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Soft sediment assemblages at Casey Station: (core samples: Nov 1998 - Jan 1999)
A survey of macrobenthic assemblages in soft-sediments was done at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Samples were taken by divers using hand-held corers (core size - 10 cm... -
Dialects and Usage Patterns of Weddell Seal 'Leptonychotes weddelli'...
Underwater recordings of vocalisations of Weddell seals were obtained at 8 locations within the Vestfold Hills (7) and Larsemann Hills (1). The recordings were made near groups... -
Marine water temperatures around Casey station - December 2003
Water temperatures were recorded by Tidbit temperature loggers attached to experimental mesocosms suspended below the sea ice at four sites around Casey in summer 2003/04. Data... -
Status and trends of Macquarie Island Albatrosses and Giant Petrels:...
Albatross and petrel populations have declined globally due to interactions with fishing operations. The survival of four albatross and two giant petrel species breeding on... -
Conservation and population status of albatrosses and giant petrels on...
Databases (Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty and Grey-headed albatrosses, Northern Giant Petrels and Southern Giant Petrels): These databases summarise all banding... -
Sea ice primary production off eastern Antarctica
Sea ice covers up to 20 million km2 of the Southern Ocean. When present it supports a vigorous ecosystem that provides energy and food for all other marine organisms. Using the... -
0.5 hour 1 M HCl extraction data for the Windmill Islands marine sediments
These results are for the 0.5 hour extraction of HCl. See also the metadata records for the 4 hour extraction of HCl, and the time trial data for 1 M HCl extractions. A regional... -
Post weaning dispersal and survival in the southern elephant seal
The objectives for this project were: The project aims to quantify the patterns of dispersal and survival of newly weaned southern elephant seal pups to provide information on... -
Diatom data for transects at 4 locations in the Windmill Islands
Sediment samples were collected from four locations within the Windmill Islands (Cloyd Island, Odbert Island, Shannon Bay and Brown Bay). Within each location three parallel... -
Diatom and associated data for a field experiment which translocated control...
Full title: Diatom and associated data for a manipulative field experiment which translocated control and contaminated sediments between locations within the Windmill Islands,... -
Measuring the effects of human activity on Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)
The number of people travelling to Antarctica is growing, with much of the recent increase in visitor numbers attributable to an expansion in commercial tourism (Enzenbacher... -
Late Holocene precipitation record from Windmill Island lakes
Antarctic lake cores record a history of precipitation in the preservation of climate sensitive microbial communities. Comprehensive integration of our precipitation records... -
A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of heavy metal and...
The effects of hyrdocarbon and heavy metal contamination of marine sediments on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in a field experiment at Casey Station,... -
Microalgal Biodiversity at Antarctica
A collection of about 20 isolates of Antarctic microalgae from the Windmill Islands region, around Casey Station has been established in the University of Malaya Algae Culture... -
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... -
The Breeding Status of Adelie penguins and other birds on the coast of...
The following are excerpts from Ensor and Bassett (1987). A census by counts and estimates of Adelie penguin chicks on the George V Land coast of Antarctica between Commonwealth... -
Palaeolimnological investigations of coastal continental lakes in the Larsemann Hills
1.The lakes and ponds in the Larsemann Hills and Bolingen Islands (East-Antarctica) are characterised by cyanobacteria-dominated, benthic microbial mat communities. A 56-lake... -
Metamorphic evolution, tectonic setting, partial melting, genesis,...
This dataset represents the collected work arising from ASAC projects 263, 351, 497 and 716 (ASAC_263, ASAC_351, ASAC_497, ASAC_716). The data are pooled together into a single... -
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... -
Soft sediment assemblages at Casey Station: Spatial variation and human...
A survey of macrobenthic assemblages in soft-sediments was done at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Samples were taken by divers using hand-held corers (core size - 10 cm...