Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring and ecophysiological studies of bryophyte community dynamics in the Windmill Islands.

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

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Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring and ecophysiological studies of bryophyte community dynamics in the Windmill Islands.

Description:

Abstract:

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1313 See the link below for public details on this project. This research will monitor the effect of climate change on bryophyte communities in the Windmill Islands region of Antarctica through repeated surveys of permanent vegetation transects. This will help us to predict future changes in bryophyte communities with changing climate, and to anticipate how biodiversity will be affected by global climate change. Data from this project has been subsumed into State of the Environment indicator 72 - Windmill Islands terrestrial vegetation dynamics. See the link below for further details. In other words, data that are available for download from this metadata record are also available for download from the metadata record for State of the Environment indicator 72. A PDF document is also available for download which contains comparative images of the study sites in 2003 and 2008.

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Robinson S.A., Wasley J., Popp M., Lovelock C.E. 2000 Desiccation tolerance of three moss species from continental Antarctica. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 27 379-388

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Robinson S.A., Wasley J., Tobin A.K. 2003 Living on the edge - plants and global change in continental and maritime Antarctica. Global Change Biology 9 1681-1717

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19991001

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 109.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 111.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS

Theme_Keyword: FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: CAMERAS

Theme_Keyword: Antarctica

Theme_Keyword: Bryophyte

Theme_Keyword: Climate Change

Theme_Keyword: Global Warming

Theme_Keyword: Moss

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WINDMILL ISLANDS

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: These data are available for download from the provided URL, and are also accessible via the State of the Environment indicator listed below.

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=ASAC_1313 when using these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JANE WASLEY

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Environmental Protection and Change

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: TAS

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3456

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3456

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jane.wasley@aad.gov.au

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Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

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Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: ASAC_1313

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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http://data.aad.gov.au

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/soe/display_indicator....

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Display Antarctic State of Environment Indicator 72

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.c...

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Download point for the comparative pictures

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Download point for the Windmill Islands terrestrial vegetation dynamics - pilot study

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Download point for the Windmill Islands terrestrial vegetation dynamics - summary sheet

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Download point for the Windmill Islands terrestrial vegetation dynamics - maps

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.c...

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Download point for the Windmill Islands terrestrial vegetation dynamics - update April 2011

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https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/r...

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Public information for ASAC project 1313

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http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?...

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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Fees: Free

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000801

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110425

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JANE WASLEY

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Environmental Protection and Change

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: TAS

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3456

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3456

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jane.wasley@aad.gov.au

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time