KAxis Zooplankton isotopes - data collected from the K-Axis voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2016

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Krill, salps and pteropods were collected with an RMT8 net during the K-Axis cruise. Specimens were removed from the samples, measured and frozen at -20C until ready for analysis in Hobart. Individuals of known species were dried at -60C, ground to a fine powder, encapsulated into tin cups and analysed with an ICP-MS in the Central Science Laboratories, University of Tasmania. Samples were analysed for delta15N and delta13C. The salp was the common Southern Ocean species Salpa thompsoni and the krill were Euphausia superba, E. triacantha, E. frigida and Thysanoessa macrura. A small number (2) of the siphonphore Diphyes antarctica were also analysed. Pteropods analysed included both shelled (thecosomes) and naked (gymnosomes) pteropods. Columns E-O in the Pteropods worksheet in the spreadsheet are expressed as ratios.

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Title KAxis Zooplankton isotopes - data collected from the K-Axis voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2016
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6bc44956-3351-4509-a4d8-d763e5a18d95
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 19/01/2016 - 19/02/2016
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "KAxis Zooplankton isotopes - data collected from the K-Axis voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2016". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/kaxis-zooplankton-isotopes-data-collected-from-the-k-axis-voyage-of-the-aurora-australis-2016