Description: Acoustic presence data on Antarctic blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) were obtained from passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data collected at 66°01.13' S and 00°04.77' E, mooring AWI230-06, recorder AU0085, between March 2008 and December 2010. The passive acoustic recorder was of type AURAL (Autonomous Underwater Recorder for Acoustic Listening (AURAL; Model 2, Multi-Électronique) and attached to oceanographic deep-sea mooring AWI230-06 of the Hybrid Antarctic Float Observation System (HAFOS). It was deployed from March 2008 and December 2010, moored at a depth of 189 m and scheduled to record on a duty cycle of 5 min per 4 hours at a sample rate of 32,768 Hz. After recovery, the passive acoustic data were prepared for further analysis following the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for PAM data collected by the Ocean Acoustics Group of AWI according to Thomisch et al. (2023a, regarding definitions and terminology) and Thomisch et al. (2023b, with regard to data preparation procedures). Daily acoustic presence of Antarctic blue whales was assessed based on automated detections of Z-call vocalizations by spectrogram cross-correlation using a pre-defined spectrogram template in a frequency band from 17.5 to 29 Hz. Received levels were obtained for each detected Z-call, as sound pressure level SPLrms [dB re: 1μPa] within the 25–29 Hz band of each detected Z-call event, for details on automated detection please refer to Thomisch et al. (2016). To avoid a spatial mismatch between the actual position of calling animals and the recorders, ABW detections were filtered to only keep detections that originated from within a ~10 km radius of the respective recording sites. Assuming a source level of 189 dB re: 1μPa over 25–29 Hz and a spherical transmission loss TL[dB] = 20log₁₀(r), approximate distances between vocalizing Antarctic blue whales and the respective recording site locations were estimated for each detected Z-call. Daily acoustic presences were estimated as days with at least one detection event within a ~10 km radius of the respective recording sites; i.e., Z-calls with calculated received levels of ≥109 dB, considering a nominal TL of 80 dB. Data presented in this publication series were used together in presence-only species distribution models (SDMs) to predict the year-round habitat suitability of Antarctic blue whales in the Weddell Sea (El-Gabbas et al., under review). Data contain information on the detection time and the estimated received level SPLrms [dB re: 1μPa] for each Antarctic blue whale vocalization within a ~10 km radius of recorder AU0085, mooring site AWI230-06.

Description: Time series data of physical oceanography (seawater conductivity, temperature, pressure, salinity), ocean current velocities, hydroacoustics and multi-frequency acoustic backscatter were obtained from mooring F5-18 in the Fram Strait in September 2018 - July 2020 as part of the Helmholtz infrastructure program Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring (FRAM) and the long-term monitoring program at AWI HAUSGARTEN. The mooring was deployed during RV MARIA S. MERIAN expedition MSM76 and recovered during MSM93. The attached archive contains raw data files of three Seabird SBE37 microcats (nominal depths: 46m, 247m, 731m; sampling interval 20 min), one RDI 600kHz ADCP (nominal depth: 34m; sampling interval 30min), one RDI Longranger ADCP (nominal depth: 403m; sampling interval 1h) and one AADI RCM11 current meter (nominal depth: 730m; sampling interval 2h). The 600kHz ADCP wasn't aligned correctly in the water column due to issues with the attached flotations. Therefore, the data is likely not usable. The mooring also included one ASL Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (nominal depth: 135m; data archived elsewhere) and one Develogic Sonovault (nominal depth: 790m; data also archived elsewhere). Auxiliary information such as sensor calibration sheets, mooring diagrams and schedule files are also provided, if applicable.