oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Echinodermata Collection (Echinodermata)

Keywords: Observation, Echinodermata: Echinoidea, Echinodermata: holothuroidea, Echinodermata Crinoidea, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1834/2016

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Echinodermata collection contains 4275 digitised specimens over 403 taxa (mostly species). This dataset only contains the marine species of the collection. The following classes are included: Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830, Crinoidea, Echinoidea Leske, 1778, Holothuroidea De Blainville, 1834, Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840.
National Pilot Monitoring Studies Phyllophora April 2017, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Mesozooplankton)

Keywords: Biological monitoring, Samplingevent, Biological sampling
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Mesozooplankton data: species composition, abundance (ind/m3), biomass (mg/m3) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) in the area of the Zernov’s Phyllophora Field onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in April 2017
Northern Cyprus 2004: Loggerhead &amp; Green Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2003/2004

Original provider:
Annette Broderick

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/"> Marine Turtle Research Group</a> (Annette Broderick, Wayne, Fuller and Brendan Godley)of the University of Exeter, UK, and the Society for the Protection of Turtles in Northern Cyprus (SPoT)
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Our satellite tracking projects have been supported by <a href="http://www.apachecorp.com/about/"> Apache Corporation</a>,<a href="http://www.bp.com/"> BP Egypt</a>, <a href="http://www.britishchelonia.org/">British Chelonia Group</a>, <a href="http://www.kthy.net/"> Cyprus Turkish Airlines</a> and <a href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk//">Natural Environment Research Council</a>. In addition, Liff Primary School have supported the MTCP over many years with their fund-raising efforts. We are now looking for other commercial sponsors and schools/youth groups who might like to join us in the tracking of more turtles in 2005. You can contact us on MTRG@seaturtle.org


Abstract:
The <a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/projects/cyprus/"> Marine Turtle Conservation Project</a> is a project of the <a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/"> Marine Turtle Research Group</a> and has been monitoring the nesting beaches of Northern Cyprus since 1992. The project is in collaboration with the Society for the Protection of Turtles in Northern Cyprus (SPoT) and the Department of Environmental Protection. In Northern Cyprus both green and loggerhead turtles nest. Green turtles in the Mediterranean are listed as critically endangered by the <a href="http://iucn.org//">IUCN</a>, with estimates suggesting that there are as few as 300-400 females nesting annually in this region. Loggerhead turtles nest in slightly greater numbers, with approximately 2000-3000 females nesting annually. Approximately 30 % of the green and 10% of the loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean nest in Northern Cyprus.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=7">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.
HRC DDG Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys November 2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

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

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

Supplemental information:
Effort data is not available.
IMOS - AATAMS Facility Satellite Relay Tagging Program - Satellite tracking of pinnipeds - Delayed mode data, 2007-2017

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2017

The Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System (AATAMS) is a coordinated marine animal tagging project.

Satellite Relay Data Loggers (SRDL) (most with CTDs, and some also with fluorometers) are used to explore how marine mammal behaviour relates to their oceanic environment. Loggers developed at the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit transmit data in near real time via the Argo satellite system.

The Satellite Relay Data Loggers are deployed on marine mammals, including Elephant Seals, Weddell Seals, Australian Fur Seals, Australian Sea Lions, New Zealand Fur Seals. Data parameters measured by the instruments include time, conductivity (salinity), temperature, speed, fluorescence (available in the future) and depth.

Data is being collected in the Southern Ocean, the Great Australian Bight, and off the South-East Coast of Australia.
This dataset has excluded the data from Antarctic waters as it is expected that data would be published via the OBIS Antarctic node AntBIF.
Each species has been linked to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org).
Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton of the North Western Portuguese Coast in May 2002

Keywords: Samplingevent, Vertical migrations
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

The objective of this data collection was to analise the daily vertical migration of decapod larvae in the water column in the northwestern portuguese coast and to assess its correlations with environmental parameteres. In order to do this plankton samples were collected with Bongo nets, LHPR multisampler and Neuston net in a area between the north western Portuguese coast and the 10 °W and between the 40° and 42°N and, aditionally at a fixed location during a 67 hours period, every two hours. In the fixed sampling point a plankton trap was also deployed. The data set presented corresponds to the zooplankton analysed in all the samples taken. This work is part of the ProRecruit project, which aimed to describe the spatial and temporal variability of the recruitment of coastal invertebrate species that show a planktonic larvar phase in their lifecylce, and understand the impact of environmental variables which may control its supply to the coastal systems.
Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea, Bosphorus area, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Tunisian Strait, and Mediterranean Sea during the 65th cruise of the R/V "Kovalevskiy" in 1969-1970

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, research vessel
Temporal coverage: 1969/1970

Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea, Bosphorus  area, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Tunisian Strain, and Mediterranean Sea during 65 cruise of the R/V "Kovalevskiy" and processed by Lyudmila Georgieva. 
The samples were taken with 6 liter bathometers at standard depths and in the thermocline layer.  The standard sedimentation technique for samples preparation (Usachev, 1926) was used. Samples were preserved by buffered formalin 40% and were settled within 30 days. Then a volume of water was siphoned off and samples were concentrated to 10-20 ml. After thorough mixing the subsamples (0.05 or 0.1 ml) were transferred to the counting chamber. Organisms were counted in two subsamples at ×300 - 400 magnification.
ACZISC-AEI: CBU republication of species distribution records from the Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 1.Large epibentic invertebrates

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2003

The Bras d'Or “Lakes” are actually a complex estuary occupying the central part of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Measuring 1,200km2 in surface area and 13 km3 in volume, it consists of four basins, running in a northeast-southwest direction, separated by a series of low mountains, and connected by narrow channels, including two that open to the NE Atlantic ocean.

Species distribution information associated with a study of epibenthic invertebrates (Tremblay et al. 2005) were digitized, standardized and republished by Cape Breton University (CBU) 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.

This resource contains species presence information associated with two collections: 1) QuadratSamples - epibenthic quadrat sampling during SCUBA transects collected at various locations in the Bras d'Or lakes in September-October 2003; 2) DiveTransects - diving observations recorded at various locations in the Bras d'Or lakes in September-October 2002 and 2003.
IPHC seabird survey 2002-2011

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2002/2011

Original provider:
International Pacific Halibut Commission

Dataset credits:
International Pacific Halibut Commission

Supplemental information:
Some sightings data from 2002 may be duplicate records of 2002 data found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/104">IPHC Opportunistic Albatross Obs 1998-2002</a> dataset published on OBIS-SEAMAP. Please contact the primary data contact below for more details.
Coleção de Polychaeta do Museu Nacional

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, Fauna; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Marine biodiversity collection; Occurrence; Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1905/2014

A coleção de Polychaeta ‘Edmundo Ferraz Nonato’ criada em 1992 no Instituto de Biologia da UFRJ é uma referência reconhecida pelo IBAMA (CGEN) como fiel depositária da biodiversidade brasileira. Atualmente conta com mais de 32.000 espécimes acondicionados e organizados em 5.998 lotes, incluindo 72 tipos (16 holótipos e 56 parátipos). A coleção representa uma referência essencial para estudos de biodiversidade marinha em nível regional e nacional, com material coletado ao longo de toda a costa brasileira, além de material proveniente do Caribe (Panamá), Oceano Austral (Antártica), Mar Adriático (Croácia) e Mar da Noruega (Noruega). No que concerne à costa brasileira, apresenta uma boa cobertura da região da Bacia de Campos, incluindo regiões de mar profundo, referentes a material coletado em programas de pesquisa desta região como o Programa REVIZEE (MMA) e os Programas OCEANPROF e HABITATS, ambos coordenados pela Petrobrás. A coleção também começou a receber material das Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras, principalmente do Atol das Rocas e do Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo. O material está depositado no Departamento de Invertebrados do Museu Nacional (MN) do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. Sendo o primeiro museu de história natural do Brasil e um dos principais museus brasileiros atuais, o Museu Nacional exibe vocação natural para centralização da principal coleção de poliquetas da UFRJ e para o desenvolvimento de uma coleção de referência nacional para um dos grupos mais diversos de invertebrados marinhos.
BioChem: Sameoto zooplankton collection

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

This resource contains zooplankton datasets collected by Dr. D. D. Sameoto using a number of sampling devices including the BIONESS sampler, ring nets and an Icelandic high speed sampler.  Sampling took place as part of multidisciplinary oceanographic cruises that took place between 1967 and 2006. Sampling concentrated on the Scotian Shelf but there were cruises to the Arctic and the mid Atlantic.
Bardi Jawi turtle tagging and tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2016

Original provider:
CSIRO

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Bardi Jawi Turtle Tracking
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
The Bardi Jawi Rangers use a combination of traditional knowledge and modern science to survey and research the coastline and surrounding islands. The rangers have a focus on developing long-term management plans to ensure the future biodiversity and cultural health of their country. As part of this strategy, the Bardi Jawi people declared an Indigenous Protected Areas across parts of their country on May 23, 2013. For more information visit klc.org.au.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project has been partially supported by WAMSI (Western Australian Marine Science Institution).


Abstract:
This project is a partnership between CSIRO, the Bardi Jawi rangers and the Western Australian Department of Parks &amp; Wildlife.The project aims to study the movement and feeding ecology of turtles, especially green turtles, in the Bardi Jawi Indigenous Protected Area, which is located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. We are interested in where the turtles go, where they feed, and any other insights that we can obtain from the satellite tagged animals.The turtles were captured and tagged in the Bardi Jawi Indigenous Protected Area, which was declared in 2013. This is managed for sustainable use of natural resources, including turtles (known as goorlil by the Bardi Jawi people).

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1091">Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information.

This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
Happywhale - Southern Bottlenose Whale in South Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2013/2016

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 5 contributors in alphabetic order:

Cindy Marple; Cyril VATHELET; Jeff Higgott; Marilia Olio; Mike Greenfelder
APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980s

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1984/2000

This dataset contains Antarctic Pack Ice seal (APIS) data collected (both ship based and aerial) between 1994 and 2000. This data also includes some historic data collected between 1985 and 1987.  The four species of Antarctic pack ice seals (crabeater, leopard, Weddell, and Ross seals) are thought to comprise up to 50 percent or more of the world's total biomass of seals. As long-lived, top level predators in Southern Ocean ecosystems, pack ice seals are scientifically interesting because they can assist in monitoring shifts in ecosystem structure and function, especially changes that occur in sensitive polar areas in response to global climate changes.
Study of epibenthos and demersal fish in and around the thiocarbamate discharge area of the Belgian Continental Shelf (1977-1981)

Keywords: Ichthyofauna, Dumping, Carbamate, Discharge, Samplingevent, Ecological monitoring, Epibenthos, Wastes, Demersal fishes
Temporal coverage: 1977/1981

Presence, density and biomass data for ichtyofauna and epibenthos sampled in the STAUFFER discharge area between 1977 and 1981 and comparison of these data with some coastal reference points choosen in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Maertens, D.; Vanhee, W. (1985). Analyse van de levensgemeenschappen op het Belgisch Kontinentaal Plat: studie van de epibenthale fauna en van de demersale Pisces in het lozingsgebied voor thiocarbamaat afvalstoffen. Partim: biologisch monitoring onderzoek 1977-81. Rapport Stauffer/MON/BIO/4/81. Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij: Oostende. 10 + annexes pp.
Happywhale - Leopard seal in South Pacific 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 6 contributors in alphabetic order:

Amy Barrows; Anthony Muyt; David Barnes; george beattie; Jools Farrell; Marian Herz
Seagrass Monitoring at Chengue Bay, Colombia

Keywords: fish diversity, Caribbean, spacial coverage, seagrass, Sampling event
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

This dataset represents the results of the 1st Venezuelan Workshop on Methods for Studying Seagrass Ecosystems, held at INVEMAR, Sta. Marta, Colombia, 13-17 May 2019. Thalassia testudinum density, cover and biomass were estimated using standard protocols and fish predation rate by "squidpops" protocol by MarineGEO.
The Belgica 121 expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula: a high resolution biodiversity census

Keywords: intertidal, shallow, Southern Ocean, benthos, low-environmental impact, Samplingevent, meiobenthos, Antarctic Peninsula, marine biodiversity
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

This dataset pertains to the outputs of the Belgica 121 (B121) expedition, which aim was to explore the surroundings of the Gerlache Strait (Western Antarctic Peninsula) and to carry out a detailed biodiversity census focusing on intertidal and shallow areas using both classic descriptive marine ecology methods as well as state-of- the art techniques (habitat mapping, genetics, trophic ecology). This dataset will offer access to the raw data on biodiversity occurrences, obtained using a range of methods.
Diversidad de equinodermos en los cayos del norte, Reserva de Biósfera SeaFlower, 2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Quitasueño, Roncador, Equinodermos, Serrana
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

El conjunto de datos incluye 100 registros biológicos compuestos por 8 datos de observaciones y 92 de ejemplares recolectados durante una Expedición realizada a los Cayos del Norte (Quitasueño, Serrana y Roncador) de la Reserva de Biósfera SeaFlower realizada en el año 2011 por La Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Sede Caribe), La Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina (CORALINA) y la Gobernación Departamental De San Andrés Y Providencia.
Data from: Sphaeromatidae from Réunion Island, southern Indian Ocean, with description of a new species of Paraleptosphaeroma Buss &amp; Iverson, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda)

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1989/1989

This dataset is from Müller (1990) on Sphaeromatidae from Réunion Island, southern Indian Ocean, with description of a new species of Paraleptosphaeroma Buss &amp; Iverson, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda).
Paraleptosphaeroma indica n. sp. is described as the first member of the genus from the Indian Ocean. It was found together with Paraciliacea mossambica Barnard, 1914 on coral reefs at Réunion Island and is closely related to Paraleptosphaeroma glynni Buss &amp; Iverson, 1981 from Panama Pacific and the island Dominica in the Caribbean.
MBON POLE TO POLE: ROCKY SHORE BIODIVERSITY OF ARRAIAL DO CABO - BRAZIL

Keywords: MBON, coastal biodiversity, Arraial do Cabo, southeastern Brazil rocky shores, Rio de Janeiro, intertidal zone, Pole to Pole
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

The MBON Pole to Pole effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS; IOC-UNESCO), the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The MBON Pole to Pole aims to become a key resource for decision-making and management of living resource across countries in the Americas for reporting requirements under the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Aichi Targets of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This collection corresponds to the species registered on benthic fauna of rocky shores of Arraial do Cabo in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), using the MBON P2P sampling protocol for rocky shores, with funding from Projeto Costão Rochoso sponsored by funds of a compensatory measure established by the Chevron Company Responsible Conduct Adjustment Term, conducted by the Federal Public Prosecutor - MPF / RJ, with the implementation of the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund - Funbio.
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2013

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Supplemental information:
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available.

The data submitted to OBIS-SEAMAP were arranged by Beth Josephson, NEFSC.

The sighting positions are not the platform positions at the time of the sighting but are calculated actual positions.
CURLEW_VLAANDEREN - Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata, Scolopacidae) breeding in Flanders (Belgium) [subsampled representation]

Keywords: animal movement, birds, gps tracking, Ornitela, biologging, frictionless, Occurrence, temperature, Movebank, animal tracking, Observation, altitude, LifeWatch
Temporal coverage: 2020/2021

This animal tracking dataset is derived from Spanoghe et al. (2022, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6580939">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6580939</a>) a deposit of Movebank study <a href="https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study1841091905">1841091905</a>. Data have been standardized to Darwin Core using the <a href="https://inbo.github.io/movepub/">movepub</a> R package and are downsampled to the first GPS position per hour. The original dataset description follows.
<em>CURLEW_VLAANDEREN - Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata, Scolopacidae) breeding in Flanders (Belgium)</em> is a bird tracking dataset published by the <a href="https://inbo.be/">Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)</a>. It contains animal tracking data collected by the LifeWatch GPS tracking network for large birds (<a href="http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds">http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds</a>) for the project/study <strong>CURLEW_VLAANDEREN</strong>, using trackers developed by Ornitela (<a href="https://www.ornitela.com">https://www.ornitela.com</a>). The study has been operational since 2020. In total 5 individuals of Eurasian curlew (<em>Numenius arquata</em>) have been tagged at several locations in Flanders (Belgium), mainly to study their habitat use and migration behaviour. Data are automatically synced with Movebank and from there periodically archived on Zenodo (see <a href="https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking">https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking</a>).
This dataset was collected using infrastructure provided by INBO and funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) as part of the Belgian contribution to LifeWatch. Additional funding was provided by Provincie Vlaams-Brabant. Data were collected in collaboration with Natuurpunt Studie.