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SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Macrofauna
Entry ID: SRE4_Macrofauna

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Summary

Abstract: Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems. Four different types of hydrocarbons were individually mixed with defaunated marine sediments and deployed in trays on the seabed at O'Brien Bay-1. Trays were collected after deployment periods of 5 weeks, 56 weeks, 62 weeks, 2 years and 5 years. In addition there was a bioturbation treatment using the burrowing urchin Abatus (at 56 weeks only). Samples were collected from 4 replicate trays of each treatment at each sampling time. Analyses were done of sediment hydrocarbon chemistry, microbial communities, meiofaunal communities, macrofaunal communities and diatom communities. The hydrocarbon treatments were: a synthetic Mobil lubricating oil; the same Mobil lubricating oil after 125? hours use in a vehicle engine; a Fuchs synthetic lubricating oil marketed as highly biodegradable; and Special Antarctic Blend diesel fuel (SAB). A control uncontaminated sediment treatment was used for comparison.

Purpose: To determine the effects of hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems in Antarctica.

This is the parent DIF for the macrofaunal community component of the project. It has many related datasets and metadata records.

This is data on composition and abundances of macrofaunal invertebrates recruiting into experimentally manipulated sediments. Taxa are identified to species level where posssible.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Public information for ASAC project 2201

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

N: -66.2832 S: -66.2833 E: 110.5167 W: 110.5166
Min Depth: 12 M Max Depth: 25 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Jonathan S Stark

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-10-30

Stop Date: 2006-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA
ENVIRONMENT
OCEANS

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION [Information]

FIELD SURVEYS [Information]

Access Constraints

See the child records for access to the data.

Please contact the investigators before using data.

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=SRE4_Mac... when using these data.

Please contact investigators before using data.

Keywords

SAB

field experiment

biodegradable oil

dielsel fuel

lubricating oil

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia [Information]
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

Personnel

JONATHAN SEAN STARK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3589
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Email: jonny.stark at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia

IAN SNAPE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3591
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Email: ian.snape at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia

MARTIN RIDDLE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3573
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: martin.riddle at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia

GLENN JAMES JOHNSTONE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3183
Email: glenn.johnstone 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: 2012-03-22

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-24

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