oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
Wreck Rock Turtle Care - satellite tracking (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2022/2022

Original provider:
aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Aubrey Strydom
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
Aubrey Strydom (Satellite tracking &amp; T1 - the ATV)Lightforce (The light bars on T1) Tom Garrett (Volunteer fox control)TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc.Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management.Queensland Parks &amp; Wildlife, Deepwater National ParkQueensland Turtle Conservation Research Program: Aquatic Threatened Species Unit, (Department of Environment &amp; Science)Wildlife Computers, Redmond, WashingtonCLS ARGOS


Abstract:
Volunteers Neville and Bevlyn McLachlan initiated and have been running the Wreck Rock Turtle Care program for 45 years, with help from their family and friends.Nev commenced monitoring back in the early 1970's and Bev joined him in 1977.  They have not missed a nesting season since then.Each season they spend December and January camped in the Deepwater National Park.They spend their nights patrolling the beach on quad bikes and ATVs, and the next morning place mesh on the newly laid clutches to protect them from fox and goanna predation.TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc is an incorportated association established for the purpose of fostering conservation through study and enjoyment of turtles.  Through this organization they have the ability to raise funds to further the study that operates in conjunction with the Turtle Research Program, centered around the Mon Repos Rookery, which is a part of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.The volunteers at Wreck Rock spend all night patrolling the 22km beach, tagging adult turtles, monitoring their nesting and the hatching of newborn turtles and trying to keep the  foxes and goannas (monitor lizards) from destroying the nests during their 8 week incubation period.Tom Garrett and Rusty, his fox sniffing dog, volunteer a month at Deepwater National Park each season targeting fox dens. A special feature of this beach is that 4 species of turtles have been recorded nesting here.  Loggerheads, greens, and flatbacks frequently nest in this area, and until the mid 1990's it was the last known nesting site in Queensland for the rare and huge leatherback turtle. 

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1381">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.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection - marine records

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1935/2015

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Malacology (mollusc) collection comprises about 57,000 lots of dry shells for scientific research and education purposes, and about 2,000 specimen lots stored in either 70% ethyl alcohol for morphological study or absolute ethyl alcohol for genetics studies.
The bulk of the collection is registered into a database. Marine, land and freshwater species of molluscs are represented in the collection, with substantial holdings of shallow water tropical species from the Indo-Pacific, South East Asia and Northern Australia, with smaller holdings from other locations.
Data downloaded  from ALA (http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co141) and taxa matched to the World Register of Marine Species. This dataset excludes non-marine taxa.
HG_OOSTENDE - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium) [subsampled representation]

Keywords: Movebank, animal tracking, UvA-BiTS, biologging, birds, gps tracking, accelerometer, Occurrence, temperature, animal movement, LifeWatch, frictionlessdata, Observation, altitude
Temporal coverage: 2013/2021

This animal tracking dataset is derived from Stienen et al. (2022, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6594838">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6594838</a>) a deposit of Movebank study <a href="https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study986040562">986040562</a>. Data have been standardized to Darwin Core using the <a href="https://inbo.github.io/movepub/">movepub</a> R package and are downsampled to the first GPS position per hour. The original dataset description follows.
<em>HG_OOSTENDE - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium)</em> is a bird tracking dataset published by the <a href="https://www.inbo.be/en">Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)</a>. It contains animal tracking data collected by the LifeWatch GPS tracking network for large birds (<a href="http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds">http://lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds</a>) for the project/study <strong>HG_OOSTENDE</strong>, using trackers developed by the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System (UvA-BiTS, <a href="http://www.uva-bits.nl">http://www.uva-bits.nl</a>). The study has been operational since 2013. In total 60 individuals of European Herring gull (<em>Larus argentatus</em>) have been tagged in or near their breeding area at the southern North Sea coast (Ostend and Zeebrugge in Belgium), mainly to study their habitat use. Data are periodically uploaded from the UvA-BiTS database to Movebank and from there archived on Zenodo (see <a href="https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking">https://github.com/inbo/bird-tracking</a>).
This dataset was collected using infrastructure provided by VLIZ and INBO funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) as part of the Belgian contribution to LifeWatch.
Marine Turtle records for Norfolk Island

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1788/2010

This dataset is from a paper by Kellie Pendoley and Margaret Christian (2012) giving a summary of marine turtle records for Norfolk Island, Australia.
Nothing has been published in the modern literature on the status of marine turtles at Norfolk Island although their presence has been recognised since 1793 (Fidlon &amp; Ryan 1980). This study brings together all the available published, anecdotal and field survey data on marine turtles at Norfolk Island so that the status of habitat usage could be established. The results confirm the Norfolk Island group is used for foraging by resident adult and juvenile Chelonia mydas (Green) turtles and adult Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill) turtles. The natal beaches for these resident animals are thought to be Melanesian and Polynesian islands to the north and the beaches of north eastern Australia. While juvenile hawksbill turtles have not been recorded foraging at Norfolk Island they are the most common species and age class recorded in the island's strandings data. The confirmation of marine turtles at Norfolk means that any species proposals must include assessment of project impacts on these under Australian Federal legislation and their marine bioregional processes.
UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017

Keywords: Occurrence,Hatteras Aerial,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Original provider:
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

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

Supplemental information:
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="/datasets/detail/1669">USWTR Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a> dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the Hatteras 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/1668">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1670">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2017</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1471">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1473">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1350">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1352">UNCW Hatteras Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1237">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1235">AFTT Cape Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2014</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1138">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1140">AFTT Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2012-2013</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/851">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012</a>
<a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/855">AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012</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.
Esponjas de la plataforma continental (73 – 210 m) del área sur-occidental de isla Fuerte y alta Guajira, con la descripción de nuevos registros para el Caribe colombiano.

Keywords: Observation, Homoscleromorpha, Occurrence, Porifera, Caribe Colombiano, Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia - MHNMC, Demospongiae, Plataforma continental
Temporal coverage: 2011/2012

En el marco del proyecto "Fortalecimiento y generación de nuevo conocimiento de la Colección de Esponjas (phylum Porifera) del Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia (MHNMC)", se procesó, curó y catalogó material que permanecía sin ser identificado en la colección. Producto de ese trabajo, este conjunto de datos proporciona 218 nuevos registros biológicos de especímenes de poríferos, obtenidos en la plataforma continental del Caribe colombiano, en el sector sur-occidental de isla Fuerte y la alta Guajira, entre los 73 - 210 m de profundidad. El material identificado corresponde a 89 taxa, pertenecientes a las Clases Demospongiae y Homoscleromorpha, agrupadas en 16 órdenes, 33 familias, 51 géneros y 45 especies, de los cuales 10 son nuevos registros para el Caribe colombiano. Los especímenes originalmente fueron recolectados por medio de arrastres de bentónicos entre los años 2011-2012 como parte del proyecto "Ecosistemas profundos y sus recursos pesqueros en el área sur-occidental de isla Fuerte y la alta Guajira, Caribe colombiano" desarrollado por el el Invemar.
Seabird Observations, Storm Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 1991-1994

Keywords: Occurrence, EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Marine Biology &gt; Marine Birds, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1991/1994

Survey data from 9 trips on the 52 m industrial waste dumping vessel, the Anson, from May-Sept 1994. Jarosite, a zinc processing waste product was dumped off the continental shelf southeast of Tasmania. This dataset is of seabird sightings from the northern extant of Storm bay to the dump site. Other zinc dump trips in 1988 and 1991 are in SouthEast Seabird Survey. Data published in Coarse-scale relationships between seabirds and zooplankton off south-eastern Tasmania, Timothy A. Reid and Mark A. Hindell, Mar. Freshwater Res., 2000, 51, 789–98. Additional voyages conducted by Tim Reid from 1991 to 1993 are included in this dataset.
Condrictios del atolón Albuquerque durante la Expedición Seaflower 2018 - Proyecto Colombia BIO

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, SIB_MARINO, albuquerque, COLOMBIA BIO, SEAFLOWER, condrictios
Temporal coverage: 2018/2018

Conduct Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) surveys, eDNA surveys, and
catch-and-release surveys of reef elasmobranch to assess diversity and relative
abundance in the Colombian Caribbean at Isla Cayos de Albuquerque (San Andrés
Archipelago). These key baseline data will support future studies on elasmobranchs in
other areas of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve and fill in gaps on the status of
elasmobranch populations in the region. This will be combined with large existing
BRUV and eDNA datasets collected in other key locations around the world for a global
analysis.
NMML Small Cetacean Aerial Survey 1999

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence,aerial survey,survey,arial,cetacean,porpoise,Aircraft,Sightings, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1999/1999

Original provider:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Dataset credits:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Abstract:
The National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) conducted an aerial survey for small cetaceans from 5 June to 4 July, 1999 in Bristol Bay and along southwestern Alaska Peninsula (out to the 1,829 m [1,000 fm] depth contour). A total of 8,522 km were surveyed in a Dehavilland Twin Otter at 152.5 m (500 ft) altitude and 185 km/hr (100 kts). Two overlapping sawtooth lines were designed along the coastline of Bristol Bay.  Both sides of each sawtooth were approximately 37 km with a 46 km base. Large bays were also included in the survey. Primary observers searched through bubble windows on the left and right sides of the aircraft and reported sightings to a computer operator. To estimate a perception bias correction factor for this study, an independent observer was added at a belly window position to determine the number of animals in the immediate vicinity of the trackline that were missed by the primary observers. There were 215 sightings of harbor porpoise (260 individuals), 12 Dall's porpoise (24 individuals), and 16 Pacific white-sided dolphins (170 individuals) while surveying tracklines. Additional cetacean sightings included 12 gray whales (13 individuals), 18 humpback whales (29 individuals), 8 minke whales (13 individuals), and 3 killer whales (11 individuals).

Purpose:
The current study (1997-1999) will provide new abundance estimates for each stock of harbor porpoise and Dall's porpoise. 
Although the previous harbor porpoise surveys (1991-1993) used a vessel platform for the inside waters of southeast Alaska (Dahlheim et al. 1992, 1993, 1994), the current survey was conducted entirely from aircraft. However, a concurrent vessel survey in a selected portion of southeastern Alaska and a calibration study with the survey vessel. We report here the results from the third year of surveys (1999).
References: 
Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and C. Goebel-Diaz. 1992. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (<i>Phocoena phocoena</i>) in southeast Alaska, Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1993. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (<i>Phocoena
phocoena</i>) in southeast Alaska, Kodiak Island, and the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, 1992. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Dahlheim, M., A. York, J. Waite, and R. Towell. 1994. Abundance and distribution of harbor porpoise (<i>Phocoena
phocoena</i>) in southeast Alaska and the offshore waters of Dixon Entrance to Prince William Sound, 1993. Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Ice core meiofauna during the SIPEX and SIPEX II voyages

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

Zooplankton were collected during the winter-spring  transition during two cruises of the Aurora Australis: SIPEX in 2007 and SIPEX II in 2012. As part of the collections sea ice cores were collected to describe the ice habitat during the period of zooplankton collections. Ice cores were taken with a 20 cm diameter SIPRE corer and sectioned in the field with an ice core. Temperature was measured in the section using a spike thermometer and slivers of each section were melted without filtered water to record salinity. The remainders of each section were melted at 4oC in filtered seawater and the melted water was used to measure chlorophyll a concentration, and meiofauna species and abundance. Meiofauna were counted and identified using a Leica M12 microscope: to species in most cases and down to stage during 2012.
Quality: No problems encountered with data collection.

Australian Antarctic Data Centre note - 2018-07-03:

The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "IceCoreMeiofaunaSIPEX_I_II.csv" provides the dataset ID, event Id (Cruiser), sampling protocol, verbatim depth, event remarks, event date, verbatim latitude and longitude that were converted to decimal latitude and longitude (also provided), continent, country, occurrence, basis of record, life stage, and organism count. The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).

Some corroborating information from this dataset have been included - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4140_Environmentaldata
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) tagging along eastern Australia (2007-2017)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2007/2017

White sharks were tagged at 10 locations in eastern Australia between October 2007 and November2017. Satellite-linked radio tags (hereafter referred to as tags) were attached to their first dorsal fin. Two models of tags were used: Wildlife Computers© SPOT and SPLASH tags. This dataset only describes the deployments of tags on 33 males and 44 females.
Composición de las comunidades coralinas y especies asociadas de la Costa Este de la Península de Paraguaná, Venezuela

Keywords: Falcón, moluscos, corales, ID:BID-CA2020-025-NAC., Samplingevent, Venezuela, bivalvos, Adícora, CaribeSur, Parguaná
Temporal coverage: 2010/2010

Este Dataset contiene información sobre las especies de corales y otras especies asociadas presentes en la Costa Este de la Península de Paraguaná, Venezuela.
CRC HRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys January 2012

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

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

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

Supplemental information:
Presence only. No group size estimated.
Effort data is not available.
Western Australian Museum, Crustacea Specimens, Ningaloo Reef - Northwest Cape, Northwest Australia, 1920-2004

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1920/2004

This dataset comprises records of marine crustacea specimens in the Western Australia Museum's Ningaloo Crustacea database. There are 918 records of 332 discrete taxa in this dataset. The specimens were collected between 1920 and 2004 in the region adjacent to Ningaloo Reef, a 260 km coral reef off the coast of North West Cape in NW Western Australia, in water depths ranging from 0 to 850 meters.
SEFSC Mid-Atlantic Tursiops Survey, 1995 (1)

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

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Abstract:
Mid Atlantic Tursiops Surveys (MATS) were conducted  in 1995 by NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters in mid-and southern Atlantic bight. This data set contains sightings of not only the target dolphins but also other species including cetaceans, sea turtles, fish and shark observed during the aerial surveys.

The same transects were traced three times on different dates during the survey period. This data set is the first one. The other two are provided, too, with the number following MATS95s indicating the first, second and last.

Cetacean and sea turtles observed include as follows.
&lt;&lt; Cetacean &gt;&gt;
Standard Bottlenose dolphin

&lt;&lt; Sea Turtle &gt;&gt;
Hardshell
Leatherback
Loggerhead

Survey's transects information is available in MATS95s1Efforts.

Purpose:
The purpose of this survey was to examine the distribution and estimate an index of relative abundance for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins inhabiting the nearshore coastal waters of the U.S. mid- and southern Atlantic bight.

Supplemental information:
Records with no common name are some pollution observed (e.g. plastic).

Records were assigned a sequential number LineNo. LineNo can be used to match observations with corresponding transects, each of which has BegLineNo and EndLineNo fields. Observation records with their LineNo between BegLineNo and EndLineNo in a transect are related to  that transect.

A duplicated LineNo indicates more than one species were observed at the same time.

Records include 'off-effort' sightings as well. Card 'F' indicates that the observation was done while off-effort. Card D is used for observation while on effort.

When searching for a specific species, note that some records don't identify animals observed at a species level. If this is the case, the common/scientific name may be genus/family or higher (e.g. Balaenoptera sp.).
Abundance and biomass of infaunal species as part of Essential fish habitat surveys, Co. Down Coast (Northern Ireland) 2012-2013

Keywords: research vessel, Corystes, Benthic infauna, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

This dataset contains information on infaunal abundance and biomass from sediment grab samples off the Co. Down coast in Northern Ireland as part of an Essesntial Fish Habitat (EFH) project. Essential Fish Habitat is defined as “those waters &amp; substrata necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity” and these can help to form a basis for the designation of Marine Protected Areas such as Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs). This survey was carried out on the RV Corystes in 2012 and 2013 off the Co. Down coast using a 0.1m2 day grab. In 2012 there were 88 samples taken. In 2013 there were 48 samples. Infaunal analysis, Particle Size Analysis (PSA) and Carbon &amp; Nitrogen analysis were carried out on all samples.
DORDPMN12020 Env

Keywords: Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

Sampling data captured in Oceanic Exploration Research In accordance with Section 10, Appendix Ⅱ of the Contract for Exploration, Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd. (DORD) hereby submits the International Seabed Authority (ISA) the Annual Report for 2020 (the 5th year of the 5-year plan from June 2016 to June 2021) on the exploration of polymetallic nodules.
This report contains our activities conducted in 2020 as follows:
 Geological laboratory tests for samples collected in the survey cruise conducted in past years
 Environmental analysis on samples collected in the survey cruises conducted in 2019
 Consideration of a collector system
 Research and development on mining systems
 Marketability of manganese products and economic assessment
 Training Programme (postponed, planned to be conducted in 2021)
 Financial statement