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AAS_4633_Casey_marine_meiofauna_2015
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- Citation
- Stark, J. (2025) Casey marine sediment meiofauna 2015, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/w81z-hw34, Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Title
- Casey marine sediment meiofauna 2015
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/w81z-hw34
- Created Date
- 2025-06-17
- Revision Date
- 2026-06-09
- Parent record
- AAS_4633_BEAUT_Parent
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Description
Marine meiofauna community data from Casey Station area in the Windmill Islands, east Antarctica. Data comes from samples taken by divers in 2015 from 10 locations around the Casey area. Samples were taken with small corers which consisted of modified 60 mL syringes with internal diameter of 28 mm. These syringes were inserted into the sediment to a depth of 10 cm, then extracted and the lower end capped. Samples were preserved in 4% formalin. All meiofauna were counted and identified to at least phylum level. Copepods were identified to family level and nematodes were identified to genus level.
There are a total of 83 samples, 8 from each location, except for 4 at O’Brien Bay-1 and 12 at Shannon Bay and Brown Bay Middle.
The data consists of an excel spreadsheet with four worksheets.
1. Location data – latitude, longitude, depth
2. Phylum/Class/Order counts per sample
3. Copepod family counts per sample
4. Nematode genus counts per sample
Purpose
Sampling was conducted using a nested hierarchical design encompassing three spatial scales: (1) locations, separated by kilometres; (2) within each location, two sites were typically established, approximately 100 m apart; and (3) within each site, there were at least two plots (2 m diameter) spaced roughly 10 m apart. Replicate samples were collected from each sampling plot for meiofauna, macrofauna and environmental analysis.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2015-01-22 - Stop date: 2015-02-11
Spatial Coverages
Data Resolution
- 1 Metre(s)
- 1 Metre(s)
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > MARINE ADVISORIES > MARINE BIOLOGY
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ROUNDWORMS
Additional Keywords
- SCUBA DIVER
- MEIOFAUNA
- SPATIAL VARIATION
- NEMATODES
- HUMAN IMPACT
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WINDMILL ISLANDS
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY STATION
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BROWN BAY
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > O'BRIEN BAY
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY WHARF
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WILKES
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MCGRADY COVE
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- SEDIMENT CORERS
Researchers
- stark, jonny (INVESTIGATOR,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_Casey_marine_meiofauna_2015 when using these data.
