Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Download page for the data Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Public information for ASAC project 104 Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

N: -54.5

S: -54.5

E: 158.95

W: 158.95

Min Altitude: 0 M

Max Altitude: 433 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Davies, Kendi F and Melbourne, Brett A Dataset Title: Statistical models of invertebrate distribution on Macquarie Island: a tool to assess climate change and local human impacts Dataset Series Name: Polar Biology Dataset Release Date: 1999 Dataset Release Place: Berlin Dataset Publisher: Springer-Verlag Issue Identification: V 21:240-250 Data Presentation Form: Journal article

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-02-01

Stop Date: 1994-03-15

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 100 m Longitude Resolution: 100 m Vertical Resolution: 100 m

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >VEGETATION COVER    [Definition]

LAND SURFACE >TOPOGRAPHY >TERRAIN ELEVATION    [Definition]

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES    [Definition]

BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY DYNAMICS >COMMUNITY STRUCTURE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA ELEVATION

Quality

Records from 69 sites, covering the whole island. Specimens identified to species level. Presence/absence data for each site.

Access Constraints

The data are available for download from the url given below.

Use Constraints

This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). The following reference should be cited: Davies, K. F. and B. A. Melbourne (1999). Statistical models describing the spatial distribution of invertebrates on Macquarie Island: a tool to assess global and local human impacts. Polar Biology 21: 240-250.

Keywords

ABIOTIC VARIABLES

ALTITUDE

ASPECT

BASELINE

BIODIVERSITY

DISTRIBUTION MODELS

INVERTEBRATES

MACQUARIE ISLAND

METHOD

NOTES

REGION

SITE

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

SPECIES

SPECIES COMPOSITION

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

STATISTICAL MODELS

SURVEY

TOPOGRAPHY

VEGETATION

VEGETATION TYPE

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

CSIRO Entomology

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

KENDI FARRELL DAVIES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DIF AUTHOR Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: +1 303 492 7035 Fax: +1 303 492 8699 Email: kendi.davies at colorado.edu Contact Address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCB 334 University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: Colorado Postal Code: CO 80309 Country: USA

BRETT ANDREW MELBOURNE Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +1 530 752 6837 Fax: +1 530 752 3350 Email: bamelbourne at ucdavis.edu Contact Address: University of California Center for Population Biology City: Davis Province or State: California Postal Code: CA 95616 Country: USA