Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by Australian Antarctic Data Centre on Apr 16, 2015 Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Publication date:
16 April 2015

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Description

Records of observations of kelp rafts passing within 50 m of one side of the vessel over replicated periods of 1 hour. Data collected over subantarctic latitudes only. Records include: size, species, presence/absence of holdfast, latitude and longitude, ship speed.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

See metadata record http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ASAC_2163

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8601bda0-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a.  Australian Antarctic Data Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Atlas of Living Australia.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Ben Raymond
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Ben Raymond
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • AADC Manager
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Geographic Coverage

Southern Ocean

Bounding Coordinates South West [-61.28, 56.3], North East [-43.07, 158.63]

Project Data

No Description available

Title Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

The personnel involved in the project:

Ben Raymond

Collection Data

Collection Name Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean
Collection Identifier http://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ASAC_2163
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 8601bda0-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a