oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Cetacean observations in Avacha Gulf 2005-2009

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,boat-based observations, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2009

Original provider:
Far East Russia Orca Project

Dataset credits:
Far East Russia Orca Project

Russian Cetacean Habitat Project

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Abstract:
This dataset includes opportunistic observations of cetaceans conducted during our work with killer whales. Observations were made visually from the 4 m long inflatable boat. Observed species include minke whale, fin whale, Baird’s beaked whale, gray whale, humpback whale and Dall’s porpoise.

Purpose:
Opportunistic observations

Supplemental information:
The original dataset did not include the second part of the time. Some records do not have time values.
Kongsfjorden monitoring data - grid - 2006

Keywords: Marine Genomics, Biodiversity, Data, Benthos, Occurrence, Macrobenthos, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

In 1997 and 1998 soft-bottom fauna of the arctic glacial fjord Kongsfjorden was extensively sampled and major communities were identified along the fjord axis, which were believed to be related to the diminishing influence of the glacial activity. This set of data was collected as part of a PhD programme and was the result of repeated sampling in search for natural or climate driven community changes.
Moluscos manglares de áreas afectadas por hidrocarburos en zona costera y piedemonte del departamento de Nariño

Keywords: SiB_MARINO, gasterópodos, zona costera, Occurrence, hidrocarburos, bivalvos, Observation, moluscos manglares, rehabilitación ecológica
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Se presentan 1403 registros de epifauna, correspondientes a moluscos manglares de las clases Gastropoda y Bivalvia, colectados en febrero y abril del 2017 en los esteros de Curay, Trujillo, Bocarande, Terán y Chontal los cuales se localizan en jurisdicción el municipio de San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño.
La epifauna fue dominada en términos de abundancia relativa por los moluscos y los crustáceos en número de especies. De la totalidad de especies Cerithideopsis californica sumó más del 50% de la abundancia total del muestreo. Las especies que dominaron en abundancia junto a C. californica, fueron Littoraria zebra, Leptuca thayeri, Goniopsis pulchra, Littoraria fasciata, Ucides occidentalis y Sesarma aequatoriale abarcando casi un 80% del total.
En  la  evaluación  de  especies  indicadoras,  se  conoce  que  las  poblaciones  de  invertebrados, particularmente los moluscos y gasterópodos, son clasificados como intermedios en función de su  sensibilidad  a  los  hidrocarburos  (Ramos-Castellanos,  2003). Los  organismos  expuestos  a  hidrocarburos  presentan  efectos  de  toxicidad que  pueden  causar mortalidad  en  cortos  periodos  de  tiempo  o  alteraciones  por  exposición  a  largo  plazo  de  los contaminantes;  en  este  contexto,  la  baja  densidad  de  especies  de  crustáceos  respecto  a  los moluscos registrada en la zona, así como la ausencia de cirripedios vivos en las raíces presentes en el área de estudio, se puede relacionar con un impacto directo en los hábitos de vida y en los ciclos de desarrollo por la presencia de hidrocarburos, puesto que son organismos con ciclos de vida relativamente cortos, que se pueden ver afectados disminuyendo el éxito reproductivo, y por ende la densidad de especies.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1610

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1998/1998

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 1998 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was part of the Stenella Abundance Research Project (STAR), a multi-year cetacean and ecosystem assessment study designed to assess the status of dolphin stocks which have been taken as incidental catch by the yellowfin tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i>, <i>Endeavor</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 42,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1998. 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 survey was to collect information necessary to estimate abundance of dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as bycatch in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery.

Supplemental information:
This dataset is supplemental to the following datasets: 
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 989
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1986, Cruise 990
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1080
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1987, Cruise 1081
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1164
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1165
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1267
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1989, Cruise 1268
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1369
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1990, Cruise 1370
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1611
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1613
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1999, Cruise 1614
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1615
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1616
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1623
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1630
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2006, Cruise 1631
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR-LITE 2007, Cruise 1634
NEODAAS- NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1970/2003

NEODAAS automatically receives, archives, processes and maps global data from multiple polar-orbiting sensors (MERIS, MODIS, SeaWiFS and AVHRR) and offers data from multiple geostationary satellites (SEVIRI, VISSR, GOES and MTSAT).
Inventario de vertebrados de Bahía Málaga usando un enfoque integrativo

Keywords: Aves, Anura, Reptiles, SiB_MARINO, Squamata, Occurrence, Anfibios, 16S, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2021/2021

El objetivo principal de este estudio fue recopilar información sobre la diversidad de vertebrados terrestres, incluyendo aves, herpetofauna y mamíferos del Parque Nacional Natural Bahía Málaga, una región que alberga una alta biodiversidad, especies endémicas poco conocidas y falta de información sobre su historia natural. Durante la expedición, se utilizaron diversos métodos de avistamiento y captura en el campo, involucrando tres grupos de tres personas para cada grupo biológico. La identificación de especies se basó en análisis morfológicos de los individuos capturados, complementados con información de sonidos y técnicas moleculares como el Barcoding. Los resultados obtenidos entre noviembre y diciembre de 2021 proporcionaron una lista inicial de 396 registros con 82 especies de aves, anfibios, reptiles y mamíferos pequeños voladores presentes en el Parque Nacional Natural Bahía Málaga.
Mortensen Th. And Steuer Ad. 1937. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XIII Echinoderma. Notes and Memoirs No 21. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, Egypt

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1937 by Th. Mortensen and Ad. Steuer and concerns of the faunistic report on the Echinoderma collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. In this historical paper, there are no information about exact sampling temporal coverage. This dataset contains occurrence data of Echinoderma in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. It also contains information about individual counts, sex and lifestage. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.
Combined Effect of Changing Hydroclimate and Human Activity on Coastal Ecosystem Health (AMOREIII)

Keywords: Zooplankton abundance, Nao, Total nutrients, Phaeocystis spp., Coastal eutrophication, Ecological modelling, Algae Diatoms, Phytoplankton blooms, Samplingevent, Belgium coast, Belgian part of the North Sea, coastal planktonic food-webs
Temporal coverage: 2007/2009

AMORE III addresses the dual control of changing human activity and climate on eutrophication in the Belgian coastal zone and the feedback effect on goods (newly-deployed offshore mussel farming) and services (atmospheric CO2 absorption). AMORE III has among others assessed the geographical spreading and the magnitude of Phaeocystis blooms in the EEZ, the impact of Phaeocystis colony spreading on offshore mussel farming. It combined field observations, laboratory-controlled experiments, and mathematical modelling in an iterative way.
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set]

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1851/2018

This database is a global compilation based on the distribution of 2201 species from the class Ophiuroidea, with historical records from the last 130 years.. The data consist mostly of voucher specimens stored in museums and examined by experts;  There are in total 95 559 records, of which 44% are from below 200 m depth extending to 8135 m depth. Of the deep-sea records, 15% were collected between 1976 and 2018 on cruises organised by the Tropical Deep Sea Benthos program, which also facilitated an international network of taxonomists to work on the specimens.. See cited paper and related bibliography for more details
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.
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2014_E03, Australia (2014)

Keywords: 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

This dataset was acquired on the RV Investigator voyage IN2014_E03. This was a gear trials voyage testing gear and work procedures prior to beginning scientific surveys. Full details of data, reports and publications of the voyage is at http://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2014_E03
Note on data download/processing:
Data downloaded from Australian Microbiome Initiative via Bioplatforms Australia Data Portal on 17 June 2022. The search filter applied to download data from Bioplatforms Australia Data portal are stored in the Darwin Core property (identificationRemarks). Taxonomy is assigned according to the taxonomic database (SILVA 138) and method (Sklearn) which is stored in the Darwin Core Extension
DNA derived data property (otu_db). Prefix were removed from the taxonomic names as shown in the example (e.g. d__Bacteria to Bacteria). Scientific name is assigned to the valid name available from the highest taxonomic rank.
This collection is published as Darwin Core Occurrence, so the event level measurements need to be replicated for every occurrence. Instead of data replication, the event level eMoF data are made available separately at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/obisau/emof_export.cfm?ipt_resource=bioplatforms_mm_in2014_e03
Marion Wanderers (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

Original provider:
DG Nicholls &amp; Peter Ryan

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marion Island Wanderers &amp; Winds
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
Wandering albatross fly enormous distances but only with the assistance of the wind. Typically they reach or run with the wind on the longest fastest flights. However, they can also fly at almost all angles to the wind. Presumably the bird must make a greater effort and or the flight ground speed is slower.In the 1990s, MD Murray and DG Nicholls explored many of these relationships. New satellite with sensors directly measuring wind speed and direction will allow increased precision in studies of the relationship between bird flight and the wind.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=209">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.
Environmental impact assessment of oil pollution accident in Gialova lagoon and Navarino Bay

Keywords: Macrofauna, Observation, Plankton, Marine Genomics, Ichthyofauna, Oil pollution, Ornithofauna, Microbial loadings, Occurrence, Fauna, Data, Environmental assessment
Temporal coverage: 1995/1996

Dataset results regarding various parameters (Ash-free dry weight (AFDW) biomass , Benthic microbial activity (ATP), Chlorophyll a, Conductivity, Count, Current velocity water, Depth, Dry weight biomass, Granulometric variables, Nitrate (NO3-), Nitrite (NO2-), Particulate organic carbon (POC), Phaeopigments, Phosphate (PO43-), Redox potential, Salinity, Silicate (SiO44-), Temperature in water, Trace metals) from national Project on the consequences of the Navarino Oil spill, in 1994.
UNCW JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,JAX Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credits:
William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Supplemental information:
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/1664">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a> dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the JAX Aerial surveys.
All the data of the collection are available in the following datasets including this dataset:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1664">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1662">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1475">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1477">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1362">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1364">UNCW JAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1241">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1239">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1128">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1136">AFTT JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/857">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/859">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/745">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2010-2011</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/747">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2010-2011</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/687">UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Left side</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/688">UNCW USWTR JAX Aerial Surveys May - Oct 2010 - Right side</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/590">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2009-2010</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/592">USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Right side- 2009-2010</a>

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.
University of Valencia cetacean surveys in the Spanish Mediterranean 2000-2003

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Aircraft,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2000/2003

Original provider:
Patricia Gozalbes Aparicio, Marine Zoology Unit, University of Valencia

Dataset credits:
Juan Antonio Raga, Marine Zoology Unit, University of Valencia

Abstract:
The study area comprised the waters of the Valencia and Murcia Regions (central Spanish Mediterranean), from the coastline to between 30 to 80 km offshore, with depths ranging from 10 m to 2,800 m. Seasonal line transect surveys were conducted from June 2000 to March 2003. Transects followed a systematic saw-tooth pattern that covered the area representatively (Buckland et al. 2001). The fieldwork platform was a high-wing aircraft (“push-pull” Cessna 337) flying at an altitude of 152 m (500 ft) and at a groundspeed of approximately 166 km/h (90 knots). Two observers, positioned on each side of the aircraft, scanned the sea surface and a recorder took note of data reported: species, number of animals, location (obtained from a GPS), time, and environmental conditions, including Beaufort sea state. Environmental conditions were updated whenever changes occurred and GPS provided a continuous record of position (updated every few seconds). Surveys were conducted only in good sighting conditions of Beaufort sea state less than 3.

Purpose:
Seasonal aerial surveys were conducted in central Spanish Mediterranean waters from 2000 to 2003 to obtain information on the distribution of cetacean species with the aim of delimiting marine protected areas (MPAs) for their conservation.
BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS cetacean sightings 2002-2004

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2004/2005

Original provider:
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Dataset credits:
Texas A&amp;M University
Oregon State University
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Texas A&amp;M University-Galveston
University of Colorado
University of Durham
University of Saint Andrews
University of South Florida
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Abstract:
Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) was a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project supported by the then Minerals Management Service (MMS; now Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - BOEM) under Cooperative Agreement 1435-01-02-CA-85186 for Cooperative Research on Sperm Whales and their Response to Seismic Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico through the Texas A&amp;M Research Foundation.

The objectives of SWSS were to
(1) establish baseline information on the biology and behavior of sperm whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico,
(2) characterize sperm whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and
(3) determine possible changes in behavior of sperm whales when subjected to manmade noise, particularly from seismic airgun arrays used for offshore oil and gas exploration and geological monitoring.

Supplemental information:
This dataset contains cetacean sightings (other than sperm whales) observed in PHOTO-ID/Mesoscale Population Study Cruises 2004 and 2005.

Sperm whale visual tracking data are found in <a href="/dataset/912">BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) MPS sperm whale trackings 2004-2005</a> which is also accompanied with effort data.
Abundance and biomass of benthic infauna as part of the North Channel habitat mapping project, 2017

Keywords: Samplingevent, Benthic infauna, research vessel, Corystes
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

This dataset contains information on infaunal abundance and biomass from sediment grabs in North Channel as part of a larger, more comprehensive habitat mapping project. This survey was carried out over two days in 2017 by the Agri-Food &amp; Biosciences Institute (AFBI) on the RV Corystes. A 0.1m2 Day Grab was used to collect the sediment samples. Particle size analysis (PSA) and Carbon &amp; Nitrogen analysis were carried out. The infaunal samples were sent away to accredited taxonomic laboratories to be identified and weighed. There were many commercially and biologically important species found in the samples for example Modiolus modiolus (Northern Ireland priority species) and a few non-native species such as Goniadella gracilis. There were also a few records of species that are not formally recorded in the UK e.g. Syllis licheri. The most abundant species recorded was the polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa. The polychaete species Syllis armillaris was present in all 12 samples taken.
Happywhale - Steller sea lion in North Pacific Ocean, Happywhale - Steller Sea Lion in North Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2017/2022, 2017/2023, 2017/2024, 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 1 contributors in alphabetic order:

Marilia Olio
Checklist of benthic marine algae and cyanobacteria of northern Portugal

Keywords: Cyanobacteria, Observation, Occurrence, Benthos, Check lists, Phytobenthos, Data, Monitoring, Algae, Marine Genomics
Temporal coverage: 1999/2007

Based on new records, literature references and herbarium data, an updated checklist of the benthic marine algae of the northern Portuguese coast is provided.
SPC CoFish Invertebrates Observations Federated States of Micronesia 2006

Keywords: CoFish, PROCFish/C, SPC, Observation, Occurrence, Marine invertebrates
Temporal coverage: 2006/2006

Marine invertebrate species of commercial interest observed in Federated States of Micronesia during the CoFish surveys in Romanum, Piis-Panewu, Riiken and Yyin (2006) with a mix of survey methods (manta tow, reef benthos transects, and day and night searches)
Hebridean Dolphin and Whale Trust killer whale sightings 1990-2006

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1990/2006

Original provider:
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

Dataset credits:
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

Supplemental information:
Some records do not have time recorded. In this case, it is filled with “00:00:00” and noted in the [Notes] field. Some records do not have group size recorded. In this case, it is filled with “1” and noted in the [Notes] field.
Gross body measurements of Antarctic Rock Cod (Trematomus bernacchii) collected at sites adjacent to Casey Station 2012/13

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: null/null

Gross body measurements of fish length (cm), weight (g), and sex (M/F). Fish were collected on line and in box traps at Brown Bay, Shannon Bay, near Wilkes Station, O'Brien Bay and Sparkes Bay. Sex was determined after dissection for other analyses.
Quality: Note from the AADC, 2018-08-02:

The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet provides the dataset ID, record number, event date, decimal latitude, decimal longitude, locality, continent, country, occurrence, and basis of record. The individuals measurements provided are: length (measurement unit in cm), and weight (measurement unit in grams). The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).