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Examination of the water mixing processes, water temperature and zooplankton species assemblage under the Ross Ice Shelf
Entry ID:
K007_1976_1978_NZ_1
Summary
Abstract:
The water under the Ross Ice Shelf was investigated over two seasons through a hole drilled in the ice. In the first season, an ice hole near White Island was used to access the water under the ice shelf. A temperature-depth recorder was used to investigate the microstructure of the water under the Ross Ice Shelf with a view to understanding the mixing processes. A special dredge was designed to ...
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1976-01-01
Stop Date:
1977-01-01
Start Date:
1977-12-23
Stop Date:
1977-12-30
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The data was collected by the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, now the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) and any data and information may be archived here.
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COMPLETE
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Publications/References
Bradford, J.M. Wells, J.B.J. 1983 New calanoid and carpacticoid copepods from beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Polar biology 2: 1-15
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2009-06-19
Last DIF Revision Date:
2009-06-22
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