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Heavymetals-Gamms-Casey03-04
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- Citation
- Stark, J.S. and Johnstone, G.J. (2008) Heavy metal content of Paramoera walkeri (Eusiridae, Amphipoda) tissue - Short-term biomonitoring of Thala Valley Tip Clean-up, Casey, Summer 2003/04, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5b765575b00d8, Accessed: 2026-05-09
- Title
- Heavy metal content of Paramoera walkeri (Eusiridae, Amphipoda) tissue - Short-term biomonitoring of Thala Valley Tip Clean-up, Casey, Summer 2003/04
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5b765575b00d8
- Created Date
- 2005-06-08
- Revision Date
- 2019-05-23
- Parent record
- None
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Description
The heavy metal content of whole Paramoera walkeri (Eusiridae, Amphipoda) were measured from specimens collected and deployed in experimental mesocosms around Casey station during the summer of 2003/04. Data are the parts per million (ppm) concentrations of 45 heavy metals measured via acid digestion and ICP-MS analysis. P.walkeri were collected from an intertidal area on the northern side of O'Brien Bay and deployed in mesocosms (perforated sample jars housed within perforated 20 litre food buckets) suspended approximately three metres below the sea ice at four sites; two potentially impacted sites in Brown Bay and two control sites, O'Brien Bay and McGrady Cove. The experiment was run on three occasions during the summer each lasting two weeks.
These data were collected as part of ASAC project 2201 (ASAC_2201 - Natural variability and human induced change in Antarctic nearshore marine benthic communities).
See also other metadata records by Glenn Johnstone for related information.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2003-12-01 - Stop date: 2004-02-19
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > SPECIES BIOACCUMULATION
Additional Keywords
- AMPHIPODS
- IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- HEAVY METALS
- GAMMARIDS
- MESOCOSMS
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
Researchers
- stark, jonathan (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- johnstone, glenn (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=Heavymetals-Gamms-Casey03-04 when using these data.
