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AAS_2918_Macquarie_Island_Stream_Invertebrates

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Citation
Wasley, J., Marchant, R. and Kefford, B. (2023) Macquarie Island Stream Invertebrate surveys; established 1992, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/AAS_2918_Macquarie_Island_Stream_Invertebrates, Accessed: 2026-09-17
Title
Macquarie Island Stream Invertebrate surveys; established 1992
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2023-08-17
Revision Date
2025-04-15
Expected Date of Data Release
None
Data Version
None
Parent record
None
Child record
AAS_2918_Site_Photos
AAS_2918_Taxa_DataSheets
AAS_3261
AAS_4305_Stream_Invertebrates_2016
ASAC_2918
ASAC_555

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    Description

    This is a parent metadata record. See the child records for access to the data.

    This parent record pulls together a body of work that has periodically surveyed Macquarie Island stream invertebrate communities (and associated water quality measurements) at a series of sites originally established in 1992 by Dr. Richard Marchant (Museums Victoria) under ASAC_555. Subsequent surveys were coordinated by Ben Kefford (University of Canberra) and carried out in 2008 (ASAC_2918; Nugegoda), 2010 (AAS_3261; Kefford) and 2016 (AAS_4305; Shaw), with support provided by AAD staff including Jane Wasley and Cath King. See child records for further study details.

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    Purpose

    Parent record to collate othewise disparate child data records.

    Quality

    See the child records for information specific to each dataset.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL and via the child records.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -54.46344
    Southernmost:
    -54.79046

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    158.73253
    Easternmost:
    158.98933

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • STREAM

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

    • MICROSCOPES
    • Apparatus for Water Quality Test

    Researchers

    • wasley, jane (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • marchant, richard (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • kefford, ben (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)

    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_2918_Macquarie_Island_Stream_Invertebrates when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA
      • INLAND WATERS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD
      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS

      Publications

      • Marchant R., Kefford B.J., Wasley J., King C.K., Doube J., Nugegoda D. (2011) Response of stream invertebrate communities to vegetation damage from overgrazing by exotic rabbits on subantarctic Macquarie Island, Marine and Freshwater Research, 62, 404-413
      • Marchant R, Kefford BJ, Houghton M, Wasley J and King CK. (2023) Slow recovery of stream invertebrates on subantarctic Macquarie Island after eradication of introduced rabbits and regrowth of vegetation, Marine and Freshwater Research, 74(13), 1171-1177, https://doi.org/10.1071/MF23009

      Metadata Revision History

        2023-08-17 - record created by Jane Wasley as a parent record for related metadata. 2023-09-25 - record updated by Dave Connell after data were provided by Jane Wasley. 2023-09-26 - record updated by Dave Connell to move the data to a new record at the request of Jane Wasley. 2025-01-15 - record updated by Dave Connell after a corrected project URL was provided by Lewis Rockliffe. 2025-04-15 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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