oih/oih-wis2 huggingface dataset:
RISC and ALERT Marine Non-Native Species (Chinese Mitten Crab, Wakame and Carpet Sea Squirt) Records

Keywords: Occurrence, Data, Invasive species, Observation, Marine Genomics
Temporal coverage: 1935/2013

Recording Invasive Species Counts (RISC) alongside ALERT was launched in 2010 and includes on-line recording for 19 species including the Chinese Mitten Crab <i>Eriocheir sinensis</i>, Wakame <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i> and Carpet Sea Squirt <i>Didemnum vexillum</i>. The data is predominantly provided by members of the public but records are verified from photos by designated experts. No additional attribute data is included for the Carpet Sea Squirt. The recording forms for Chinese Mitten Crab and Wakame includes the option to provide abundance. Additionally for the Chinese Mitten Crab information on whether it is dead or alive is recorded and for Wakame attachment method (attached to boat, attached to other man-made surface, attach to natural surface or detached) is recorded.
Amazon Shelf Holocene Present Benthic Foraminifera

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1991/1991

Benthic foraminifera of box core and piston core samples were collected from the Amazon middle to outer shelf. The assemblages and their taphonomic features confirmed a record of oceanographic changes from the early Holocene to the present. Foraminiferal data in conjunction with sedimentological, stratigraphic, seismic, and isotopic results point to three contrasting depositional environments.
National Pilot Monitoring Studies Phyllophora August 2017, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Mesozooplankton)

Keywords: Samplingevent, Biological sampling, Biological monitoring
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Mesozooplankton data: species composition, abundance (ind/m3), biomass (mg/m3) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) in the area of the Zernov’s Phyllophora Field onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in August 2017
Cascadia Research Blue Whale Photo IDs for US West Coast, 1972-2004

Keywords: Occurrence,Vessels,Sightings, Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1975/2004

Original provider:
Cascadia Research Collective

Dataset credits:
Cascadia Research

Abstract:
This dataset consists of 6,560 sighting records, including at least 1,803 uniquely identified blue whales. These were collected by Cascadia Research and collaborators from the eastern North Pacific from 1975 through 2004 (data collection is continuing). The primary extent of this dataset includes waters off California, Oregon, and Washington from 1986 to 2004, which accounts for over 6,000 of the records. Additional sighting records are from other regions of the North Pacific including the Eastern Tropical Pacific, British Columbia, and Alaska. These data represent the most extensive database of blue whale sightings available from the waters off the western United States and have provided the primary information available on movements and abundance of eastern North Pacific blue whales. Effort was not evenly distributed throughout the region so sighting locations are biased towards areas of highest effort. ID field links resightings of the same individual.

Purpose:
Data were gathered to document movements, population structure and abundance of blue whales in the eastern North Pacific (see Calambokidis and Barlow 2004, Calambokidis and Steiger 1997, Calambokidis et al. 1990).

Supplemental information:
Updated on March 30, 2006, expanding the dataset up to 2004.
Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey - Left side - May 2014 through December 2014

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation, Occurrence,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Sea turtles,Visual Sighting,Aircraft
Temporal coverage: 2014/2014

Original provider:
Virginia Aquarium &amp; Marine Science Foundation and University of North Carolina Wilmington

Dataset credits:
Virginia Aquarium Foundation - Sarah D. Mallette, Gwen G. Lockhart, Susan G. Barco
University of North Carolina Wilmington - William A. McLellan, Ryan J. McAlarney Erin W. Cummings and D. Ann Pabst

Abstract:
The data provided were collected as part of the Documenting Whale Migration off Virginia's Coast for Use in Marine Spatial Planning project - funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program Grant Section 309 No. NA13NOS4190135.  Aerial surveys were conducted under NOAA Scientific Permits No. 948-1692-00 and 16473, held by UNCW.

Purpose:
On November 1, 2013, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Dominion Virginia Power was the provisional winner of the commercial lease area offshore of Virginia (VA WEA). Development of off shore wind energy poses potential threats to marine mammals, including direct effects (i.e. vessel interactions, collision and entanglement with structures, displacement, avoidance, or injury due to noise from construction or operations) and indirect threats (i.e. effects on prey species, increased risk of fishery and vessel interaction through displacement out of the WEA) (BOEM 2012). This information is important to mitigate the potentially harmful impacts from ocean development, shipping, and other anthropogenic activities. To address these existing data gaps, we have collected marine mammal and sea turtle aerial survey sighting data off the coast of Virginia from May 2014 to 2015.

Supplemental information:
The original survey data are separated into two datasets, collected from left-side and right-side observers to address variance in environmental and sighting conditions. This dataset is from the left side sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the <a href="http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1231">Virginia CZM Wind Energy Area Survey - Right side - May 2014 through December 2014</a> dataset. 

Both on- and off-effort sightings are included.

The effort data layer, for this project is static transect lines. The plane track lines are available by request.
Caracterización de organismos asociados a microplásticos en las playas de Santa Marta

Keywords: Contaminación, Observation, Meiofauna, Microplásticos, Occurrence, PERMISO_COLECTA, SIB_MARINO
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

En las últimas décadas se ha registrado el aumento del microplástico en ambientes marinos y costeros, convirtiéndose en una creciente preocupación por los posibles efectos sobre los ecosistemas, problema que se ha atribuido al desmedido consumo de plástico por parte de la población. A pesar de que las grandes industrias de plástico están alejadas de los países sudamericanos, la contaminación por microfragmentos plásticos en estos países se ha hecho evidente e inclusive se han registrado su ingesta por parte de organismos planctónicos y bentónicos. El microplástico perjudica directamente al medio ambiente al  reducir la eficiencia de los procesos fisiológicos de los organismos, en muchos casos conllevándolos a la muerte, lo que afecta el funcionamiento natural de los ecosistemas marinos. Asimismo, los microplásticos puede liberar sustancias tóxicas que pueden ser transferidas entre los niveles de las redes tróficas afectando la totalidad de los ecosistemas. En Colombia, son escasos los estudios realizados en esta temática; especialmente en la región Caribe no se ha estimado la composición de microplásticos en los ecosistemas costeros y mucho menos su influencia sobre las comunidades meiofaunales.
Este recurso contiene la información de 222 registros biológicos que representan 40.119 observaciones de organismos meiobentónicos, agrupados en 12 filos diferentes.
Fueron recolectados en tres playas, La Bahía de Santa Marta, Taganga y Rodadero, todos en la ciudad de Santa Marta en el año 2019.
HRC CRC Small Vessel-Based Monitoring Surveys June-July 2012

Keywords: Occurrence,Hawaii Range Complex,Marine Animal Survey,Marine Biology,Marine mammals,Visual Sighting,Vessel, Occurrence, Observation
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.
Report of deep-sea Crustaceans (Aristeidae, Epialtidae, Galatheidae, Geryonidae, Gyphocrangonidae, Munidopsidae, Nematocarcinidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae, Scalpellidae) in the southern Colombian Caribbean.

Keywords: ROV, Deep-Sea Nematocarcinidae, SiB_MARINO, Deep-Sea Epialtidae, Deep-Sea Aristeidae, Deep-Sea Scalpellidae, Occurrence, Deep-Sea Paguridae, Deep-sea Galatheidae, Crustaceans, towed camera, Deep-Sea Munidopsidae, Observation, Deep-Sea Geryonidae, southern Colombian Caribbean, Deep-Sea Gyphocrangonidae
Temporal coverage: 2010/2015

Data on occurrence and distribution of deep-water organisms in Colombian territory are currently scarce. However, it is a research niche that is taking more and more prominence due to the potential of natural resources found in the deep. From 2015 to 2017 Anadarko Colombia Company (ACC) conducted hydrocarbon exploration in the southern Colombian Caribbean, assessing bottom biodiversity between 375 to 2500 meters deep. This exploratory expedition proved advantageous for the documentation of the fauna that inhabits deep-water ecosystems, using camera assessment techniques such as ROV surveys and towed cameras.  The data presented here correspond to the crustaceans encountered by ACC, which were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible.
The data presented here corresponds to 204 occurrences of deep-sea Crustaceans. The taxonomic coverage of this dataset includes 2 class, 3 orders, 10 families, 7 genus and 1 species. There is a 2% classifed to the species level, 32% to family, 10% to order and 56% to genus.
BioChem: Fish, eggs and larvae in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1972-1975

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1972/1975

This report contains tabular data on abundance and distribution of 54 species or categories of fish eggs and larvae caught on stations spread throughout the Gulf of St. Lawrence, mainly south of the Laurentian Channel, in May, June, August and September of 1965 to 1975.
Fishes in the Argentine Sea from 1967 to the present time

Keywords: Occurrence, fish, shark, vertebrate
Temporal coverage: null/null

Dataset based on the data obtained during fishery research cruises in the Argentine Sea between 1966 and the present time. Numerous fishery research trips have been made in the Argentine sea during the last 40 years. The aim of this database was to collect all the observational data of the different fish species since 1966 to be displayed together.
Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection - marine records

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen
Temporal coverage: 1959/2011

The estimated number of specimens in the Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection is 150,000.
This dataset is of marine species sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) January 2019 (https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co122). Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and if not then matched to the Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
Morrocoy Gastropods Amphipods

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1979/2004

This data set includes part of the results (Gastropoda and Amphipoda) of the biological diversity assessment for the Morrocoy National Park Agenda* in Venezuela (an integrated study of the Morrocoy National Park system with considerations on the development of plans for its management and sustainable use) over 3 years (2000-2003).
NAFO/ICNAF - Environmental Surveys - NORWESTLANT 1-3, 1963: Fish eggs and larvae

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 1963/1963

In January 1949, as a result of continued concern over declining abundance of stocks throughout the Northwest Atlantic, the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) was established.  The stated purpose of the Convention was the investigation, protection and conservation of the fisheries. For a history of this organization please refer to Emory D. Anderson J. yyyy

The ICNAF NORWESTLANT Surveys took place during April to July 1963.  The dates of the three surveys which were carried out were as follows:
NORWESTLANT 1: 31 March - 9 May
NORWESTLANT 2: 30 April - 30 June
NORWESTLANT 3: 30 June - 3 August

The object of the study was to give an account of the distribution of zooplankton which may be relevant to the distribution and survival of cod and redfish larvae. The dataset concerns a very wide area and is not intended as a comprehensive review of the zooplankton. In addition to plankton distribution the expedition reports also contains a short section on marine mammal observations.

This resource contains data extracts from the published report for fish eggs and larvae.
TAMUG/NPS/NRDA Kemp's ridley  nesters 2012 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence, Occurrence,Marine Biology
Temporal coverage: 2012/2013

Original provider:
Kimberly Reich

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Trophic Ecology and Sea Turtle Research Lab
Originating data center
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/">Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
National Parks Service, Padre Island National SeashoreHouston ZooNOAA


Abstract:
This project is a part of the work being conducted in the Trophic Ecology and Sea Turtle Research Lab (TESTR)at Texas A&amp;M at Galveston.

Supplemental information:
<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=731">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.
Juday Net Zooplankton Data from the 2019 Gulf of Alaska International Year of the Salmon Expedition

Keywords: International Year of the Salmon, Gulf of Alaska, Zooplankton, Juday net, Occurrence, Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2019/2019

This dataset contains zooplankton data collected in the Northeast Pacific Ocean with a Juday net. These data were collected as part of the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) High Seas Expedition conducted in February and March 2019, to further improve the understanding of factors impacting salmon early marine winter survival. Two Juday nets (0.1 m2 mouth area, 160 um mesh size) were deployed at 58 stations to a depth of 200 meters, and samples were processed onboard the vessel. Taxa were identified to the lowest taxonomic rank possible. Where possible, sex and lifestage are determined. For count, abundance and biomass measurements, please reach out to the point of contact(s) listed. The samples from 2019 were processed by Aleksander Slabinskiy. The data collected is used to understand the underlying food web structure.
SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - Lophogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Southern Ocean - Data

Keywords: CAML, SCAR-MARBIN, BASO, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: null/null

This dataset represents a literature study on the distribution of  Lophogastrida and Mysida (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida in Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic waters. Dataset supplied in the framework of the SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (BASO).

The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean is a collection of representative maps and syntheses on the distribution of the Southern Ocean organisms, providing a general overview of the biogeography of the Southern Ocean (s.l.) and a benchmark of current biogeographic knowledge at the end of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life. This updates the well-known and useful but largely outdated biogeographic Folios of the Antarctic Map Folio Series (American Geographical Society).
National Pilot Monitoring Studies Phyllophora July 2017, Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Phase II (EMBLAS-II), ENPI/2013/313-169, (Microzooplankton)

Keywords: Biological monitoring, Samplingevent, Biological sampling
Temporal coverage: 2017/2017

Microzooplankton data: species composition, abundance (ind/m3), biomass (mg/m3) collected during the survey of the National Pilot Monitoring Studies Ukraine (NPMS UA) in the Ukrainian waters (North-Western part of the Black Sea) in the area of the Zernov’s Phyllophora Field onboard the M/V "Auguste Piccard" (Ukraine) in July 2017
Irish Benthos monitoring as part of the Water framework directive since 2012

Keywords: Samplingevent, Marine-sediments, European Water Framework Directive (WFD), vessel of opportunity, Marine
Temporal coverage: 2012/2020

A requirement of the Water Framework Directive is that benthic macro-invertebrates must be sampled from coastal and transitional waters at least twice within a river basin cycle (6 years) in order to classify these waterbodies. Numerous samples will be taken from sites in matched habitats throughout the water body. Sampling and analysis is carried out according to established protocols. The Directive requires the sampling of nominated coastal and transitional waters for benthic macro-invertebrates. This includes the field sampling, processing and analysis of samples. In addition, grab samples have been taken on vessels of opportunity and are considered suitable to fulfill obligations under the WFD. For each grab sample collected this dataset contains: - lists and abundance of benthic species &gt;1mm, -sediment particle size analysis (PSA), -Folk (1954) sediment classification, and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).
National Waterbirds Survey, Northern Territory, Australia (2008)

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation
Temporal coverage: 2008/2008

The project will develop national methodologies, guidelines and assessment protocols to measure conservation value and success of environmental water delivery to water dependent ecosystems using waterbirds. The project will be delivered across Australia by the University of NSW with state and territory agencies. One of the projects objectives is to establish a publicly accessible national database of waterbird data (including national survey protocols, survey results, QA/QC documentation, and data interpretation guidelines.
Billards A. 1936.The fishery grounds near Alexandria. VI Hydroidea. Notes et memoires No 13

Keywords: Metadata
Temporal coverage: 1933/1933

This is a historical dataset that was published in 1936 by A. Billards and concerns of the faunistic report on the Hydroidea 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 2/9/1933 to 12/11/1933 and contains occurrence data of Hydroidea in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.
Abundance of Rocky Reef Fishes, Invertebrates and Algae, Reef Check California (RCCA), 2006 - 2017

Keywords: Samplingevent
Temporal coverage: 2006/2019

Data in this collection include the abundance of organisms observed during Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diver surveys conducted by Reef Check California (RCCA) volunteers in nearshore, rocky reef environments along the coast of California between 2006 and 2019. After completing training through RCCA, volunteer teams of divers select survey sites and perform surveys according to RCCA standard protocol. Since its inception in 2006, RCCA trained divers have conducted thousands of these surveys at hundreds of sites, including sites within more than 50 State Marine Reserves and State Marine Conservation Areas. 

At each site, buddy teams of divers conduct 18, 30 m x 2 m benthic transects to monitor key species of invertebrates, algae and fish. For fish and algae, size measurements are also collected. Finally, the substrate type, biological cover and relief of the reef are characterized, using a Uniform Point Contact (UPC) sampling strategy. Each site is divided into two "zones" by depth: shallow (5-12 m) and deep (12-18 m). These zones are distributed from offshore to inshore at sites with little depth variation. Half of the transects are conducted in each zone. RCCA’s survey methods are based on visual census survey methods developed by the Partnership of Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) and have been modified so that they can be taught in a reasonable amount of time to volunteer SCUBA divers. Species are selected because of their ecological or economic importance or because they are of specific management interest. 

Data are presented as three comma-separated values (.csv) files: RCCA_occurrence.csv, RCCA_event.csv and RCCA_MoF.csv. The occurrence file contains the presence/absence and density for 33 invertebrate taxa, 9 algal taxa and 37 fish taxa, identified to the Genus or Species level. The event file contains the location of each site, the depth of each transect, and the date each transect was conducted. The Measurement or Fact (MoF) file contains temperature and visibility measurements taken at the beginning of each transect, the UPC data from each transect, the number of stipes for each giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) observed, the length for each individual fish observed, and the minimum and maximum size for each group of fish observed. This data set was transformed from its native format into a table structure using Darwin Core term names as column names.

Original data, additional size data, and full description of methods can be found at these links:
https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi%3A10.25494%2FP6JS3M, https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi%3A10.25494%2FP69885, https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi%3A10.25494%2FP65K5W, https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi%3A10.25494%2FP6F30N 

The data has these identifiers: doi:10.25494/P6JS3M,  doi:10.25494/P69885, doi:10.25494/P65K5W, doi:10.25494/P6F30N
Caulerpales (Chlorophyta) of the Kenyan coast (July 1985 - September 1989)

Keywords: human, Herbarium specimens, Green algae, Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1985/1989

This dataset contains a list of species of Caulerpales (genera <i>Avrainvillea</i>, <i>Chlorodesmis</i>, <i>Halimeda</i> and <i>Udotea</i>) and herbarium vouchers sampled off the Kenyan coast during the period July 1985- September 1989. Sampling of Caulerpales was done by snorkeling and material was collected in plastic bags. All specimens were determined using light microscopy. Most part of the material was also collected in a herbarium. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Verellen, A. (1990). Avrainvillea, Chlorodesmis, Halimeda, Udotea: Caulerpales (Chlorophya) van de Keniaanse kust; Avrainvillea, Chlorodesmis, Halimeda, Udotea: Caulerpales (Chlorophya) of the Kenyan coast. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. VOL. 1 (99 P., ill.); vol. 2 (70 p., fig.) pp.
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Long-term Monitoring Program: Visual Census Fish Data (Great Barrier Reef), Australia (1992 to present)

Keywords: Observation, Occurrence
Temporal coverage: 1992/2018

About 50 selected reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are sampled in the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP). A visual census of fish on fixed transects (3 sites per reef, 5 x 50 m transects per site). Fishes from a list of 191 species, representing 10 families, are counted. Individuals, Genus, Species are counted for a prescribed list of 212 species: all the parrotfishes, damselfishes, surgeon fishes, butterflyfishes, and some others. A full list of species observed each year are included in the appendices of each AIMS status report. To detect changes in reef fish communities over time at a regional scale. Source/more information: http://data.aims.gov.au/metadataviewer/uuid/5be0b340-4ade-11dc-8f56-00008a07204e