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Survey of soft sediment assemblages around Casey Station (Winter grab samples), June-Sept 1998

Entry ID: ASAC_2201_Casey_benthic_survey3

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Summary

Abstract: Marine soft-sediment assemblages were sampled from shallow (5 - 35m) nearshore regions around Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica in winter 1998, using a van-Veen grab (surface area 20 x 25 cm). Samples were seived through a 1 mm mesh and sorted to species where possible. A hierarchical, spatially nested sampling design was used with locations (km's apart), sites (100s of metres ...

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Description: Public information for ASAC project 2201

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -66.28	S: -66.29	E: 110.54	W: 110.0

Min Depth: 5 M Max Depth: 35 M

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-06-05

Stop Date: 1998-09-18

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > East Antarctica

Data Resolution

Vertical Resolution: 1 m

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

TRANSPORTATION

Instrument

GRAB SAMPLERS

MICROSCOPES

Quality Gammarid, Isopod, gastropod faunas identified at the Australian Museum. Remaining faunas identified by J. Stark.

Access Constraints Please contact investigators before using data.

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

May only be used if principal investigators acknowledged.

Ancillary Keywords

ASSEMBLAGE

BENTHIC

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

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

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Distribution Size: 7 kb

Distribution Format: excel

Fees: free

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-13

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