Metadata details
AAS_4633_BEAUT_Parent
All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
- Citation
- Stark, J. (2026) Biodiversity of East Antarctica - Underwater and Terrestrial Project Parent record, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/AAS_4633_BEAUT_Parent, Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Title
- Biodiversity of East Antarctica - Underwater and Terrestrial Project Parent record
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Created Date
- 2026-01-13
- Revision Date
- 2026-06-09
- Parent record
- None
- Child record
- AAS_4633_BEAUT_Marine_benthic_CaseyDavis_Photoquadrats
AAS_4633_BEAUT_Marine_Benthic_Ellis_LongFjord_Photoquadrats
AAS_4633_BEAUT_Terrestrial_2024-25_Bungers_Casey_FieldSummary
AAS_4633_BEAUT_Terrestrial_Cryoconite_BungerHills_2024_25
AAS_4633_BEAUT_Terrestrial_Lake_BungerHills_202425
AAS_4633_BungerHills_LakeChemistry_2425
AAS_4633_Casey_marine_meiofauna_2015
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This project aims to expand and enhance knowledge of the biodiversity of AAT and to make this information highly visible and accessible. BEAUT will survey areas in AAT that have not been visited or sampled, extend knowledge of our station areas, and consolidate historical biodiversity information. Field campaigns will utilise Australia's icebreaker RSV Nuyina, as well as deploying teams to coastal areas in east Antarctica and subantarctic Islands. Knowledge of biodiversity in space and time is vital for area protection and management, and will include identification guides, a biodiversity atlas and database, and will contribute baseline data to EAMP (East Antarctic Monitoring Program). BEAUT will also facilitate collaboration with the SAEF SRI and other partners.
Purpose
This is the parent metadata record which lists all associated data sets across marine, terrestrial and lake habitats collected or analysed for the BEAUT project. As such the naming of each data set should follow the convention outlined below:
BEAUT_Biome_Organism/Community_Region_Season
e.g. BEAUT_Terrestrial_Moss_Vestfolds_2024/25
Access
See the child records for access to the data.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2022-09-30 - Stop date: 2032-03-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS
Additional Keywords
- MARINE INVERTEBRATES
- 4633
- AAS 4633
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VESTFOLD HILLS
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BUNGER HILLS
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
- VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS
Researchers
- stark, jonny (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_4633_BEAUT_Parent when using these data.
