Trophic Ecology of the Antarctic Nearshore Zone - Stable Isotope datasets
Entry ID: TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes

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Summary
Abstract: Project Objectives
1) To describe trophic relationships in near shore marine benthic ecosystems of East Antarctica and determine the importance of environmental forces (such as sea ice and primary production) to the structure of food webs and biological interactions in benthic assemblages.

2) To determine how marine benthic food webs in East Antarctica respond to local scale disturbances (such as sewage outfalls and abandoned waste disposal sites) and develop predictive models of the influence of local human activities on trophic relationships.

Collections of organisms from coastal ecosystems around Casey and Davis stations were made between 2006/07 and 2010/11.

Purpose: This is the master DIF for the stable isotope data from the TRENZ project, within which there are several data sets.

Stable isotope data was used to infer trophic position and food web base sources for marine organisms from coastal ecosystems of Casey and Davis areas.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -66.28   S: -68.58   E: 110.52   W: 77.97
Min Depth: 2 M Max Depth: 90 M

Parent DIF
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TRENZ

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-11-01
Stop Date: 2010-03-31
Science Keywords
CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT Parameter Definition
OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS Parameter Definition
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Access Constraints Users must register to download data and source code.
Use Constraints If you download and use LIS source code or data, please cite the following
preprint:

Peters-Lidard, C. D., S. Kumar, Y. Tian, J. L. Eastman, and P. Houser, 2004.
Global Urban-Scale Land-Atmosphere Modeling with the Land Information System,
Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone, 84th AMS
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Service Provider
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/HSB > Hydrological Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: CHRISTA PETERS-LIDARD
Phone: 301-614-5811
Fax: 301-614-5808
Email: Christa.D.Peters-Lidard at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online
Fees: No fees
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 301-614-5811
Fax: 301-614-5808
Email: Christa.D.Peters-Lidard at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2006-01-10
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-06-15

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