oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Happywhale - Bowhead in Arctic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2017/2023

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 9 contributors in alphabetic order:

Anna Astafurova; Barnaby; D Cavagnac; Hans Verdaat; Hondius; Jamie Coleman; Joel Moore; Philip Stone; Pippa Low
Macroinvertebrados bentónicos en un transecto ubicado entre Punta Espada y Punta Macolla, Golfo de Venezuela

Keywords: Temperatura, Gasterópodos, Profundidad, Samplingevent, Abundancia, Transparencia, Oxígeno Disuelto, Conductividad, BID-CA2020-025-NAC, Anélidos, Salinidad, Crustáceos, Bivalvos, pH
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

Este dataset contiene los resultados preliminares de un estudio de impacto ambiental realizado en el Golfo de Venezuela, entre Punta Espada y Punta Macolla en donde se establecieron cuatro estaciones de muestreo. Se obtuvieron datos de abundancias de los macroinvertebrados bentónicos, así como parámetros fisicoquímicos de la columna de agua como: Profundidad, Transparencia, pH, Conductividad, Oxígeno Disuelto, Salinidad, Temperatura.
Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) established the Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative (MIMIC) in 2006 to serve as an early detection network for marine invasive species across New England. Their goals are: (1) to find introduced non-native marine species before they spread and/or become established in the ecosystem, (2) to educate the general public about marine invasive species and how to reduce their spread, and (3) to provide data to all interested users.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1992, Cruise 1467

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census,PODS, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1992/1992

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA

Abstract:
This 1992 line-transect survey was designed to make abundance estimates of the central stock of common dolphin, <i>Delphinus delphis</i>, in the eastern Pacific. This stock of dolphin is taken in the tropical tuna fishery and has suffered a substantial decline. Previous surveys covering larger areas have permitted estimates of abundance, but with low precision. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA Ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 32,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early November 1992. This dataset provides the time-date and geographical coordinates, by species/stock, of all cetaceans detected during the survey, as well as the daily and intra-daily start and end points of the line-transect survey by the NOAA Ship <i>McArthur</i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the cruise was to survey the area inhabited by the central stock of common dolphins, and to make an estimate of its absolute abundance in order to assess the impact of the dolphins killed by the United States and international yellowfin tuna purse seine fleet in the eastern tropical Pacific.

Supplemental information:
This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: 
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1992, Cruise 1468
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1993, Cruise 1508
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1993, Cruise 1509
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, Delphinus 2009, Cruise 1640
BioChem: Zooplankton collected from the Gully, summer 2006 and 2007

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2007

Plankton tows were carried out during two multidisciplinary oceanographic missions to the Sable Gully (Scotian Shelf, Canada) in 2006 and 2007. The first of these was onboard the CCGS Hudson (18HU06008) and took place between April 17, 2006 and May 7, 2006. The second was also on the CCGS Hudson (18HU07033) and took place between August 2, 2007 and August 9, 2007. Zooplankton were collected at a series of stations in the Gully by vertical tows using a 3/4m diameter ring net (202 micron mesh). Most tows were between 100m and the surface, with a few deeper casts. The OBIS collection is a subset of this dataset containing species distribution information.
Polychaetes and Amphipodes from major ports in Greece in 2020-2021

Keywords: Polychaetes, Amphipodes, Marinas, Samplingevent, Ports
Temporal coverage: 2020/2021

A dataset of Polychaeta and Amphipoda collected from 4 major ports of Greece: Pireaus, Patra, Heraklion, Rhodes during the period 2020-2021. For this purpose, a netted frame and a suction sampler were used to sample the benthic fauna on artificial reefs (of concrete) and floating platforms. This work is part of the project AlienPorts.
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Database Non-freshwater Specimens

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1850/2012

This dataset contains the non-freshwater specimens from the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database, which was established as a central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of introduced aquatic species. The NAS program provides scientific reports, online/real-time queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information. The data is made available for use by biologists, interagency groups, and the general public. The geographical coverage is the United States.
NMML Harbor Porpoise Vessel, SE Alaska, Summer 1993

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,harbor porpoise,Phocoena phocoena,abundance,marine mammal survey,survey,marine mammal,cetacean,Vessels,Sightings, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/1993

Original provider:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Dataset credits:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Abstract:
In summer 1993, the Alaskan panhandle and Prince William Sound were surveyed for harbor porpoise (<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>) from the NOAA John N. Cobb using line transect methodology.  The shipboard platform was 28.36 m (93 ft) in length with a bridge height of 4.27 m (14 ft). To obtain data on seasonal movements of porpoise, a limited number of transects were made in areas of known porpoise concentrations. When a sighting was made, the following variables were recorded: time, angle, number of reticles to the sighting, radar distance (nm) to the shoreline at the same angle of the sighting, the species, the count of the porpoise seen (best, high, and low), and the animal(s) direction of travel. Search effort was recoded by noting the time and location of the ship at the beginning and end of each transect.

Purpose:
Although harbor porpoises, <i>Phocoena phocoena</i>, are known to occur throughout Alaska waters, few estimates of abundance exist. In 1991, the National Marine Mammal Laboratory initiated a 3 year study on Alaska harbor porpoises. The objectives of this program were to: 
1) Obtain minimum population estimates in coastal waters using line transect methodology with a coefficient of variation for density estimates of less than 30% for each survey area, and 
2) Establish a baseline for detecting changes in abundance through time, for analysis of trends. 
The ability of the observers to sight porpoise was sensitive to environmental conditions. As expected, when conditions deteriorated the number of porpoises observed declined.

Supplemental information:
This dataset and associated effort data were updated on September 8, 2005. Those who downloaded them before that date should renew them.
Killer whales off Peru during IMARPE surveys (1995-2003)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1995/2003

Original provider:
Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE)

Dataset credits:
Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE)

Abstract:
This dataset presents killer whale records off Peru taken
during 23 pelagic surveys conducted by the Instituto del
Mar del Peru (IMARPE). Sightings data were collected during three kinds of surveys conducted by IMARPE between 1995 and 2003:
1) Pelagic surveys for evaluating the Peruvian anchovy
(<i>Engraulis ringens</i>) population, and other pelagic
resources, covering the entire Peruvian Sea, from the
coastline to 200n.m. offshore;
2) Demersal surveys to evaluate the hake (<i>Merluccius gayi</i>) population off Northern Peru; and
3) oceanographic surveys to monitor ocean conditions covering the entire Peruvian sea out to 300 nm offshore.

Purpose:
Records of the killer whale (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) in Peruvian
waters are scarce and mostly anecdotal. Despite reports
of many artisanal fishermen of occasional sightings of
killer whales, these records have not been confirmed,
resulting in a limited number of reliable reports of this
species off Peru during the last century. To date, no records
of strandings of killer whales are known for Peru. Due
to the high concentration of its potential prey (cetaceans
and pinnipeds) in the Peruvian waters this species would be expected to be more common than previously recorded.
Marine Fauna Collection of the Oceanographic Center of Malaga (S.I.O.): CFM_IEOMA

Keywords: Museum collections, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1970/2012

The available data through GBIF.ES represents 5-10% of the Oceanographic Center of Malaga fauna collection, Spanish Institute of Oceanography. It is made up of fish captured between 100 and 2000 m depth in Mauritania, and comprises 246 Teleostei specimens, i.e. 137 species from 65 families, some Elasmobranchii, i.e. 20 species from 6 families, and one <i>Myxine ios</i> specimen.
Soft-bottom macrozoobenthos from the littoral zone of the Natura 2000 MPA "Ropotamo", Southern Bulgarian Black Sea (2013)

Keywords: Black Sea, Community composition, Abundance, Coastal zone, Marine parks, Littoral zone, Marine invertebrates, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Abundance (individuals/m2) of macrozoobenthic taxa at littoral/upper infralittoral soft-bottom stations in the Natura 2000 MPA "Ropotamo" (BG0001001), southern Bulgarian Black Sea. The data were collected during field surveys of IBER-BAS in 2013 as part of project COCONET. The dataset also contains a visual description of sediment type at the stations, and a habitat type classification to EUNIS L3.
Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992

Keywords: Observation, human, Herbarium specimens, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1985/1992

This dataset consists of a list of species of the Cladophorales sampled at the Kenyan coast between 1985 and 1992. Sampling occurred during low tide by walking in the supra- and mediolitoral zone and by snorkeling in the infralitoral zone. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Vackier, I. (1993). De Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) van de Keniaanse kust; The Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) of the Kenyan coast.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 80, fig. Pp.
Queensland Museum Birds - marine records

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1855/2006

The bird collection focuses on Queensland and Papua New Guinea regions, documenting an historical record of species distributions, past and present. Skin, skeleton and spirit collections dating back to the 1870s, including extinct species, provide a valuable reference resource for biological and ecological studies. These holdings are supplemented with more than 5,000 egg clutches and 300 nests.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co151). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
Torres Strait Seagrass Mapping Consolidation  - intertidal and subtidal  data (JCU), Australia

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2004/2015

Between 2002 and 2014 Torres Strait was surveyed to assess seagrass presence and absence, and biomass (grams dry weight per m2) in the intertidal and subtidal zone.
Further details and source of the data files from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=e7ea913e-2528-4ece-847c-a25722e11c1f
Lagoon Monitoring Network of Languedoc-Roussillon

Keywords: Biocenosis, Eutrophication, Lagoons, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2017

The RSL dataset results from the monitoring activities undertaken by the  "Réseau de Suivi Lagunaire en Languedoc-Roussillon" RSL project. The dataset contains mainly data relating to the level of eutrophication along the French Languedoc-Roussillon area.
eBird Australia - marine records (1901-2019)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1922/2019

This dataset is a subset of eBird records of marine birds around Australia sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) (https://www.ala.org.au) on the 11th February 2021. Only those taxa resolved in WoRMS are included.
For further information on eBird Australia, see https://ebird.org/australia/home including citation and license details.
Harmful Algal Blooms

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

ECOHAB-GOM is a project that addresses several fundamental issues regarding Alexandrium blooms in the Gulf of Maine: 1) the source of the Alexandrium cells that appear in the fresh water plumes in the western Maine coastal current (WMCC); 2) Alexandrium cell distribution and dynamics in the eastern Maine coastal current (EMCC); and 3) linkages among blooms in the WMCC, the EMCC and on Georges Bank. Utilizing a combination of numerical modeling, hydrographic, chemical, and biological measurements, moored and drifting current measurements, and satellite imagery, we are working to characterize the structure, variability and autecology of the major Alexandrium habitats in the Gulf of Maine.
Incidental catch at British Columbia marine finfish aquaculture sites

Keywords: emof, events, occurrences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Pacific Region; Aquaculture; fish farming; salmon farming; incidental catch; wild fish; British Columbia; BC
Temporal coverage: 2011/2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO’s) Conditions of Licence for finfish aquaculture include requirements to minimize harm to wild fish that swim into facilities. Facility operators must also maintain an incidental catch log, which is a record of wild fish caught at the facility during harvest and transfer events. This information is submitted to DFO and public reports are posted quarterly. The tables provided list the reported incidental catch of dead wild finfish and the year and month in which they were captured from B.C. marine finfish facilities during harvest and transfer events.
Data are reported in the quarter in which the harvest activities ended and will not exist for farms that do not have fish on site or where no incidentally caught fish were recorded.
Historical data are available from 2011 to the present. Explanation of the terms used in the report’s column headings can be found in the terminology file: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0bf04c4e-d2b0-4188-9053-08dc4a7a2b03
Acoustic Detections for Airborne Mine Neutralization System Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from December 2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Navy project,Vessels,Acoustic
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

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

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

Abstract:
Vessel-based marine species monitoring including the use of passive acoustics occurred during 5 through 10 December 2011 for an Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) live-inert explosives research, development, test,
and evaluation (RDT&amp;E) event. These surveys were conducted off the west coast of Florida in
the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf
of Mexico (GOM). The AMNS is a mine countermeasures device that includes an explosive
charge.

Purpose:
Protected marine species monitoring during U.S. Navy explosives testing

Supplemental information:
Each record represents a detection of species, not the abundance of animals.
All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
Historic Vessel Strikes with Whales in Australian Waters (1872-2015)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1872/2015

Records of collisions between vessels and whales in Australian waters between 1872 and 2015 as described in the paper Peel, D., Smith, J. N., &amp; Childerhouse, S. (2018). Vessel Strike of Whales in Australia: The Challenges of Analysis of Historical Incident Data. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 69.
As many locations as possible have been geo-referenced based on the site description. Some are too vague to do so. Only clearly identified taxa are in this dataset. For the complete list, including unidentified cetaceans, see the citation for the complete dataset.
Deep-sea wood-boring bivalves (Xylophagaidae)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

Xylophagaid bivalves link terrestrial and deep-sea ecosystems by making energy and nutrients from sunken wood available to other animals. They bore into what can be sulphide-rich wood with their valves and digest it using bacterial enzymes. The evolutionary history of the roughly 60 named xylophagaid species remains largely unknown. We sequenced 18S and 28S rDNA genes of 59 specimens from the northeastern Pacific, southwestern Pacific off New Zealand and the Atlantic Ocean. This dataset contains details about the 59 xylophagaid specimens newly sequenced. We analysed these together with data from GenBank (thus increasing the species represented by sequences from 7 to 22) using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference to reconstruct the group’s phylogeny. Newly discovered taxa are: Spiniapex gilsonorum n. gen., n. sp.; Feaya n. gen. (for Xylopholas dostwous) and Abditoconus n. gen. (for X. heterosiphon, X. anselli and X. brava that share a two-parted siphon and a periostracal cone). Specimens of Xyloredo from New Zealand, Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and California USA are a single species. The genus Xylopholas is not unequivocally monophyletic; the presence/absence of a faecal mass in the distal intestine is the most conspicuous difference between the species included. The mesoplax (paired calcified plates over the anterior adductor) evolved convergently in two distinct clades assigned to the genus Xylophaga, which is not monophyletic. All clades represented by at least four taxa occur in every geographic area included. Rather than evolving to exploit sulphide associated with wood falls, xylophagaids may have evolved protection from it. This is indicated by the fact that in four clades, a thick periostracum covers the siphons that extend through the wood, while packed faecal pellets surround the siphons in one subclade, perhaps providing a physical barrier. In only one clade are fleshy siphons exposed to the wood.
South East Fishery (SEF) Ecosystem Study 1993-1996: Fish Diet Data. Australia (1993-1997)

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1993/1997

Fish diet data collected as part of the 1993-1996 South East Fishery Ecosystem Study undertaken by CSIRO Division of Fisheries. Demersal trawls (33 per survey) were carried out at a range of depths (25m to 200m) on seven transects across the continental shelf in eastern Bass Strait, south-west Victoria, and south-west NSW waters. Data were collected in July 1993 (cruise SS 05/93), August 1994 (cruise SS 05/94), April 1996 (cruise SS 02/96) and November 1996 (cruise SS 06/96). Stomach samples were collected from betwen 2 and 120 specimens of each of a wide range of demersal fish caught in demersal trawls, including SEF quota species such as jack mackerel, tiger flathead, school whiting, redfish, spotted warehou and jackass morwong, among others, for laboratory analyses of diet composition. This information is being used to assess the influence of substrate types in providing food for particular demersal fish species.
Predator and prey matched where possible to the World Register of Marine Species. Prey is resolved at various levels of taxonomic rank and in some cases not matched to WoRMS at all. Prey weight and count has been added into the EMoF schema and linked to the BODC vocabularies where possible.
Common Diving petrel  (Pelecanoides urinatrix) tracking from Kauwahaia Island and Burgess Island near Auckland, New Zealand (2010-2012)

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2010/2012

Adult P. urinatrix were studied at two colonies within the Auckland region of New Zealand, namely Kauwahaia Island (36° 53′ 13″ S, 174° 26′ 12″ E) on Auckland’s west coast and in the Tasman Sea, and Burgess (Pokohinau) Island of the Mokohinau Island group (35° 54′ 10″ S, 175° 07′ 05″ E) within the Hauraki Gulf (Figure 1). Breeding adults were captured by hand from marked study burrows during late incubation (Burgess Island, n = 7) or chick rearing
(Kauwahaia, n = 5) and tracked using geolocation-immersion loggers from the British Antarctic Survey.
Data and metadata from Zoatrack (https://zoatrack.org) projects 108 and 111 accessed on 2021-06-01
Bongo Zooplankton Data from the R/V TINRO, NOAA Bell M. Shimada, F/V Northwest Explorer and R/V CCGS Sir John Franklin during the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition

Keywords: abundance and biomass; North Pacific Ocean; International Year of the Salmon; Bongo; Zooplankton, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

This data set contains the zooplankton data collected using paired bongo tows from the R/V TINRO, NOAA Bell M. Shimada, F/V Northwest Explorer and R/V CCGS Sir John Franklin from February 2 - April 18, 2022 in the North Pacific Ocean. The paired bongo nets (60 cm in diameter, 253 micron mesh size) were deployed to a depth of approximately 250 m and retrieved vertically at 1 m s-1. Collected data are used to offer insights in zooplankton community composition, density and distribution. After the bongo net deployment and recovery, the net was rinsed down into the cod end. Volume of sea water filtered was determined using flowmeters. This dataset includes samples that were preserved in formalin. These samples were enumerated and identified to the lowest taxonomic rank possible or practical. Abundance (individuals per cubic meter) was recorded by species, lifestage, sex and size (range).
Distribution of sponges in coral reef ecosystem of gulf of mannar collected during 2017-2020

Keywords: Occurrence; Porifera; Coral reef sponges; Bay of Bengal; Gulf of Mannar
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

The assessment of the distribution of marine sponges was conducted in the reef areas of the 21 islands of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (southeastern India). The underwater study, carried out during October-December from 2017 to 2020, included visual observations through random SCUBA diving. Field data for the present study were collected in association with the reef research team of SDMRI during their regular reef monitoring. Small fragments of sponges weighing not more than 5 g were hand-picked or collected using a hammer and chisel in case of encrusting sponges. The collected fragments were immediately transferred to suitable containers and stored in 80% ethanol for further identification and spicule analysis.