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AAS_4140_IceMeiofauna

An earlier version of this dataset was referenced by a different DOI 10.4225/15/5a17a0df56f2b
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Citation
Swadling, K. (2017) Ice core meiofauna during the SIPEX and SIPEX II voyages, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5b3af17e37bd5, Accessed: 2026-07-08
Title
Ice core meiofauna during the SIPEX and SIPEX II voyages
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/5b3af17e37bd5
Created Date
2017-11-23
Revision Date
2026-04-27
Expected Date of Data Release
2017-11-24
Data Version
2
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Zooplankton were collected during the winter-spring transition during two cruises of the Aurora Australis: SIPEX in 2007 and SIPEX II in 2012. As part of the collections sea ice cores were collected to describe the ice habitat during the period of zooplankton collections. Ice cores were taken with a 20 cm diameter SIPRE corer and sectioned in the field with an ice core. Temperature was measured in the section using a spike thermometer and slivers of each section were melted without filtered water to record salinity. The remainders of each section were melted at 4 degrees Celsius in filtered seawater and the melted water was used to measure chlorophyll a concentration, and meiofauna species and abundance. Meiofauna were counted and identified using a Leica M12 microscope: to species in most cases and down to stage during 2012.

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    Purpose

    The dataset was used to describe the zooplankton grazers living as meiofauna within the brine channel system of sea ice.

    Quality

    No problems encountered with data collection.

    Australian Antarctic Data Centre note - 2018-07-03:

    The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "IceCoreMeiofaunaSIPEX_I_II.csv" provides the dataset ID, event Id (Cruiser), sampling protocol, verbatim depth, event remarks, event date, verbatim latitude and longitude that were converted to decimal latitude and longitude (also provided), continent, country, occurrence, basis of record, life stage, and organism count. The taxonomical organisation is provided to the lowest taxonomical rank that could be determined, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species).

    Some corroborating information from this dataset have been included - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4140_Environmentaldata

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    A copy of the referenced publication is available for download to AAD Staff Only.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -61.3
    Southernmost:
    -65.35

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    115.48
    Easternmost:
    128.36
    Minimum Altitude:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Altitude:
    0 Metres
    Minimum Depth:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    5 Metres

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    5 Kilometre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    5 Kilometre(s)
    Vertical Resolution:
    0 Metre(s)
    Temporal Resolution:
    1 Day(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SIPEX II
    • SIPEX
    • SIPRE CORER
    • 4140
    • AAS 4140

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

    Platforms

    • R/V Aurora Australis

    Instruments

    • CORING DEVICES
    • ICE AUGERS

    Researchers

    • swadling, kerrie (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    Please acknowledge AAS grant 4140 and consider referencing:
    Wallis, J.R., Swadling, K.M., Everett J.D., Suthers, I.M., Jones, H.J., Buchanan, P.J., Crawford, C.M., James, L.C., Johnson, R., Meiners, K.M., Virtue, P., Westwood, K., and Kawaguchi, S. (2015) Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea ice zone during the winter-spring transition. Deep-Sea Research II 131: 170-181

    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_4140_IceMeiofauna when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA
      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • ACE/CRC
      • CEOS
      • AMD

      Publications

      • Wallis, J.R., Swadling, K.M., Everett J.D., Suthers, I.M., Jones, H.J., Buchanan, P.J., Crawford, C.M., James, L.C., Johnson, R., Meiners, K.M., Virtue, P., Westwood, K., and Kawaguchi, S. (2015) Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea ice zone during the winter-spring transition., Deep-Sea Research II, 131, 170-181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.10.002

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-11-24 - record created by Kerrie Swadling. 2018-07-03 - record updated by Dave Connell to include a revised dataset completed by Daniela Farias for GBIF/OBIS compliance. 2026-04-27 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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