oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Happywhale - Leopard seal in South Atlantic Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1976/2022, 1976/2023, 1976/2024

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 32 contributors in alphabetic order:

Adam Turner; Alan Henry; AnninaS; Ben Wallis; Catherine; Doug Cheeseman - †; Ella Crowie; Harriet Johnson; James Robbins; Jamie Coleman; Jenny May; Jody Aldridge; Kate Harris; Kicki Ericson &amp; Thies Matzen; Lauren Farmer; Lousie Clarke; Lynette Helmore; Madalena; Mariann Cyr; Mariela Cornejo; MV Hondius; Nick Rendell; Nigel Pendse; Nikki; Phil Schultz; Pippa Low; Rob Carter; Sarah Kather; Sara Jenner; Suzan pole-Evans; Ted Cheeseman; Tobias Brehm
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection

Keywords: tissue, Specimen, cryogenic, Occurrence, fish, frozen, ichthyology
Temporal coverage: 1986/2006

The University of Kansas Ichthyology frozen tissue collection continues to expand rapidly and has broad representation of both marine and freshwater fish diversity - 11,000 individual tissue samples from 2384 taxa (297 families and 1077 genera) and 38 countries (Australia, Belize, Ethiopia, Fiji, Nepal, Seychelles, South Africa and Tonga etc., as well as oceanic localities).  The collections and the scope of research activities in the division continue to grow due to the ongoing activities of ichthyology staff and students.
      The collection is used by national and international researchers as well as by state and federal agencies. The Division of Ichthyology is designated as a Regional Center in the Midwest and Great Plains Regions (Collette &amp; Lachner 1976, Copeia 1976: 625-642; Poss and Collette 1995, Copeia 1995: 48-70) and is among the top twenty ichthyological collections in the country. Almost 60% of the specimens in the collection are from the Great Plains Region. The collection is an important resource for anyone interested in the region's fishes. The data concerning these faunas are not extensively duplicated by other ichthyological collections.
      The tissue collection comprises tissue samples originally collected in liquid nitrogen, DMSO and ethanol and stored in state-of-the-art liquid nitrogen dewars at -170°C. The tissues are made up mostly of muscle tissue but also includes, liver and other internal organs, fin clips and whole specimens.  A large proportion of our collection has vouchers held either at KU or at other collections.  The provenance of these vouchers is indicated in the database.
Acoustic detections in Northeast and South Atlantic

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Acoustic precense/absence,Vessel
Temporal coverage: 2019/2020

Original provider:
Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Dataset credits:
Thomas Webber, University of St Andrews

Abstract:
Acoustic detcetions of odontocetes from over 30,000km of survey effort from 
the Arctic, Atlantic, Southern and Indian Oceans, using a streamlined 
workflow for increasing the speed of acoustic anakysis for large datasets 
utilizing existing modules within PAMGuard.

Supplemental information:
Each record represents species presence only.
Records of "SONAR" were dropped.
Survey trackline is provided as a static image online.
DFO Quebec Region Biodiversity of the snow crab trawl survey in the St. Lawrence Estuary (2019)

Keywords: Samplingevent, estuaire, Quebec, Observation, Québec, biodiversity, Occurrence, St-Lawrence, benthique, biodiversité, Canada, St-Laurent, estuary, benthic
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

A research survey on snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio), using a beam trawl, was carried out by DFO in 2019 in the St. Lawrence Lower Estuary between Forestville, Baie-Comeau and Matane. The main objective of this survey was to assess crab abundance and the diversity of benthic species associated with the crab habitat according to a fixed station sampling plan. The data provided is a compilation by species (or taxon), by station. The taxonomic and geographic validity of the records were verified.
Un relevé de recherche sur le crabe des neiges (Chionoecetes opilio), à l'aide d'un chalut à perche (connu aussi sous le nom de chalut à bâton), a été réalisé par le MPO en 2019 dans l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent entre Forestville, Baie-Comeau et Matane. L’objectif principal de ce relevé était d’évaluer l’abondance du crabe et la diversité des espèces benthiques associées à l’habitat du crabe selon un plan d'échantillonnage à stations fixes. Les données fournies sont une compilation par espèce (ou taxon), par station. La validité taxonomique et géographique des enregistrements a été vérifiée.
Macroalgas del Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga, isla de Margarita, Venezuela

Keywords: macroalgas, Margarita, Samplingevent, inventario
Temporal coverage: 2007/2008

Se realizó una evaluación taxonómica de las macroalgas asociadas a raíces de mangle rojo (Rhizophora mangle) en el Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga.
El estudio se llevó a cabo durante el periodo junio-2007 mayo-2008, en cinco estaciones, una en la entrada de la laguna, dos en la zona central y dos en la zona más interna.
Se muestrearon cinco raíces por estación (25 raíces) por salida.
Se identificó un total de 54 especies de macroalgas pertenecientes a las divisiones Chlorophyta (26 especies), Ochrophyta (7 especies) y Rhodophyta (21 especies).
The Polychaetous Annelids of the Marshall Islands

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1946/1957

This dataset is from a paper by Donald J. Reish (1968) on the polychaetous annelids of the Marshall Islands.
This report is based upon collections made by the author at Eniwetok, Bikini, and Majuro atolls during the summers of 1956 and 1957. In addition, previous accounts of the polychaetes from the Marshall Islands, largely those reported by Hartman (1954), are incorporated in this study. The object of the field investigations was to prepare a reference collection of polychaetes for the Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory.
Various names have been employed in the literature for the various islands of Eniwetok Atoll. The names employed by Dawson (1957) and by the Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory have been followed. Hartman (1954) used the same names for those of the islands from which she made collections, with two exceptions - Rujoru and Japtan which she called Rujiyoru and Munit.
Fauna Atlas N.T. - marine records, Northern Territory, Australia

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1875/2017

Record fauna observational summary data within the N.T. Taxonomic and collection data for observed mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs. Includes presence/absence info, date, time, and location of sighting. Data collected after 1995 may also include counts.
Records were downloaded from the Atlas of Living Australia (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr361). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species. Non-marine records based on that register have been excluded from this version.
Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania, Australia (2004-2005)

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 2004/2005

Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay, Tasmania, from November 2004 to October 2005.
The composition of the mesozooplankton community was typical of inshore, temperate marine habitats, with seasonally higher abundance in summer and autumn and lower numbers in winter and spring. Copepods were the largest contributors to total abundance across all seasons and stations, while cladocerans and appendicularians were proportionally abundant in spring and summer. The faecal pellets of these three main groups, along with those of krill and amphipods, also contributed significantly to material recovered from sediment traps. Meroplanktonic larvae of benthic animals showed short-term peaks in abundance and were often absent from the water column for long periods. Spatially, North West Bay and the Channel had a higher representation of typically marine species, including Calanus australis and Labidocera cervi, while truly estuarine species, such as the copepod Gladioferens pectinatus, were more important in the Huon Estuary.
Data sourced from the IMAS Metadata catalogue https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=b89e4a97-4ce5-455a-ae3a-a88415b50541 on 2021-02-03
Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2008

Keywords: biogeographic, biology, dry tortugas, fwc-fwri, institute, occurrenceID, project, record, siteid, station, status, system, taxon_rank, taxonomic, time, authorship_information, accepted_authorship_information, percent_coverage, absence, area, coral, habitatid, keys, latitude, longitude, monitoring, name, recorded, species, data_set_identification, authorship, basis of record, class, comprehensive, conservation, coverage, data, date, fish, hierarchy, large, obis, reef, sample, scientific_name, statement, worms, taxonomic_status, array-data, database, eventID, eventdate, family, fwri, gulf of mexico, occurrence, register, revisited, scientific, scientificname, taxon, taxon_status, unaccepted, v2.3, aphia_database_identification_number, scientificnameid, about, basisOfRecord, data_set_name, dataset, florida, identification, marine, organism, rank, recordedBy, samples, subregionid, usage, vernacular, vernacularName, wildlife, acceptedNameUsageID, organism_per_sample_area, acceptedNameAuthorship, acceptedNameUsage, accepted, aphia, array, common, datasetName, florida keys, identifier, ocean, order, percent, sitecode, stewardship, taxonomy, scientificNameAuthorship, occurrence_identification, coral monitoring, cremp, evaluation, fwc, genus, information, meters, number, per, presence, species_name, specificEpithet, taxonRank, vernacular_name, world, year, organismQuantity, accepted_name_usage, organismQuantityType, Samplingevent, basis, commission, event, kingdom, phylum, research, set, square, taxonomicStatus, value, associatedreferences, accepted_aphia_database_identification_number, occurrenceStatus
Temporal coverage: 2008/2008

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between 2007 and 2008) in the percent cover of major benthic taxa (stony corals, octocorals, sponges, and macroalgae), mean coral species richness and the incidence of stony coral conditions. Additionally, it examines the long-term trends of the major benthic taxa, five coral complex, Montastraea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Siderastrea siderea, and Porites astreoides) and the clionaid sponge, Cliona delitrix.
BEWREMABI dataset: Belgian Shipwreck - hotspots for Marine Biodiversity: Macrofauna in vicinity of shipwrecks

Keywords: Occurrence, Shipwrecks, Wrecks, Observation, Macrofauna, diver, Biodiversity
Temporal coverage: 2004/2006

Data was gathered during BEWREMABI project (part of SPSD-II federal science policy programme) sampling campaigns. Macrofauna was sampled in the vicinity of shipwrecks using macrofauna core + scuba.
Biodiversidad de la Reserva Natural Sanguaré y sus ecosistemas estratégicos

Keywords: Animales, Herpetos, Caribe colombiano, Muestreo, Observation, Zoología, Técnicas de campo, SiB_MARINO, Occurrence, PERMISO_COLECTA
Temporal coverage: 2014/2019

El curso de zoología general constituye la base fundamental sobre la cual se cimienta el estudio de algunos aspectos de los animales, y busca despertar en los estudiantes el interés en estudiar la morfología, fisiología, historia natural, diversidad e historia evolutiva. Así, el curso busca presentar conceptos claves sobre árboles filogenéticos; describir diferentes modelos de organización corporal; presentar las principales características morfológicas, evolutivas, fisiológicas y ecológicas de diferentes filo de animales seleccionados, a través de diferentes hipótesis filogenéticas; y presentar las metodologías y técnicas de trabajo en campo y laboratorio, con diferentes filo de animales.
Dentro del curso se realiza una salida de campo a la Reserva Natural Sanguaré con el fin de conocer diferentes metodologías para realizar muestreos entre los diversos grupos taxonómicos y colectar eventualmente especímenes para depositarlos en las colecciones biológicas CBUCES y realizar identificaciones posteriores.
En este recurso se presentan 199 registros de especímenes colectados entre octubre de 2014 y noviembre del 2019 en la Reserva Natural Sanguaré. Abarcando los grupos biológicos de herpetos, peces, moluscos, algas rojas, verdes y pardas, decápodos, esponjas marinas, equinodermos y algunos mamíferos. La mayoría de los especímenes se ha identificado a especie (n=65), familia (n=56), clase (n=31), género (n=26), orden (n=15) y otros niveles intermedios (n=6). Todos los especímenes cuentan con numero de catálogo en la colección CBUCES.
Australian Seagrass distribution Points Dataset 2005

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1978/2003

Australian Seagrass distribution (2005 - Points Dataset) as subsetted from Global Distribution of Seagrasses. The seagrass dataset has been compiled by UNEP-WCMC in collaboration with Dr Frederick T. Short, University of New Hampshire, USA to show the global distribution of seagrass species. This dataset has been created from multiple sources and was used in the creation of the “World Atlas of Seagrasses”(2003). This polygon feature dataset is an update of the data used in the Atlas and is a unique data holding about the state of the world’s seagrasses. For a complete overview of global seagrass distribution this dataset should be displayed together with the associated point dataset.
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Coastal fisheries, Archipelagic waters
Temporal coverage: 2004/2013

Sightings (snap shots) of marine mammals collected by Biosphere Expeditions collaborators specifically for POPA. Since 2004  Biosphere Expeditions (www.biosphere-expeditions.org) collects data for POPA in the Azores central group in April and May.
NCOS1959_Crustacea

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

The Database of NCOS-China includes records of specimen collected in the Marine Biological Museum of Chinese Academy of Sciences during the National Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey (NCOS) from 1958 to 1960. The surveyed area covered the coast of China Seas, including the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, almost 1200 sampling stations. Most taxa of marine invertebrates were obtained in this survey. This dataset contains the Crustacea data.
"Phytoplankton and Zooplankton data collected during the Black Sea cruises of UkrSCES  R/V Viktor Bugaev 1993"

Keywords: Observation, Black sea, Phytoplankton, monitoring, Occurrence, R/V "Viktor Bugaev", Zooplankton, cruise
Temporal coverage: 1993/1993

This dataset contains information about monitoring cruises carried out by  R/V “Viktor Bugaev”  in 1993.
Cruise number 57 performed in accordance with the programs: “World ocean”,  “Global changes in natural environment and climate”, “Earth sciences and environment problems”, “Geology and litho-geochemical feature of oligofen-quaternary sediments of the Azov and Black Seas within the shelf and continental slope” .
The program of research expeditions of the R/V "Viktor Bugaev" in the cruise 57 validated by the UkrSCES scientific director in July 1993.
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Cryptic Fish

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2013

Reef Life Survey is designed to develop and resource a network of skilled recreational divers for rapid and cost-effective assessment of the state of the inshore marine environment at the global scale. The project uses standardised underwater visual census methods employed by trained SCUBA divers to survey fish and invertebrate species and to record habitat type using photo quadrats - this dataset refers to the cryptic fish survey component only.
The dataset generated by recreational divers provides a national framework for monitoring the state of the inshore environment and the identification of those threats and locations of greatest conservation concern. The project also increases awareness and interest by the recreational diving community in marine issues, and enhanced scientific capacity of personnel in regional areas.
This dataset is a subset of the whole collection for the New Zealand and south western Pacific region only. For the full record, visit http://reeflifesurvey.com/reef-life-survey/survey-data/
Happywhale - Risso's Dolphin in South Pacific Ocean

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence,PhotoID;Visual sighting, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null, 2017/2018

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:

Marilia Olio; Whale Watching Chile
Invertebrates of the Recherche Archipelago , Western Australia (2002)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2002/2002

The Recherche Archipelago is a chain of approximately 105 islands and 1500 islets extending over 470 km of coastline (230 km linear distance) in temperate southern Western Australia with a wide variety of benthic habitats (Seagrass, Reef, Rhodoliths and Sand). In October 2002, macroalgae, sessile invertebrates and reef fish assemblages were surveyed in the Recherche Archipelago, by stratifying sampling by depth, exposure and island group. The factor depth was stratified into three groups: &lt;10 m, 10 to 20 m, 20 to 28 m (hereafter referred as &gt;20 m). Exposure was defined as sheltered (mainland-facing side of the island) and exposed (seaward-facing side of the island). Island groups consisted of islands inshore (Woody, Thomas, and Black Island) and offshore (Remark, Long, and Frederick) Esperance Bay as well as Mondrain and Figure of Eight Islands, within the Western Archipelago.
Data and report sourced from https://data.pawsey.org.au/public/?path=/WA%20Node%20Ocean%20Data%20Network/AODN/FRDC_Recherche and https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2001-060 respectively.
NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part I)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings,Cetaceans,Dolphins,Marine mammals,Whales,Animals,Harbor Porpoise,Sea turtles,ShipSurvey,Observations,Transects,Line transects,biota,environment,geoscientificinformation,location,oceans,Endangered Species,Biomass,Community Structure,Range Changes,Conservation,Environmental Assessments,Population Distribution,Population Size,Abundance,Spatial distribution
Temporal coverage: 1995/1995

Original provider:
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credits:
National Marine Fisheries Service

Abstract:
The ship survey was performed from 22 July 1991 to 30 August 1991 to estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of harbor porpoises. The study area, covering approximately 13,300 nm, was from Port Clyde, Maine to St. John, New Brunswick over to the Nova Scotian coast, up to Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Purpose:
The primary objectives were:
1) Estimate the abundance of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy - Nova Scotia area; and 
2) Investigate if there are any spatial distribution patterns of the harbor porpoises, and if those patterns are correlated with water depth or harbor porpoise group size.
The secondary objectives were:
1) Estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of other cetaceans;
2) Determine if harbor porpoise avoid this ship, and if so, at what distance;
3) Determine if there is a spatial distribution pattern of mother-calf pairs of harbor porpoise;
4) Compare the abundance estimate and spatial distribution of harbor porpoise as seen this year with that seen in previous years;
5) Investigate if inland bays can be surveyed using a rigidhull inflatable boat as the observation platform in a line transect survey; and 
6) Determine if Buckland's sighting procedure (1991), which is a line transect survey using both a primary and marking team, is a feasible procedure to estimate the abundance of harbor porpoise in the Bay of Fundy area.

Supplemental information:
In addition to the sighting data, effort data was recorded every half hour or whenever conditions change. This dataset, therefore, should be used with the effort data.
Trawl Data from the CCGS Sir John Franklin during the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition

Keywords: catch, International Year of the Salmon, eastern North Pacific Ocean, Trawl, Samplingevent, specimen
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

This data set contains the at sea data collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the eastern Gulf of Alaska, aboard the CCGS Sir John Franklin, in contribution to the 2022 International Year of the Salmon (IYS) Pan-Pacific Winter Expedition coordinated by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC). This data package contains three separate components; event, catch, and specimen. The event data contains all of the sampling event information, including time, location, and duration. All dates and times are in UTC, depth measurements are in meters and distance measurements are in kilometers. The catch data contains all of the catch records, as counts and weights, for each species/taxa at each station. The sampling method for every catch weight should be total weight, and all weights are in kilograms. Weights too small to be weighed accurately are recorded as “Trace”. The specimen data contains individual lengths and weights for sampled individuals from each station. Specimen lengths are in millimeters and specimen weights are in grams. To join event information to catch or specimen information, join on the station event id field. To join catch and specimen data, join on the catch id field.

This data is contained in Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, which should be referenced in any use of this data as follows:

King, J.R., Freshwater, C., Tabata, A.M., Zubkowski, T.B., Stanley, C., Wright, C., Anderson, E.D., and Flynn, K.L. 2022. Eastern Gulf of Alaska Pacific Salmon Trawl Survey, February 19 - March 21, 2022 onboard the CCGS Sir John Franklin as contribution to the International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3502: vii + 61 p.