Metadata details
ASAC_1310
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- Citation
- Robinson, S. (2012) Assessing UV-B induced DNA damage in Antarctic plants: is desiccation a compounding factor?, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/556D0B22A6452, Accessed: 2025-04-16
- Title
- Assessing UV-B induced DNA damage in Antarctic plants: is desiccation a compounding factor?
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/556D0B22A6452
- Created Date
- 2001-04-09
- Revision Date
- 2017-04-26
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
- No datasets
Related links
Description
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1310
See the link below for public details on this project.
---- Public Summary from Project ----
Increasing UV-radiation over Antarctica each spring may damage DNA in plants. This research determined the susceptibility of Antarctic plants to such damage and investigated the effectiveness of protective and repair mechanisms. This helps predict how plants globally will cope with future climate change.
Samples have been collected from Heard Island, and near Casey Station, Antarctica. Three excel files constitute this dataset.
Heard Island 2003/4 Samples collected for project 1310
Vascular plant UVB site
GPS coordinates of vascular plant UV site 53 06 57 S, 73 43 30E A total of 4 g of each of 5 species (Pringlea antiscorbutica, Poa cookii. Deschampsia antarctica. Azorella selago, Acaena magellanica) were collected on 5 days over the season. These were analysed for DNA damage, UVB absorbing pigments, and photosynthetic and photoprotective pigments. Chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf temperature were measured on the sampled plants.
Nutrient gradient
GPS co-ordinates: high nutrient site: 53 06 0.419S, 73 43 0.105E 4g of P. antiscorbutica and 0.8g of P. cookii were taken at the high nutrient site, along with chlorophyll fluorescence measurements.
GPS co-ordinates: low nutrient site: 53 06 29.09S, 73 43 00.36E 7.2g of P. antiscorbutica and 3.2g of P. cookii were taken at the low nutrient site, along with chlorophyll fluorescence measurements.
Scarlett Hill
GPS co-ordinates: 53 05 0.645S, 073 40 0.339E
3.2 g of P. antiscorbutica plants was sampled and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements taken.
Spit Camp
GPS co-ordinates:
3.2g of P. antiscorbutica plants was sampled and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements taken.
Ceratodon Paddick Valley
GPS co-ordinates: 53 08 43.44S, 73 40 35.42E 3 g of Ceratodon purpureus was collected.
The fields in this dataset are:
Species
Date
Weight
grams dry weight (gdw)
Water Content
Aspect
Community type
Time (Local Time)
Fluorescence
Leaf temperature (1, 2, etc)
F - Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Fm' - Fluorescence maximum measured in the light
Yield - Yield of fluorescence
No. and Mark are stamps put on the data during download
Quality
DNA damage may not happen because there were problems with the UV-B meter logging and so we don't have data to correlate with UV absorbing pigments.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2002-11-09 - Stop date: 2003-02-01
- Start date: 2003-12-16 - Stop date: 2004-02-26
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > CHLOROPHYLL
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Additional Keywords
- ASPECT
- CHLOROPHYLL
- COMMUNITY TYPE
- DATE
- DESSICATION
- DNA
- FLUORESCENCE
- LEAF TEMPERATURE
- SPECIES
- TIME
- UV-B
- WATER CONTENT
- WEIGHT
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- None
Researchers
- robinson, sharon (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1310 when using these data.
