Metadata details
DAVIS_STP_Macrofauna
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- Citation
- Stark, J., Johnstone, G.J. (2019) Marine macrofaunal invertebrate community composition from sites sampled around Davis Station, East Antarctica, as part of the Davis Sewage Treatment Project, summer 2009/10, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5dc8ce421943a, Accessed: 2026-05-13
- Title
- Marine macrofaunal invertebrate community composition from sites sampled around Davis Station, East Antarctica, as part of the Davis Sewage Treatment Project, summer 2009/10
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5dc8ce421943a
- Created Date
- 2015-11-29
- Revision Date
- 2019-10-31
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2019-10-31
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- DAVIS_STP_Biota
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Marine macrofaunal invertebrate community composition data from 30 sites sampled by divers around Davis Station, East Antarctica, for the Davis Sewage Treatment Project during the 2009/10 summer.
Soft-sediment infauna were sampled using a core of PVC tubing (15cm long x 10cm diameter) pushed 10cm into the sediment. Lids were placed on the top and, after some digging, on the bottom of the core and the sealed core was extracted from the sediment. In the lab, core contents were rinsed through a 0.5mm sieve and the remaining infauna and other material preserved in 8% buffered formalin in seawater with Biebrich Scarlet stain (4 cores per plot) or 96% ethanol (1 core per plot). Infauna were sorted from the surrounding matrix under a binocular microscope, counted and identified to species, when possible, or allocated to a morphospecies category.
Purpose
To assess the impact of sewage discharge on marine macrofaunal communities close to (potentially impacted) and at various distances away from (control) the discharge point at Davis Station.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2009-12-01 - Stop date: 2010-03-18
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Additional Keywords
- Sediment
- Macrofauna
- Sewage
- Invertebrates
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- SEDIMENT CORERS
Researchers
- stark, jonathan (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- johnstone, glenn (INVESTIGATOR,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=DAVIS_STP_Macrofauna when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
Publications
- Jonathan S. Stark , Patricia A. Corbett, Glenn Dunshea, Glenn Johnstone, Catherine King, Julie A. Mondon, Michelle L. Power, Angelingifta Samuel, Ian Snape, Martin Riddle. (2016) The environmental impact of sewage and wastewater outfalls in Antarctica: An example from Davis station, East Antarctica, Water Research, 105, 602-614
Metadata Revision History
2015-12-16 Metadata record created by David Smith from submission by Glenn Johnstone. 2018-02-13 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a publication at the request of Glenn Johnstone. 2019-10-31 - record updated by Dave Connell to add data provided by Glenn Johnstone.
