oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Zakynthos Nesting Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2004/2006

Original provider:
Judith Zbinden

Dataset credits:
Data provider
ARCHELON (2004-2007)
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Division of Conservation Biology (Judith Zbinden, Adrian Aebischer, Raphael Arlettaz) of the University of Berne, Switzerland, and ARCHELON, The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The MAVA foundation and to a lesser extent the Karl Mayer foundation are funding the project, which is embedded into a larger project including research on different aspects of Zakynthian loggerheads.


Abstract:
The turtles tracked in this project are of the first loggerheads to be tracked during their postnesting migration from a Greek nesting beach. The project is carried out by the division of Conservation Biology of the University of Berne (Switzerland) in collaboration with ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Zakynthos is the largest known sea turtle nesting area of the Mediterranean, hosting about 1/4 of all known loggerhead nesting in the Mediterranean. The nesting beaches of Zakynthos are monitored by ARCHELON since 1983.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1340">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.
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Invertebrates

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2013

Reef Life Survey is designed to develop and resource a network of skilled recreational divers for rapid and cost-effective assessment of the state of the inshore marine environment at the global scale. The project uses standardised underwater visual census methods employed by trained SCUBA divers to survey fish and invertebrate species and to record habitat type using photo quadrats - this dataset refers to the invertebrate survey component only.
The dataset generated by recreational divers provides a national framework for monitoring the state of the inshore environment and the identification of those threats and locations of greatest conservation concern. The project also increases awareness and interest by the recreational diving community in marine issues, and enhanced scientific capacity of personnel in regional areas.
This dataset is a subset of the whole collection for the New Zealand and south western Pacific region only. For the full recod, visit http://reeflifesurvey.com/reef-life-survey/survey-data/
DUML vessel-based line transect surveys for proposed Onslow Bay USWTR site 2007-2010

Keywords: Occurrence,Navy project,Vessels,Sightings,marine mammals,sea turtles,passive acoustics,density estimation, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2007/2010

Original provider:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Dataset credits:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Abstract:
The United States (US) Navy proposed constructing an Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) along the US Atlantic coast. One of the proposed sites within the Cherry Point (CHPT) OPAREA is an area of 1,713 km2 in Onslow Bay, 87 km from the coast of North Carolina. We established a monitoring program designed to estimate density and document distribution and seasonal residency of marine mammals and sea turtles in the proposed USWTR. We established ten 40 nm long transect lines, spaced approximately 5 nm apart. These ten transect lines were surveyed by both shipboard (Duke University Marine Lab) and aerial platforms (conducted by University of North Carolina Wilmington). The survey area incorporates a variety of habitats from shallow waters of the shelf to the continental slope; the Gulf Stream meanders through the eastern portion of the survey area, flowing towards the northeast. The surveys began in June 2007 and have transitioned into ongoing photo-ID and biopsy sampling surveys.

Purpose:
The primary objectives of these surveys are to:
(1) document species occurrence, estimate densities, and examine patterns of residency of marine mammals and turtles in the defined study area,
(2) conduct seabird counts concurrent with the visual surveys, and
(3) supplement the visual surveys with acoustic monitoring using a towed hydrophone array.
The towed array will facilitate compilation of an acoustic library of species-specific recordings.
This is a collaborative project with University of North Carolina Wilmington and the Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment, Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Supplemental information:
4-21-2011: This dataset has been updated to include 2008-2010 sightings. Records that did not include time were filled with 00:00:00 and noted in the [Notes] field. Effort data associated with the additional sightings are forthcoming.
3-19-2013: Additional survey data for the Onslow Bay USWTR site are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/datasets/detail/902">"DUML vessel-based photo-id and biopsy surveys in Onslow Bay CHPT OPAREA 2011-2013"</a> dataset.
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.
CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1965/1978

This dataset comprises catch compositions and trawl locations from 35 cruises of Russian fishery research vessels carried out in Australian waters between March 1965 and April 1978, containing some 4000 demersal trawls, mostly on the Australian continental shelf, in particular the Great Australian Bight, Australian North West Shelf, and the Gulf of Carpentaria, but also on the east and west coasts, in Bass Strait, and around Tasmania. Most records include catch composition by species (presence/absence but not weight), also some data on length frequency, maturity and diet of commercially important species. The dataset is an aggregate dataset from cruises of the vessels Berg-1, Berg-2, Seskar, Raduga, Lira, Berg-3, Korifei, Sutchan, Pr. Deruygin, Prometey, SETM 8-449, Alba, Poseidon, Equator, Shantar, Bacaevo, Kamensky, Tichookeanscy, Pulk. Meridian and Mys Tichy. The data were obtained by exchange with Soviet scientists in the mid 1990s and has had CSIRO species codes incorporated.
This data has been republished (2022-09-05) with additional details of each occurrence where they can be one of three types:  catch composition (counts per taxa and optional aggregated weights by trawl event), catch measurements (length and/or weight) of individual taxa and/or catch specimens and their stored location. The occurrence type is recorded in occurrenceremarks.
Further investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill 1988/94

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 1003
Further investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill on intertidal benthic communities at Macquarie Island: continued recovery of kelp holdfast communities.
See the link below for public details on this project.

The project investigated spatial variation in kelp holdfast macrofaunal communities 7 years after the initial oil spill. The project was expanded to cover more sites than were sampled in projects 250 (ASAC_250) and 672 (ASAC_672). Results indicated that an impact was still detectable at one of the 3 oiled sites.

This dataset contains the 1988 and 1994 data. Holdfast data from the 1994/1995 season is also included (comparing east versus west).

The numbers are total individuals of each species that were found in each holdfast sample. This is a basic, though standard, species-abundance matrix.

The site codes used in this project are:

SB = Sandy Bay
SEC = Secluded Bay
BB = Buckles Bay
GC = Garden Cove
GG = Green Gorge
GB = Goat Bay
HMB = Half Moon Bay
BAUER = Bauer Bay
Other codes as for oil spill data

The first number given after the site code is the site number at that sampling location. The second number is the replicate at that site. Thus sb(1)3 is Sandy Bay site 1, replicate 3.

The fields in this dataset are:

Species
Year
Site
Quality: 2018-08-28 - The original datasheet was reformatted to fit OBIS/GBFI/IPT Biodiversity.AQ standards. The new datasheet "DurvillaeaHoldfastAssocFauna88_94.csv" provides the data of fauna associated with holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica from Macquarie Island, samples were collected in 1988 and 1994. This new data sheet contains datasetID, occurrenceID, country, event date, decimal latitude, decimal longitude, locality, eventDate, eventRemarks, basisOfRecord, occurrenceStatus, organismQuantity, organismQunatityType, associatedTaxa and associatedReference. It also provides species identification to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined. Species names are matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).
Colección Brachiopoda del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia – Makuriwa (Invemar)

Keywords: MHNMC, Occurrence, Marino, Brachiopoda, Marine, Colombian Caribbean, Biological Collections of Natural History, SiB_MARINO, Specimen, Colecciones biológicas, Caribe Colombiano
Temporal coverage: 1997/2020

El Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia que hace parte del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras Invemar, custodia entre su material biológico la Colección de Brachiopoda. Esta fue creada en el año 2009 a partir de ejemplares obtenidos principalmente durante la expedición Corales de profundidad-Marcoral realizada en el año 2005 y unos pocos lotes de las expediciones previas de Macrofauna I (1997) y II (2001), ambas llevadas a cabo por parte de este Instituto en el Caribe colombiano. A partir de la revisión taxonómica de ese material Rojas-Briceño  et al. (2009) realizaron unos primeros registros para el país y derivado de su revisión, se organizó el material disponible alcanzando unos 53 lotes con los cuales se inicia la colección. En el año 2017, posterior al traslado del Museo a la nueva sede del Invemar, se logró consolidar la colección con la asignación de un espacio específico para el grupo. Actualmente, la colección catalogada cuenta con 96 lotes del Caribe colombiano, obtenidos entre los 0.2 y los 3194 m de profundidad sobre fondos blandos de la plataforma y el margen continental, mayoritariamente en inmediaciones del área de Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo. Los registros biológicos correspondientes a este material catalogado se encuentra incluidos en el presente recurso, el cual fue documentado a partir del proceso de curaduría y catalogación efectuado en 2023 durante el desarrollo del proyecto BID-CA2020-055-NAC.
The Marine Natural History Museum of Colombia, which is part of the Marine and Coastal Research Institute Invemar, holds among its biological material the Brachiopoda Collection. This was created in 2009 from specimens obtained mainly during the Deep Corals - Marcoral expedition in 2005 and a few lots from the previous expeditions of Macrofauna I (1997) and Macrofauna II (2001), both carried out by this Institute in the Colombian Caribbean. Based on the taxonomic review of this material, Rojas-Briceño et al. (2009) made the first records for the country and, as a result of their review, the available material was organised, reaching some 53 lots with which the collection was started. In 2017, after the Museum moved to the new Invemar headquarters, the collection was consolidated with the allocation of a specific space for the group. Currently, the catalogued collection has 96 lots from the Colombian Caribbean, obtained between 0.2 and 3194 m depth on soft bottoms of the shelf and the continental margin, mostly in the vicinity of the area of Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo. The biological records corresponding to this catalogued material are included in the present resource, which was documented from the curation and cataloguing process carried out in 2023 during the development of the BID-CA2020-055-NAC project for the strengthening of the collections.
Dr.Karl Viets. 1935. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. IV. -Some Marine Mites From Alexandria. Notes and Memoirs No 11. Fisheries Research Directorate, Egypt.

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1935 by Dr Karl Viets and concerns of some marine mites collected from Egyptian littoral waters near Alexandria. They collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 9/9/1933 to 13/11/1933.
Hawksbill turtles in Torres Strait (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

Original provider:
James Cook University

Dataset credits:
Data provider
James Cook University
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
The project was a partnership between James Cook University, Injinoo Land and Sea Rangers and the Apudthama Land Trust. Permission to access the island was granted by the Gudang Traditional Owners

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=511">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.
WWF Italy - Manfredonia (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Original provider:
Paolo Casale

Dataset credits:
Data provider
WWF Italy's Sea Turtle Network
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Questo è un progetto di WWF Italia, “Centro Cultura del Mare” A.P.S, Lega Navale di Manfredonia, Università di Roma La Sapienza ed è realizzato grazie alla collaborazione con molti pescatori di Manfredonia. Le attività a Manfredonia sono coordinate da Giovanni Simone (vicepresidente “Centro Cultura del Mare” A.P.S.), in collaborazione con la dott.ssa Gabriella Troiano, i pescatori di Manfredonia Ciro e Michele Conoscitore, Ciro e Domenico Tattilo e il Comandante della Capitaneria di Porto di Manfredonia C.F. (CP) Francesco  Staiano.This is a joint project by WWF Italy, “Centro Cultura del Mare” A.P.S, Lega Navale of Manfredonia, University of Rome La Sapienza and is possible thanks to the active collaboration of many fishers of Manfredonia. Project activities in Manfredonia are coordinated by Giovanni Simone (vice-president of “Centro Cultura del Mare” A.P.S.), in collaboration with Gabriella Troiano, the fishermen Ciro and Michele Conoscitore, Ciro and Domenico Tattilo, and the commander of the Coast Guard of Manfredonia, C.F. (CP) Francesco  Staiano.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The Project is authorized by the Italian Ministry of Environment.


Abstract:
Il progetto intende investigare i movimenti delle tartarughe marine comuni Caretta caretta che frequentano il Golfo di Manfredonia, recentemente riconosciuto come una importante zona neritica di alimentazione per questa specie nel mar Adriatico. Le 5 tartarughe monitorate in questo progetto sono state catturate da reti a strascico nel Golfo di Manfredonia. Per ridurre al minimo lo stress per gli animali, le trasmittenti satellitari sono state applicate appena possibile dopo l’arrivo delle tartarughe al porto e le tartarughe sono state rilasciate subito dopo.This project aims to investigate the movement patterns of loggerhead sea turtles frequenting the Gulf of Manfredonia, which was recently recognized as an important neritic foraging ground for this species in the Adriatic Sea. The 5 turtles monitored by this project were incidentally caught by trawlers fishing in the Gulf. In order to minimize the stress induced, the satellite trasmitters were attached as soon as possible after turtle landing, then turtles were immediately released .

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=751">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.
South TX Outer Continental Shelf and MI, AL, and FL Outer Continental Shelf benthic organism sampling 1974-1978

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1974/1978

Benthic organisms data were collected using sediment sampler, net casts BELLOWS and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978. Data were collected and submitted by Dr. William Sackett of Texas University with support from the Outer Continental Shelf project.
Eulachon migration bottom trawl surveys

Keywords: Bottom Trawl, Diet, Eulachon, Fish, Surveys, Life History, Marine biology, Pacific Ocean, Teeth, Samplingevent, Oceans, Catch, Distribution, Fisheries, Maturity, North Pacific, British Columbia, Migration, National Rotational Survey Fund
Temporal coverage: 2017/2019

Catch, effort, location (latitude and longitude), and associated biological data from the Eulachon Migration Study Bottom Trawl surveys on the coast of British Columbia.
FRB: Zooplankton data collected during two surveys of the Inner Bay of Fundy in 1920 and 1951

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1920/1951

Plankton surveys were completed in 1920 and in 1951 in the Bay of Fundy to compare zooplankton abundance in the inner and outer regions where marked differences in fish production were well known. Distribution information associated with these studies (Jermolajev 1958) 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.
Summary on benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries (Western Scheldt and Eems-Dollard) between 1976 and 1978

Keywords: Macrobenthos, Sediment analysis, Samplingevent, Nematode diversity, Meiobenthos
Temporal coverage: 1976/1978

A summary of work on benthic communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and adjacent estuaries sampled between 1976 and 1978. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, R.; Bisschop, G.; Govaere, J.C.R.; Holvoet, M.; Van Damme, D.; Vanosmael, C.; Willems, K.R.; De Coninck, L.A.P. (1979). Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 1, in: Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksacties Interuniversitaire Actie Oceanologie: verslag van de studiedagen = Actions de Recherche Concertées Action Interuniversitaire Océanologie: rapports des journées d'études. Pp. 133-163.
BRUVS observations at Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (2019), BRUVS observations at Ningloo Marine Park, Western Australia (2019)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

This dataset is BRUVS data from 5 surveys at the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia in 2019. It is part of the Marine Biodiversity Hub D3 project (https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/project/project-d3-implementing-monitoring-amps-and-status-marine-biodiversity-assets-continental) and has been downloaded from GlobalArchive (https://globalarchive.org/geodata/data/project/get/254) in January 2021. Video and images from the 5 BRUV trips are available at the CSIRO Data Access Portal. See Keesing, John; Langlois, Tim (2021): August 2019 Ningaloo DMR BRUV field trip - part 1of  3. v2. CSIRO. Data Collection. https://doi.org/10.25919/b9r3-x356 and the links to related dataset records.
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.
Happywhale - Blue Whale in North Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 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 20 contributors in alphabetic order:

Alex Cowan; Alex Searle; Atlantiangra - whale watching; Barry Gutradt; Franck Hollander; Gal·la Edery; GordieBryce; Hans Verdaat; Jesper Nielsen; Luís MD Barcelos; Marilia Olio; Matthew Messina; Nikki; Norbert; Phil Schultz; Ricardo Ventura; Robert Wälter; Sarah Kather; Sea Fever Productions; Tanja
Macroalgas de la Isla Cayo Serranilla durante la Expedición Seaflower 2017 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: SEAFLOWER, Observation, Caribe colombiano; Isla cayo de Serranilla; Reserva Biosfera Seaflower; 2017; algas; inventario; servicios ecosistémicos; conectividad; Colombia BIO, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, COLOMBIA_BIO
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

El presente proyecto de valoración de servicios ecosistémicos se desarrolló basado en tres componentes centrales, buscando realizar un énfasis en dos servicios ecosistémicos principalmente mediante la investigación para la generación de información primaria de la Isla Cayos de Serranilla. Otros servicios ecosistémicos serán abordados de manera teóricopráctica, empleando distintos métodos de valoración económica ambiental. Los servicios ecosistémicos que se enfatizaron en el trabajo de campo de esta expedición 2017 fueron el servicio de provisión de hábitat y refugio de biodiversidad con enfoque a la conectividad ecosistémica (macroalgas, y complejidad topográfica submarina, composición, abundancia y biomasa de peces) y el servicio de protección costera descrito en el componente de protección costera. Se lograron metas bien representativas, como la toma de muestras de amplia biodiversidad de macroalgas, el levantamiento de complejidad topográfica.

Para este recurso se presentan los datos obtenidos para el componente de macroalgas.
Durante la expedición llevada a cabo en el segundo semestre del 2017 se caracterizó un total de 97 registros correspondientes a 96 especies de algas.