87d64158-de88-41a6-86ca-5a8d888dadb3 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-11-17T15:42:20 creation ISO 19115 2016 Casey marine sediment meiofauna 2015 87d64158-de88-41a6-86ca-5a8d888dadb3 Marine meiofauna community data from Casey Station area in the Windmill Islands, east Antarctica. Data comes from samples taken by divers in 2015 from 10 locations around the Casey area. Samples were taken with small corers which consisted of modified 60 mL syringes with internal diameter of 28 mm. These syringes were inserted into the sediment to a depth of 10 cm, then extracted and the lower end capped. Samples were preserved in 4% formalin. All meiofauna were counted and identified to at least phylum level. Copepods were identified to family level and nematodes were identified to genus level. There are a total of 83 samples, 8 from each location, except for 4 at O’Brien Bay-1 and 12 at Shannon Bay and Brown Bay Middle. The data consists of an excel spreadsheet with four worksheets. 1. Location data – latitude, longitude, depth 2. Phylum/Class/Order counts per sample 3. Copepod family counts per sample 4. Nematode genus counts per sample {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[110.5365, -66.295], [110.567, -66.295], [110.567, -66.2619], [110.5365, -66.2619], [110.5365, -66.295]]]} 110.5365 110.567 -66.295 -66.2619 AMD AMD/AU CEOS CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BROWN BAY CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY STATION CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY WHARF CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MCGRADY COVE CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > O'BRIEN BAY CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WILKES CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WINDMILL ISLANDS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > COPEP EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ROUNDWORMS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > MARINE ADVISORIES > MARINE BIOLOGY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION FIELD SURVEYS > FIELD SURVEYS GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR HUMAN IMPACT MEIOFAUNA NEMATODES SCUBA DIVER SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS SPATIAL VARIATION PROJECT HOME PAGE documentDigital Public information for AAS project 4180 HTML PROJECT HOME PAGE documentDigital Public information for AAS project 4633 HTML VIEW RELATED INFORMATION documentDigital Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset. HTML Creative Commons by Attribution logo documentDigital PNG