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Molecular studies of the origins and dispersal patterns of invertebrates in the Antarctic and subantarctic

Entry ID: ASAC_2355

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Summary

Abstract: Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2355
See the link below for public details on this project.

---- Public Summary from Project ----
We will measure biodiversity of ecologically-important invertebrates (Collembola) in Antarctica, the sub-antarctic islands, and in Australia and New Zealand. Using molecular and morphological techniques we will contribute to understanding of species ... distributions, and provide molecular data that will lead to automated species identifications.

This work is also related to ASAC project 2397, "Introduced invasive terrestrial invertebrates on Macquarie Island: studies on ecology, origins and control".

Field work was completed by David Gee on projects 2397 and 2355 on Macquarie Island from 4 to 13th March 2008.

See the word document in the download file for further information on the field work completed and the data collected. Four excel spreadsheets are also available in the download file - spreadsheets for amphipods, collembola, flatworms and isopods.

Some general comments about the spreadsheets:

* FID and Id columns are those that are automatically generated when creating a layer in ArcGis.

* Counts of all organisms in samples has not yet been completed. Penny Greenslade will be attending to this in the future. However, some count numbers are present on the isopod and amphipod sheets - this refers to isopods and amphipods observed during field work.

* The tag column is a standard column for naming any points in the NSW government system.

Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:

Public summary of the season progress:
Progress on this project has been excellent in its first year. The timely appointment of a new PhD student in Oct 2009 (funded by The University of Adelaide) was fortunate and he went south with one assistant in Dec 2009. We collected all the soil samples that had been planned for the 2009/2010 season. Collections were focused on the Vestfold Hills, Larsemann Hills, Hop Island, Mather Peninsula, Sansom Island where the majority of time was spent, with opportunistic sampling at Casey (ASMA) and Mawson (Framnes) whilst in transit on the Aurora Australis. Once we obtain the samples in Adelaide (arrived on V4) which were returned to Hobart frozen then the processing will commence to retrieve the invertebrates.

The 2009-2010 data are accompanied by a spreadsheet detailing all column headings.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Download point for the data - word document and excel spreadsheets

Link: GET DATA

Description: Download point for the data - 2009-2010 data

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Public information for ASAC project 2355

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -53.1

S: -53.15

E: 73.54

W: 73.53

N: -54.5

S: -54.8

E: 158.94

W: 158.74

N: -66.25

S: -69.75

E: 110.5

W: 62.7

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-09-30

Stop Date: 2006-03-31

Start Date: 2008-03-04

Stop Date: 2008-03-13

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Quality The transects that were used for the amphipods were calculated by GPS for the beginning and end of each transect. The intermediate points were measured on the ground by tape measure, (every four meters) and plotted manually on the computer. Eastings and Northings for the intermediates were calculated on-screen.

All other points were gathered using GPS in the field.

See ...

Access Constraints These data are not yet publicly available for download.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2355 when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA

DISPERSAL

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 143 kb

Distribution Format: excel, word

Fees: free

Personnel

PAUL SUNNUCKS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 9479 2264

Fax: +61 3 9479 2480

Email: p.sunnucks at latrobe.edu.au

Contact Address:

Department of Genetics

La Trobe University

City: BUNDOORA

Province or State: Victoria

Postal Code: 3083

Country: Australia

PENNY GREENSLADE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 5327 6205

Email: p.greenslade at ballarat.edu.au

Contact Address:

Centre for Environmental Management

School of Science and Engineering

University of Ballarat

Mt Helen Campus, University Drive

City: Mt Helen

Province or State: Victoria

Postal Code: 3353

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

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

Publications/References

Stevens M.I., Greenslade P., Hogg I.D., Sunnucks P. (2006), Proceedings of the SMBE Tri-National Young Investgators' Workshop 2005 - Southern Hemisphere Springtails: Could any have survived glaciation of Antarctica?, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23, 5, 874-882

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-26

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-10

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