oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Cetacean observations in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea, Mauritius to the Philippines, April 1999

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1999/1999

Original provider:
Marijke de Boer

Dataset credits:
Marijke de Boer

Abstract:
Information on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary and the South China Sea is summarized from a cruise carried out from 29 March to 17 April 1999. Ten species were positively identified: finless porpoise, pantropical spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin, sperm whale, melon-headed whale, pygmy killer whale, false killer whale, Cuvier’s beaked whale, Bryde’s whale and fin whale. Spotted dolphins, melon-headed and pygmy killer whales were sighted around the Island of Borneo and sightings of fin whales and a sperm whale west of the Balabac Strait suggest a possible migration route of these species between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. This is the first record
of fin whales in the South China Sea.

Purpose:
This note details cetacean observations made during a cruise from Mauritius to the Philippines in April (ca 4,520 nautical miles).

Supplemental information:
Time was not provided, so it was filled with "00:00:00."
Datos de monitoreo de las praderas de pastos marinos del Caribe colombiano – Estructura peces

Keywords: Indicadores, Seagrass Net, Condición tendencia, Monitoreo, Subsistema de Áreas Marinas Protegidas (SAMP), Integridad biótica, Praderas de pastos marinos, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2015/2019

En el contexto de los proyectos "Diseño e implementación del subsistema de áreas marinas protegidas en Colombia" y "Protección de la biodiversidad en el Caribe suroccidental", financiados conjuntamente por el GEF y llevados a cabo por Invemar y Coralina, se han unido esfuerzos para desarrollar y establecer protocolos de monitoreo para los elementos de conservación más importantes en las diversas Áreas Marinas Protegidas (AMP) del país. Estos protocolos se basan en la experiencia adquirida en los últimos 15 años en Colombia, a través de iniciativas como el Sistema de Monitoreo de Arrecifes Coralinos (Simac), la Red de Monitoreo de la Calidad de Aguas Marinas y Costeras (Redcam) y el Sistema de Información Pesquera (Sipein). Estas iniciativas han demostrado su fortaleza al trabajar en conjunto con el Sistema Nacional Ambiental (SINA), en particular con las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales costeras, el Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales y las instituciones académicas. El objetivo de estos protocolos de monitoreo para las AMP no solo consiste en obtener información científicamente sólida mediante la selección de variables mínimas, sino también en considerar la capacidad operativa y de mantenimiento a largo plazo de cada una de las instituciones responsables de estas actividades. La experiencia ha demostrado que resulta cada vez más difícil y costoso mantener sistemas de monitoreo que aborden los desafíos locales y proporcionen respuestas relevantes para evaluar la efectividad de la gestión de las áreas con menor incertidumbre.
Este trabajo fue realizado entre 2012 y 2014, aplicando la metodología Seagrass Net, adoptada por el INVEMAR desde 2015, y descrita en el documento de Protocolo Indicador Condición Tendencia Praderas de Pastos Marinos (ICTpm), logrando concertar que variables mínimas eran necesarias tomarlas en campo para responder a preguntas de manejo y gestión y  de esta forma poder diseñar la red de estaciones específica en cada una  de las áreas, partiendo de criterios como la zonificación del manejo y los  usos permitidos o no que se desarrollan al interior del AMP.
El conjunto de datos se compone de 1.633 registros biológicos de pastos marinos, representado en 1 filos, 2 clase, 18 órdenes, 37 familias, 62 géneros y 109 especies.
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) tracking - Muiron and Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia, (2018-2019)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2018/2019

Tracking of 14 green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Data accessed from Zoatrack Project 733 (https://zoatrack.org/projects/733) in 2022-08-03
Phytoplankton of coastal waters in Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, 2002-2003.

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 2002/2003

This dataset contains abundance data of phytoplankton species (diatoms, dinoflagellates and coccolithophores) collected in four eutrophic gulfs of the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, during the years 2002–2003 and data on environmental parameters.
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Upper Laguna Madre Gill Net

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1976/2008

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 gill net data collected for the Upper Laguna Madre system in Texas from 1976 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.
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Fall 2016

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

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Abstract:
As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center conducted aerial surveys of continental 
shelf and slope waters from New Jersey to North Carolina 
between 23 November - 31 December, 2016. The survey was 
flown aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft at an altitude of 
600 feet (183 m) and a speed of 110 knots. The survey 
path 
followed tracklines oriented perpendicular to the 
shoreline and latitudinally spaced 20 km apart. “Fine-
scale” track lines were surveyed in waters off the coast 
of New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. The survey was 
designed for analysis using Distance sampling and a two-
team (independent observer) approach to correct for 
visibility bias in resulting abundance estimates. Due to 
staffing issues, one team with four observers (left and 
right bubbles, belly and a data recorder) conducted the 
survey between 23-25 November. After 13 December the 
survey was conducted with two teams per usual protocol.

Purpose:
The goal of the surveys was to conduct line-transect 
surveys 
using the Distance sampling approach to estimate the 
abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals and 
turtles in waters over the continental shelf and slope 
(shoreline to 2,000 m isobath) of the eastern US.

Supplemental information:
Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly 
available.
The dataset is accompanied by transect (effort) data 
which 
is provided as a separate file.
Sightings included were detected on-effort by the forward 
team only; you may request the full dataset and sightings 
including opportunistic ones directly to the provider.

Environmental Attribute Codes
Beaufort Sea state
0 Calm, mirror like seas
1 Waves &lt;1ft, rippled surface
2 Small wavelets (&lt;2 ft), no white caps
3 Large wavelets (&lt;3ft), scattered white caps
4 Swell 3-4 ft, numerous white caps
5 Swell &gt;5 ft, many white caps, some spray
6 Swell &gt;10 ft, white caps everywhere, spray
CloudCover
0 Clear
1 0-25% Cloudy
2 26-50% Cloudy
3 51-75% Cloudy
4 76-100% Cloudy
5 Overcast
Glare (Glare intensity)
0 No Impairment
1 Slight Impairment
2 Moderate Impairment
3 Severe Impairment
Weather
0 Clear
1 Mist
2 Light Rain
3 Heavy Rain
Conditions
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Moderate
3 Good
4 Excellent
Haze
0 No
1 Yes
Fog
0 No
1 Yes
Sun penetration (Sun pen)
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
Turbidity
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
Spain-Baleric Is. 2015 Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2016/2017

Original provider:
NOAA PIFSC

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Fisheries Bycatch Research Group
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=1128">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.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, MOPS 1988, Cruise 1164

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Whales,Dolphins,Stenella,Delphinus,Population,Abundance,Survey,Census
Temporal coverage: 1988/1988

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

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

Abstract:
This 1988 eastern tropical Pacific cetacean line-transect survey was the third in a series of annual surveys (1986-1990) designed to monitor and detect trends in populations of dolphins killed in the yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery. This survey was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center aboard NOAA ships <i>David Starr Jordan</i> and <i>McArthur</i> for a combined total of approximately 24,000 kilometers surveyed from late July to early December 1988. 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>David Starr Jordan</i>.

Purpose:
The primary purpose of the survey was to collect the information necessary to calculate the relative abundance of those dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific that are taken as a bycatch of 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 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 1610
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
BioChem: Ring net samples collected as part of a JGOFS cruise in the North Atlantic during the fall of 1992

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, oceans, aquatic ecosystems, plankton, biota
plankton surveys, zooplankton, biosphere, aquatic sciences
biological classification
Temporal coverage: null/null

This resource contains species distribution records extracted from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada BioChem database for the BioChem 'BIO-JGOFS 1992' series of records.  This collection contains zooplankton abundance and distribution information for locations from a cruise transect across the North Atlantic.  Samples were collected from 120 m to the surface using a 75 cm diameter conical net of 202 micron mesh towed vertically through the water column. 

Sample analysis results were archived in the BioChem database.  This OBIS resource contains a subset of these database records - at this time only abundance information has been released.
Hermit crabs of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, with description of a new species

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1978/2002

Knowledge of morphology, coloration, and distribution of species of Calcinus Dana, 1851 from French Polynesia is expanded based primarily on collections obtained during the French BENTHAUS Expedition in 2002 to the Austral Islands, the southernmost of the French Polynesian islands. Six species of Calcinus were obtained from inshore to depths of 280 m. Of these, one proved to be a new species, C. albengai, and is fully described. This new species has two colour variants, one with pale pink to cream chelipeds that lives in shallow-water from the intertidal to about 50 m, the other with bright orange chelipeds, from deeper waters from about 50 to 280 m. Morphologically this new species is distinguished by differences in the armature of the ocular acitcles, aspects of the left and right palms, ventrodistal pilosity of third pereopods, and telson armature. Five species were collected by dredging, trawling, or using traps, in depths of 40 to 280 m: C. anani Poupin &amp; McLaughlin, 1998, C. gouti Poupin, 1997, C. haigae Wooster, 1984, C. spicatus Forest, 1951, and C. aff. sirius Morgan, 1991. Of these, C. gouti was previously known exclusively based on the holotype from Tuamotu, and a more complete diagnosis is presented; the others are also diagnosed, including new details on coloration. Inshore and scuba collecting on Rapa Island produced four additional, but better known species: C. elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836), C. latens (Randall, 1840), C. laevimanus (Randall, 1840), and C. vachoni Forest, 1958. The inshore Calcinus fauna of Rapa is briefly compared with its counterpart on Easter Island, located at the same latitude 3500 km to the east. A total of 19 (or possibly 20, should C. sirius be confirmed in the future) Calcinus species are now known from French Polynesia. Cases of sibling species of Calcinus, distinguished almost exclusively by coloration, are summarized
Harbour seals GPS telemetry in Baie de Somme

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Animal tagging,Radio transmitters,Fastloc GPS, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2009

Original provider:
Cécile Vincent, Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé

Dataset credits:
Cecile Vincent, CEBC (CNRS/La Rochelle University)

Abstract:
Ten harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were captured in the Baie de Somme, Picardie (France) in October 2008 and fitted with Fastloc GPS/GSM tags (Sea Mammal Research Unit - SMRU, UK). The project was funded by the Région Poitou-Charentes. The study was conducted by Cecile Vincent at the University of La Rochelle (France) in collaboration with SMRU, Picardie Nature, PELAGIS (CNRS/La Rochelle University) and the Office national de la chasse de la faune sauvage (ONCFS). Seals were caught under licenses delivered by the French ministry of the environment.

Purpose:
Identification of individual movements and foraging areas of harbour seals
TPWD HARC Texas Coastal Fisheries Aransas Bay Trawl

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
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 Aransas 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.
UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Norfolk Canyon Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence
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/1674">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a> dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Norfolk Canyon Aerial surveys.
Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1674">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1479">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1481">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1354">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1356">UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</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.
Northern Cyprus 2006-08: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2006/2009

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
This project is supported by <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.


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 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=156">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.
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Keywords: Coelenterates, Crustacea, Observation, Worms, Occurrence, Bryozoan, Molluscs, Echinoderm
Temporal coverage: 1720/2010

NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections records, 8784 Bryozoa, 68401 Coelenterates, 220965 Crustacea, 75012 Echinoderms, 196851 Mollusks, 28853 Porifera, 16466 Tunicates, 171401 Worms, 93268 General; Total number of 884216 records currently represent approximately 33% of actual specimen holdings, as of 10 May 2007.
Happywhale - Chinstrap penguin in Southern Ocean, Happywhale - Chinstrap Penguin in Southern Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2008/2023, 2008/2019

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 3 contributors in alphabetic order:

Doug Cheeseman; Marilia Olio; Preston Ward
Codiales (Chlorophyta) sampled at Kenya, Zanzibar and the Seychelles between 1985 and 1993

Keywords: human, Herbarium specimens, Occurrence, diver, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1985/1993

This dataset contains a list of species of the Codiales sampled at the coasts of Kenya, Zanzibar and the Seychelles between 1985 and 1993. Sampling was done by walking, snorkeling or SCUBA diving. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van den heede, C (1994). De Codiales (Chlorophyta) van Kenya, Zanzibar en de Seychellen. The codiales (Chlorophyta) of Kenya, Zanzibar and the Seychelles.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 160, 74 platen pp.
Biodiversidad ictica de la Isla Cayo Serranilla Expedición Seaflower 2017 proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: Seaflower, Serranilla, Colombia BIO, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Durante la expedición Seaflower 2017 se llevó a cabo la caracterización íctica presente en la isla, en particular en su zona lagunar. Esto, con la intención de complementar la información colectada en las expediciones previas, dentro del marco de las expediciones organizadas por la Comisión Colombiana del Océano (CCO) en donde se visitó las islas de Roncador y Serrana, con el fin de contribuir al inventario de la biodiversidad de la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower. Se observaron 166 especies de peces, pertenecientes a 50 familias. De ellos 23 fueron nuevos registros para la isla, 4 para la reserva y 8 para las islas del norte. Se ratifica de esta manera la altísima biodiversidad de la Reserva en general y de las islas septentrionales en particular, en comparación con otras áreas del Caribe.
BR Offshore Islands

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/1993

Absalao, R.S.; Pimenta, A.D.; Gomes, R.S. e Cecchetti, F. 1999 Associcao malacologica dos substratos inconsolidados na area de protecao ambiental do Arquipelago de Santana, Macae, Rio de Janeiro. Oecol. Bras., 7: 273-289. ISSN 1980-6442.

Absalao, R.S. e Pimenta, A.D. 2005. Moluscos marinhos da APA do Arquipelago de Santana, Macae, RJ. 84p. ISBN 85-7393-408-5.