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ASAC_2201_SRE4

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Citation
Stark, J.S., Snape, I. and Riddle, M.J. (2020) SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5ecb5416f2761, Accessed: 2021-02-23
Title
SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/5ecb5416f2761
Created Date
2012-03-21
Revision Date
2020-06-10
Parent record
None
Child record
SRE4_HydrocarbonChemistry
SRE4_Meiofauna
SRE4_Metals_in_Oils
SRE4_Microbial
SRE4_OBrienBaySedimentMetals
SRE4_SedimentChemistry
SRE4_SedimentGrainSize
SRE4_SedimentTOCNitrogenPhosphorus
SRE4_TPH

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    Description

    Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems. Four different types of hydrocarbons were individually mixed with defaunated marine sediments and deployed in trays on the seabed at O'Brien Bay-1. Trays were collected after deployment periods of 5 weeks, 56 weeks, 62 weeks, 2 years and 5 years. In addition there was a bioturbation treatment using the burrowing urchin Abatus (at 56 weeks only). Samples were collected from 4 replicate trays of each treatment at each sampling time. Analyses were done of sediment hydrocarbon chemistry, microbial communities, meiofaunal communities, macrofaunal communities and diatom communities. The hydrocarbon treatments were: a synthetic Mobil lubricating oil; the same Mobil lubricating oil after 125? hours use in a vehicle engine; a Fuchs synthetic lubricating oil marketed as highly biodegradable; and Special Antarctic Blend diesel fuel (SAB). A control uncontaminated sediment treatment was used for comparison.

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    Purpose

    To determine the effects of hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems in Antarctica.

    This is the parent DIF describing the project. It has many related datasets and metadata records.

    Access

    A copy of the final report is publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    See the child records for access to the data.

    Please contact the investigators before using data.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.2832
    Southernmost:
    -66.2833

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    110.5166
    Easternmost:
    110.5167
    Minimum Depth:
    12 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    25 Metres

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SAB
    • field experiment
    • biodegradable oil
    • dielsel fuel
    • lubricating oil

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

    Platforms

    • LABORATORY
    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

    • NOT APPLICABLE

    Researchers

    • stark, jonathan (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • snape, ian (INVESTIGATOR)
    • riddle, martin (INVESTIGATOR)

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    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_2201_SRE4 when using these data.

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