oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
DFO Gulf Region Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP)

Keywords: biological classification, Observation, Occurrence, biota
Temporal coverage: 2004/2014

During 2003, the Stewardship and Environmental Science Sections of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Gulf region Oceans and Science Branch collaborated in developing a monitoring program to help determine the ecological health of estuaries and coastal shorelines in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL).

The outcome of this initiative was the Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP). One of the objectives of CAMP was to test the hypothesis that a relationship exists between the health of an estuary or coastal shoreline and the diversity and abundance of finfish and crustacean species which inhabit the littoral or near shore zone. Simply stated, an estuary which has been degraded by human activity may have fewer species or fewer individuals of certain species or more of other species than a healthy, undisturbed estuary. Other objectives of CAMP included the development of an outreach program for the DFO to interact with Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGOs) to raise awareness of the ecology of estuaries and bays in sGSL and to acquire baseline data on abundance, diversity and coastal community assemblage for future comparisons.

The OBIS dataset contains a subset of the original CAMP dataset.
--As part of the CAMP protocol each species is identified according to their developmental stage which are divided into 2 categories. The young of the year (YOY) are juveniles that were born in the current year and all others are categorized as adults.  Identification between the two developmental stage is done according to size (total length) that were based on information from the literature.  

The OBIS dataset is based upon the total abundance for each species per beach seine haul. The sample size is 15 m x 15 m = 225 m2). The beach seine is 30 m long by 2 m high with 6 mm mesh size). Only abundance data where the counts were greater than zero are included in this dataset. 
--The CAMP dataset also contains information on submerged aquatic vegetation - the protocol includes determination of the % cover of the 9 most common algae categories. This 'vegetation' information is not part of the OBIS dataset.  

--The CAMP dataset also includes data on water temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen. Only the temperature data is included with this OBIS dataset.

This is the 4th version of this resource and was created in May of 2015 - it contains records from 2004 to 2014.
Sea turtle tracking in Bonaire 2003-2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Radio transmitters,Animal movements,marine turtles,foraging,satellite tracking
Temporal coverage: 2003/2011

Original provider:
Mabel Nava

Abstract:
Of the four species of marine turtles commonly observed breeding in the Caribbean, three species, the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) regularly nest on the beaches of Bonaire and Klein Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean.
Whereas juvenile green and hawksbill turtles can be observed year-round in the neritic waters surrounding Bonaire and Klein Bonaire, adult marine turtles are only rarely seen outside of the breeding season, which combined for the three species lasts from May to December. In-water surveys of marine turtles conducted in all potential foraging habitats around the islands indicate that adult marine turtles are seasonal visitors and do not reside permanently in the islands’ waters. 
We used satellite telemetry starting in 2003 to address the question of where the foraging grounds are located of the turtles breeding at Bonaire and Klein Bonaire. Our principal objectives were to identify the migratory pathways and the foraging ground locations of post-reproductive marine turtles, in order to deepen our understanding of the potential threats facing these animals.

Supplemental information:
2012-10-12: A sea turtle identified as 'Valley' was not properly registered and was not shown on the map. The issue is fixed.
2012-10-12: Turtles identified 'Funny' and 'STINAPA' got wrong tag ids. The issue is fixed.
Sargasso 2004 - Seabirds

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,seabirds,Sargasso Sea
Temporal coverage: 2004/2004

Original provider:
Dalhousie University

Dataset credits:
Hal Whitehead, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University

Abstract:
The Sargasso Sea cruise surveyed marine birds and mammals in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, during the summer of 2004. This survey onboard the Valiant 40 ocean-going research vessel Balaena, consisted of two survey legs: a sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Beaufort, North Carolina (May 5 - 27), and a round trip from Beaufort, North Carolina to offshore waters north of the Bahamas (June 2 - 22). Seabirds were surveyed during the second leg of this cruise by Lesley Thorne, a graduate student from the Duke University Marine Laboratory.

Purpose:
The seabird survey data summarize the distribution and abundance of marine birds during the Sargasso Sea cruise.

Supplemental information:
[2020-09-30] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (176839) =&gt; Chroicocephalus philadelphia (824040)
Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (176837) =&gt; Leucophaeus atricilla (824079)

This dataset includes survey effort and sightings on effort and during focal follows of sperm whale schools (off effort). The survey track was recorded by logging a position every 10 minutes using the vessel's GPS.
Porifera diversity and distribution data in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Keywords: Porifera, Gulf of Mexico, Campeche Bank, Coral Reefs, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2005/2019

The dataset contains information on specimens examined in the paper “An update on marine sponge diversity in the Southern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs” submitted in Zootaxa. This dataset contains information on 231 specimens of 80 species of the Demospongiae class, including their distribution in coral reefs in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, and their depth. All specimens are hosted in the National Collection of the Phylum Porifera Gerardo Green” (CNPGG), at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
DFO-SABS: Phytoplankton monitoring in the southwest Bay of Fundy

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1988/1989

A monitoring program was initiated in May 1987 to study phytoplankton populations in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy, southwest New Brunswick. Samples were collected for phytoplankton distribution and abundance. Water samples were collected at the surface using buckets from all locations and additional discrete depths of 10 m, 25 m, and 50 m were sampled using Niskin bottles at selected stations.
NOTE:  Version 1 of this dataset prepared for OBIS contains only the surface distribution records for the period 1988-89.
Habitat map of seagrass cover in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia 2004 and 2011

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2004/2011

In 2004 and 2011, Seagrass mapping of Moreton Bay between the Bribie Island bridge and Kangaroo Island: Mapping conducted as part of the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) in conjunction with research by the CRSSIS, UQ (funded by Coastal CRC).
This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency Queensland and The University of Queensland for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
Data and metadata sourced from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=d02b6f4e-c8b3-4983-b3c1-0b0d514b4a3d  and https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=5b06aeef-979b-4d09-8e78-0170cbdb8869
Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1907/1907

In 1907 with the object of assisting and furthering the fishing industry the New Zealand Government organized and carried out an extensive series of experimental trawling investigations, the objects, as detailed in the official reports, being 'to ascertain what extent of trawling-grounds existed, what varieties of marketable fish were obtainable in the different localities; to prove whether the conditions necessary for carrying on successful trawling existed in certain localities within workable distance of the best markets, and, if so, to place the information on record for the guidance of those interested in the trawling industry; and generally to acquire information on the distribution of food-fishes, etc., in the sea surrounding these islands.'
The vessel used was the 'Nora Niven', built in Selby, and was constructed of
steel. She was 96 ft. long, the net register being 56 tons. In ordinary weather she could steam 8.5 knots an hour.
Though the expedition was fitted with several scientific appliances, such as sets of thermometers, sounding-apparatus, etc., all of which were regularly and systematically used, the provision for actual trawling was of the ordinary commercial type, designed only to arrest the larger or marketable fishes. No effort or arrangement was made to secure the smaller species or invertebrates, the presence or absence of
which may have an important bearing on the distribution of the
economic fishes. Occasionally, a smaller meshed cotton net was attached to sections of the trawl. When, however, this small net was used, the
increased number of species obtained was very marked.
The vessel left Wellington on the 5th June, 1907 for Stewart Island, and arrived in Auckland at the end of the expedition on August 26th 1907. Ninety-six hauls were made by the time Auckland was reached. The total weight of marketable fish brought to port by the trawler during the three-months cruise was 46,750 lb. 2,743 blue-cod (Parapercis colias) were taken at the Chatham Islands on hand-lines.
Telemetry of loggeread turtles in Amvrakikos Bay (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2003/2004

Original provider:
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece

Dataset credits:
Data provider
ARCHELON (2002-2007)
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
ETANAM - Local management agency of the Amvrakikos Bay region
Project sponsor or sponsor description
LIFE-Nature. A European Union funding programme to develope management plans and protection for NATURA 2000 sites.


Abstract:
Little is known of the foraging turtles in Amvrakikos Bay. We have tag returns from turtles that have nested at the three nearby Ionian nesting areas, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Kyparissia Bay, but when they come and go and where they move around in the bay was unknown. This project has helped to answere some of these important conservation issues.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=5">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.
Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates - marine records

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1874/2017

With the Great Barrier Reef our most important marine biodiversity resource, the Queensland Museum has a strong focus on marine invertebrates, including sessile, free-living and parasitic species. Much material has come from the CIDARIS Expeditions of the 1980s, the Great Barrier Reef Seabed Biodiversity Project 2003-2006 and more recent research-funded collecting along the eastern seaboard.
The Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates collection includes members from the following taxa: Eumetazoa, Acanthocephala, Annelida, Braciopoda, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Nematoda, Nemertea, Onychophora, Platyhelminthes, Sipuncula and Tunicata.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co201). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016

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

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/1799">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017</a> dataset.

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/1799">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1360">UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</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.
Breeding success of Southern Australian little penguins, Australia (1990-2017)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1990/2017

Breeding success (counts of eggs, fledgings, nestlings) of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) at 10 colonies in South Australian over a nonconsecutive 28-yr time period. Data from Flinders University Research Datasets (https://doi.org/10.25957/dyv5-4a64).
Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey, Catch Data

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 1990/2015

The Fisheries Ecology Division (FED, https://swfsc.noaa.gov/GroundfishAnalysis/) of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) has conducted a midwater trawl survey off central California since 1983 with the primary goal of developing pre-recruit indices for young-of-the-year (YOY) rockfish (Sebastes spp.). The survey also samples numerous other components of the epipelagic micronekton, including other YOY groundfish (such as Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, and sanddab, Citharichthys spp ), coastal pelagic fishes (such as Pacific sardine, Sardinops sagax, and northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax) and other forage species. Additional details regarding the survey methods and results are described in Ralston et al. (2015) and Sakuma et al. (
http://calcofi.org/publications/calcofireports/v57/Vol57-Sakuma_pages.163-183.pdf). Ralston, S., J.C. Field and K.S. Sakuma. 2015. Longterm variation in a central California pelagic forage assemblage. Journal of Marine Systems 146: 26-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.06.013. Sakuma, K.M., J.C. Field, B.B. Marinovic, C.N. Carrion, N.J. Mantua and S. Ralston. In revision. Anomalous epipelagic micronekton assemblage patterns in the neritic waters of the California Current in spring 2015 during a period of extreme ocean conditions. CalCOFI Reports.
Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) DFO Quebec region phytoplankton

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

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical data to detect and monitor seasonal and interannual variability in eastern Canadian waters. A full description of the program can be found in Therriault et al. 1998. Proposal for a northwest Atlantic zonal monitoring program. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 194: vii+57pp. (available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/224076.pdf). Additional information is available at the AZMP website http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/azmppmza/index-eng.html. 

The key element of the AZMP sampling strategy is the oceanographic sampling at fixed stations (every two weeks, conditions permitting) and along sections (1-3 times per year). Field sampling and laboratory analyses are carried out following well-established common protocols (Mitchell et al. 2002. Atlantic Zonal Monitoring Program sampling protocol. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 223: iv + 23 pp.) 

Purpose: A comprehensive environmental monitoring program, building on existing monitoring activities, was designed and implemented in 1999 for the northwestern Atlantic with the aim of increasing the Department of Fisheries and Ocean's (DFO) capacity to understand, describe, and forecast the state of the ocean environment and marine ecosystem and to relate those changes to the predator-prey relationships of marine resources. Environmental monitoring should provide the data sets that are necessary to: (1) track and predict changes in productivity and ocean state; (2) respond to immediate questions posed by clients; (3) alert clients to short- and long-term environmental/ecosystem changes; and (4) provide adequate historical databases to address future issues. For example, environmental monitoring is needed to understand environment-fisheries interactions; to detect trends in climate changes as a basis for rational predictions; to validate oceanographic models; and to provide historical and on-line data for development and exploitation activities in fisheries, oil and gas, and marine transportation 

Phytoplankton samples collected by Quebec regional AZMP investigators are included in this dataset.
Analysis of macrobenthos in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1971-1972)

Keywords: Grain size analysis, Numerical analysis, Samplingevent, Macrobenthos
Temporal coverage: 1971/1972

Species frequencies, density and biomass for macrobenthos sampled in the Southern Bight of the North Sea between May 1971 and September 1972 and sediment grain size data for all 60 sampling locations. Samples were taken using Van Veen grabs. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Govaere, J. (1978). Numerieke analyse van het makrobenthos in de Southern Bight (Noordzee). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 220, 122 tab. [2 delen] pp.
CSIRO, Fish Survey, Albatross Bay - Gulf of Capentaria, North Australia, 1986-1988

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1986/1988

Seven, four- to five-day cruises were undertaken using the vessel "Jacqueline D" in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria between August 1986 and November 1988, using a random stratified trawl survey to measure fish species composition and abundance. Four depth zones between 7 and 45 m were sampled during both day and night. Approx. 890,000 fish of 237 species were collected, of which the bulk were made up of 25 species. The dominant families were Leignathidae, Haemulidae and Clupeidae, with Sciaenidae and Dasyatidae important at night. Leiognathus bindus was the most abundant species, while Caranx bucculentus was the most frequently caught (96% of all trawls). The suite of fishes was separately analysed for occurrence of prawn predators.
This data has been republished (2022-09-05 with additional details of each occurrence where they can be one of three types:  catch composition (counts per taxa and optional aggregated weights by trawl event), catch measurements (length and/or weight) of individual taxa and/or catch specimens and their stored location. The occurrence type is recorded in occurrenceremarks.
Pesquería Artesanal de la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta - SIPEIN

Keywords: Conservación, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Especies amenazadas, Caribe Colombiano, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, Manejo, Biodiversidad, Departamento del Magdalena, Observation, Santa Marta
Temporal coverage: 1999/2020

La ecorregión de la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta - CGSM es el complejo lagunar estuarino más extenso de Colombia del que hacen parte 14 municipios. Por sus características hidrológicas, ecológicas y geomorfológicas, sus ecosistemas estuarinos son considerados de los más productivos de la zona tropical, hecho que le ha permitido estar designada con cinco figuras de protección. A pesar de su gran importancia, la CGSM mostró un grave deterioro ambiental en la década de los 90 como producto del desequilibrio hídrico originado por la construcción de la carretera Ciénaga-Barranquilla en los 50s, que condujo progresivamente a la hipersalinización del sistema. Con el objeto de promover su rehabilitación, se cuenta con un monitoreo continuo de los recursos pesqueros desde hace más de dos décadas, usando el Sistema de Información Pesquera del Invemar - SIPEIN. Este es una herramienta para el desarrolla programas de monitoreo pesquero, ya que integra información de variables biológico-pesqueras, económicas y sociales, que facilitan el cálculo de indicadores en un proceso que incluye la toma de datos en campo, la digitación, el procesamiento, y la producción de reportes numéricos y gráficos que contribuyen a la evaluación de las pesquerías y la toma de decisiones. El INVEMAR  ha  venido  realizando  el  monitoreo  ambiental,  con  el  apoyo  de CORPAMAG  en  el  marco  del  convenio  de  cooperación  No.  16  del  27 de diciembre del 2006, estos esfuerzos  fueron reforzados  en  el 2014  con  la  suscripción  del  convenio  de  asociación  No  40.
En este conjunto de datos se reportan diferentes grupos biológicos, documentados en seis estaciones de monitoreo en la región del Caribe continental colombiano, que corresponden a 2,015.289 registros biológicos obtenidos entre los años 1999 y 2020.
Macroinvertebrate groups found on deep-sea volcanic habitats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: Arthropoda

Keywords: Arthropoda, Macroinvertebrate, Volcanic seascapes, Galapagos Marine Reserve, Deep-sea, Seamounts
Temporal coverage: 2015/2015

Macroinvertebrate groups found on deep-sea volcanic habitats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: Arthropoda.
HRC Vessel-Based Turtle Monitoring Surveys April-May 2012

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2012

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

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

Supplemental information:
Effort data is not available.
Tracking of broad-billed prions using geolocaters from colony on Rangatira Island, New Zealand (2012-13)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Tracking a single broad-billed prion (Pachyptila vittata) using geolocators. Data from Zoatrack project 106 (https://zoatrack.org/projects/106/) accessed on 2021-03-01
Romanian Black Sea Zooplankton data from 2001 to 2010

Keywords: Samplingevent, Black sea
Temporal coverage: 2001/2010

The zooplankton dataset contains samples collected during 2001-2010, from different stations, from the Romanian Black Sea waters. Samples were collected from different depths, in different seasons . All samples were collected using the modified Juday net, with an opening of 36 cm diameter. Zooplankton samples were analyzed both from quantitative (density and biomass) and qualitative (list of species) point of view.