Name: Depth related changes in the composition of marine soft sediment infaunal invertebrate communities - sediment characteristics data - Casey 2006/07.
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Citation: Stark, J.S and Johnstone, G.J. (2008) Depth related changes in the composition of marine soft sediment infaunal invertebrate communities - sediment characteristics data - Casey 2006/07., Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/ASAC_2201_Depth_Sediment, Accessed: 2026-06-05
Title: Depth related changes in the composition of marine soft sediment infaunal invertebrate communities - sediment characteristics data - Casey 2006/07.
Data Centre: Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date: 2008-07-14
Revision Date: 2017-04-26
Expected Date of Data Release: None
Data Version: 1
Parent record: None

Datasets and documents

Description

Depth related changes in sediment characteristics and the composition of infaunal invertebrate communities were investigated at two sites in the Windmill Islands around Casey station, East Antarctica, during the 2006/07 summer. Sediment characteristics were investigated via sediment cores (5cm deep x 5cm diameter) collected from 4 depths (7m, 11m, 17, and 22m) from each of three transects at two sites (McGrady Cove and O'Brien Bay 1). Measured sediment characteristics included grain size distribution, total organic carbon and the concentration of a range of heavy metals. This work was conducted as part of ASAC 2201 (ASAC_2201).

Access

These data are not yet publicly available.

Temporal Coverages

Start date: 2006-11-09 - Stop date: 2006-12-14

Spatial Coverages

Latitude

Northernmost:
Southernmost:

Longitude

Westernmost:
Easternmost:

Minimum Depth:

7 M

Maximum Depth:

22 M

Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

Additional Keywords

soft sediment
infaunal invertebrates
depth

Locations

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Platforms

FIELD SURVEYS
FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instruments

SEDIMENT CORERS

Researchers

stark, jonathan (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
johnstone, glenn (INVESTIGATOR,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=ASAC_2201_Depth_Sediment when using these data.

Project

ISO Topic

ENVIRONMENT
OCEANS

Dataset Language

English

Orignating Centre

Australian Antarctic Division

Dataset Progress

COMPLETE

IDN Node

AMD/AU
CEOS
AMD

Metadata Revision History

2008-07-13 - record created by Glenn Johnstone. 2012-11-05 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct dodgy characters 2016-03-09 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata details

ASAC_2201_Depth_Sediment