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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Originating Center
Data Center
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE
Phone: 828-271-4800
Fax: 828-271-4876
Email: ncdc.orders at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
151 Patton Avenue, Room 120
City: Asheville
Province or State: NC
Postal Code: 28801-5001
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online (HTTP)
Distribution Format: GIF, MPEG
Fees: No Fee
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5126
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-24

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