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Trophic Ecology of the Antarctic Nearshore Zone
Entry ID: TRENZ

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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 ... View entire text

Purpose: This is the master DIF for the TRENZ project, within which there are several sub-projects and data sets.
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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

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-11-01
Stop Date: 2010-03-31
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT Parameter Definition
OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS Parameter Definition
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Platform
BALLOONS Ancillary Description
GOES-8 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8 Ancillary Description
WEATHER STATIONS Ancillary Description
Instrument
RADIOSONDES Ancillary Description
SODAR > Sound Detection and Ranging Ancillary Description
GOES-8 IMAGER
ANEMOMETERS Ancillary Description
Project
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 1114

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE
Phone: (865) 574-7447
Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov
Contact Address:
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
Province or State: TN
Postal Code: 37831-6407
Country: USA
Personnel
A. S. DENNING
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-09-05
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-27

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