Fungi isolates from physical samples (soil, rock, wood, foodstuff, air, artifacts, etc) from heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region to determine fungal biodiversity
Entry ID:
K021_1998_2008_NZ_1
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Summary
Abstract:
Physical samples of soil, rocks, wood, foodstuffs, air and artefacts were collected from six Heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region over the period of January 1999 to January 2008. These sites included the three historic huts at Hut Point, Cape Evans and Cape Royds on Ross Island (from 1998-2008), the historic hut at Cape Adare (2002-2003), the rock hut at Cape Crozier (2000-2001) and the Granite ... house at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour (2002-2003). Fungi were isolated from these samples using a variety of techniques (including spore traps), media and temperatures. The results from these studies were used to determine fungal biodiversity, the effect of the introduction of a nutrient source in a pristine environment on native fungal species, the impact of humans, and introduction of foreign fungi into a harsh environment. The fungi isolated from these locations have been studied to determine adaption/survival strategies. All cultures are held in culture collections at The Universities of Waikato and Minnesota. Huts and artefacts were digitally videotaped to compare the rate of deterioration from year to year. January 1990 samples: Hut Point >100 samples, Cape Evans >200 samples, Cape Royds >200 samples; December 1999 samples Hut Point >50 samples, Cape Evans >130 samples, Cape Royds >90 samples 
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Fungi cultures were sent to Zygem Pharmaceuticals for research. The ANTARCTIC BIOPROSPECTOR website provides details of research and commercialised products arising from biological samples that were sourced from the Antarctic region.
This record ID number is 79. Alternatively use the Quick Search Function and enter Antarctic culture collection, Organisation Name = Zygem and Government = New Zealand
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
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N: -71.3
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S: -77.85
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E: 169.4
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W: 162.53
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1999-01-17
Stop Date:
2008-01-24
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
99.99999
Decimal degrees
Longitude Resolution:
999.99999
Decimal degrees
Access Constraints
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None
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Distribution
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Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
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free for online download
Distribution Format:
ASCII
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Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
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Personnel
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TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
(303) 497-6339
Fax:
(303) 497-6513
Email:
Carla.J.Moore at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
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City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80305-3328
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Mix, A., Conard, B., Broda, J., Carey, S., Firth, J., Janecek, T., Lotti-Bond, R., Moore, C., Norris, R., and D. Schnurrenberger. Curators of Sea Floor and Lakebed Samples Celebrate 25 Years of Service. EOS, Vol., 84, No. 20, 20 May 2003. (DOI: 10.1029/2003EO200005)
Moore, C.J. and R.E. Habermann, 2006, Core data stewardship: A long-term perspective. In, Rothwell, Guy, ed., New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis, Geological Society of London Special Publication 267, pp. 241-251 (DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.267.01.18).
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2010-10-13
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-12-02
Future DIF Review Date:
2011-10-12
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