Metadata details
MI_microcosm2006_microbial_data
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- Citation
- Bowman, J. and Powell, S. (2017) Microbial data from the Macquarie Island Respirometry Experiment 2006, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/59b1dd61113c5, Accessed: 2026-09-15
- Title
- Microbial data from the Macquarie Island Respirometry Experiment 2006
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/59b1dd61113c5
- Created Date
- 2008-04-07
- Revision Date
- 2017-09-08
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2017-09-08
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
A microcosm experiment utilising a respirometry system and 14C-labelled hexadecane was initiated to investigate the effects of differing oxygen regimes on hydrocarbon degradation in soil from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Measurements of oxygen consumed, carbon dioxide produced, total petroleum hydrocarbon degradation and nitrate and ammonium concentrations were made. The microbial community structure at the start of the experiment and after 4, 8 and 12 weeks incubation was explored using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and real-time PCR quantification of alkane mono-oxygenase, napthalene dioxygenase, nitrous oxide reductase and ribosomal polymerase sub-unitB. The data described here are the microbial community data only.
The download file contains an excel spreadsheet. The first sheet provides further information about the dataset.
This work was part of AAS projects 2672 and 1163.
Quality
Temporal coverage is approximate only. The soil used in the experiment was collected in an earlier season and stored frozen. The actual experiment ran for 12 weeks between September and December 2006.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2006-09-10 - Stop date: 2006-12-24
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS
Additional Keywords
- real-time PCR
- hydrocarbon biodegradation
- denitrification
- sub-Antarctic
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- LABORATORY
Instruments
- None
Researchers
- bowman, john (INVESTIGATOR)
- powell, shane (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=MI_microcosm2006_microbial_data when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- ENVIRONMENT
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
Metadata Revision History
DIF added to GCMD 2008-04-09 (Alicja Mosbauer) . Modified DIF, changes to summary, added link to project home page (Alicja Mosbauer) 2008-04-14. 2008-10-30 - record updated by Dave Connell. Spatial coverages, location, platform added. 2009-06-18 - record updated by Dave Connell after new data were submitted by Shane Powell. 2017-09-08 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.
