oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Happywhale - Antarctic Fur Seal in Southern Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: 2017/2023, 2017/2022, 2017/2024

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:

Antoine Viot; Hugh Rose; Kelly Serr; Marilia Olio; Per Nikolaj Bukh
Peces asociados a arrecifes y manglares en el Parque Nacional Coiba

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

De enero de 1998 hasta enero de 1999 se realizaron siete muestreos de la fauna ictiológica en el sector noreste del Parque Nacional Coiba, Provincia de Veraguas. El propósito fue realizar un inventario de las principales especies de peces asociadas a arrecifes y manglares en dicho Parque. Para el inventario se utilizaron diferentes técnicas de muestreo, tales como: trasmallos, redes de mano, bolsas plásticas, trampas, arpón, censos visuales y se realizaron dos arrastres con barco camaronero frente al islote de Granito de Oro. Se recolectaron un total de 10 especies, agrupadas en 7 familias para los peces cartilaginosos, mientras que para los peces óseos se recolectaron 156 especies agrupadas en 57 familias.
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015

Keywords: Occurrence,PAX Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aerial survey, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

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

Supplemental information:
This dataset includes the animal observations toward the right side of the airplane. The left side observations are registered in <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1358">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a> (Dataset ID: 1358)

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the PAX Aerial surveys.
Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets:
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1654">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1652">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1797">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1799">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1358">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left 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.
Censo abundancia de aves en los Parques Nacionales Naturales de Bahía Malaga, Portete y Old Providence

Keywords: birds, aves playeras, Human Observation
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

699 Registros recopilados durante las jornadas de evaluación de la abundancia de aves en tres areas marinas protegidas (nivel conservación estricta) del sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales. El contrato fue realziado por INVEMAR en el marco del proyecto "Diseño e implementación de un Subsistema de Áreas Marinas Protegidas en Colombia” GEF-SAMP  y ejecutado por investigadores de la Asociación CALIDRIS
Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2005

Keywords: Samplingevent, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2005

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection - marine records

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1857/2018

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) (Tasmanian Department of State Growth) is the state institution responsible for the development, maintenance and management of the zoological collections of Tasmania. The collections are the largest for Tasmanian fauna in the world, and represent a wide array of Tasmanian animals, ranging from shells of the tiniest micro-molluscs to giant squid and the skeletons of large whales. These specimens represent more than 150 years of museum acquisitions, consistent with TMAG’s origins in the Royal Society of Tasmania and its emphasis on developing collections that can serve both to illustrate Tasmania’s natural history and to advance knowledge in this area. The animals in the collections are derived from individual and institutional donations, as well as from the Zoology Unit’s own collecting trips and systematic surveys from around Tasmania, for instance through participation in Bush Blitz. They include many specimens of great scientific and historical importance, including a large number of type-specimens. The earliest of these date from the mid-19th century, with continued additions as further new Tasmanian species are described. The collections are housed in dedicated buildings at the museum’s Collections and Research facility at Rosny, near Hobart. These comprise climate-controlled spirit and dry storage areas, freezers for tissue storage, laboratories and preparation rooms. Currently, the wet and dry collections together comprise almost 300,000 specimens. In the invertebrate collections, beetles and marine molluscs are particularly well represented. The collections are not normally open to the public, but can be accessed by appointment. A growing proportion of the specimens in the collection is now digitised and can be accessed online: TMAG is one of the founding partners of the Atlas of Living Australia, and contributes data to it via the Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM), an initiative of the Council of Heads of Australian Faunal Collections (CHAFC). Using material from the collections, Zoology Unit staff contribute to the design and content of exhibits throughout the museum. Staff are also available to answer zoological enquiries from the public. Many of Tasmania’s most enquired-about animals are also featured on TMAG’s Field Guide to Tasmanian Fauna App. Staff publish collections-based research findings in a range of peer-reviewed publications.

TMAG's Invertebrate Zoology collection of about 270,000 specimens represents the diversity of the state's fauna, including important type specimens.

The collection was established in 1850s and continues to the present.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co198). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1993/2004

The Observer Program database consists of fish, invertebrate, and marine mammal observations collected by fishery biologists while deployed on board commercial fishing vessels or at shoreside processing plants participating in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. This database covers observations from 1993-2004. The specific data components collected are outlined in the Groundfish Observer Manual. Once received by NOAA Fisheries, these data are extensively checked for quality. Each record represents the summary of all the observations made for a given taxa in a given year from each 20km by 20km grid square; counts and weights are statistical estimates.
CalCOFI marine mammal surveys 2004-2008 - off effort

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 2004/2008

Original provider:
Annie Douglas, Cascadia Research Collective

Dataset credits:
Annie Douglas, Cascadia Research

Abstract:
From July 2004 to April 2008 dedicated visual observers following consistent line-transect methods (Buckland et al., 1993; Kinzey et al., 2003) observed from the CalCOFI platforms on quarterly cruises. Observers used handheld 7X50 reticle Fujinon binoculars to sight, identify, and make school size estimates of cetaceans and pinnipeds encountered along the transect lines between CalCOFI water sampling stations. The southern water sampling stations are set along six, parallel lines running southwest to northeast, with lines increasing in length from north to south (470 – 700 km) and stations occurring every 37 km in coastal and continental shelf waters and every 74 km offshore. Three research vessels were used for the sixteen surveys, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Roger Revelle (2 surveys) and New Horizon (8 surveys) and, NOAA David Starr Jordan (6 surveys), vessel height varied from 8.1-13.2m and survey speed varied from 10 to 12 knots.

Purpose:
The waters off southern California are remarkably diverse and species rich, but they are also an area of swift commercial development, navy training activity, population growth and climate change. Continued visual marine mammal and seabird surveys working in concert with oceanographic ecosystem investigations are essential for monitoring the health and changes of the California current system.

Supplemental information:
Effort tracklines may overlap with data published in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/507">CalCOFI and NMFS Seabird and Marine Mammal Observation Data, 1987-2006</a> dataset. However, data collected for this dataset used different methods and observers. Please contact the primary contact listed for more details.
Stellwagen Shearwater Tagging 2018 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2018/2023

Original provider:
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Stellwagen
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Dr. David Wiley, PI, Research Coordinator, NOAA, Stellwagen Bank National Marine SanctuaryLinda Welch and Christa DeRaspe US Fish and Wildlife Service Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife RefugeAndrew Allyn, a PhD candidate,University of Massachusetts in AmherstDr. Robert Ronconi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Biology, Acadia University,Dr. Les Kaufman, Dept. of Biology, Boston University.Dr. Kent Hatch, Long Island UniversityKevin Powers, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary stretches between Cape Ann and Cape Cod at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay in the southwestern corner of the Gulf of Maine (GoM). Nearly the size of the state of Rhode Island and located wholly within federal waters, sanctuary boundaries include the submerged lands of Stellwagen Bank, all of Tillies Bank and Basin, and the southern portions of Jeffreyâ€™s Ledge. The sanctuary protects 842 square miles (638 square nautical miles) of open ocean, overlaying a diverse seafloor topography and array of benthic and pelagic habitats that support biological communities broadly representative of the GoM. The sanctuaryâ€™s mission is to conserve, protect and enhance the biological diversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy of the sanctuary while facilitating uses that are compatible with the primary goal of resource protection.  When Congress designated the sanctuary in 1992, it did so to recognize the nationally significant conservation and aesthetic qualities of the site. Congress directed that the sanctuary be managed to maintain the habitats and ecological services of the natural assemblage of living resources of the area, as well as its maritime heritage resources. The Stellwagen Bank sanctuary is the only federal entity to conserve biological diversity and protect maritime heritage resources in the offshore waters of the GoM.


Abstract:
This project investigates the movements of Great Shearwaters in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Gulf of Maine relative to prey abundance/distribution and environmental variables.  Funding provided by the Volgenau Foundation, Davis Foundation and Mudge Foundation. Birds were named for the funding foundations (Volgenau, Davis and Mudge) or for National Parks in honor of the National Parks Service's 100 year anniversary as follows: Acadia, Denali, Everglades, Glacier, Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, and Yosemite.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=891">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.
NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1995

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

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Abstract:
This aerial survey was flown in conjunction with shipboard surveys being conducted during the same time frame. The R/V Abel-J was chartered to conduct line transect surveys offshore from 38 degrees N offshore from approximately 40 fathoms to the Gulf Stream, and north to the Northeast Channel east of Georges Bank, United States. The aerial survey covered all inshore areas from the beach to the 40 fathom boundary of the shipboard survey and extended east to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Purpose:
Collect line transect data to estimate abundance for as many species as possible.

Supplemental information:
3/8/2006: Data correction - humpback whale was mistakenly linked to Balaenidae (180531). It is now linked to <i>Megaptera novaeangliae</i> (180530). In addition to the sightings data, effort data were recorded every half hour or whenever conditions changed. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.
Phytoplankton data collected during cruise 24 of R/V Skif (February - March 1989) in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

Keywords: research vessel, Occurrence, Skif, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1989/1989

Dataset includes phytoplankton data collected during cruise 22 of R/V Skif (February - March 1989) in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean.
Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2013/2013

We present data from a DNA taxonomy register of the abyssal benthic Echinodermata collected as part of the Abyssal Baseline (ABYSSLINE) environmental survey cruise ‘AB01’ to the UK Seabed Resources Ltd (UKSRL) polymetallic-nodule exploration claim ‘UK-1’ in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), central Pacific Ocean abyssal plain. Morphological and genetic data are presented for 17 species (4 Asteroidea, 4 Crinoidea, 2 Holothuroidea and 7 Ophiuroidea) identified by a combination of morphological and genetic data. No taxa matched previously published genetic sequences, but 8 taxa could be assigned to previously-described species based on morphology, although here we have used a precautionary approach in taxon assignments to avoid over-estimating species ranges. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone is a region undergoing intense exploration for potential deep-sea mineral extraction. We present these data to facilitate future taxonomic and environmental impact study by making both data and voucher materials available through curated and accessible biological collections.
The UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data

Keywords: Data, Marine Genomics, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1948/2013

Accredited through the MEDIN partnership, and core-funded by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Scottish Government, DASSH provides tools and services for the long-term curation, management and publication of marine species and habitats data, within the UK and internationally.
Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2005/2009

Original provider:
Projeto TAMAR

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This work was possible as a result of the financial support of Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center).


Abstract:
The project entitled Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil of through Satellite Telemetry  is part of the larger research program entitled Priority Research Studies on the Biology of the Sea Turtles, developed by Project TAMAR-IBAMA with the support of the Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). The objective of this project is to use satellite telemetry to study and analyze the at-sea movements of female turtles, both during and following the nesting season, for the most threatened species that occur along the Brazilian coast (Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepdochelys olivacea). The project will involve the deployment of 40 satellite tags: 15 on hawksbill turtles, 5 on leatherback turtles, 10 on loggerhead turtles and 10 on olive ridley turtles. The project officially began on February 02nd, 2005 when 15 satellite tags (KiwiSat 101 from Sirtrack Limited) were attached to the carapaces of hawksbill turtles that had just finished nesting on beaches along the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. In continuity to this Study, 03 transmitters KiwiSat 101(with capacity to work for up to 450 days) were installed in females of the species Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) in Espirito Santo, only reproductive area of this species in the Brazilian coast. The last species that received  transmitters was the Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle), in the coast of Bahia, and Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle), in the north coast of Sergipe, in the  February of 2006. For further information on Projeto Tamar-Ibama history, sea turtle biology and the Satellite Telemetry Program, with updated maps on recent and past studies, visit our webpage, www.projetotamar.org.br, and learn more about the conservation of sea turtles in Brazil.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=63">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.
Antarctic Parborlasia corrugatus

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

Open-ocean environments provide few obvious barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms.
Major currents and/or environmental gradients potentially impede gene flow. One
system hypothesized to form an open-ocean dispersal barrier is the Antarctic Polar Front,
an area characterized by marked temperature change, deep water, and the high-flow Antarctic
Circumpolar current. Despite these potential isolating factors, several invertebrate
species occur in both regions, including the broadcast-spawning nemertean worm Parborlasia
corrugatus. To empirically test for the presence of an open-ocean dispersal barrier, we
sampled P. corrugatus and other nemerteans from southern South America, Antarctica, and
the sub-Antarctic islands. Diversity was assessed by analyzing mitochondrial 16S rRNA
and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequence data with Bayesian inference and TCS haplotype
network analysis. Appropriate neutrality tests were also employed. Although our
results indicate a single well-mixed lineage in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic, no evidence
for recent gene flow was detected between this population and South American P. corrugatus.
Thus, even though P. corrugatus can disperse over large geographical distances, physical
oceanographic barriers (i.e. Antarctic Polar Front and Antarctic Circumpolar Current)
between continents have likely restricted dispersal over evolutionary time. Genetic
distances and haplotype network analysis between South American and Antarctic/
sub-Antarctic P. corrugatus suggest that these two populations are possibly two cryptic species.
Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2001

Keywords: Samplingevent, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2001/2001

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.
Historical benthos data from the Romanian Black Sea Coast between 1954 and 1968

Keywords: Historical data, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1954/1968

The dataset comprises data on the substrate type, temperature, salinity and benthos from 567 samples colected in Romanian Black Sea Shelf, in the period 16.04.1954 - 14.02.1968. The sediment samples were taken with a Van-Veen grab, the sampling size  - 0.1 m2. The sediment was preserved in buffered formalin 4% , then sieved through a 2 mm, 0.25 mm and 0.10 mm mesh sieve and subsequently stored in 70% ethanol. The database comprises taxonomic and quantitative data (individuals count, density and biomass per square meter) for 97 macrobenthic species and 5 supraspecific groups.
The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1984/2016

This dataset is a subset of the crustaceans collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) extracted from GBIF and filtered for the southwest Pacific region and for marine species only.
The full collection covers all groups of crustaceans (except the very rare Remipedia and Tantulocarida). Consisting of some 100 000 inventoried lots arranged in systematic order, and with about 6000 type specimens, this collection is one of the richest in the world for its diversity. The collection was established before 1800 with the collections of the explorer naturalists (voyages of Bougainville, Savigny, Dumont D'Urville ...) and then continued, notably with those of the Travailleur and the Talisman. The collection has benefited from the work of prestigious scientists like Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Latreille, H. and A. Milne-Edwards, and Chevreux. The specimens, measuring 1 mm to over 2 m in size, are mainly preserved in alcohol. Some are kept dry (old collections such as the historical collection of crabs), others as slide preparations. The collection includes worldwide material of marine, freshwater and terrestrial crustaceans (including pest species). The collection grows 1 to 1.5% per year on average, varying according to the group, thanks to numerous donations and deposits. For 25 years the "Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos" (formely MUSORSTOM) expeditions have resulted in the largest collection in the world from the deep-water (bathyal) environment.