biomass
Temporal coverage: 1990/2005

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 1990 to 2005 onboard the CCGS Alfred Needler. At each sampling station, a URI shrimp trawl (81'/114') is towed for 25 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 Teleost (2004-2005) are also available on Obis.
CRC HRC Shore-based Surveys KB11 2013-2015

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Land-based
Temporal coverage: 2013/2015

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

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

Abstract:
Data in this dataset represent animal sightings that occurred during shore-based surveys for marine mammals and sea turtles in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Shore-based surveys were conducted NAVFAC biologists from November 2013 to December 2014, and in September and November of 2015 at nine shore stations around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The source geodatabase was compiled by HDR under NAVFAC contract N62470-15-D-8006, task order KB11.

Supplemental information:
Sighting locations reflect the animal locations not the locations of the shore stations.
Locations of the shore stations are available as a static layer.
Relevant boat-based survey data is available at http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1954
Plankton community in WP2 net (200µm), DYFAMED point, Ligurian Sea, France

Keywords: Imaging, Samplingevent, EcoTaxa, ZooSCAN
Temporal coverage: 2001/2018

This series is part of the long term planktonic monitoring of Villefranche-sur-mer, which is one of the oldest and richest in the world. It aims at describing the dynamics of the mesozooplankton community. The data collection and processing has been funded by several projects over its lifetime. It is currently supported directly by the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), as part of its long term monitoring effort, and by the MOOSE program of the Research Infrastructure ILICO. This dataset contains the planktonic organisms collected by a WP2 net (200μm mesh) and therefore cover organisms from 200µm to ~2cm.
Florida Loggerhead Migrations (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1998/2001

Original provider:
Barbara Schroeder

Dataset credits:
Data provider
NMFS Office of Protected Resources
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=193">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.
RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_V06 Seabird Observations, Australia (2016)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Seabird and incidental cetacean and seal sightings were recorded during daylight hours during the moorings deployment, offshore from Brisbane, Nov 2016. This voyage was used as a trial of acquiring observations from the RV Investigator observation deck and testing the data recording system. Observations were made every ten minutes in the forward quadrant. There were 410 observations from 20 species of birds and 1 cetaceans. The commonest bird species were Pachyptila pacificus and Sterna bergii. Each species has been linked where possible to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org).
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=IN2016_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.
USGS 2001 Buck Island National Monument Cryptic Fish Survey

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

Because cryptic fishes are difficult to accurately survey, they are undersampled components of coral reef habitats. Fifty-eight enclosed stations were sampled in shoreline, nearshore reef, lagoon, backreef, forereef, and bank/shelf habitats with an ichthyocide (rotenone) at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in July-August 2001. Our samples included 228 fish species in 55 families, including 60 species previously unreported from St. Croix.
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1985/2022

Phytolankton have been regionally monitored in Sweden since 1985.
The monitoring is financed by the Swedish county administration boards, Swedish municipalities and Swedish coalitions of water conservation. Recipient control data financed by companies are also included. Monitoring is performed by Swedish universities and consulting firms.
Data are stored in the Swedish Ocean Archive database (SHARK), by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Data are collected and analyzed according to the HELCOM COMBINE Manual - Part C Annex C6 Monitoring of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass (https://www.helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guidelines-for-monitoring-phytoplankton-species-composition-abundance-and-biomass.pdf) or similar methods.
Southern Ocean RADiolarian dataset (SO-RAD) (1978-2017)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1978/2017

Radiolarians (holoplanktonic Protozoa) found in marine sediments are commonly used in Southern Ocean as palaeoclimate proxies. Generating such reconstructions of past climate based on radiolarian abundances requires a spatially and environmentally comprehensive reference dataset of modern radiolarian census counts. The Southern Ocean RADiolarian (SO-RAD) dataset includes census counts for 237 radiolarian taxa from 228 surface sediment samples located in the Atlantic, Indian and South-west Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean. This compilation is the largest radiolarian census dataset derived from surface sediment samples in the Southern Ocean. The SO-RAD dataset may be used as a reference dataset for palaeoceanographic reconstructions, or for studying modern radiolarian biogeography and species diversity.
Some of the records are from the CSIRO Marine National Facility and is 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.
Colección de Hongos del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia – Makuriwa (Invemar)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence, Fungi; Hongos marinos; Caribe colombiano; Ascomycota
Temporal coverage: 2016/2017

El Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia que hace parte del INVEMAR, cuenta entre sus colecciones vivas con la colección de Hongos creada en el año 2018, la cual se estableció con 84 lotes de cultivos obtenidos por el Programa Valoración y Aprovechamiento de Recursos del instituto a partir de los proyectos de investigación DC – Hongos marinos y ANH COL 3, llevados a cabo en áreas costeras estuarinas y zonas oceánicas del Caribe colombiano respectivamente. Actualmente los lotes se mantienen en condiciones de criopreservación a -80°C con glicerol como agente crioprotectante. El presente conjunto de datos incluye 84 registros biológicos de especímenes catalogados, de los cuales el 12% se encuentra identificados a género y el resto representan aislados identificados hasta la categoría de reino Fungi. Del total de registros documentados, el 84% fueron obtenidos de muestras colectadas en zonas estuarinas y el 16% corresponden a áreas profundas del talud continental.
Zooplankton respiration data from Fort Jesus and measurements of dry weight and length of copepods collected at Tudor Creek between August 1985 and June 1986

Keywords: Observation, Respiration rate, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1985/1986

Day and night respiration, dry weight and carbon respiration of zooplankton from Fort Jesus and mean dry weight and mean length of copepod groups from Tudor Creek. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.
Survey data of rocky shores on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2009/2018

This dataset contains data of the occurrence of the focal species, such as sessile organisms, which was recorded at the Monitoring Sites 1000 Projects: Coastal Area Survey (Rocky shore). The annual survey was carried out with six places of Japanese coast from north (Hokkaido) to south (Okinawa). In addition, the data about reference specimens and the occurrence of organisms within quadrats in five years is included. The data of this dataset is derived from the data file of the Monitoring Sites 1000 Projects: Coastal Area Survey. The data file includes the information about quantity data of organisms (a cover degree of sessile organisms per quadrats).
Phytoplankton Species Composition, Abundance and Cell Size in San Francisco Bay: Microscopic Analyses of USGS Samples Collected 1992-2014

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1992/2014

This Data Release makes available measurements of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and cell size made on samples collected in San Francisco Bay (CA) from April 1992 through March 2014. Phytoplankton samples were collected at 31 stations along a 145-km transect where the variability of salinity, temperature, turbidity and nutrient concentrations reflected a broad range of environmental factors that regulate phytoplankton growth and abundance (map of sampling locations is available on the project website at: https://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/access/wqdata/overview/wherewhen/stnmap.html). Whole water samples were preserved with acid Lugol’s solution, and 2 to 50 ml aliquots were settled in chambers for 6 to 24 hours (Utermöhl 1958). Phytoplankton cells were then counted and identified using a phase-contrast inverted microscope at 125x magnification, all cells greater than 30 μm diameter were enumerated. Cells smaller than 30 μm were counted at 1250x magnification; following the APHA (1989) strip count method, at least 100 cells of the most numerous taxon were counted. Cell volumes were estimated from measured linear dimensions and geometric formulas that varied with cell shapes. Phytoplankton samples representing 923 distinct date, station and depths were included. The 16,442 entries in this dataset include 609 different taxa within 11 functional groups. Diatoms dominated the total biovolume contributed by each functional group (77%) followed by dinoflagellates (14%) and cryptophytes (4.5%). The top 5 species contributing to the summed biovolume in all samples were: Thalassiosira punctigera, Chaetoceros socialis, Ditylum brightwellii, Thalassiosira rotula and Noctiluca scintillans. By frequency of occurrence, the top 5 species were: Teleaulax amphioxeia, Nannochloropsis spp., Plagioselmis prolonga var. nordica, Skeletonema costatum and Thalassiosira eccentrica.
Israel's sea turtle monitoring program (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Biology, Observation
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2014/2020

Original provider:
Israel National Nature and Parks Authority - Sea Turtle Rescue Center

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Isreal's Sea Turtle Monitoring Program
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority (NPA)operates this turtle monitoring program, sponsored by the NPA together with Israel Electric Company,  to track rehabilitated sea turtles – mainly Loggerheads (Carreta carreta) and Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Tracked turtles were released to sea after spending several months at the Israel Sea Turtle Rescue Center, to which they arrive suffering from various injuries. The purpose of this current monitoring program is to learn about these turtles' habits and behavior – post rehabilitation, to get a better understanding on their rehabilitation needs.Previous monitoring programs focused on nesting females as well as Green turtles released after being kept in captivity as part of a breeding stock project, aimed to help increase the number of hatchlings in the wild. Tracking healthy turtles at sea allows the identification of feeding zones and migration paths, information of paramount importance for the protection of these endangered species.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1003">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.
Happywhale - Polar Bear in North Pacific Ocean

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

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 1 contributors in alphabetic order:

Per Nikolaj Bukh
Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1991/1997

Surficial bottom sediments have been collected from Prydz Bay, Antarctica from 5 voyages from 1981 to 1995. Devices used include gravity core, grabs, pipe dredge. Most collections are from 200 to 800 metres depth with the deepest at 3200 metres.
Virginia Aquarium and US NAVY Sea Turtle Research Project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence,Navy project,Marine Biology, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2018

Original provider:
Virginia Aquarium &amp; Marine Science Center Foundation

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Virginia Aquarium Research and Conservation Department
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
VAQF is working with U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic to track juvenile loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley and green sea turtles using a combination of satellite and acoustic transmitters. Funding for this work is provided by U.S. Fleet Forces Command. VAQF and NAVFAC Atlantic will analyze the telemetry data in order to understand how sea turtles use the Chesapeake Bay and neritic Virginia waters.


Abstract:
The Virginia Aquarium &amp; Marine Science Center Foundation is conducting health assessment and telemetry research using wild-caught and by-caught loggerhead and Kemps ridley sea turtles.  The project goals include comparing rehabilitated and wild animals, developing a relatively fine temporal and spatial scale surface time ratio for abundance estimates, and understanding how near shore and offshore populations interact and utilize the habitat.  (NMFS Permit No. 16134)

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=917">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.
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1846/2016

Malacology is the study of the group of animals called molluscs. Molluscs include chitons, clams, mussels, snails, nudibranchs (sea slugs), tusk shells, octopus and squid.
The Australian Museum Malacology collection is one of the world's largest of its kind, covering all groups of recent (up to 1.6 million year old) and tertiary (65-1.6 million year old) molluscs. Many of the specimens are dry shells, but there is also a large collection of preserved molluscs. The collections date from the 1860s and include marine, terrestrial and freshwater molluscs. They are predominantly from Australia and the south-west Pacific, but also include specimens from other parts of the world.
The Malacology type collection is extensive and includes a large number of primary types (types are the original specimens on which the first description of a particular species or subspecies is based).
The collection was established in 1860 and continues to the present.
Macrobenthos data from the Romanian part of the Black Sea between 2003 and 2011

Keywords: Environmental conditions, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2003/2011

The dataset comprises data on the substrate type, temperature, salinity, oxygen saturation, and macrozoobenthos from samples colleceted at several stations in the Black Sea in 2003–2011. The sediment samples were taken with a Van-Veen grab. The sediment was preserved in buffered formalin 4% , then sieved through a 1 mm, 0.5 mm and 0.10 mm mesh sieve and subsequently stored in 70% ethanol. The database comprises taxonomic and quantitative data (density and wet weight biomass per square meter).
Northern Cyprus 2010 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2010/2011

Original provider:
Marine Turtle Research Group

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
The Marine Turtle Conservation Project is part of the Marine Turtle Research Group based at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus, and works in partnership with the local Department of Environmental Protection and the Society for the Protection of Turtles of Northern Cyprus (SPoT).
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project is sponsored by the British Chelonia Group, Darwin Initiative, Erwin Warth Foundation, European Social Fund and NERC.


Abstract:
The turtle project at Alagadi houses around 20 volunteers at any one time over the summer months.  This year we have successfully attached seven satellite transmitters to green turtles nesting at Alagadi.The Marine Turtle Research Group has been conducting conservation research and protecting turtle nests in Northern Cyprus since 1992.  Alagadi Beach is the eighth largest rookery for green turtles in the Mediterranean, where they are highly endangered, and is also a major nesting beach for loggerhead turtles.  An intensive nocturnal monitoring programme allows us to identify each female that lays here and track her breeding success.  Wire screens are used to prevent predation of nests by feral dogs at Alagadi and at several other beaches on the North and West Coasts of Northern Cyprus.  Satellite tracking continues to be integral to our research, and helps to identify other areas of importance to these species.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=514">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.