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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... -
Recruitment Tile Sessile Fauna data from the antFOCE (Antarctic Free Ocean...
Refer to antFOCE report section 4.5.1 for deployment, sampling and analysis details. https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4127_antFOCE_Project4127 The download file... -
Toxicity of sediment spiked with Thala Valley Tip Fines to the Temperate...
This data set describes the toxicity of marine sediment spiked with contaminated soil from Thala Valley tip site at Casey. The temperate heart urchin species Echinocardium... -
Toxicity of dispersed and undispersed Special Antarctic Blend diesel in...
This data set describes the toxicity of marine sediment spiked with undispersed diesel and diesel dispersed with Dasic Slickgone to the Antarctic ophiuroid Ophiura crassa. In 4... -
Eukaryotic 18S rDNA PCR amplification and high-throughput sequencing of...
This metadata record contains an Excel spreadsheet with Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) gained from Eukaryotic 18S rDNA PCR amplification and high-throughput sequencing of... -
Toxicity of Heavy Metals in Seawater to Juvenile Heart Urchins (Abatus spp)
These data sets describe the toxicity of lead, coppyer, zinc and cadmium spiked seawater to the juveniles of Abatus ingens and Abatus nimrodi. Metals were tested separately over... -
Abundances of broad benthic functional groups in the CEAMARC region 2007/08
Derived dataset from the forward facing still-images collected during the benthic trawls of the 2007/08 CEAMARC voyage (raw data-set here:... -
Polar Environmental Data Layers
These layers are polar climatological and other summary environmental layers that may be useful for purposes such as general modelling, regionalisation, and exploratory... -
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... -
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... -
SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different... -
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... -
Underwater video footage from voyage 4 of the Aurora Australis, 2003-2004
Underwater footage was taken with a Sony digital Handycam mounted in a pressure case on a roll cage, and then trawled off the back of the Aurora Australis. The footage was taken... -
CEAMARC marine sediment samples - collected on voyage 3 of the Aurora...
Marine sediment samples were obtained from box corer, Smith-MacIntyre and Van Veen grabs. Samples were named by: 1. CEAMARC site (e.g. 16) 2. Instrument (e.g. box corer = BC;... -
Cold adaptation and functionality of the Antarctic Coastal Benthic Zones
Antarctic sediments and sea-ice are important regulators in global biogeochemical and atmospheric cycles. These ecosystems contain a diverse range of bacteria whose... -
Sediment metal data (1M HCl extraction) from the Davis STP (Sewage Treatment...
Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This... -
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... -
Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and...
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3134. This metadata record deals specifically with the objectives relating to "Effects of Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification... -
Studies of Beaks and Parasites of Antarctic Cephalopods
Metadata record for data expected ASAC Project 11 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of the referenced paper: The Australian Antarctic... -
Sediment Fauna data from the antFOCE (Antarctic Free Ocean Carbon...
Metadata record AAS_4127_antFOCE_SedimentFauna contains all data sets relating to the fauna sampled from marine sediments during the antFOCE experiment, including macrofauna,...