oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Adriatic Shipping Company marine mammal sightings in the Adriatic Sea 1988-2000

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings
Temporal coverage: 1988/1998

Original provider:
Luca Giovagnoli, CetaceanSound.org

Dataset credits:
Luca Giovagnoli, CetaceanSound.org

Abstract:
Research on marine mammals was conducted in 1988-2006 and sightings were collected from each ferry on the Adriatic Sea. The lines included: Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece. We had 175 sightings in 12 years. For each sighting, we collected: date, time, weather condition, sea position, numbers of animals, kind of animals, depth and so on.
This research was conducted to observe and study the biological competition between humans and dolphins (both of them are catching blue fish). All of the data collected was used for my thesis degree at Parma University - Vet Medicine.

Purpose:
My whole career has been based on the study of cetaceans and how they are used to communicate. I’ve been studying their language and their ways of hunting and feeding. I started in 1988 with the first Italian work about cetaceans’ distribution in all of the Adriatic Sea. I studied the biological competition between humans and dolphins. Then in 1990, I began studying indigenous populations in the Adriatic Sea. With the group of Electonics directed by Eng. Massimo Azzali (I.R.Pe. M. CNR – Ancona), we worked out many theses about sounds and ultrasound in dolphins’ communication. In particular, we studied the system to prevent dolphins from ending up in fishing nets and the way they have to communicate between different groups. I carried out many research studies in Italy and many European countries, as well as the United States. My interest has been focused in the study of wild and domestic animals, whether by applying conventional veterinary medicine or the homeopathic and natural approach. I decided to create the Organization called Cetaceansound.Org, because I really trust in the opportunity to save dolphins and creatures from the ocean. I’ll keep on working in this field because they represent our future. 

Supplemental information:
Data provided to OBIS-SEAMAP are from 1988-2000 and other years of data from this project are currently being worked on.
Erroneous points (i.e., on land or otherwise) were excluded.
2013-10-31: data were updated to include reformatted time
Mingan Island Cetacean Study 84-07

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Blue whale - Marine mammals - sightings
Temporal coverage: 1984/2007

Original provider:
Richard Sears, Mingan Island Cetacean Study

Dataset credits:
Richard Sears, Mingan Island Cetacean Study

Abstract:
The sightings contained in this dataset were obtained during surveys designed to photo-identify blue whales in the Sea of Cortez during their peak abundance in February and March. The surveys were conducted between 1984 and 2007 from 25' fiberglass boats in sea state less than 3-4 and designed to maximize the number of blue whale IDs. Although focusing primarily on the areas where blue whales are most commonly sighted, they also covered most of the area accessible by boat during a day trip at least once per field season.

Any marine mammal sighting was recorded using cross-bearings from 1984 to 1991 and using GPS from 1992 on. Unusual bird and fish sightings were also recorded.

Supplemental information:
[2015-03-24] A few records had a wrong animal count of zero. The value is replaced with a blank representing species presence only.

[2014-04-16] Species identification of Kogia simus (ITIS TSN: 612590) was corrected to Kogia sima (180492). There were 10 sightings of this species.

The sightings of <i>Balaenoptera edeni</i> were recognized as Bryde's whale by the data provider. The ITIS taxonomy database gives it the common name of Eden's whale. Thus, in our system it shows Eden's whale instead of Bryde's whale as a common name.

There may seem to be duplicated records in the dataset.  However, records are different, near-by sightings (within 100-200 m) recorded while the researchers were conducting photo-ID activities and for which an exact position could not be obtained. Thus, their positions were approximated as that of the animal/group the researchers were working with at that time.

The records without coordinates were removed.
MIRC NAVFAC Incidental Sightings - Aerial 1965-2014

Keywords: Occurrence,Mariana Islands Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1999/2011

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 incidental sightings from airplanes between 1965 and 2014.

Supplemental information:
A report of an incidental sighting did not require time and thus the time value is a rough indication (e.g. morning).
IMMS Ridley 3 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

Original provider:
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>


Abstract:
Turtles are an important part of the ecosystem, and may serve as a good biological indicator of the health of the environment they inhabit. They are constantly impacted by a variety of both natural and anthropogenic factors.Satellite telemetry is a powerful tool for examining long-term movements of these protected species, and enhancing conservation and management efforts. These observations will allow us to see how much time these turtles actually spend in the Mississippi sound, prior to moving on. The use of satellite tags on recently rehabilitated and released Kemp’s ridley sea turtles will increase our knowledge about the daily activities and habitat delineation of these animals.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=641">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 - Common Bottlenose Dolphin in Indian Ocean

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2010/2021

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 2 contributors in alphabetic order:

Frank Fish; Renata Sousa-Lima
Isotopic niche overlap between sympatric Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins, inshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2014-2015)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2014/2015

Skin samples were collected from live Australian snubfin (n = 31) and humpback dolphins (n = 23) along the east coast of Queensland in 2014-2015. Both species had similar δ13C and δ15N values and high (&gt;50%) isotopic niche space overlap, suggesting that they feed at similar trophic levels, have substantial dietary overlap, and both rely on similar basal food resources.  Data accessed from Dryad repository (see cited paper) on 2022-08-01
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2000/2010

Quantitative assessment and monitoring of shallow reef fish assemblages is conducted around the US Pacific Islands as an integral part of the NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division's mission to improve our scientific understanding of these fish resources and related ecosystems.
The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology - DgoMB: Polys

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2000/2002

A research program has been initiated by the Minerals Management Service to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico entitled "The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology". Increasing exploration and exploitation of fossil hydrocarbon resources in the deep-sea prompted the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to support an investigation of the structure and function of the assemblages of organisms that live in association with the sea floor in the deep-sea. The program, Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos or DGoMB, is studying the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continental slope from water depths of 300 meters on the upper continental slope out to greater than 3,000 meters water depth seaward of the base of the Sigsbee and Florida Escarpments. This dataset contains the Polychaeta data.
Florida Manatee Mortality 1974-2020

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Vessel,Visual Sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1974/2020

Original provider:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Dataset credits:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Abstract:
This dataset contains data from the geographic information system (GIS) shapefile of recovered Florida manatee (<i>Trichechus manatus latirostris</i>) carcass locations within Florida from April 1974 through to the latest spatially verified data presently available. Locations are based both on coordinates provided by field staff (gathered either by geographic positioning system [GPS] or by using navigation charts to ascertain latitudes and longitudes) and maps provided by the field staff. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) GIS staff in the Marine Mammal subsection verify that the provided coordinates match the intent of the plotted location. Points representing carcass locations were entered into a GIS using a digital shoreline basemap taken largely from NOAA navigation charts (1:40,000) and from USGS quadrangles (1:24,000). The scale is considered to be 1:40,000.

Purpose:
The primary use of this dataset is to display reported manatee carcass recovery locations and associated attributes, such as cause of death.

Supplemental information:
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI).

Counts were not available and filled with "1"; time was not available and filled with "00:00:00." 

07/28/2021: Data up to Aug 2020 were added.

01/07/2019: Data up to May 2017 were added. Data format was changed. The previous contact was replaced with Andrea Krzystan.

04/04/2019: Data up to Dec 2017 were added.

07/28/2016: March - June 2015 data were added. The data were downloaded from http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/ba5b92ec509f48f38c61aa542e96236f_1 on 07/28/2016.

03/29/2016: 2011-2015 data were added. The data were downloaded from http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/ba5b92ec509f48f38c61aa542e96236f_1.

11/11/2011: This dataset, originally containing data from 1974-early 2010, was updated to include data through December 2010 data.

07/21/2011: This dataset, originally containing data from 1974-2008, was updated to include 2009-2010 data.
Cayman Islands 2003: Loggerhead &amp; Green Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2003/2005

Original provider:
Cayman Islands Department of Environment

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
This project represents a collaborative effort between the Cayman Islands Department of Environment and the Marine Turtle Research Group.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
The Department of Environment and MTRG would like to thank Erika and Jacob Olde for their sponsorship of ?Samia? and Year 7 and 8 students of St. Ignatius High School for their sponsorship of Shelby and Myles. St. Ignatius students received generous donations from Rotary International, Bank of Butterfield, <a href="http://www.tortugarums.com">Tortuga Rum Company</a>, and the Final Touch. This research is also supported by <a href="http://www.caymanwildlife.ky">Cayman Wildlife Connection</a>, and a grant from the Natural Environment Research Council to MTRG. Finally, <a href="http://www.sirtrack.com">Sirtrack Inc</a> made this project possible by providing custom-build KiwiSat 101 PTTs almost immediately after St. Ignatius students completed their fund-raising and an order was placed.


Abstract:
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands in 1503, he named them Las Tortugas (the turtles). Ferdinand Columbus recounted that the islands were ?full of tortoises, as was all the sea about, insomuch as that they looked like little rocks? The green turtle population was estimated at over 6.5 million turtles at the time of the discovery, and turtle fishing (turtling) came to form the basis of the economy and culture of the Cayman Islands. This historical importance is memorialized in our Coat of Arms and currency, but by the beginning of the 19th century, commercial exploitation had driven the immense green turtle nesting population in the Cayman Islands to the brink of extinction. Wild turtles continue have a central place in the memories and experiences of many of our citizens, but today, only a few dozen nesting sea turtles remain. Where do these endangered greens and loggerheads go after they leave our beaches? With the help of schools and the community, the Cayman Islands Department of Environment and the Marine Turtle Research Group have begun a satellite telemetry project to track our historically and culturally important sea turtles for the first time.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=3">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.
Ganges river dolphin distributions in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Bihar - 2008

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

Original provider:
Nachiket Kelkar, Wildlife Conservation Society - India Program

Dataset credits:
Nachiket Kelkar, Wildlife Conservation Society - India Program

Supplemental information:
Time was not available and filled with 0:00:00.
USWTR JAX Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,JAX Aerial,Aircraft,Sightings, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

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 sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/859">USWTR Jax Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</a> dataset.

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

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/partner/NAVY">OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy</a> page.
MBON POLE TO POLE: ROCKY SHORE BIODIVERSITY OF PUERTO MADRYN

Keywords: Pole to Pole, benthos, intertidal zone, rocky shore, MBON, coastal biodiversity, Patagonia
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

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)


Biodiversity of benthic species from 3 sites in Puerto Madryn, Atlantic Patagonia
Colección de Tejidos del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia – Makuriwa (Invemar)

Keywords: Porifera; Esponjas; Tejidos; Demospongiae; Caribe colombiano; Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia; MHNMC, Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2016/2016

El Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia que hace parte del INVEMAR, cuenta con una colección de Tejidos creada en el año 2011 a partir de 931 lotes de muestras de moluscos, crustáceos y corales, los cuales fueron obtenidos en el marco de diferentes proyectos realizados por el Programa Biodiversidad y Ecosistemas Marinos del instituto en colaboración con entidades externas como Ecopetrol y las Universidades del Valle y de los Andes. Actualmente la colección conserva una parte de los lotes bajo condiciones de criopreservación (-20°C y -80°C), y otra parte de lotes se mantiene preservados en alcohol (96%) en el área de Colecciones Húmedas del Museo bajo ambiente controlado a 20°C. El presente conjunto de datos incluye 7 registros biológicos de tejidos de esponjas obtenidos en el Caribe colombiano, que han sido catalogados e identificados a especie.
Metabolism, reproduction and moulting as endpoints to study endocrine disruption of Neomysis integerin the Scheldt Estuary

Keywords: Energy, Biomarkers, Crustacea, Observation, Vitellogenesis, Metabolism, Occurrence, Estrogens, Reproduction, Moulting
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

This dataset results out of the study into ecotoxicological evaluation of the effects of endocrine disrupting substances occurring in the Scheldt estuary on resident mysid shrimp populations (laboratory and field studies).
Helfer H. 1936. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. VIII Pantopoda. Notes et memoires No 16

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1936 by H. Helfer and concerns of the faunistic report on the Pantopoda collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. This dataset covers the time span of 14/10/1933 to 15/11/1933 and contains occurrence data of Pantopoda in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. The dataset contains also informations about individual counts, sex and lifestage. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.
Length/Width and biomass of nematodes from sandbanks on the Belgian Continental Shelf

Keywords: Nematoda, Meiobenthos, Nematode, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1997/1998

Firstly, one wanted to analyse the response of nematode biomass spectra (NBS) to three distinct stressors upon the sediment habitat and secondly, analysing the NBS in different ways to be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various methods.
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, CLAWS 2015, Cruise 1648

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Original provider:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Abstract:
In 2015, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) undertook a Collaborative Large Whale Survey (CLaWS) from 9 July through 9 November aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker. The survey was a collaborative effort between SWFSC and NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center.  
The study was conducted in U.S. and Canadian waters of the eastern North Pacific (ENP) between the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and San Diego, California (Fig. 1). The survey was separated into five legs, ranging from 15 to 25 days. The fourth leg of the survey occurred in Canadian Pacific coastal waters between 28 September and 22 October and was a collaborative effort with Dr. John Ford of the Cetacean Research Program, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Purpose:
CLAWS = Collaborative Large Whale Survey.
Objective: photo ID study of the Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG) of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) between central California and Kodiak, Alaska. 
Vessel: NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker.  
Study area: U.S. and Canadian waters of the Eastern North Pacific (ENP) between the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and San Diego, California.

Supplemental information:
SWFSC MMTD Cruise Number: 1648
Perpendicular distance will be released upon permission by the contributor. Please contact the contributor if needed.

Attribute descriptions for effort data:
dist: Length of the segment (km) 
Mode: Effort mode type (C = closing mode; P = passing mode)
Phytoplankton data collected in the Black Sea in February 1957

Keywords: Digitization, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1957/1957

Data collected by the IBSS staff at several stations in the Black Sea during the first cruise in February 1957. This dataset contains abundance data (individuals per liter) and biomass data (mg/m³) for phytoplankton taxa. No additional metadata is available.
Fish Collection Ismael Kong, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1980/1983

This database includes deep-water fishes and fishes collected at northern Chile during El Niño conditions in 1983-84. These fishes were collected and identified by Ismael Kong, who was a highly prestigious ichthyologist in Chile. The currently maintained at Universidad de Antofagasta in northern Chile.