Name: Gross body measurements of Laternula elliptica collected from sites adjacent to Casey Station
Published: 2019-07-10
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: EARTH SCIENCE,OCEANS,OCEAN CHEMISTRY,STABLE ISOTOPES,EARTH SCIENCE,BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION,ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES,MOLLUSKS,BIVALVES,EARTH SCIENCE,BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION,ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES,MOLLUSKS,BIVALVES,CLAMS,GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR,CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > McGrady Cove,CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Brown Bay,CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Shannon Bay,NETS,FIELD INVESTIGATION,FIELD SURVEYS,LABORATORY,Morphology,Laternula elliptica

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Citation: Corbett, P. (2019) Gross body measurements of Laternula elliptica collected from sites adjacent to Casey Station, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58af8adceae21, Accessed: 2026-05-13
Title: Gross body measurements of Laternula elliptica collected from sites adjacent to Casey Station
Data Centre: Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI: doi:10.4225/15/58af8adceae21
Created Date: 2017-02-23
Revision Date: 2019-07-10
Parent record: None

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Description

Data shows gross body measurements of lantern shellfish (Laternula elliptica) collected by divers at McGrady Cove; Brown Bay Inner, and Shannon Bay. Measurements include length, width, and height of shell and weight with shell on and shell off.

Purpose

Shellfish were collected to analyse a weight of evidence to assess station derived contamination impact.

Quality

Data were reformatted by Daniela Farias:

The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "LaternulaBodyMeasurements.csv" provides the dataset ID, decimal latitude, decimal longitude, locality, continent, country, date of event, occurrence, and basis of record. The individuals measurements provided are: length, width and height (measurement unit in cm), weight with shell and without shell (measurement unit in g). The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).

Access

These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Temporal Coverages

Start date: 2014-12-01 - Stop date: 2015-02-28

Spatial Coverages

Latitude

Northernmost:
Southernmost:

Longitude

Westernmost:
Easternmost:

Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES

Additional Keywords

Morphology
Laternula elliptica

Locations

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MCGRADY COVE
CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BROWN BAY
CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SHANNON BAY

Platforms

FIELD INVESTIGATION
FIELD SURVEYS
LABORATORY

Instruments

NETS

Researchers

corbett, patricia (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=AAS_4177_LaternulaGrossBodyMeasurementsCaseyStation when using these data.

Metadata details

AAS_4177_LaternulaGrossBodyMeasurementsCaseyStation