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SIPEX_IceSampling

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Citation
Meiners, K. (2012) Ice Coring Survey For Main Biological Site, cruise 2007/08 V1 (SIPEX), Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5d2803934c4cc, Accessed: 2026-06-14
Title
Ice Coring Survey For Main Biological Site, cruise 2007/08 V1 (SIPEX)
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/5d2803934c4cc
Created Date
2012-03-27
Revision Date
2019-07-12
Expected Date of Data Release
2012-04-05
Data Version
1
Parent record
ASAC_2767

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    Description

    Ice samples were collected by means of ice coring with 9 and 13 cm diameter ice corers on a total of 15 stations in the 115-130 degrees E sector off East Antarctica in September and early October 2007 during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment (SIPEX).

    Ice temperature profiles were recorded for one core at each station. Ice cores were cut into 10 cm sections and analysed for ice texture, delta 18O composition, inorganic nutrients (phosphate, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium), dissolved organic carbon/nitrogen, absorbance spectra of coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM), particulate organic carbon/nitrogen, persistent organic pollutants (POP), chlorophyll a and pheopigment concentration, photosynthetic parameters measured with a Fast Rate Repetition Fluorometer (FRRF) and a Pulse Amplitude Modulated Fluorometer (PAM) as well as algal species composition and biomass and species composition and biomass estimates of ice-associated metazoans.

    Ice texture analysis from ice cores taken at the "biology main site" was carried out onboard. On the main sites we collected in total 11.8 m of ice cores for textural, salinity and O18 analysis. 28 % of the collected ice was congelation ice while the remaining was largely frazil ice (except for some possible snow ice layers that will be detected later using O18 data). Bulk salinity of the ice cores (n=13) ranged from 4.1 to 9.4, with an average of 6.1. A second, trace metal clean, coring site, was sampled for iron-biogeochemical work.

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    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -64.23

    Longitude: 128

    Latitude: -64.483

    Longitude: 128.1

    Latitude: -64.383

    Longitude: 127.183

    Latitude: -65.1

    Longitude: 125.667

    Latitude: -65.5167

    Longitude: 124.75

    Latitude: -65.583

    Longitude: 122.583

    Latitude: -65.567

    Longitude: 121.5

    Latitude: -65.55

    Longitude: 118.867

    Latitude: -65.35

    Longitude: 118.567

    Latitude: -64.95

    Longitude: 119.13

    Latitude: -65.017

    Longitude: 117.533

    Latitude: -64.883

    Longitude: 116.967

    Latitude: -64.733

    Longitude: 116.8167

    Latitude: -64.3167

    Longitude: 116.8167

    Latitude: -64.683

    Longitude: 120.6167

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SIPEX
    • ICE
    • Coring

    Locations

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

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS
    • SHIPS
    • R/V Aurora Australis

    Instruments

    • CORING DEVICES

    Researchers

    • meiners, klaus (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • anderson, jason (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=SIPEX_IceSampling when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

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

      Publications

      • Kramer, M., Swadling, K.M., Meiners, K.M., Kiko, R., Scheltz, A., Nicolaus, M. and Werner, I. (2011) Antarctic sympagic meiofauna in winter: Comparing diversity, abundance and biomass between perennially and seasonally ice-covered regions., Deep-Sea Research II, 58(9-10), 1062-1074, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.029
      • Meiners, K.M., Norman, L., Granskog, M.A., Krell, A., Heil, P. and Thomas, D.N. (2011) Physico-ecobiogeochemistry of East Antarctic pack ice during the winter-spring transition., Deep-Sea Research II, 58(9-10), 1172-1181, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.033
      • van der Merwe, P., Lannuzel, D., Bowie, A.R., Mancuso Nichols, C.A. and Meiners, K.M. (2011) Iron fractionation in pack and fast ice in East Antarctica: Temporal decoupling between the release of dissolved and particulate iron during spring melt., Deep-Sea Research II, 58(9-10), 1222-1236, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.036
      • van der Merwe, P.C., Lannuzel, D., Mancuso Nichols, C.A., Meiners, K., Heil, P., Norman, L., Thomas, D.N. and Bowie, A.R. (2009) Biogeochemical observations during winter-spring transition in East Antarctic sea ice: Evidence of iron and exopolysaccharide controls., Marine Chemistry, 115(3-4), 163-175, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.08.001

      Metadata Revision History

        2012-04-05 - record created by Jason Anderson. 2019-07-12 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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