Metadata details
ASAC_2918
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- Citation
- Nugegoda, D, Kefford, B., King, C.K. and Marchant, R. (2011) Have stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island changed over 15 years and are they likely to respond to climate changes or other environmental factors?, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/tmgb-4338, Accessed: 2026-09-17
- Title
- Have stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island changed over 15 years and are they likely to respond to climate changes or other environmental factors?
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/tmgb-4338
- Created Date
- 2007-11-14
- Revision Date
- 2023-09-26
- Parent record
- AAS_2918_Macquarie_Island_Stream_Invertebrates
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2918
See the link below for public details on this project.
This project will assess the extent of changes to the freshwater stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island since they were last sampled 15 years ago. It will also assess whether spatial variation in these stream communities is related to changes in water temperature, it will experimentally examine the temperature tolerance of these freshwater taxa and will provide a long-term dataset to assess future changes, including those resulting from climate change. The use of stream macroinvertebrates as biomonitoring tools to detect impacts from human activities on Macquarie Island and other sub-Antarctic Islands will be examined.
The download file contains a pdf document with several side-by-side comparison images taken in 1992 by Richard Marchant during his studies for ASAC project 555 (ASAC_555), "A Survey of the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Streams and Lakes of Macquarie Island", and in 2010 by James Doube.
Also see the metadata record "Stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island" (AAS_3261) for more information.
Quality
The figures provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.
Access
These data are available for download from the provided URL.
A copy of the associated paper is also available for download (and can also be found here - https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/mf10317).
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2007-09-30 - Stop date: 2008-03-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INDICATOR SPECIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > RIVERS/STREAMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Additional Keywords
- stream communities
- invertebrates
- climate change
- freshwater
- biomonitoring
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- CAMERAS
Researchers
- nugegoda, dayanthi (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- kefford, ben (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- king, catherine (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- marchant, richard (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- connell, dave (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=ASAC_2918 when using these data.
