Collections

The atlas shows the known distribution and abundance of each vascular species on Macquarie Island immediately prior to the commencement of control measures against rabbits in 1978. It gives a baseline against which changes in the vegetation can be monitored. The effects of the introduced vertebrates on the vegetation are discussed. Additional data are given on the habitat, gregarious performance and phenology of some species.

Taxa - Vascular plants,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Database of the BAS Herbarium - This database contains information on the herbarium specimens held in the herbarium of the British Antarctic Survey (international code AAS) as well as information about specimens collected in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic and held in other world herbaria. There are over 70 000 records, predominantly of mosses and lichens, but also of vascular plants, ferns, fungi and algae collected in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions as well as some from surrounding continents, particularly South America. The collection from South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands started in 1775 and from Antarctica in 1834. Documents relating to the Herbarium are kept in the BAS Archives (LS2/4). NOTE - this is a copy of the master BAS set and is in need of updating.

Taxa - Insects, Lichens, Other invertebrates, Vascular plants,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial, Limnetic,

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covers all sites and species groups

Taxa - Arthropods, Insects, Microbiota, Mites, Nematodes, Rotifers,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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The Antarctic Flora database is a database detailing collection records of plants collected from the Antarctic, subantarctic islands and other areas around the world.

Taxa - Fungi, Lichens, Liverworts, Mosses, Vascular plants,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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ACAM was established in 1986 at the University of Tasmania as a collection for microorganisms from the Antarctic continent as well as from subantarctic islands and the Southern Ocean. ACAM was one of the few collections in the world dedicated to the collection of Antarctic bacteria and since its inception had grown to nearly 400 strains. Many of these strains have been isolated from lakes and marine waters in the Vestfold Hills region of Antarctica near Davis Station.

Taxa - Microbiota,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial, Limnetic, Marine,

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Two endemic orchid species, Nematoceras dienemum and N. sulcatum, are known from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Several additional orchid populations on the island are reported and cleistogamy is documented in N. dienemum for the first time. The known population sizes, habitats and locations for both orchid species are documented here, and new information on their biology and population ecology is provided.

Taxa - Vascular plants,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Invertebrate specimen collection details for specimens in the British Antarctic Survey invertebrate collection.

Taxa - Insects, Other invertebrates,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Logged records of black duck and mallard including hybrids at Macquarie Island, February 1963 - January 1985 (data from ANARE and Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service files).

Taxa - Birds,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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A catalogue of electron microscopy images mostly of biological origin and used in identifying new species of limnetic and terrestrial organisms.

Taxa - Diatoms, Lichens, Mosses,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial, Limnetic,

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Distribution data from 1997 and 2004 surveys of two invasive flatworms, Kontikia andersoni and Arthurdendyus vegrandis.

Taxa - Worms,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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included 60 sites in the survey design, distributed across Heard Island in five areas or blocks: Round Hill, Scarlet Hill, Cape Lockyer, Long Beach and Mt Drygowski. This level of sampling was achievable within the five-month period and was sufficient to produce reliable statistical models of invertebrate distribution in the subantarctic.

Taxa - Other invertebrates,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Observations taken from literature cited by W.Block. Data includes 800 species, 220 references and 3000 observations. There are some marine species that are listed in SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS).

Taxa - Insects, Mites, Other invertebrates, Rotifers, Tardigrades,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Contains identity, abundance and distribution details for all the arthropods at Cape Hallett over three spatial scales: 1) A site-wide survey of the soil and under-stone arthropods of the Cape Hallett Ice-free area; 2) An elevational survey of the distribution of mites (combined) and springtails (Collembola, identified to species) on the algal flats and scree slope at Cape Hallett and 3) the identity, abundance and distribution of arthropods across a 24 m transect in spring and summer.

Taxa - Springtails,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Collections of the mosses Ceratodon purpureus and Grimmia antarctici from the Windmill islands region and the Vestfold Hills. Sites include ... Clark Peninsula, Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 135 and 136 (formerly known as SSSI16 and SSSI 17), Robinson's Ridge, Peterson Island and around Casey station in the Windmill islands, and Mossel Lake, Lichen Valley and Grimmia Gorge in the Vestfold Hills.

Taxa - Mosses,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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During an early summer visit in 2000, mosses were collected from sites around Heard Island. Three species, Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen, Philonotis cf. tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt and Syntrichia filaris (Müll. Hal) R.H. Zander have been added to the list of moss species known from the island, bringing the total to 40 moss taxa. Syntrichia anderssonii (Ångström) R.H. Zander was found with sporophytes, whereas previously its sporophytes were known in the subantarctic only from Macquarie Island. Extensions of range on Heard Island have been recorded for several species. There are few geographical differences in species composition between locations around the island, provided appropriate habitats exist.

Taxa - Mosses,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Nematodes from Scott Island, Signy, Elephant Island etc identified by Istvan Andrassy. 41 sites, 45 taxa and 75 specimens.

Taxa - Nematodes,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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A checklist of 160 species from 10-15 bioregions.

Taxa - Micrognathozoa, Rotifers,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Thirty-nine species (31 Monogononta and 8 Bdelloidea) are described from Macquarie Island.Thirty-eight of these are new records for the island. Included in the data is the distribution of rotifers at Macquarie Island, in fresh water and Brackish and a comparative measurement of Keratella sancta from New Zealand, Iles Kerguelen and Macquarie Island.

Taxa - Rotifers,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Samples of the southernmost recorded location of the nematode worm Scottnema lindsayae found at base of Beardmore Glacier at 83 deg south. This collection lists other sample sites of the worm within South Victoria Land

Taxa - Nematodes,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Biogeography of spiders on islands of the Southern Ocean

Taxa - Spiders,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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Y. Ohyama and S. Hiruta (1995) The terrestrial arthropods of Sor Rondane in eastern Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, with biogeographical notes. Polar Biology 15, 341.

Taxa - Arthropods,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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This data set lists over 300 organisms (74 taxa are fossils) that were first described from locations either on the Antarctic continent, or on islands immediately to the north of the Antarctic Peninsula. Work was completed in early 2000 and does not contain any newer references.

Higher level taxonomy have been checked and completed against the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) (http://www.obis.org.au/irmng/). Place name locations taken from the SCAR Composite Gazetteer (http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/).

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial, Limnetic, Marine,

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Identified specimens (lichens, bryophytes, cyanobacteria) from 26 sites along a latitudinal gradient in the southern and northern Victoria Lands with the aim of looking at vegetation classifications.

Taxa - Lichens, Liverworts, Mosses,

Habitat Domain - Terrestrial,

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