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Animal Tracking at Heard Island 2003/2004 - ARGOS data
A major goal of a research expedition by the Australian Antarctic Division over the summer of (2003/04) in the Southern Ocean off Heard Island was to answer some of the... -
Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace
Dataset of marine mammal observations made in the Southern Ocean from late 1998 to early 2000. Further information about the data are included in a word document in the... -
Palaeoclimate Analysis of Sediment Cores from the Fjords and Lakes of the...
From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: The relationship between surface sediment diatom assemblages and measured limnological variables in 33 coastal Antarctic... -
Soft sediment assemblages at Casey Station: Brown Bay Grid - samples taken...
A survey of macrobenthic assemblages in soft-sediments was done at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Samples were taken along four transects in Brown Bay, along a pollution... -
A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of contaminated...
The effect of location, depth and sediment contamination on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in a pilot experiment at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Two... -
Antarctic ice sheet history and stability: baseline palaeoclimate research...
Detailed sedimentary information and palaeontological samples were collected from Battye Glacier Formation, of the Pagodroma Group in the Prince Charles Mountains, an area where... -
Diatom data for ten sediment cores collected in 3 marine bays in the...
Ten sediment cores were collected from 3 marine bays in the Windmill Islands. Two cores were collected in Sparkes Bay, one in Shannon Bay, and seven in Brown Bay. Only diatom... -
Interseasonal variability of benthic diatoms communities within the Windmill...
Sediment samples were collected with an Eckamn grab from four locations within the Windmill Islands (Herring Island, O'Connor Island, Shannon Bay and Brown Bay). A weekly... -
Evaluation of Possible Effects on Rocky Shore Biota from Oil Spillage from...
Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 250 See the link below for public details on this project. The study investigated the impacts of oiling on the biota of rocky... -
A GIS dataset of bird nests mapped in the Windmill Islands by Frederique...
Very little information is known about the distribution and abundance of snow petrels at the regional scale. This dataset contains locations of bird nests, mostly snow petrels,... -
Data from a 3 m sediment core collected west of Pidgeon Island in the...
A sediment core was collected from the western side of Pidgeon Island, (66.3216 S, 110.445 E) at a water depth of 82.0 m. This sediment core (PG 1411-2) was recovered using a... -
A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of contaminated...
The effect of location and sediment contamination on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in field experiment at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Four locations... -
Measurements and brooding details of Abatus collected at Casey 01/02 and 02/03
This data set describes details of test measurements and numbers of brooded juveniles for Abatus nimrodi and Abatus ingens heart urchins collected from uncontaminated sites in... -
Spatial variability of benthic diatom communities in the Windmill Islands,...
A hierarchical, 3-level, nested design was used. The highest hierarchical level consisted of six locations. Two of these locations, Brown Bay and Shannon Bay, have been... -
Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder Zooplankton Records
This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean. When the opportunity arises, zooplankton species, numbers and abundance data... -
The spatio-temporal distribution of zooplankton communities in the Southern...
This thesis was conducted under the auspices of the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey. The research conducted had the dual aims of providing baseline data... -
Assessment of the impact of human sewage effluent on benthic communities at...
Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 996 See the link below for public details on this project. The study investigated the effects of the small sewage outfall on... -
Subantarctic Zone photos of sediment trap samples
SAZ photos of sediment trap samples Sediment traps are cones which intercept and store falling marine particles in collection cups. The particles consist of a range of material... -
Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic...
This dataset contains data revealing the incidence of bacterial, viral and parasitic disease causing agents in Antarctic bird populations. Samples for disease analysis have been... -
Survey of soft sediment assemblages around Casey Station (Winter grab...
Marine soft-sediment assemblages were sampled from shallow (5 - 35m) nearshore regions around Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica in winter 1998, using a van-Veen...