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1. Canada Maritimes Regional Cetacean Sightings (OBIS Canada) [obis.marwhale]   PARENT DIF
This is an OBIS formatted version of the Canadian government's Department of Fisheries and Oceans Maritimes Region database for visual sightings of cetaceans (e.g. whales, dolphins and porpoises) ...


2. Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Records [AADC-00099]
This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean. When the opportunity arises, zooplankton species, numbers and abundance data are recorded on a ...


3. APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's [APIS]
APIS data were collected between 1994 and 1999. This dataset also includes some historical data collected between 1985 and 1987. Both aerial and ship-board surveys were conducted. Studies on the behaviour ...


4. BioChem: Diatom and dinoflagellate profiles collected in Bedford Basin, January to October 1967 (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.BioChem_BB1967_FRB_R120]
An oceanographic station was established at a fixed navigational buoy in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. This station was occupied a total of 46 times during 1967 at approximately weekly intervals. ...


5. Zooplankton abundance from a right whale habitat study in the Bay of Fundy and SW Scotian Shelf (1999-2001) (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.BaumgartnerZooplankton_1999]
Oceanographic surveys were conducted in the lower Bay of Fundy and Roseway Basin during the summers of 1999, 2000 and 2001. Zooplankton sampling was conducted in all years from NOAA Ship ?Delaware ...


6. DFO Quebec Region Multispecies bottom trawl surveys (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_Quebec_Groundfish]
Data collection containing the principle biological characteristics of fishes and invertebrates caught in trawl tows during stratified random sampling surveys carried out in the northern Gulf of St. ...


7. BioChem: Bedford Basin Monitoring Program (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_BioChem_BedfordBasin]
Bedford Basin is a marine embayment encircled by the municipality of Halifax region, which is the most highly populated area in the Canadian Atlantic zone. In 1991, a time series was established to ...


8. Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats in the subantarctic and high antarctic - Benthic Invertebrate Database [ASAC_1189_benthic_database]
This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to ...


9. DFO Gulf Region Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_Gulf_CAMP]
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 ...


10. Elephant Seal Sightings, Heard Island (1949 to 1960) [Tags_heard_1949]
At Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean, seals were branded between 1949-1953. Seal length was measured in feet and inches. Recaptures of seals were made up until 1955, and growth and age-specific ...


11. DFO Central and Arctic Multi-species Stock Assessment Surveys (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_CnA_Multispecies]
The DFO Central and Arctic Region multi-species stock assessment surveys began in 1999 and planned to continue indefinitely. Seven study areas are defined within the spatial extents outlined here; ...


12. FRB Eastern Arctic Investigations: The Calanus Series (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.FRB_CalanusSeries]
In 1947 the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (FRB) initiated the Eastern Arctic Investigations. These were seasonal marine biological investigations led by Prof. M.J. Dunbar from McGill University, ...


13. CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Invertebrate in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 [CRED_REA_Inverts]
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using Excerpts from CRED Homepage The need for conservation of coral ecosystems throughout the world requires knowledge concerning the ecological requirements of species ...


14. Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic [SEAMAP-SA]
Written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from MRRI and SEAMAP-SA Homepages MRRI staff, funded by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic (SEAMAP-SA) of the National Marine ...


15. MARMAP Bongo Nets 1990-2009 [MARMAP_BongoNets]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL).


16. MARMAP Bottom Longline 1990-2009 [MARMAP_BottomLongline]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1983 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Bottom Longlines are constructed ...


17. MARMAP Fly Net 1990-2009 [MARMAP_FlyNet]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1980 to 1987 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The 40/54 Fly Net (12.2-m headrope ...


18. MARMAP Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl 1990-2009 [MARMAP_IsaacsKiddMidwaterTrawl]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from February to August 1979 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The trawl consists ...


19. MARMAP Kali Pole 1990-2009 [MARMAP_KaliPole]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1983 to 1986 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Kali poles are "off-bottom" ...


20. MARMAP Neuston Nets 1990-2009 [MARMAP_NeustonNets]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL).


21. MARMAP Short Bottom Longline 1990-2009 [MARMAP_ShortBottomLongline]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1979 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The short bottom longline consists ...


22. MARMAP Yankee Trawl 1990-2009 [MARMAP_YankeeTrawl]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1973 to 1980 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). The Yankee trawl is a bottom ...


23. Maine Department of Marine Resources Inshore Trawl Survey 2000-2009 [ME_DMR_Trawl]
The Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey is conducted twice a year, for five weeks at a time, always starting in New Hampshire and ending off Grand Manan. The spring surveys start the first week ...


24. CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 [CRED_Benthic_Algae_Photoquad]
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Despite the non-flattering images of ?pond scum? many people often associate with algae, marine macrophytes have proven themselves ...


25. CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 [CRED_Benthic_REA_Belt]
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Corals are the defining species in one of the highest diversity marine ecosystems, coral reefs. CRED studies of corals address basic ...


26. CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys and Fish Stationary Point Count Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 [CRED_Fish_REA]
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage. Quantitative assessment and monitoring of shallow reef fish assemblages is conducted around the US Pacific Islands as an integral part ...


27. CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 [CRED_Fish_TDS]
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED Homepage Quantitative assessment and monitoring of shallow reef fish assemblages is conducted around the US Pacific Islands as an integral part ...


28. MARMAP Blackfish Trap Survey 1990-2009 [MARMAP_Blackfish]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1977 to 1989 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Blackfish traps were set on ...


29. MARMAP Chevron Trap Survey 1990-2009 [MARMAP_Chevron]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1988 to 2000 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Chevron traps were set on live-bottom ...


30. MARMAP Florida Antillean Trap Survey 1990-2009 [MARMAP_FloridaAntillean]
Abundance and biomass of fish species collected during the day from 1980 to 1989 off the coast of the southeastern United States (Cape Fear, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL). Florida Antillean traps were ...


31. BioChem: Phytoplankton Monitoring in George's Bank and Shelf Area of Nova Scotia (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_BioChem_GBSS_Phyto_74]
During August, 1974, a cruise was conducted into the waters off Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy and data were collected on the temperature, salinity and density profiles at 46 stations. Measurements ...


32. Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) [BioGoMx_HRI]
The Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) was based on a comprehensive biotic inventory of the Gulf of Mexico sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI), ...


33. NMFS-COPEPOD: The Global Plankton Database, PETAO Sub-Collection [PETAO]
Zooplankton abundance data (species level), and phytoplankton abundance data (species level) collected by the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS, Ukraine). COPEPOD is an effort by NOAA ...


34. South TX Outer Continental Shelf and MI, AL, and FL Outer Continental Shelf benthic organism sampling 1974-1978 [STOCS_MAFLA_Benthic]
Benthic organisms data were collected using sediment sampler and net casts BELLOWS and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 16 May 1974 to 20 February 1978. Data were collected and submitted ...


35. NEFSC Benthic Database [WHOI_Benthic_Fauna]
Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA (early years Bureau of Fisheries) and Sandy Hook, NJ (formerly ...


36. SMCC Gulf of Maine Invertebrate Data [SMCCInverts]
This Invertebrate Database includes the data relating to the specimens collected by my students in the Invertebrate Zoology course taught as part of the Applied Marine Biology and Oceanography (AMBO) ...


37. CMAR Albatross Bay Zooplankton 1986-88 (via OBIS Australia) [OBISAU_CMAR_ALB_ZOO]
The biomass and species composition of tropical zooplankton in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, were examined monthly for three years between March 1986 and March 1988. Zooplankton ...


38. NMFS-COPEPOD: The Global Plankton Database, WEBSEC Sub-Collection [WEBSEC]
Midwater invertebrates were collected in the southeastern Chukchi Sea. A 1.8m Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl was used at 20 stations to collect 81 semi-quantitative samples; a 3m otter trawl was used ...


39. USGS 2001 Buck Island National Monument Cryptic Fish Survey [BuckIslandFish]
Because cryptic fishes are difficult to accurately survey, they are undersampled components of coral reef habitats. Fifty-eight enclosed stations were sampled in shoreline, nearshore reef, lagoon, ...


40. Seal database of known-age animals [TAGS]
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Weddell and Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island, Marion Island, Heard Island, ...


41. Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) DFO Maritimes region plankton dataset (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.AZMP-Maritimes]
The 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 ...


42. Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) DFO Quebec region plankton dataset [OBIS.AZMP-Quebec]
The 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 ...


43. BioChem: Copepod species composition and associated chlorophyll data from Resolute Passage (OBIS Canada) [obis.copepod_distrib]   PARENT DIF
This dataset includes data collected from the ice station set up in Resolute Passage, 74 degrees 40'N and 94 degrees 54'W between the years 1983 to 1989. Plankton samples were collected using ...


44. BioChem: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton (OBIS Canada) [obis.arctic80s_bioness]   PARENT DIF
These data are an OBIS formatted product derived from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada BioChem database. The purpose of this study was to look at the vertical distribution of all major species of zooplankton ...


45. BioChem: Nutrients and phytoplankton in Prince Edward Island inlets during late summer to fall (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.BioChem_PEI_Phytoplankton_Monitoring_Program]
Inlets of Prince Edward Island (PEI) provide an important source of income, offered by the rapidly growing molluscan shellfish (mostly blue mussels, Mytilus edulis) aquaculture industry. At the same ...


46. BioChem: Planktonic Foraminifera in the Equatorial and Northern Pacific Waters (A Hudson 70 Expedition Data Set) (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_MAR_Hudson70_Forams]
Twenty-nine plankton tows were collected at different water depths in the equatorial and northern Pacific Ocean during the Hudson 70 cruise. Thirty planktonic foraminiferal species, belonging to eleven ...


47. BioChem: Zooplankton samples from the Gully, 2006-2007 (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.BioChem_GullyPlankton2006-2007]
Submarine canyons are common features of continental margins off both coasts of North America. The Sable Gully is a submarine canyon located approximately 40 km east of Sable Island on the eastern ...


48. DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Invertebrate Observations (OBIS Canada) [obis.dfogfsdbinv]
Beginning in 1999 selected invertebrates began to be systematically recorded in Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys. This is an OBIS-formatted ...


49. BioChem: Phytoplankton Monitoring in George's Bank and Shelf Area of Nova Scotia (OBIS Canada) [OBIS.DFO_BioChem_PhytoplanktonMonitoring_GeorgesBank_and_ScotianShelf_1974]
During August, 1974, a cruise was conducted into the waters off Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy and data were collected on the temperature, salinity and density profiles at 46 stations. Measurements ...


50. CSIRO South East Fishery Habitat Ecosystem Study 1993-1996 [CMAR_SEFHES]
These data were collected over the period 1993-1996 (-7) as part of the CSIRO Fisheries South East Fishery Habitat Ecosystem Study in Australia, on four research cruises of the vessel Southern Surveyor ...


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