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1. Primary Production in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Zones; SAZ-Sense Voyage, 2007 [ASAC_40_SAZ-Sense_Primary_Production]
The Sub-Antarctic Zone (SAZ) in the Southern Ocean provides a significant sink for atmospheric CO2 and quantification of this sink is therefore important in models of climate change. During the SAZ-Sense ...


2. Primary productivity, pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry and nutrient drawdown data from the marginal ice zone: BROKE-WEST survey 30o-80oE, 2006 [BROKE-West_primary_productivity]
This data set contains primary productivity, pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry, and nutrient drawdown numbers associated with the abstract presented below. 14C Primary Productivity Gross column-integrated ...


3. DISCOVERY-FOOD-WEBS: Scotia Sea FOOD-WEBS [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00514]
Ocean food webs modify the efficiency with which CO2 is absorbed from the atmosphere into the sea, fixed by phytoplankton in the surface layers and then transported to the ocean interior. This so-called ...


4. MODIS/Aqua Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 1km SIN Grid [MYD17A2]
The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) product (MYD17A2) is a cumulative composite of GPP values based on the radiation use efficiency concept that ...


5. The fate of primary production in Antarctic sea ice: the role of metazoan grazers. [ASAC_1328]
Crustaceans are an important component of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. Large numbers live in or close to the sea-ice cover, using it as a refuge from predation and a source of food. However, the ...


6. O2/Ar of surface water measured using an equilibrator inlet mass spectrometer [KPDC_OSWMUEIMS_2012]
O2/Ar in seawater, pumped from the intake at 7 m below sea level, was measured using an equilibrator inlet mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer measured a series of dissolved gases including O2 ...


7. MODIS Ocean Products [MODIS_OCEAN_PARENT]   CHILD DIFs
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is the key instrument aboard the Terra (EOS AM) and Aqua (EOS PM) satellites. It is an optical scanner that views the Earth in 36 channels ...


8. Latitudinal Gradient Project - Australian contributions [LGP]
This record relates to the Australian component of the Latitudinal Gradient Project. The LGP is largely a New Zealand, US and Italian venture, but a small contribution has been made by Australian ...


9. Community composition survey at Terra Nova Bay with similar samples collected at Cape Evans Cape Armitage and Turtle Rock [K043_2008_2012_NZ_5]
Five ice cores were collected from Terra Nova bay in the vicinity of Gondwana station. From each core the top, middle and bottom sections were sectioned and processed as described earlier. In addition, ...


10. Effect of Global Change on the Primary Production of Antarctic coastal Ecosystems [ASAC_2518]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2518 See the link below for public details on this project. Global climate change will lead to a reduction in the duration and thickness of sea ice in coastal ...


11. Modelling investigations of the shoaling of iron-rich upper circumpolar deep water and its role in the regulation of primary production at 60-65S [ASAC_2784]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2784 See the link below for public details on this project. This project utilised an existing 55 year model reanalysis (SODA) - so no new models were developed. ...


12. On-line Data from the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program [GLOBEC_GEORGE_WHOI]
The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program is a large multi-disciplinary multi-year oceanographic effort. The proximate goal is to understand the population dynamics of key species on the Bank: cod, haddock, ...


13. An assessment of variability in the influx of cosmic dust during the Holocene and the potential effect on iron concentrations in the Southern Ocean. [AAS_3132]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3132. Public This research will determine variability in the influx and mineralogy of cosmic dust to the Southern Ocean during the Holocene from ...


14. Southern Ocean Calcareous Zooplankton Response to Ocean Acidification [ASAC_3046]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3046. Public The overall objective is to characterise the response of Southern Ocean calcareous zooplankton to ocean acidification resulting from ...


15. Sea ice primary production off eastern Antarctica [ASAC_1307]
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 latest micro sensor ...


16. Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity, UM0203 [UM0203_16_primary_productivity]
Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity measured with 13C method and active fluorometry in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2002/2003 ...


17. Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity, UM0506 [UM0506_16_primary_productivity]
Primary productivity and phtosynthetic activity measured with 13C method and active fluorometry in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2005/2006 Austral ...


18. Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity, UM0708 [UM0708_16_primary_productivity]
Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity measured with 13C method and active fluorometry in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2007/2008 ...


19. Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity, UM0809 [UM0809_16_primary_productivity]
Primary productivity and phtosynthetic activity measured with 13C method and active fluorometry in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2008/2009 Austral ...


20. The biomass, productivity and biodiversity of algae and bacteria in Granite Harbour and the physical parameters of their environment [K043_2008_2009_NZ_2]
The total biomass, productivity and biodiversity of algae and bacteria from the sea ice and the water column was investigated in Granite Harbour. Sampling sites in the Granite Harbour area were used ...


21. The biomass, productivity, physiology and grazing pressures of phytoplankton during the polar winter in the Ross Sea region [K043_2007_2008_NZ_1]
What happens to primary production during the long polar night was investigated in the Ross Sea region. Phytoplankton samples were obtained from the water column at Cape Armitage and Cape Evans. Phytoplankton ...


22. The response of sea ice and brine water algae and bacteria to changes in salinity, temperature, light and UVB in Granite Harbour [K043_2008_2009_NZ_3]
In the 2008/2009 season, samples of the bottom ice algae and brine algae (within 30cm of the top of the ice) were subjected to temperature, salinity, light and UVB experiments and analysed with PAM ...


23. Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity, UM0405 [UM0405_16_primary_productivity]
Primary productivity and photosynthetic activity measured with 13C method in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2004/2005 Austral summer. Seawater ...


24. Vegetation studies: Grazing and Long-term change [Macq_Is_JJ_001]
Data comprise records of vegetation change on Macquarie Island as a result of grazing by rabbits and possible effects of climatic change. Data include presence and absence of species, together with ...


25. Impacts of climate change on Antarctic vascular plants: warming and UV-B radiation [TAD001]
Our research examined the influence of ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) and warming on the performance of Antarctic flowering plants (i.e. Deschampsia antarctica, ...


26. The bacterial biomass of sea ice from Seabees Hook, Cape Hallett region [K043_2003_2005_NZ_2]
A taxonomic assessment of sea ice bacteria abundance and their response to climate induced stress was investigated from the sea ice around Seabee Hook, Cape Hallett. Four sites at different points ...


27. The biomass, productivity and biodiversity of algae and bacteria in Terra Nova Bay and the physical parameters of their environment [K043_2006_2008_NZ_1]
The total biomass, productivity and biodiversity of algae and bacteria from the sea ice and the water column was investigated in Terra Nova Bay. Sampling sites in the Terra Nova Bay area were used ...


28. The response of sea ice and brine water algae and bacteria to changes in salinity, temperature, light and UVB in Terra Nova Bay [K043_2006_2008_NZ_4]
Samples of the bottom ice algae and brine algae (within 30cm of the top of the ice) were subjected to temperature, salinity, light and UVB experiments and analysed with PAM rapid light curves to determine ...


29. Community composition survey at Terra Nova Bay with similar samples collected at Cape Evans and Cape Armitage [K043_2008_2009_NZ_5]
Five ice cores were collected from Terra Nova bay in the vicinity of Gondwana station. From each core the top, middle and bottom sections were sectioned and processed as described earlier. In addition, ...


30. Biology of lichen communities in Antarctica. [CNDA-ESP_LIQ_PAD]   CHILD DIFs
In English: This dataset contains information on the registered data on studies of the biology of lichen communities in Antarctica. This dataset is also the parent record ...


31. Daily values of primary production, 0 to 30m, continental margin to the west of Antarctic Peninsula, GLOBEC [prodSIS_SO]
Water samples, drawn from CTD rosette bottle casts, were obtained for primary production experiments during the period April to September 2001 and 2002. Inoculated samples ...


32. Gross and Net Oxygen Production Measured during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE) [JGOFS_NABE_OXPROD]
The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) seeks to understand the processes that control the transfer of carbon and other biologically active elements in the ocean. In addition, ...


33. Oceanic Particulate Inorganic Carbon as an Estimate of Calcification Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) [JGOFS_EQPAC_PIC]
The Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) was conducted along 140 deg W longitude during 1992. Four cruises took place: February 3 - March 9, March 19 - April ...


34. Oceanic Photosynthetic Pigment Concentrations Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) [JGOFS_EQPAC_PIG]
The Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) was conducted along 140 deg W longitude during 1992. Four cruises took place: February 3 - March 9, March 19 - April ...


35. Oceanic Primary Production Measured during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE) [JGOFS_NABE_PRIMPROD]
The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) seeks to understand the processes that control the transfer of carbon and other biologically active elements in the ocean. In addition, ...


36. Oceanic Primary Production and Chlorophyll Production Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) [JGOFS_EQPAC_PRIMARY_PRODUCTION]
The Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) was conducted along 140 deg W longitude during 1992. Four cruises took place: February 3 - March 9, March 19 - April ...


37. Photosynthetic Pigment Concentrations Measured during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE) [JGOFS_NABE_PIGMENTS]
The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) seeks to understand the processes that control the transfer of carbon and other biologically active elements in the ocean. In addition, ...


38. Population Abundance of Phytoplankton and Bacteria Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study [JGOFS_EQPAC_PHYTOPL_ABUNDANCE]
The Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) was conducted along 140 deg W longitude during 1992. Four cruises took place: February 3 - March 9, March 19 - April ...


39. Primary Production Measured during the U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study [USJGOFS_ARAB_PRIM_PROD]
A component of U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) is the Arabian Sea Process Study. Eleven cruises took place aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson for about sixteen months ...


40. Relationship between irradiance and photosynthesis at primary production sites, Antarctic, GLOBEC [prodPI_SO]
Water samples, drawn from CTD rosette bottle casts, were used for primary production experiments to construct light-saturation curves for the local phytoplankton assemblages, ...


41. Natural spatial subsidies in continental Antarctic soil [K052_2001_2005_NZ_1]   CHILD DIFs
The soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys are hypothesized to rely on external sources of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, etc). The importance of these spatial subsidies on productivity and biological diversity ...


42. Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soils from the upper Garwood Valley, Ross Sea Region, 2002-2006. [K052_2004_2005_NZ]   PARENT DIF
These data consist of a number of subsets of soil samples gathered from the upper Garwood Valley in January 2002, January 2003, January 2005 and January 2006. Replicate randomly-located samples of ...


43. Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soils from the western Wright Vanda (Lake Vanda district), Ross Sea Region, 2006 [K052_2005_2006_NZ]   PARENT DIF
These data consist of a number of subsets of soil samples gathered from the Wright Valley in January 2006. Replicate randomly-located samples of surface soils to 10 cm depth have been gathered from ...


44. The legacy model vs the subsidy model to explain soil organic matter in the McMurdo Dry Valleys [K052_2004_2006_NZ_1]   CHILD DIFs
The Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica, contain naturally simple ecosystems operating under extreme climatic conditions. Nutrients are limited and are thought to come from external sources from ...


45. Physical and chemical oceanic parameters available from NOAA's Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Exchange Study (OACES) [NOAA_AOML_OACES]
NOAA's Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Exchange Study (OACES) seeks to enhance our understanding of the role of the ocean in sequestering the increasing burden of anthropogenically-derived ...


46. Production and succession investigations of phytoplankton and zooplankton from onshore, tidecrack, ice floes and epibenthic samples at Cape Bird [K014_1977_1978_NZ_1]
The phytoplankton and zooplankton was samples at Cape Bird to determine seasonal trends in the populations structure of onshore communities, determine if a separate tidecrack community exists, the ...


47. The effects of UVB on growth and productivity and photoadaptations of bottom ice algae at Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound [K136_1999_2002_NZ_1]
Sea ice hosts a large community of algae which is released into the food chain when the ice melts. The sea ice algae grow rapidly in the Antarctic spring at a time that coincides with the ozone hole ...


48. The role of grazing on sea ice algae and sea ice bacteria by ciliates and flagellated (zooplankton) in Terra Nova Bay [K043_2006_2008_NZ_3]
Sea water was collected from a depth of 2 meters below the sea ice in the region of Gondwana Station in Terra Nova Bay. Initial measurements of chlorophyll along with presence and abundance of ciliates ...


49. Measurements of the amount of UV and visible radiation falling onto sea ice and the effects of enhanced UV radiation levels on sea ice algae [K136_1991_1992_NZ_1]
Sea ice algae are speculated to be considerably vulnerable to the effects of enhanced UV from the ozone hole during the Antarctic spring. The amount of UV and visible radiation falling onto the sea ...


50. Sea ice productivity in the Mertz Glacier Region [K043_2002_2004_NZ_1]
Eastern Antarctic sea ice algal biomass were measured in the spring of 2002, 2003 and 2004. Productivity was measured by 14C in 2002 and by oxygen electrodes in 2002 and 2004. Biomass was low, in ...


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