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Report on invertebrate field work, Macquarie Island, December 1986-January 1987
Entry ID:
Invert_MI_86-87
Summary
Abstract:
From the report available for download:
A number of biologists have collected terrestrial invertebrates on Macquarie Island in previous years. Of these, K. Watson spent a year collecting intensively from various parts of the island both by hand and by extracting soil and litter samples in Tullgren funnels. He distributed the material he collected to taxonomists and published a summary of their ... 
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1986-12-07
Stop Date:
1987-01-29
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Quality
The main qualititative method used for collecting invertebrates was by extraction in Tullgren funnels and just over 100 samples of leaf litter, soil, moss, dung and other substrates were extracted in the six large and 10 small funnels that were taken to the island. Extraction in four Winklers and some floatation was also carried out. All these extractions were performed on the island. The ...
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These data are available for download from the url given below. Included in the download file are a written report (containing tabulated data), as well as a text formatted excel spreadsheet.
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This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
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Distribution
Distribution Media:
HTTP
Distribution Size:
19 MB
Distribution Format:
pdf, csv
Fees:
free
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+61 3 6232 3244
Fax:
+61 3 6232 3351
Email:
dave.connell at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City:
Kingston
Province or State:
Tasmania
Postal Code:
7050
Country:
Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2005-02-11
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-04-10
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