oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Some littoral barnacles from the Tuamotu, Marshall and Caroline Islands

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1899/1953

This dataset is from a paper by Dora P. Henry (1957) about some littoral barnacles from the Tuamotu, Marshall and Caroline Islands.
A small number of barnacles collected by the Pacific Science Board expeditions at three localities - Ngarumaoa, Tuamotu Islands; South Loi Island, Marshall Islands; and Ifaluk Atoll, Caroline Islands - was sent to the author for identification. In all, there are seven species: three from the Caroline Islands, one from the Marshall Islands, and four, including one new species, from the Tuamotu Islands. In addition, a few barnacles collected by the Albatross at Makemo, Tuamotu Islands, were borrowed from the U.S. National Museum (USNM) to compare with the new material.
Happywhale - Harbor seal in Arctic Ocean, Happywhale - Harbor Seal in Arctic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2022, 2019/2023

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 2 contributors in alphabetic order:

Chiari Massimiliano; Marilia Olio
NCOS

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Database of NCOS-China includes records of specimen collected in the Marine Biological Museum of Chinese Academy of Sciences during the National Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey (NCOS) from 1958 to 1960. The surveyed area covered the coast of China Seas, including the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, almost 1200 sampling stations. Most taxa of marine invertebrates were obtained in this survey.
Monthly variation in the macrozoobenthic community structure in Monolimni Lagoon (Evros Delta, N. Aegean Sea)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Benthos
Temporal coverage: 1998/1999

The dataset contains data on the presence of macrobenthos from 2 stations in the Monolmni Lagoon in the Ervos Delta which were sampled monthly in 1998.
Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas- Calcareous Algae

Keywords: Atlantic Ocean, Calcareous algae, Samplingevent, benthic, legacy data, Oceanographic Expedition, Mediterranean Sea
Temporal coverage: 1908/1910

This dataset is based on the paper entitled “Calcareous Algae. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas” published by Lemoine (1915). It comprises of 59 records of Rhodophyta (Corallinales and Peyssonneliales) collected during the 1908-9 and 1910 expeditions of Thor vessel from a wide geographical (from the Aegean Sea to the eastern Atlantic Ocean) and bathymetric range (3-98 m).
BioChem: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton

Keywords: biota, Occurrence, biological classification, Observation, oceans
Temporal coverage: 1980/1983

The purpose of this study was to look at the vertical distribution of all major species of zooplankton in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, with particular emphasis on chaetognaths and copepods (Calanus species and their copepodites in particular) using fine-scale biological samples and simultaneous temperature and salinity data. This collection includes data collected during two Hudson cruises, one between July 29 to August 3, 1980 and the second between August 7 to August 14, 1983 Plankton samples were collected using the BIONESS sampler equipped with 243u mesh nets. Profiles were from the bottom to the surface. The samples collected were preserved in 4% formaldehyde and later analysed down to species for Copepoda and genus for all other classes and phyla. A wet weight for each group was also measured. Associated chlorophyll, phaeophytin and nutrient data are available.
Phytoplankton data collected during cruises on the R/V Knipovich in 1948 and 1950

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Digitization, research vessel
Temporal coverage: 1948/1950

Phytoplankton data collected by the IBSS staff on the R/V Knipovich  in the Black Sea along the Yalta-Batumi transect during the cruise in August-September 1948, and along the Yalta - Sukhumi transect, diurnal station 8, 50 km from Sukhumi in April 1950. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) for phytoplankton taxa collected in layer and discrete depths samples. Biomass data (mg/m³) are also available for 1948. No additional metadata is available.
SHARK - Regional monitoring and monitoring projects of Epibenthos in Sweden since 1994

Keywords: Samplingevent, Diving, Regional
Temporal coverage: 1995/2021

Regional monitoring programs for Epibenthos have been performed since 1994 in Sweden. 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. Sampling is performed by a large number of different institutes and consulting firms. Data from monitoring projects are also included in this dataset. The data is stored in the database SHARK, hosted and maintained by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The Epibenthos monitoring programs and projects studies hard and soft bottoms from the surface down to 10-20 meters. Data is collected in transects or squares with help of divers. Species abundances are determined directly by the divers or photographs are taken and analyzed later.
Fish length, weight, and abundance data from trawl surveys in the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II, 09 August 2015 - 03 September 2015

Keywords: OCEANS, Samplingevent, BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE, Vessel survey, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Survey, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, FISH, abundance, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, Fish, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

This dataset is three comma-separated values (csv) files containing fish haul information collected during trawl surveys in the Chukchi Sea during the 9 August - 3 September 2015 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise. Tables describe haul event information, species occurrence per haul, and fish morphometric information. Fish were collected with a plump-staff beam trawl and Isaac-Kidds midwater trawl, identified to species, and their life stage, length, and weight were measured and recorded. The data was transformed from the native format into a table structure using Darwin Core terms and organized in the OBIS-ENV-DATA format.
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks and rays, Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (2007-2009) - tracking data

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2009

From April 2007 to June 2009, six field trips were undertaken to investigate the elasmobranch faunal composition of the Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP), determine the distribution and abundance of species, and examine the habitat utilisation, movement patterns and activity space of selected key species. Dive and longline surveys, passive acoustic telemetry and satellite tracking were used to collect data.
This dataset is the tracking component of 5 Tiger sharks and one Great hammerhead. Data and metadata sourced from https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-node-3-2-1-diversity-abundance-and-habitat-utilisation-of-sharks-and-rays-summary_e823 on 2021-08-20
Happywhale - Polar Bear in Arctic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2022

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 2 contributors in alphabetic order:

Marilia Olio; Sabine+Ulf
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Kiribati 2004

Keywords: SPC, Observation, PROCFish/C, Occurrence, CoFish, Fish, UVC
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Coastal fish species of commercial interest observed on Underwater Visual Census transects in Kiribati during the PROCFish/C surveys (2004) in 4 sites Abaiang, Abemama, Kuria and Kiritimati. The individual counts correspond to the observations by a single diver (one side) on the 50 m transect, from the transect line up to visibility (distance sampling).
Humpback whale sightings around New Zealand 1970-1999

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1970/1999

Humpback whales were almost taken to extinction by intensive whaling activities during the past century. In Area V, an original population of approximately 10 000 humpbacks at the beginning of the century had been reduced to less than 5%, or estimated 250-500 whales of the original population(Chittleborough 1965). Humpbacks were given total protection from commercial whaling by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1966 and presently have an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status of Vulnerable (Donoghue 1994). Although protected, subsistence hunting of humpbacks continued in Tonga until 1979 when whaling was prohibited by Royal Decree; and in Antarctica by illegal Russian whaling of approximately 47 000 humpbacks, which continued until the 1980s (Donoghue 1994,Yablokov 1994).
While some humpback whale populations have been widely studied, others including the population that migrates along the New Zealand coast are little known since the cessation of commercial whaling. Following the closure of Tory Channel whaling station in 1964, humpbacks have rarely been sighted in New Zealand waters (Helweg et al. 1999), suggesting that this migratory population has not shown any significant recovery, although Cawthorn (1997) reported an apparent increase in New Zealand waters. Due to the differences in population structure between areas, knowledge derived from one ocean or population cannot easily be applied to others.
This dataset represents a compilation of all sightings of humpback whales around New Zealand within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Red Sea Cetacean Review - Strandings

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Land-based, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1994/2016

Original provider:
Tethys Research Institute

Dataset credits:
Marina Costa &amp; Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute
Sighting records were collected from the data owners:

Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu

Israel Marine Mammal Research &amp; Assistance Center - IMMRAC
Mia Elasar, Daphna Feingold, Oz Goffman, Nir Hadar, Dan Kerem, Aviad Scheinin

Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA



Abstract:
This dataset includes information about stranding occurred along: 1. the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea and collected by the MEGABase program within the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), http://www.hepca.org/
2. the Eritrean coast by Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu
3. The Israeli coast of the Red Sea by IMMRAC

Purpose:
Gather cetacean stranding information occurred along the Red Sea and 

Supplemental information:
Stranding records were collected from the data owners:
Eritrea Project - Yohannes Mebrahtu
IMMRAC
Red Sea Dolphin Project - HEPCA

Temporal resolution varies per record. Time values are not available. "tprecision" column is added to indicate the resolution.
BioChem: Zooplankton collected from the Bay of Fundy and SW Scotian Shelf, 1999-2001

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1999/2001

Oceanographic surveys were conducted in the lower Bay of Fundy and Roseway Basin during the summers of 1999, 2000 and 2001. Zooplankton sampling was conducted in all years from NOAA Ship ‘Delaware II’ and additional sampling was conducted from NOAA Ship ‘Albatross IV’ in 2001. Zooplankton samples were obtained both in the presence (within a few hundred meters) and absence of right whales.
Evaluación del macrobentos de la plataforma continental del Caribe colombiano

Keywords: Plataforma continental, Caribe colombiano, Macrofauna, Observation, Occurrence, PERMISO_COLECTA, SIB_MARINO
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

La información recopilada en este recurso tenía el objetivo de caracterizar la comunidad macrobentónica infaunal asociada a la plataforma continental del Caribe norte colombiano (desde la desembocadura del río Magdalena a Manaure). Para esto se realizó un crucero de investigación, logando un muestreo fue sistemático cubriendo los departamentos del Magdalena y La Guajira. Los transectos se realizaron perpendiculares a la línea costa, sobre los transectos trazados se determinaron estaciones de muestreo establecidas en estudios previos (Páramo et al., 2009; Páramo et al., 2011; Páramo et al., 2012), para un total de 15 localidades para la época lluviosa (L).
El crucero se realizó en noviembre del año 2018 y se recolectó la información de 240 organismos, todos clasificados a nivel de familia comprendiendo un total de 80 familias.
Green Sea Turtles Tracking in Sukamade, Meru Betiri National Park-East Java (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2008

Original provider:
WWF Indonesia

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Udayana University - WWF Joint Program
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=275">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.
Foraminíferos presentes en una laguna arrecifal, registrados durante la Expedición Seaflower 2019 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: SEAFLOWER, Caribe Colombiano, Sector empresarial, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, COLOMBIA_BIO, Alianza SiB Colombia ANDI, Reserva Seaflower, Observation, Foraminíferos bentónicos
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

Listado de ejemplares colectados en sedimentos de la laguna arrecifal de la isla de Providencia. La clasificación de lo especímenes fue efectuada principalmente a nivel de género ya que se quería evaluar su potencial como bioindicadores. Los ejemplares fueron colectados en septiembre del 2019 con el método de dragado. Se colectaron 235 muestras pertenecientes a un total de 24 géneros.
Phytoplankton Ecology of the Saronicos Gulf, Aegean Sea. Ignatiades, L., N. Moschopoulou, M. Karydis and A. Vassiliou, 1983.

Keywords: occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1980/1980

An integrated ecological investigation of Saronicos Gulf, Aegean sea, was made with the objective of studying the phytoplanktonic populations of the area in connection with the detection and quantitation of species indicators of sewage pollution. The data used comprise the results of thirty six surveys made during January - December 1980. Quantitative and qualitative data of phytoplankton populations collected monthly from nine stations are reported.The stations consisted of three transects of three stations each, from inshore to offshore waters.
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2004

Keywords: biogeographic, biology, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, institute, occurrenceID, project, record, siteid, station, status, system, taxon_rank, taxonomic, time, authorship_information, accepted_authorship_information, percent_coverage, absence, area, coral, habitatid, latitude, longitude, monitoring, name, recorded, species, data_set_identification, authorship, basis of record, class, comprehensive, conservation, coverage, data, date, fish, hierarchy, large, obis, reef, sample, scientific_name, statement, worms, taxonomic_status, array-data, database, eventID, eventdate, family, fwri, gulf of mexico, occurrence, register, revisited, scientific, scientificname, taxon, taxon_status, unaccepted, v2.3, aphia_database_identification_number, scientificnameid, about, basisOfRecord, data_set_name, dataset, florida, identification, marine, organism, rank, recordedBy, samples, subregionid, usage, vernacular, vernacularName, wildlife, acceptedNameUsageID, organism_per_sample_area, acceptedNameAuthorship, acceptedNameUsage, accepted, aphia, array, common, datasetName, dry, florida keys, identifier, ocean, order, percent, sitecode, stewardship, taxonomy, scientificNameAuthorship, occurrence_identification, coral monitoring, cremp, evaluation, fwc, genus, information, meters, number, per, presence, species_name, specificEpithet, taxonRank, vernacular_name, world, year, organismQuantity, accepted_name_usage, organismQuantityType, Samplingevent, basis, commission, event, kingdom, phylum, research, set, square, taxonomicStatus, tortugas, value, associatedreferences, accepted_aphia_database_identification_number, occurrenceStatus
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between 2007 and 2008) in the percent cover of major benthic taxa (stony corals, octocorals, sponges, and macroalgae), mean coral species richness and the incidence of stony coral conditions. Additionally, it examines the long-term trends of the major benthic taxa, five coral complex, Montastraea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Siderastrea siderea, and Porites astreoides) and the clionaid sponge, Cliona delitrix. It is one of the longest running coral reef monitoring projects in south Florida and has been extremely important in documenting the temporal changes that have occurred in recent years.
Observaciones de Moluscos de la Universidad del Valle (CRM-UV)

Keywords: Observation, Universidad del Valle, Bivalvia, VALLE_DEL_CAUCA, Occurrence, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pacífico colombiano
Temporal coverage: 2010/2011

El presente conjunto de datos corresponde a la observaciones de moluscos de la Universidad del Valle. Contiene 1357 registros correspondientes a 49 especies de moluscos marinos y estuarinos. En esta publicación se incluyen las observaciones (sin espécimen preservado) que estaban incluidas dentro de la publicación de la colección biológica. Por lo tanto los registros aquí mostrados representan un 29.89% de observaciones y fotografías, mientras que el 73.11% son especímenes preservados que se encuentran publicados en la Colección de Referencia de Biología Marina de la Universidad del Valle. Estos registros pertenecen a la región del Pacífico colombiano.
Reef shark prey abundances from 46 sites in the Solomon Islands (2015)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Stereo diver operated video (stereo-DOV) were deployed at 46 sites occurring between October 17 and November 1, 2015, in four main locations: western Kolombangara Island (Kolombangara), north-western Parara and Gizo islands (Parara/Gizo), southern Vangunu Island (Vangunu), and eastern Gatokae and adjacent smaller islands Gatokae) in the Western Province, Solomon Islands. At each site six 5 m by 50 m belt transects separated by 10 m were completed at depths between 8 and 12 m
To calculate prey biomass, fish families that were known to be the prey of reef sharks were extracted from the stereo-DOV data and included: Acanthuridae, Balistidae, Carangidae, Chaetodontidae, Haemulidae, Holocentridae, Labridae, Lethrinidae, Monacanthidae, Mullidae, Pomacentridae, Scaridae, Scombridae and Zanclidae [44±47]. Fishes of all sizes were included in calculations of prey biomass, as 99.5% were below 50 cm in length and therefore likely to be predated upon
These surveys were conducted in the customary waters of tribes on Kolombangara, Parara, Gatokae and Vangunu islands. The authors of the cited publication acknowledge the authority of leaders at each site who approved this work and thank them for their support
AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2016

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
During 14 August 2016–28 September 2016 the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) conducted an aerial abundance survey targeting marine mammals and sea turtles. The southwestern extent was New Jersey and the northeastern extent was the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada. This survey covered waters from the coast line to about the 100m depth contour (summer). The summer survey coordinated with another aerial survey south of this study area in US waters and north of this area in Canadian waters, along with shipboard surveys which covered waters deeper than 100 m. Track lines were flown 183 m (600 ft) above the water surface, at about 200 kph (110 knots), and the two-independent team methodology was used to collect data. In Beaufort sea states of five and less, during the summer about 11,782 km of on-effort track lines were accomplished, where 95% of this effort was in Beaufort 3 and below.

Purpose:
The objectives of these aerial flights were to collect the data needed to estimate abundance of cetaceans and turtles in the study area and to investigate how the animals’ distribution and abundance relate to their physical and biological ecosystem.

Supplemental information:
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.
Northern elephant seals post-breeding 2015 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Original provider:
Costa Lab, UC Santa Cruz

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Costa Lab Mammals
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=1076">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.