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Rates of depletion of lubricant and fuel contaminants from Antarctic regions during natural attenuation and remediation procedures [ASAC_2915]
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Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2915
See the link below for public details on this project.
Petroleum contamination poses a major threat to Antarctic and subantarctic ecosystems ...
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Rates of depletion of lubricant and fuel contaminants from Antarctic regions during natural attenuation and remediation procedures - GC_MS lubrication oil data [ASAC_2915_GCMS_Oil]
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These data relate to the Max Easton Honours project, carried out at Macquarie University in 2010, supervised by Simon George THE LONG-TERM DEGRADATION OF LUBRICANT OIL IN ANTARCTIC MARINE SEDIMENTS. ...
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Antarctic Ecosystem: environmental contamination [ECA062]
Although the remote continent of Antarctica is perceived as the symbol of the last great wilderness, the human presence in the Southern Ocean and the continent began in the early 1900s for hunting, ...
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Annual measurements of atmospheric methane concentrations and isotopic ratios from Arrival Heights, Ross Island [K087_1989_2012_NZ_1]
The atmospheric trace gas, methane (CH4), affects the radiative heat balance of the earth. The sources of atmospheric methane are not well understood. Large air samples (1000-1400 litres) of methane ...
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Ethane, propane, and n-butane firn-air data [Aydin_0739598]
The data file contains ethane, propane, and n-butane measurements in firn air from two Antarctic sites (South Pole and WAIS-D) and from Summit, Greenland. The WAIS-D and South Pole samples were collected ...
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Sediment metal data (1M HCl extraction) from the Davis STP project [DAVIS_STP_Metals]
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Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was ...
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Direct Molecular Analysis of Antarctica and Southern Ocean Microbial Communities [ASAC_867]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 867
See the link below for public details on this project.
Dataset
Sea-ice bacteria data are associated with ASAC_1012 and included there
Data for bacteria ...
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Exopolysaccharides from Antarctic bacteria [ASAC_2348]
Exopolysaccharide (EPS) is complex sugar made by many microbes in the Antarctic marine environment. This project seeks to understand the ecological role of microbial EPS in the Southern Ocean, where ...
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Methanotrophs in Antarctica [ASAC_869]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 869
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Dataset included are for the characterisation of methanotrophs from saline lakes of the Vestfold ...
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Persistent organohalogen contaminant burdens in Antarctic krill from the eastern Antarctic sector - BROKE-West Cruise [ECA032]
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Researchers studied persistent organohalogen contaminants (POCs) in the eastern Antarctic sector. Samples were collected during January and February 2006 and originated from 12 sampling stations. ...
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Interaction between Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in Antarctic Stratified Lakes and Fjords [ASAC_1166]
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The lakes and fjords of the Vestfold Hills region of Antarctica provide unique ecosystems for studying environmental changes in Antarctica over the past 8000 ...
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Biodiversity and ecophysiology of Antarctic sea-ice bacteria [ASAC_1012]
The data set includes imformation relevant for the study and description of sea-ice bacteria contains the following dataset subgroups and is organised by REFERENCE number.
1) Isolation data: strain ...
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in penguin and south polar skua [ECA042]
This data set examines concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (DFs) and dioxin-like PCBs in the liver of polar bears from the Alaskan Arctic, in the liver of Weddell ...
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Dimethylsulfide(DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) concentrations, UM0708 [UM0708_9_dms_dmsp]
Concentrations of DMS and DMSP measured with GC-FPD, purge and trap method in the Southern Ocean. The data were obtained during the cruise of TR/V Umitaka-Maru in 2007/2008 Austral summer. Seawater ...
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DMS and DMSP Data from CTD and Minicosm experiments conducted during the BROKE-West voyage 2006 [BROKE-West_DMS_DMSP]
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Data Acquisition:
Sampling was performed on seawater collected from CTDs and minicosm experiments. Sampling involved the collection of 250 mL of seawater from each Niskin bottle and minicosm ...
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Directed transport of volatile organochlorine pollutants to polar regions:the effect on contamination of Antarctic seabirds [ECA038]
This dataset reports the HCB and ?PCB (here defined as the sum of the following congeners: 31, 28, 45, 52, 44, 66, 101, 97, 87, 110, 151, 107, 149, 118, 146, 153, 105, 141, 179, 138, 182, 183, 128, ...
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Molecular and stable carbon isotopic characterzation of PAH contaminants at Mc Murdoc station, Antarctica [ECA006]
Some studies were carried out next to McMurdo Station (the largest scientific base in Antarctica). The more interesting area is Winter Quarters Bay, in consideration of its contamination problems. ...
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Air-Water flux of organochlorine pesticides along the Western Antarctic Peninsula [ECA011]
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), heptachlor, ?- and ?- HCH and heptachlor epoxide were identified in air, seawater, sea ice, and snow. Samples were collected during the austral winter (September-October 2001) ...
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Antarctic Research Bases: local source of polybrominated Diphenil Ether (PBDE) flame retardants [ECA007]
Studies of chemical contamination in Antarctica are commonly focused on POPs. However, some emerging pollutants exhibiting characteristics of persistence comparable to POPs should also be considered. ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants at the base of the Antarctic marine food web [ECA029]
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) are, together with PAHs, between the substances being considered for inclusion in the Stockholm Convention other than the so called dirty dozen. Researchers measured ...
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A 50-years record of DDT and HCH in lake sediment in King George Island, Antarctic [ECA023]
The Antarctic continent does not have stream?river drainage systems, Antarctic lakes are thus the main sinks for water and solutes from the surrounding environment. Depending on their origin, the ...
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Distribution of Polychlorinated biphenils (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides in soil from east Antarctic Coast [ECA024]
This dataset reports the concentration of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), ?-, ?- and ?- 41 hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers, o,p'- and p,p'-isomers of DDT and 28 PCB congeners in eleven soil samples and ...
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Endosulfan in the Antarctic [ECA018]
An ice-core sample taken from the Mackeller Peninsula in the Antarctic region on February 2002 was analyzed for organo-chlorine pesticide endosulfan. Endosulfan has been withdrawn from the registered ...
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Increasing Levels and Biomagnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic Biota [ECA047]
This dataset reports a study carried out on the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), and southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonine), feeding at higher levels in the food web on fish and cephalopods, ...
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Indication of Geographic Variations of Organochlorine Concentrations in the Blubber of Antarctic Weddell Seals [ECA046]
This dataset highlights that samples of Weddell seals blubber from King George Island (the region with the mildest climate in the Antarctic) in 1994 showed the lowest DDT (11 to19 ng/g)and PCB (1 ...
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Melting Glaciers: A Probable Source of DDT to the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem [ECA041]
This dataset compares data on DDT concentration of Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) eggs and found that p,p'-DDE levels have not declined in the Palmer population of Adelie penguins in more than ...
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Molecular and Stable Carbon Isotopic Characterisation of PAH Contaminant at Mc Murdo Station, Anatrctica [ECA025]
In this study were analyzed samples from McMurdo Station for PAH molecular and stable carbon isotopic compositions to discern the origins of contaminants in the area. Total PAH concentrations ranged ...
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Occurence of organochlorine pollutants in the eggs and dropping-amended soil of Antarctic large animals and its ecological significance [ECA039]
This dataset reports a study on eggs of skuas, penguins and giant petrel. It was found that the concentration accumulation of POPs was in the order of ?PCB>?DDT>HCB>?HCH. The lower accumulation of ...
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Organochlorines and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Levels in Pinniped Milk from the Arctic, the Antarctic, California and Australia [ECA045]
Investigations on organochlorine concentrations in organs and tissues of Antarctic seals began in the 1980s.
This dataset analyses concentrations of organochlorines and polychlorinated biphenyls in ...
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Organochlorines in Antarctic and Arctic Avian Top Predators [ECA044]
Bustnes (2006) compared organochlorines (OCs) levels in Antarctic and Arctic avian top predators analyzing blood sampled from the wing vein of south polar skuas (142 skuas, 73 females and 69 males) ...
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PFCs and Related Fluorochemicals in Albatrosses, Elephant Seals, Penguins and Polar Skua from the Southern Ocean [ECA043]
This dataset investigates the presence of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in Adelie
penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) blood, unhatched Adelie penguin eggs and whole blood of
South Polar skua collected ...
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PHAs in Soil at McMurdo Station, Antarctica [ECA019]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of compounds that have attracted much attention over the past several years. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has identified ...
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POPs in the Fat Tissue of Seabirds from King George Island, Antarctica [ECA040]
This datset collected data for chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in subcutaneous fat samples from Brown skuas, three species of penguins: ...
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Residues of Persistent Organochlorine Contaminants in Southern Elephant Seals from Elephant Island, Antarctica [ECA048]
This dataset reports a study about blubber samples (n = 129) from live and apparently healthy female and male pups, juveniles and adults of M. leonine (elephant seal) caught at Elephant Island in ...
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Chemical tracers to asses diet and persistent organic pollutants in Antarctic type killer whales [ECA035]
This data set considers the PCBs, DDTs, CHLs, HCB and HCHs measured in blubber from Antarctic Type C killer whales and found that mean concentrations in all groups of POPs were significantly higher ...
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Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls in Antarctic macroalgae Desmarestia sp. [ECA036]
This data set deals with the determined concentrations of PCB congeners in Desmarestia sp. samples collected from various locations at Admiralty Bay (King George Island). Total PCB concentrations ...
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Increasing levels and biomagnification of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Antarctic biota [ECA037]
This dataset evidences that two benthic fish species (Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Chaenocephalus aceratus) feeding on benthos invertebrates and fish reflected significantly increasing concentrations ...
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Bioconcentration of PCBs in the pelagic food chain of the Ross Sea [ECA026]
In this study was measured mean PCB concentration (the sum of 50 congeners)
in Ross Sea phytoplankton (mainly diatoms) and mixed zooplankton (copepods, amphipods
and krill) of 1 and 4.2 ng g?1 wet ...
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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenil ethers (PBDEs) in Adelie penguin food web [ECA031]
Cod collected at Cinder Cones contained ?PBDE6 at 311 ng/g. This is more than 10-fold greater than levels in biota at other sites far from McMurdo. For comparison, a 2006 study of krill, rock cod, ...
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Organochlorine pollutants in soil and mosses from Victoria Land (Antarctica) [ECA022]
This data set reports the measures of organo-chlorine pollutants in soils and mosses from Victoria Land. Total PCB concentration in mosses ranges between 23 and 34 ng g-1 dry wt. Previously reported ...
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POPs in key species of Marine Antarctic ecosystems [ECA028]
These data set regards the average p,p'-DDE and HCB concentration (0.86?0.98 and 0.37?0.17 ng g?1 wet wt. respectively) measured in krill samples collected from the Ross Sea (71?20?S? 72? 331?S/170? ...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 3 species of Antarctic Penguins [ECA033]
The data set reports the POP concentrations in three species of penguins: Ad?lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) and Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). The ...
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Polybrominated diphenil ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine pollutants in two species of Antarctic fish [ECA030]
The data set reportes the results on the accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), mono- and non-ortho-polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), polychlorodibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorodibenzofurans ...
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Air-Water Distribution of POPs Along a North-South Atlantic Transect [ECA014]
To study the transport of POPs from the northern hemisphere to the southern, cruises were carried out collecting aerosol and surface water samples where different classes of organic pollutants were ...
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Air-Water Gas Exchange of Hexachlorocycloheane Enamtiomers in the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica [ECA012]
The spatial distribution of ?-HCH and the net direction of air/water gas exchange were determined between November 1997 and February 1998. Air and water samples were collected between South Atlantic ...
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Atlantic Ocean between the Arctic and Antarctica: the air-sea equilibrium of Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs) [ECA010]
Investigations were carried out to give evidence of POPs transport from the northern hemisphere to the southern. Investigations were carried out along transects from northern regions to the polar ...
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PAHs in soil and surface marine sediment near Jubany station (Antarctica) [ECA005]
This study reports the concentration of PAHs in sediment samples collected in two consecutive summer Antarctic expeditions at Potter Cove and on the peninsula, in the vicinity of Jubany Station (South ...
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PCB and Organoclorine Pesticides at the Korean Arctic and Antarctic Research Station: Implication for Long-Range Transport [ECA015]
Air samplers for one year at the Korean polar research stations at Ny-Alesund, Norway (2005-2006) and King George Island, Antarctica (2004- 2005) were positioned to assess levels and patterns of polychlorinated ...
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Atmospheric PCB Concentration at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica [ECA016]
This study increases the limited atmospheric database on PCB in remote areas by reporting PCB concentrations during the austral summer (2003-2004) at a site in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica and hypothesizing ...
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PCBs and Chlorinated Pesticides in the Atmosphere of the Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans [ECA013]
The atmosphere content of a large number of OC compounds (HCB, HCHs, pp?-DDE, pp?-DDD, pp?-DDT and 11 PCB) was determined in a survey performed in November of 1995 in the open ocean between 23?S and ...
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