Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection

OBIS-USA brings together marine biological occurrence data – recorded observations of identifiable marine species at a known time and place, collected primarily from U.S. Waters or with U.S. funding. Coordinated by the Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), OBIS-USA, strives to meet national data integration and dissemination needs for marine data about organisms and ecosystems. OBIS-USA is part of an international data sharing network (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, OBIS) coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization) International Oceanographic Data and Information...

Tags: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, All tags... Bering Strait, Biodiversity, Biological Production, Birds, Bristol Bay, Canada, Caribbean Sea, Census of Marine Life, Chukchi Sea, Commericial Leases, Cook Inlet, Cruise Ships, Distributions, Fishes, Flora, Great Lakes, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat, Harvesting Living Resources, Invasive Species, Invertebrates, Kotzebue Sound, Kuskokwim Bay, Mammals, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), North America, Norton Sound, OBIS, Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Reptiles, Sargasso Sea, Shelikof Strait, South Atlantic Bight, Southern Ocean, Straits of Florida, United States, Wind Energy Production, Yucatan Channel, abundance, algae, animal and plant census, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, benthic habitat, benthos, biodiversity, biogeography, biological productivity, biology, biota, biota, coastal habitat, consumers (organisms), coral reefs, decomposers, ecosystem diversity, ecosystem functions, endemic species, estuarine ecosystems, fisheries management, fishery resources, invasive species, macroinvertebrates, marine animals, marine biology, marine ecosystems, marine mammals, microbes, migratory species, native species, nekton, nonindigenous species, oceans, pelagic habitat, phytoplankton, plankton, plants, plants (organisms), producers (organisms), protected species, reef ecosystems, reef habitat, sea birds, sea turtles, shellfish, species diversity, vegetation, vertebrates, wildlife, zooplankton, Fewer tags

NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program

NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) is compiling a national database of the locations of deep-sea corals and sponges, beginning in U.S. waters. The DSCRTP will make this information accessible to resource managers, the scientific community, and the public over the World Wide Web. The database fulfills NOAA’s requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to identify and map locations of deep-sea corals and to submit this information for use by regional fishery management councils. At present, there is no comprehensive, national-scale data portal for deep-sea corals and sponges. Given the authorities outlined in MSA, NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North America, All tags... Pacific Ocean, United States, benthic habitat, biodiversity, biology, coral, coral reefs, fisheries management, invertebrates, marine animals, protected species, sponge, Fewer tags

Bivalvia Subset of Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection for NFHP Thematic Viewer 20141202

Species occurrence records of the taxonomic class of Bivalvia in oceans within 1000 kilometers of the United States shoreline. This is a subset of the OBIS-USA dataset where Bivalvia records were queried on December 2, 2014. After initial queries, the remaining data were further queried to retain only samples within 1000 kilometers of the U.S. shoreline. Spatial queries were then used to remove samples overlaying land masses. Data are provided in a geodatabase format, as well as a comma seperated values format. OBIS-USA provides aggregated, interoperable biogeographic data collected primarily from U.S. waters and oceanic regions--the Arctic, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Abundance (organisms), Aquatic animals, Aquatic environments, Aquatic habitats, Arctic Ocean, All tags... Atlantic Ocean, Biocomplexity, Biodiversity, Biological Data, Bivalves, Caribbean Sea, Fishery management, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Invertbrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine mollusks, North America, OBIS, Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, South Atlantic Bight, Spatial Data, United States, benthic habitat, biogeography, coastal habitat, reef habitat, Fewer tags

Oregon OCS mammal observations

This part of the Oregon OCS data release presents marine mammal observations from cruise 2014-607-FA in the Floating Wind Farm survey area. The survey was conducted using 12 hour day operations out of Charleston Harbor near Coos Bay, Oregon. The cruise plan consisted of 23 days on site split between sonar mapping and video ground truth surveying. Activities parsed out to nine days of sonar mapping, three days of video surveying, eight days of no operations due to weather, and three days mobilizing and demobilizing (table 1). Typically the Snavely would transit out to the survey area in an hour at a speed of 20 knots. Marine Mammal observations were made during the multibeam sonar mapping portion of the cruise only....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coos Bay, Mammals, North Pacific Ocean, All tags... Oregon, State of Oregon, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, animal and plant census, benthic habitat, biota, ecosystem, fisheries, oceans, video sled observations, Fewer tags

BCMCA_ECO_Physical_BenthicClasses_DATA

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.This benthic habitat classification is a coastwide application of that used in the Gwaii Haanas NMCA, which itself an adaption of the benthic habitat model developed by The...

Tags: 200 nautical mile limit, BC, BCMCA, British Columbia, British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis, All tags... EEZ, Exclusive Economic Zone, Marine, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, benthic habitat, Fewer tags

Intertidal Soft-Sediment Bivalves from Prince William Sound, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and describe bivalve count and size sampling and observations conducted at intertidal soft-sediment sampling sites in the northern Gulf of Alaska. This dataset consists of five comma separated files (.csv): 1) bivalve taxonomy table, 2) bivalve sampling site table, 3) bivalve count table, 4) bivalve size table, and 5) list of Gulf Watch Alaska principal investigators and collaborators.

Tags: Alaska Peninsula, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Biota, Bivalve, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Mollusks, Prince William Sound, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, USGS:ASC198, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection

OBIS-USA brings together marine biological occurrence data – recorded observations of identifiable marine species at a known time and place, collected primarily from U.S. Waters or with U.S. funding. Coordinated by the Core Science, Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries (CSAS&L) Program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), OBIS-USA, strives to meet national data integration and dissemination needs for marine data about organisms and ecosystems. OBIS-USA is part of an international data sharing network (Ocean Biogeographic Information System, OBIS) coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization International Oceanographic...

Categories: Project; Types: NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program Project; Tags: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, All tags... Bering Strait, Biodiversity, Biological Production, Birds, Bristol Bay, Canada, Caribbean Sea, Census of Marine Life, Chukchi Sea, Commericial Leases, Cook Inlet, Cruise Ships, Distributions, Fishes, Flora, Great Lakes, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat, Harvesting Living Resources, Invasive Species, Invertebrates, Kotzebue Sound, Kuskokwim Bay, Mammals, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), North America, Norton Sound, OBIS, Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Reptiles, Sargasso Sea, Shelikof Strait, South Atlantic Bight, Southern Ocean, Straits of Florida, United States, Wind Energy Production, Yucatan Channel, abundance, algae, animal and plant census, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, benthic habitat, benthos, biodiversity, biogeography, biological productivity, biology, biota, biota, coastal habitat, consumers (organisms), coral reefs, decomposers, ecosystem diversity, ecosystem functions, endemic species, estuarine ecosystems, fisheries management, fishery resources, invasive species, macroinvertebrates, marine animals, marine biology, marine ecosystems, marine mammals, microbes, migratory species, native species, nekton, nonindigenous species, oceans, pelagic habitat, phytoplankton, plankton, plants, plants (organisms), producers (organisms), protected species, reef ecosystems, reef habitat, sea birds, sea turtles, shellfish, species diversity, vegetation, vertebrates, wildlife, zooplankton, Fewer tags

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Gulf of Mexico

This data represent a compilation of seagrass information for areas along the Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas coasts from various source agencies. Seagrass areas were mapped from aerial photography taken between 1987 to 1999. The original source data were not all classified in the same manner, but the information from each of these sources was maintained in the final results.

Categories: Data; Tags: ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS), ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS), Academics & scientific researchers, Alabama, Aransas Bay, All tags... BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, Big Bend, Carolinian, Charlotte Harbor, Clearwater Harbor, Conservation NGOs, Corpus Christi Bay, Data, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, Estero Bay, Federal resource managers, Florida, Florida Keys, Florida Panhandle, Floridia, Floridian, Gulf Of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Indian River Lagoon, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lemon Bay, MONOCOTS, MONOCOTS, Mississippi, Northern Gulf Of Mexico, PLANTS, PLANTS, Regional & county planners, SEAGRASS, SEAGRASS, San Antonio Bay, Sarasota Bay, Southeast Shelf, State agencies, Tampa Bay, Texas, aquatic vegetation, benthic habitat, biota, completed, environment, oceans, planningCadastre, seagrass, Fewer tags

Oregon OCS geologic observations

This part of the Oregon OCS Data Release presents geological observations from video collected on cruise 2014-607-FA in the Floating Wind Farm survey area. The survey was conducted using 12 hour day operations out of Charleston Harbor near Coos Bay, Oregon. The cruise plan consisted of 23 days on site split between sonar mapping and video ground truth surveying. Activities parsed out to nine days of sonar mapping, three days of video surveying, eight days of no operations due to weather, and three days mobilizing and demobilizing (table 1). Typically the Snavely would transit out to the survey area in an hour at a speed of 20 knots. Marine Mammal observations were made during the multibeam sonar mapping portion...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coos Bay, Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Marine Habitat, North Pacific Ocean, All tags... Oregon, State of Oregon, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, benthic habitat, biota, ecosystem, fisheries, oceans, video sled observations, Fewer tags

Still-image frame grabs and benthic habitat interpretation of underwater video footage, March 2014, Faga`alu Bay, American Samoa

Underwater video was collected in March 2014 in the nearshore waters of Faga`alu Bay on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program's Pacific Coral Reefs Project. This dataset includes 2,119 still images extracted from the video footage every 10 seconds and an Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile of individual still-image locations with benthic habitat interpretations for each image.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: American Samoa, Benthic Habitat, Biological Occurrence, CMG, CMGP, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coral Reefs, Faga`alu Bay, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, Substrate, Tutuila, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, biota, boundaries, data release, ecosystem monitoring, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, relative abundance analysis, underwater photography, videography, Fewer tags

Tutuila (American Samoa) Coastal Terrain Model

This dataset is a compilation of a USGS 1:24000 DEM, multibeam sonar bathymetry and bathymetry derived from Ikonos satellite imagery to provide for terrestrial data, depths from 15 m to 250 m and depths from 0 m to 15 m, respectively. The compilation creates a coastal terrain model (CTM) of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. The image processing required to derive bathymetry from spectral data were performed using the software package ENVI 4.3. The DEM, multibeam bathymetry and derived bathymetry datasets were compiled and regridded using the ArcGIS 9.2 software package. Cell resolution is 5 m. The CTM was created to support terrain analyses that cross the land-sea interface to study the impact of human settlement...

Tags: bathymetry, benthic habitat, coastal habitat, coral reefs, intertidal zone, All tags... marine habitat, reef habitat, samoa, seafloor topography, tutuila, water depth, Fewer tags

Fish Subset of Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - USA Dataset Collection for NFHP Thematic Viewer 20141202

These data include species occurrence records of fish in oceans within 1000 kilometers of the United States shoreline. This dataset is a subset of the OBIS-USA dataset as of December 2, 2014 and includes records of the taxonomic groups of Actinopterygii, Chondrichthyes, Myxini, Osteichthyes, and Petromyzontida. After initial taxonomic queries, the remaining data were further queried to retain only samples within 1000 kilometers of the U.S. shoreline. Spatial queries were then used to remove samples overlaying land masses. Data are provided in a geodatabase format, as well as a comma seperated values format. OBIS-USA provides aggregated, interoperable biogeographic data collected primarily from U.S. waters and oceanic...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Abundance (organisms), Anadromous species, Aquatic animals, Aquatic environments, Aquatic habitats, All tags... Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Biocomplexity, Biodiversity, Biological Data, Caribbean Sea, Catadromous species, Fishery management, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Marine ecosystems, Marine fishes, North America, OBIS, Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, South Atlantic Bight, Spatial Data, United States, benthic habitat, biogeography, coastal habitat, reef habitat, Fewer tags

Sea Otter Spraint Data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program. This dataset consists of observations of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) fecal samples (spraint). Observers examined fresh spraint piles to identify major prey classes in the samples and to determine sea otter diets in the Gulf of Alaska region.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Benthic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic habitat, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Ecology, Environment, Field sampling, Foraging behavior, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal environments, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine mammals, Otters, Prey consumption, Prince William Sound, USGS:ASC464, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Underwater video footage, March 2014, Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa

Underwater video imagery was collected in March 2014 in the nearshore waters of Faga'alu Bay on the Island of Tutuila, American Samoa, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program's Pacific Coral Reefs Project. Included here are 40 video files in .mpg format and an Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile with location (navigation) points every two seconds.

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: American Samoa, Benthic Habitat, CMG, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Coral Reefs, Faga'alu Bay, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Remote Sensing, Tutuila, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, biota, boundaries, data release, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, Fewer tags