oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
IMOS National Reference Station (NRS) - Zooplankton Abundance

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2002/2021

This dataset comprises the zooplankton abundance estimates of a broader sampling program carried out by the Plankton National Reference Station within the Integrated Marine Observing system. Regular monthly zooplankton samples are undertaken at the stations as part of a larger water sampling program by the Australian National Reference Stations. In total nine stations are sampled regularly around the Australian coastline. Sampling is conducted monthly (Esperance and Ningaloo 3 monthly) off small vessels at each of the nine reference stations. The sampling is conducted using a drop net (as per the design of Heron) which has a 60 cm diameter, 100 micron mesh and is weighted to fall at 1 m/s. The net is designed to pull closed at the end of its fall so that it samples on the way down and does not sample on the way up. The depth of the sample varies at each station. 3 zooplankton samples are taken each month. 2 are fixed in formalin and will be analysed as described below. The unfixed sample is concentrated and frozen (-80oC)and will be used for molecular analysis in the future. The Port Hacking 4 (PH4) samples (2002 - Jan 2009) were sampled using a smaller net, 20 cm diameter, which sampled on the way up and down. The PH4 site is very close to the Port Hacking national reference station (PHB) where samples are now taken to build up and enhance the time series. The plankton ecology lab (based in Queensland) will analyse the samples collected for: 1. Community composition (Taxon/m3) 2. Biomass (dry weight in mg/m3) 3. Size spectrum analysis using zooscan (in progress) Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Station metadata can be found through this resource. Data is available freely via the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. As the taxonomic resolution of the data has changed over time, due to continual training, it is important that users refer to the change log tables included in your data download. These will provide information on the validity of the taxa, from what date we have been identifying certain taxa etc. Classification fields may be blank depending on the level to which that taxa has been identified, i.e. if only identified to family, genus and species will be blank.
Data downloaded from IMOS 14-March-2017 from https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=c13451a9-7cfc-091c-e044-00144f7bc0f4 and taxonomy matched to WoRMS. Added additional records on 2022-03-01
Colección de clase Polyplacophora del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción UCCC_MZUC_MOL

Keywords: Polyplacophora, Chitones, Museo, Universidad de Concepción, UCCC_MZUC_MOL, Zoología, Moluscos, Specimen, Occurrence, Animales marinos
Temporal coverage: 1876/2022

La colección de poliplacóforos se encuentra conservada en húmedo mediante la utilización de frascos con alcohol etílico al 70%, Estos especímenes se almacenan en bandejas de madera y se resguardan en gabinetes metálicos adecuados para su conservación. Por otro lado, parte de la colección se mantiene en un estado seco, donde los ejemplares reposan en cajas de cartón piedra, debidamente organizados en bandejas y almacenados en gabinetes de madera. Es importante mencionar que los ejemplares que conforman esta colección han sido recolectados en diversas localidades de Chile, así como en otros países tales como Argentina, Ecuador, España y Noruega. El ejemplar más antiguo data del año 1954 y en la colección se presentan ejemplares hasta el 2022, donde se recolectaron las últimas muestras. En total la colección de poliplacóforos del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción presenta un total de 141 registros con 18 especies, de los cuales 8 provienen fuera de Chile, 129 recolectados en Chile mientras que 11 no presentan localidad. Dichos ejemplares fueron obtenidos por diversos investigadores, abarcando un rango batimétrico entre 0 y 45 m de profundidad y diversos cuerpos de agua como océanos, bahías, golfos y puertos. Así como también ejemplares obtenidos en archipiélagos de islas como Chiloé, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Galápagos. La colección no presenta material tipo, no obstante, los ejemplares o frascos están registrados cada uno asociado a un código UCCC_MZUC_MOL. En primera medida, cada ejemplar fue ingresado en una base de datos interna del Museo de Zoología y posteriormente fueron ingresados en formato Darwin Core (DwC). Allí fue consignada la información respectiva de localidad y coordenadas geográficas, profundidad, protocolo de muestreo, fecha de colecta al que pertenece el ejemplar. Así como también comentarios con base en el estado de preservación e identificación taxonómica, recolector e investigador que identificó el mismo. Además, se ingresó el número de individuos para cada registro y la clasificación taxonómica de cada uno de ellos. Al ingresarlos en la base de datos, cada ejemplar fue revisado de manera visual, con el fin de comprobar el estado del o los individuos y confirmar su identificación taxonómica. Además de actualizar la taxonomía mediante la página web World Register of Marine Species-WoRMS. Todo este proceso de validación taxonómica incluyó la actualización taxonomica de las 18 especies partiendo desde clase. De manera simultánea se realizó la curaduría de estos, confeccionando nuevas etiquetas y conservando las viejas con el fin de conservar la información original del ejemplar. Finalmente, se procedió al Validador de datos de GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) y al control de calidad en OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), una vez realizado este proceso se publicó en ambas plataformas.
Plankton biodiversity data from a LifeWatch/Jerico North Sea Cruise with R/V Simon Stevin in May 2017

Keywords: Simon Stevin, Data, research vessel, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Plankton data collected in the framework of Jerico-NEXT JRAP 1. Data were collected using different methods and sensors (fluoroprobe, flow cytometer, phytopam, FRRF, pigment analysis, zooscan).
Aerial surveys of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) from Musselroe Bay to Southeast Cape, Tasmania, 2019

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

An aerial survey of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), was carried out on the east coast of Tasmania from Musselroe Bay to Southeast Cape. This survey represents part of a series of similar surveys, with historic aerial surveys having been conducted in 1986, 1999 and 2009. This survey was conducted via light aircraft in Nov-Dec 2019, and recorded areas of visible surface canopy cover of giant kelp. Canopy areas were scribed in-flight onto 1:50,000 topographic maps (TASMAP 2017), and complimentary photo and video footage was collected. Canopy areas were digitised with reference to photo, video and map data within QGIS 3.4, and boundaries were checked against Seamap Australia seafloor habitats (Lucieer et al. 2017) and bathymetric data (Smith 2016). Each bed was attributed a broad and fine scale location, density and reliability estimate (see attached report for details).
Data and metadata from https://metadata-uat.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f0904e61-2e15-4346-bb0e-638366b7e626 - accessed 2021-11-01
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Cnidaria Collection (Cnidaria)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Cnidarian
Temporal coverage: 1821/1991

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Cnidaria collection contains 5754 digitised specimens over 281 taxa (mostly species). This dataset only contains the marine species of the collection. The following classes are included: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Hydrozoa Owen, 1843.
Seabirds sightings of PELACUS surveys: Continental shelf of Galicia and Bay of Biscay - Database of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC)

Keywords: Samplingevent, Spain, Continental shelf
Temporal coverage: 2007/2022

<p>This dataset provides access to seabird sighting records collected throughout the historical series of PELACUS surveys, from 2007 to 2022.</p><p>The PELACUS survey is an annual survey for the evaluation of fishing resources organized by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) that has incorporated top predators’ (marine mammals, birds and turtles) observers since 2007. The spatial coverage of this survey covers the continental shelf waters in the north and northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, comprising Spanish waters found between the coast and the 1000 meters isobath, from the northern border with Portugal, at the mouth of the Miño River, to the border with France in the Bay of Biscay. This survey has carried out additional transects in some of its editions, sampling on the continental shelf of northern Portugal, as well as the French slope in the Bay of Biscay. Data on sightings in these areas are included.</p>
Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989

Keywords: Epifauna, Seagrass epiphytes, Nematode diversity, Occurrence, Observation, Meiofauna communities
Temporal coverage: 1989/1989

Dataset contains the counts and abundance of epiphytic meiofauna (and in particular nematods) on seagrasses sampled at two sites along the Kenyan Coast (Nyali Beach and Gazi Bay) in August 1989. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van Avermaet, P. (1990). Bijdrage tot de kennis van de ecologie van epifytische meiofauna in Keniase kustbiotopen; Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology of epiphytic meiofauna in Kenyan coast habitats. BSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 67 pp.
GPS locations of Northern Gannets season 2014 / Localisations GPS de fous de Bassan saison 2014

Keywords: Samplingevent, seabirds ; migrator birds ; GPS locations ; foraging behavior ; tracking ; gannets ; Morus bassanus ; oiseaux migrateurs ; localisations GPS ; comportement d'alimentation ; fou de Bassan
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Since 2012, the [Laboratoire d'ornithologie marine de Rimouski (LOMR)](https://www.facebook.com/LOMRimouski) has implemented an annual monitoring program of the feeding behaviour of gannets (Morus bassanus) nesting in Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park (more specifically on Bonaventure Island). The LOMR is directed by Magella Guillemette (professor at the Université du Québec à Rimouski) in collaboration with David Pelletier (professor at the Cégep de Rimouski). Several dozen college and university students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) participated in collecting these data.

The data in this dataset is from 2014. On the SLGO catalogue, you will find [datasets up to 2017](https://catalogue.preprod.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/?q=fou+de+bassan+pelletier). More recent data can be requested from LOMR by contacting the authors of the data. 

The locations were recorded using GPS data loggers, programmed at a frequency of 10 minutes and attached to the bird's tails with Tesa brand marine grade white tape.
Depuis 2012, le [Laboratoire d'ornithologie marine de Rimouski (LOMR)](https://www.facebook.com/LOMRimouski) a mis en place un programme de suivi annuel du comportement alimentaire des fous de Bassan (Morus bassanus) nichant dans le parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé (plus spécifiquement sur l'île Bonaventure). Le LOMR est dirigé par Magella Guillemette (professeur à l'Université du Québec à Rimouski) en collaboration avec David Pelletier (professeur au Cégep de Rimouski). Plusieurs dizaines d'étudiant.e.s des niveaux collégial et universitaire (1er, 2e et 3e cycles) ont participé la collecte de ces données.

Les données présentes dans ce jeu de données sont celles de 2014. Sur le catalogue de l'OGSL, vous trouverez [les jeux de données allant jusqu'à 2017](https://catalogue.preprod.ogsl.ca/fr/dataset/?q=fou+de+bassan+pelletier). Les donnés plus récentes peuvent être demandées au LOMR en contactant les auteurs des données. 

Les localisations ont été enregistrées à l'aide de consignateurs de données GPS, programmés à une fréquence de 10 minutes et fixés sur la queue des oiseaux avec du ruban adhésif blanc de grade marin de marque Tesa.
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Matagorda Bay Trawl

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1982/2008

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) utilizes several sampling gears for fisheries-independent monitoring of finfish and shellfish communities. They include bag seines, trawls, gill nets and oyster dredges. TPWD uses multiple gears in a random sampling protocol, and they identify (to the lowest taxonomic unit possible) and count everything that they collect. This dataset contains bay trawl data collected for the Matagorda bay system in Texas from 1982 to 2008. Collected data also included spatial and temporal information describing the sample location and time, collection gear information, hydrological data (e.g. dissolved oxygen, water temperature, and salinity), weather conditions, species caught, and number of each species captured. Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) calculated the relative abundance data, calculated as the catch of a particular species in a sample divided by the total number of animals captured in that sample. Absence data was recorded for species on the TPWD species sampling lists that were not captured during sampling.
HRC USWEX Aerial-based Shoreline Surveys February and March 2011

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Airplane,Sightings, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2011

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

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

Abstract:
Aerial surveys to monitor marine mammals and sea turtles (MM/ST) were conducted in
conjunction with two training events during the period February 16 to March 5, 2011, including
(a) U.S. Navy Submarine Commander’s Course (SCC) naval training event in the Hawaii Range
Complex (HRC) on the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) instrumented range between Kauai
and Niihau, Hawaii; and
(b) Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX) training event south of Oahu and Molokai.
Surveys in support of the SCC event occurred on 4 consecutive days from February 16 to 19, 2011, in waters adjoining Kauai and Niihau where the missile destroyer (DDG)
and other ships were operating, followed by shoreline surveys of Kauai and Niihau on 2 separate days thereafter: February 24 and 26, 2011.
This was followed by shoreline surveys of the Four
Islands region in support of the USWEX event on 2 separate days, February 28 and March 5, 2011.
The survey methods and sampling design were submitted and approved in advance, per the
statement of work (SOW), to the Navy Technical Representative (NTR) and followed previously
established protocol (Mobley and Milette 2010; Smultea et al. 2009a,b).

Purpose:
not provided

Supplemental information:
[2017-10-13] Data fields are changed so that they follow other Navy datasets.

This dataset includes sightings during the USWEX shoreline surveys.

Sightings during the ship-follow surveys are available:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/922">HRC SCC Aerial-based Shp-follow Surveys  February 2011</a>

Sightings during the transect surveys are available:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/923">HRC SCC Aerial-based Transect Surveys  February 2011</a>

Data for the SCC shoreline surveys are available:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/924">HRC SCC Aerial-based Shoreline Surveys  February 2011</a>
UNCW Aerial Survey 1998-1999

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Stranding,Catch,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1998/1999

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

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

Supplemental information:
Metadata in preparation, though fields description and taxonomic information of the species sighted are found in the metadata.
Please contact University of North Carolina at Wilmington for questions regarding the dataset.
The marine algae of Alexandria. II. A study of the occurrence of some marine algae on the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast (with 6 figures) by A. H. Nasr (1940). Notes and Memoirs No. 37

Keywords: Algae, Mediterranean, Egypt
Temporal coverage: 1938/1938

This is a small historical dataset, published in 1940, regarding some marine algae of Alexandria. The survey was conducted by A. H. Nasr, Assistant Director of the Marine Biological Station in Ghardaqa, Egypt and it was facilitated by the Fuad I Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries in Alexandria, Egypt. The dataset contains occurrence data of the algae found in the wider marine region of Alexandria within the year 1938.
New diagnostic descriptions and distribution information for Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) off Southern Australia and New Zealand (2008-2017)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2017

A total of 13 vessel-based and five aerial sightings of Shepherd’s beaked whale were collated from sightings in the southern Australian and New Zealand regions from 2008 to 2017 (see cited publication) Eight of the 13 vessel-based sightings and all aerial sightings were collected during dedicated marine mammal surveys. The remaining sightings data were collected opportunistically by observers during field activities which included: dedicated pelagic bird surveys, fishing trips, and seismic surveys on a variety of vessels
Distribution, composition and abundance of zooplankton in Chignecto Bay during 1978

Keywords: Observation, oceans, Occurrence, biota, biological classification
Temporal coverage: 1978/1978

This resource contains results from a preliminary study designed to produce a preliminary survey of zooplankton distribution and to create a regional, summer-time reconaissance of the zooplankton potentially affected by tidal power development. (Hildebrand 1981).
This resource contains observations at two fixed geographic stations at the south of Shepody Bay in the Bay of Fundy in June 1978. Abundance information is not provided but it is noted if the taxa were rare, common or abundant in the samples collected using plankton ring nets. The objective of the sampling was to examine temporal changes in zooplankton composition over complete tidal cycles.
HRC KB26 SCC Aerial Surveys Feb 2014

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

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

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

Abstract:
Features in this feature class represent animal sightings recorded during aerial monitoring surveys for marine mammals and sea turtles performed in February 2014 in the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC). Aerial surveys were conducted in conjunction with the Submarine Commander’s Course (SCC) naval training event in HRC on the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands Tactical Underwater Range and Barking Sands Underwater Range Extension between Kauai and Niihau, Hawaii during the period 18 February through 20 February 2014. The SCC training event occurred from 17 to 20 February 2014, in waters adjoining Kauai and Niihau, and involved surface ships, submarines, and aircraft. The approach involved flying elliptical-shaped patterns in advance of the cruiser (CG), which extended from the front of the ship (approximately 200 meters) out to approximately 2,500 meters over a width of 5 km. The survey platform was a small fixed-wing Aero Commander 500. Work was performed under HDR task order KB26 (IDIQ contract award N62470-10-D-3011, NAVFAC LANT).
An Estuarine Inventory for New South Wales, Australia

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2007/2007

Fisheries oriented inventory that consists of tabular information and an atlas of estuarine wetlands describing 133 estuaries and embayments along the NSW (Australia) coast. Vegetation-types identified on these maps were saltmarshes (all species combined), mangroves (all species combined), and seagrasses. In the case of seagrasses, the following species or families were mapped: Zosteraceae (including Zostera capricorni, Zostera muelleri, and Heterozostera tasmanica), Posidonia australis, Halophila spp. (Halophila ova/is and Halophila decipiens) and Ruppia spp. (Ruppia megacarpa, Ruppia polycarpa and Ruppia maritima).
This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales Government for the purposes of Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme). Data and metadta sourced from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=021f65eb-38c6-4db2-9dbe-821b6b427780
NEFSC 1995 pe9501

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Vessel,Visual Sighting
Temporal coverage: 1995/1995

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
National Marine Fisheries Service

Abstract:
The survey was performed from 09 July 1995 to 03 August 1995, starting in Norfolk, VA and ending in Woods Hole, MA. The study area, covering approximately 39,200 nmi2, was in the slope waters from Chesapeake Bay, VA to Cape Cod, MA. Most of the survey was between 10 nautical miles (nmi) inshore of the 50 fathom contour and 10nmi offshore of the 1000 fathom contour.
This survey was part of a large scale marine mammal sighting survey which consisted of two legs (each approximately a month long) where two ships were used during each leg, with an addition leg in which a plane was used to survey for six weeks. The entire study area was from Chesapeake Bay, VA, USA to
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.

Purpose:
The objectives of this leg of the survey were to:
1) Determine the spatial distribution and estimate the abundance of marine mammals found in the above study area.
2) Determine if spatial distribution patterns of marine mammals are correlated with hydrographic features, such as, water depth, temperature or salinity, or with biological features, such as zooplankton distribution.

Supplemental information:
In addition to the sighting data, effort data was recorded  every half hour or whenever conditions change.
This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.
Fine-scale variability in catch and growth rates of western rock lobsters (Panulirus cygnus), Western Australia (2017-2019)

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2017/2019

A catch and mark–recapture survey was conducted over 4–6 successive days every month over an 8-month study period between May and December in 2018. A minimum of 15 baited wooden pots enclosed by mesh were used to capture individuals at each study location, with each pot site being sampled twice on each trip. Additional mark–recapture data were obtained from a simultaneous and comparable on-going research program conducted by the DPIRD (Fisheries Research) at Seven Mile Beach between May 2017 and November 2018. Historical data from a previous tagging study between November 2017 and December 2017 conducted by the University of Western Australia (UWA) contributed an additional 1682 tagged individuals.
El Venado Satellite Tags (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2015

Original provider:
ProTECTOR

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Turtle Awareness and Protection Studies
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=669">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.