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1. Annual population counts at selected Adelie Penguin colonies within the AAT [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_AP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION Breeding populations of Ad?lie penguins at Davis, Mawson and Casey (including Shirley Island and Whitney Point). TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in ...


2. Breeding populations of Southern Giant Petrels at Heard Island, the McDonald Islands and within the AAT [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_SGP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The number of breeding pairs of Southern Giant Petrels at Heard Island, the McDonald Islands, and in colonies near Casey, Davis and Mawson stations. TYPE OF INDICATOR There ...


3. Environmental determinants of fecundity and pup growth in fur seals [SOE_fur_seals]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The fecundity (pupping rates) of female fur seals and the growth rates of their pups relative to changes in sea surface temperatures (local primary production) in the vicinity ...


4. King Penguin breeding population at Heard Island. [SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_KP]
INDICATOR DEFINITION The size of the breeding population of King Penguins at Heard Island. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1. Describes the CONDITION ...


5. Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Records [AADC-00099]
This dataset contains results from Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) surveys in the Southern Ocean. When the opportunity arises, zooplankton species, numbers and abundance data are recorded on a ...


6. 2007-08 Voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis, CEAMARC-CASO Image Data - Stills and Video [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_IMAGES]
Image data (both stills and video) collected from the CEAMARC-CASO voyage of the Aurora Australis during the 2007-2008 summer season. The data consist of a large number of images, plus documents ...


7. Demographics of an Adelie penguin population at Bechervaise Island, Mawson, Antarctica [SOE_adelie_demog]
INDICATOR DEFINITION Demographic parameters for the Adélie penguin at Béchervaise Island near Mawson. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes ...


8. 2007-08 Voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis, CEAMARC-CASO Krill Data [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_KRILL]
Krill data collected from the CEAMARC-CASO voyage of the Aurora Australis during the 2007-2008 summer season. The data consist of a large number of images, plus documents detailing analysis methods ...


9. 2007-08 Voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis, CEAMARC-CASO Mineralogy Biota Data [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_MINERALOGY]
Mineralogy data collected from the CEAMARC-CASO voyage of the Aurora Australis during the 2007-2008 summer season. The data consist of a large number of images, plus documents detailing analysis ...


10. Sea ice micro-zooplankton in ice cores and the water column (LOPC) observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Microzooplankton]   PARENT DIF
This data set includes abundance and distribution of sea ice and water column micro-invertebrates. Data was collected form 8 stations over the course of the SIPEX 2 voyage. The data for this project ...


11. Code used to fit growth rates of Antarctic krill under experimental CO2 manipulation [krill_risk_maps]
The embryonic development of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is sensitive to elevated seawater CO2 levels. This data set provides the experimental data and WinBUGS code used to estimate hatch ...


12. Sea ice algal composition, bloom potential and response to increased C02 observed during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Bloom_CO2]   PARENT DIF
This dataset contains pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry measurements and chlorophyll concentrations for a series of incubation experiments performed during the 2012 SIPEX marine science ...


13. Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer [ASAC_1219_AAT_WP_ADPE_Colonies]
An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each ...


14. Nelly Island Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer [ASAC_1219_AAT_NI_ADPE_Colonies]
An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Nelly Island, Windmill Islands, December, 1990. The colony boundaries were digitised from ...


15. The track of the VWHALE voyage of the Australian Antarctic Program, February - March 2013 [VWHALE_voyage_track_2013]
Voyage track information for the VWHALE voyage of the Australian Antarctic program, February-March, 2013. The data are available as either NMEA files or shapefiles. Voyage objective - Whale acoustics ...


16. GLS tag deployments on Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 2011 and 2012 from Bechervaise Island, Mawson Coast and Filla Island, Rauer Group [ASAC_2722_SP_GLS]   PARENT DIF
GPS tag deployments on Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 2011 from Bechervaise Island, Mawson Coast and Filla Island, Rauer Group, as part of AAS project 2722. Identifying potential threats from ...


17. Foraging ecology of emperor penguins in summer and potential overlap with fisheries [ASAC_1252]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1252 See the link below for public details on this project. Currently three datasets are attached to this metadata record. Dive data collected in 1988, ...


18. SRE4 Metals in treatment Oils [SRE4_Metals_in_Oils]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


19. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2011 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201011]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


20. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2012 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201112]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


21. Satellite tracking of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledglings at Amanda Bay in 2013 [ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201213]
As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...


22. SRE4 Metals in O'Brien Bay sediments [SRE4_OBrienBaySedimentMetals]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


23. SRE4 Sediment Chemistry [SRE4_SedimentChemistry]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


24. SRE4 Sediment Total Organic Carbon plus Nitrogen and Phosphorus [SRE4_SedimentTOCNitrogenPhosphorus]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


25. SRE4 Sediment grain size analysis [SRE4_SedimentGrainSize]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


26. SRE4 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in sediment trays [SRE4_TPH]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


27. Macquarie Island Azorella presence/absence data. From island wide plant survey 2010-11 [MI_Azorella_PA_201011]
This data set contains point location data for the presence or absence of Azorella macquariensis on Macquarie Island. The data were collected during an island wide alien plant survey during the 2010-11 ...


28. Cetacean (whales) aerial survey data from the Antarctic collected between 2008 and 2010 [ASAC_2941_Aerial_Data]
With the aim of estimating the proportion of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in pack ice over summer, an Australian fixed-wing aerial survey programme, based in east Antarctica, ...


29. 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 ...


30. Climate change and urchin fertilisation and the effect on the growth rate of juvenile Abatus sp. [AAS_3134_urchins_climate_change]   PARENT DIF
The effect of pH, temperature and sperm concentration on the fertilisation of Sterechinus neumayeri was investigated. Adult Sterechinus neumayeri were collected from Ellis Fjord Narrows between December ...


31. Rates of depletion of lubricant and fuel contaminants from Antarctic regions during natural attenuation and remediation procedures [ASAC_2915]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
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 ...


32. The influence of water and nutrient availability on bryophyte communities in continental Antarctica [ASAC_1087]
Bryophyte Ecophysiology - response to water and nutrients. This project is also related to ASAC project 1313 (ASAC_1313) - Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring ...


33. Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change [AAS_3134_Sterechinus]   PARENT DIF
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3134. This metadata record deals specifically with the objectives relating to "Effects of Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification on the Echinoderm ...


34. Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change - x-ray diffractometry of sea urchin skeletons [AAS_3134_XRD]   PARENT DIF
Public Ocean acidification and warming are global phenomena that will impact marine biota through the 21st century. This project will provide urgently needed predictive information on the likely ...


35. Conservation and population status of albatrosses and giant petrels on Macquarie Island [ASAC_2569_751]
Databases (Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty and Grey-headed albatrosses, Northern Giant Petrels and Southern Giant Petrels): These databases summarise all banding and resight information ...


36. Surface krill sampling in relation to environmental condition collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Surface_Krill]   PARENT DIF
We checked each site by taking ice cores and observing the algae biomass to determine the likelihood of krill living under the sea ice in each location. We also used a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) ...


37. Macquarie Is. Azorella dieback 5m x 5m quadrats 2008-2012 [MI_Azorella_dieback_5x5m]   PARENT DIF
This data set comprises data on Azorella macquariensis dieback from four summer seasons at a range of sites across Macquarie Island: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12. Data on the proportion of healthy ...


38. Sea Ice Main Biology Sampling collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Phytoplankton]   PARENT DIF
Five (out of a possible 7) ice stations were sampled for the Main Biology Site, collected from -63.88S 119.9E off East Antarctic in September to November 2012 during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems ...


39. Macquarie Island soil collection site details for 2009/10 season - Azorella dieback project, Macquarie Island [ASAC_3095-Macca-soil-0910-Jared]   PARENT DIF
This data contains the spatial information associated with the sites from which the soil samples were collected. It also contains the initial weights for each soil sample. Soil samples were collected ...


40. Phytoplankton Data Collected During CPR Tows of the Southern Ocean - Australian Antarctic Division Copy [ASAC_4107_Phytoplankton]
Data are "phytoplankton counts" for each phytoplankton taxon observed, from the CPR samples collected by the Southern Ocean CPR Survey projects 472 and 4107 (Hosie et al. 2003). The SAHFOS on-silk ...


41. Changes in vegetation on Macquarie Island 2000 to 2007 [ASAC_3095_Vegetation_Change]   PARENT DIF
Plot data and satellite imagery were used to examine changes in vegetation between 2000 and 2007. These data were examined in light of changes in rabbit numbers (data owned by and provided to the ...


42. Nitrogen acquisition, assimilation and allocation in plants in Subantarctic and Antarctic ecosystems [ASAC_773]
In this study the nitrogen sources of plants were investigated for Macquarie Island in an ecosystem influenced by large amounts of animal-derived nitrogen. Different plant communities were studied ...


43. Reproductive Strategies of Subantarctic Flowering Plants [ASAC_226]
Observations on the phenology, breeding systems and seed germination and vegetation reproduction of 10 widespread species of flowering plants were made over three summer field seasons. Species studied ...


44. The potential and actual threats of introduced organisms to sub-Antarctic islands - do subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species? [ASAC_1187_Aliens]   PARENT DIF
The main objective for this study was to establish whether subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species. Our main focus was the examination of the logistic operations ...


45. Sampling of planktonic microorganisms for metagenomic, metaproteomic and metatranscriptomic analyses [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_PLANKTON_GENOMICS_PROTEOMICS]
Large volumes of water (200 - 500 L) were filtered and fractionated by size for various planktonic components: eukaryotic phytoplankton, prokaryotic picoplankton, and marine viruses. Sample sites ...


46. Venom on Ice [CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_Venom]
Accompanying excel spreadsheet details the DNA samples taken and venom glands obtained and associated date/location/depth collection site data. Each specimen will be DNA barcoded using the diagnostic ...


47. Copies of field and lab books associated with ASAC project 2933 - Developing water and sediment quality guidelines for Antarctica: Responses of Antarctic marine biota to contaminants. [ASAC_2933_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station, Davis Station, Macquarie Island and Kingston between 2007 and 2012 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 2933 - Developing ...


48. Field and lab books from ASAC project 2952 - Spatial variability in polar soil ecosystems: An integrated study of genes, microbial biodiversity and landform evolution as a baseline for monitoring climate change [ASAC_2952_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station, Macquarie Island and Kingston between 2007 and 2012 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 2952 - Spatial variability in ...


49. Field and lab books from ASAC project 3134 - Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change [ASAC_3134_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Davis Station and Kingston between 2009 and 2012 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 3134 - Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos ...


50. Survey report 1999/2000 summer season Voyage 4 to 6 Australian Antarctic Division Author - Mark Anderson / UTAS [survey_1999-2000_V4_V6]
Taken from sections of the Report: The main purpose of the 1999-2000 Antarctic MAGIP Field Program was to provide survey support to a number of operations being undertaken around the Davis area. ...


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