AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Antarctic and subantarctic hydrographic surveys by the RAN Australian Hydrographic Service

The RAN Australian Hydrographic Service have conducted hydrographic surveys near the coasts of the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island and Macquarie Island.
Data and metadata for hydrographic surveys by the RAN Australian Hydrographic Service in Antarctica and at Heard Island and Macquarie Island has been provided to the Australian Antarctic Data Centre by the Australian Hydrographic Office. The survey locations in Antarctica were Mawson, Davis, Casey and Commonwealth Bay. The surveys were conducted since December 1993. Generally the surveys are denoted by a Hydrographic Instruction (HI) eg HI176. There is a metadata record for each survey from which the survey data and metadata can be obtained. The metadata records for the individual surveys are linked to this metadata record.
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre has also had the soundings digitised from the fair sheets produced from earlier hydrographic surveys by the RAN Australian Hydrographic Service at Casey, Davis and Mawson. Metadata records describe the digitised soundings are also linked to this metadata record.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND, SHIPS, SOUNDING
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
High Resolution 10Be Records, spanning 1999-2009 from Law Dome, Antarctica

This file comprises five high-resolution records of 10Be concentration in snow from Law Dome, East Antarctica: DSS0102-pit, DSS0506-pit, DSS0506-core, DSS0809-core and DSS0910-core.
A single composite series is constructed from three of these records (DSS0506-core, DSS0809-core and DSS0102-pit), providing a monthly-resolved time-series of 10Be concentrations at DSS over the decade spanning 1999 to 2009.
This work was done as part of AAS 2384, AAS 3064 and AAS 1172.
A data update was provided by Jason Anderson on 2012-12-17.

Tags: 10Be, ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CORING DEVICES, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, LABORATORY, climate
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Numerical Atmospheric dispersion Modeling Environment - an operational particle dispersion model using the Met Office Unified Model and ECMWF Numerical Weather Prediction meteorology data - raw, gridded SIPEX II data

This record contains the source, gridded data used to produce the maps described in the metadata record with the ID "SIPEX_II_NAME".  See the provided URL.
The UK Met Office's Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment (NAME) is used to model a wide range of atmospheric dispersion events.
These data were collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012.
The use of NAME and the NWP met data was provided by the UK Met Office for free for research purposes. The analysed wind fields used for the running of NAME are calculated using the Met Office's Unified Model (UM). These are calculated by incorporating all observational site data at six hourly intervals into a forecasting system +/- 3 hours of the observation time. This is continuously repeated to produce a 3D analysis of the state of the atmosphere defined by meteorological variables. It is these variables that are incorporated into NAME and are used to calculate wind vectors, particle position, etc. The global resolution for these fields is 25 km.
Model Descriptor
Inert particles released for two hours each day between 01:00 - 03:00. The lat/lon for the ship was taken at 02:00 every day. The particles were tracked backwards in time for ten days. The NAME output grid comprised of 267 by 165 boxes of 0.5652 degrees longitude and 0.375 degrees latitude. The lat/lon minimum was 60.0,-85.0 and the max was 210,-23. The plots show the daily particle densities in g s m-3 per grid box for the whole of the back run. There are four different types of plots showing surface influence (0-100m), whole troposphere influence (0-16000m) and below the avg boundary layer (BL). The BL heights have also been plotted at the time of release for each of the backruns.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NAME, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nella Dan: FIBEX Cruise - Oceanographic and nutrient data

This dataset contains CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) and nutrient (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) data obtained from the First International BIOMASS Experiment (FIBEX) cruise of the Nella Dan, during Jan - Mar 1981. The cruise is the first in a series of six, providing a long term field survey studying krill and other zooplankton.  52 CTD casts were taken in the Prydz Bay region, and nutrient data were collected at 14 out of the 52 CTD stations. Casts were made to 2000 m or to near bottom if shallower. The oceanographic sampling was done as a supplement to the krill research program and the nutrient sampling to help interpret phytoplankton distribution and abundance, so sampling location and depth were not necessarily selected according to oceanographic or nutrient related considerations.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > LIQUID PRECIPITATION > RAIN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise 2007/08 V1 (SIPEX)

We report on the late winter oceanography observed beneath Antarctic sea ice offshore from the Sabrina and BANZARE coast of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica (115- 125 E) in September-October 2007 during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment (SIPEX) research voyage. A pilot program using specifically designed 'through-ice' Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) and acoustic Doppler current profiling (ADCP) systems was conducted to opportunistically measure water mass properties and ocean currents during major ice stations.
This project involved two independent sub-ice observation platforms: A winch-driven Conductivity-Temperature-Depth system for measuring basic water mass properties and an acoustic Doppler current profiling (ADCP)/GPS system for measuring ocean currents and ice drift. Hereafter these are referred to as the CTD and ADCP systems respectively.
The CTD system comprised of an Falmouth Scientific Institute (FSI) CTD instrument, a tripod and over 1000m of polyethylene rope on a winch/drum
attached to a metal sled.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN MIXED LAYER, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > HEAT FLUX, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, East Antarctica, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Oceanography, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS, SIPEX, Under-ice
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tide Gauge Records, Commonwealth Bay 2007-2010

Tide gauge data collected from two platypus gauges (TG040 and TG041 - barometric) at Commonwealth Bay.  Data were collected between 2007-11-27 and 2010-02-16.
The gauge was a bottom mounted pressure sensor with a self-contained logger.  Sea temperature and barometric pressure were also recorded.
Further information is also available from the National Tidal Centre at the Bureau of Meteorology.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > COMMONWEALTH BAY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL COMPONENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL CURRENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL RANGE, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, TIDE GAUGES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM04 Seabird MicroCAT CTD moorings at three depths in ocean cavity beneath the shelf

AM04 borehole drilled January 2006.
Data being collected at annual re-visits to site.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.  A word document providing further information is also available as part of the download.
All of the .dat files of data can be viewed with a text editor such as Wordpad.
New Data added:
September 2009
November 2011

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, AMERY ICE SHELF, AMISOR, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, HOT WATER DRILL, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PRESSURE, SALINITY, TEMPERATURE
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ice-physics transects collected in fast ice areas at Davis Station in November-December 2015

In situ measurements of ice and snow thickness, and freeboard along an irregular transect on the fast, complementing the repeat ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) transects. During our deployment at Davis in 2015 logistics and environmental conditions permitted measurements along 4 transects. The location of the reference grid (ROV box) had its origin (x=0, y=0) at (-68.568904 degrees N,+77.945439 degrees E). Transects 1 – 4 started at x=60, x=70, x=80 and x=90 m and were sampled at y-positions of 0m, 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 4m, 8m, 16m, 32m, 64m, 128m, (256m, and 512m), respectively. Depending on working conditions the overall transect lengths varied from 128 – 512 m.
Sampling dates for in situ ice physcis: 
Transect ID Date of sampling    Zice and FB measured at Ice core taken at   Snowpit measured at
T1  19/11/2015  0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, … 64m.  0m, 128m, 512m  0m, 128m, 512m
T2  23/11/2015  0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, … 64m.  0m, 128m, 512m  0m, 128m
T3  29/11/2015  0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, … 64m.  0m, 128m    0m, 128m
T4  02/12/2015  0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, … 64m.  0m, 128m    0m, 128m
Ice cores and snow pits were collected at the 0m, 50m and 100m mark along the transect, where possible. Additionally, ice cores for density analysis were taken at a few of the ice-core sites for independent verification of ice density.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > FREEBOARD, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, ICE CORE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SNOW PITS, TRANSECTS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Report of the 1989/90 Summer Season Survey. Davis Station, Larsemann Hills, Law Base

In July 1989 a circular was distributed calling for applicants for survey duties in the Antarctic over the 1989-90 summer season.  The aim of this survey was to carry out a number of survey tasks in the Vestfold Hills, Larsemann Hills, Mawson and the Southern Prince Charles Mountains.  It soon became apparent that for logistic reasons deployment in the PCMs would be difficult and this part of the survey was deleted.
Job reports for this survey season : Larsemann Hills Photo control; SPOT Image control Rauer Group; Law Base; Russian tide gauge conn. Russian Primary Mark connection; Russian ice runway; Blundell Peak; Vestfold Hills; GPS baselines; Ancient Marine terraces, Lake water levels, Over Ice route markers, Mawson Pageos connection. Includes text, tables, aerial photographs and diagrams.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, Blundell Peak, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > BOUNDARY SURVEYS, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > BUILDINGS, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > COMMUNICATIONS, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > TRANSPORTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GPS > Global Positioning System, GPS RECEIVERS, Larsemann Hills, Law Base, Russian, SPOT, SPOT-1 > Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-1, SURVEYING TOOLS, Survey, TIDE GAUGES, Vestfold Hills, lake, tide gauge
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Location of elephant seal wallows in the Vestfold Hills, 2007

Results from a February 2007 survey of the Vestfold Hills coastline and offshore islands for used and disused southern elephant seal wallows.  The data here are point locations of the wallows, not the extents or boundaries of the wallows.
The table below gives the coordinates (decimal degrees) for the elephant seal wallows found, their unofficial names and the wallow status as used or disused at the time of survey. 
Data were used in the 2018 Vestfold Hills/Davis Station Helicopter map:
Wallow name     Latitude    Longitude   Status
Hawker Island   -68.637360  77.840040   Used
Hawker Island   -68.634950  77.841310   Used
Hawker Island   -68.632180  77.841560   Used
Mule Island -68.647860  77.825900   Unused
Mule Island -68.646650  77.823920   Unused
Zappert Point   -68.505100  78.081020   Unused
Old Wallow  -68.598345  77.937185   Used
Davis beach -68.577926  77.967032   Used
Heidemann Bay   -68.592067  77.945325   Used
North of station    -68.571916  77.971011   Used

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VESTFOLD HILLS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA L, FIELD INVESTIGATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GPS > Global Positioning System, MOULT, WALLOW
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Davis stable isotope data for coastal ecosystem

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data for a range of benthic invertebrates, macroalgae, phytoplankton, sea ice algae and fish from shallow marine coastal region around Davis Station.
Part of the TRENZ program (The TRophic Ecology of the antarctic Nearshore Zone: local and global constraints on patterns and processes), and AAS project 2948.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > TROPHIC DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > MACROPHYTES, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > SEWAGE DISPOSAL, Ecology, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, IRMS > ISOTOPIC RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER, TRENZ, TRENZ > TRophic Ecology of the Nearshore Zone
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Log of biological observations at Casey, 1974

This file contains a log of general biological observations collected in the Casey region during 1974.  Observations were made of Antarctic Petrels, Wilson Storm Petrels, Snow Petrels, Silver Grey Petrels, Cape Pigeons, Pintado Petrels, Giant Petrels, Emperor Penguins, Adelie Penguins, Skuas, Crabeater Seals, Leopard Seals, Elephant Seals and Weddell Seals.
The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, Adelie Penguins, Antarctic Petrels, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, Cape Pigeons, Casey, Crabeater Seals, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA L, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHAL, Elephant Seals, Emperor Penguins, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Giant Petrels, Leopard Seals, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Pintado Petrels, Silver Grey Petrels, Skuas, Snow Petrels, Weddell Seals, Wilson Storm Petrels
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer - NBP 01-04 (GLOBEC)

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program:  United States
Vessel:  Nathaniel B. Palmer
Dates in ice:  26 Jul 2001 - 27 Aug 2001
Observers:  Frank Stewart, Kerry Claffey, others
Summary of voyage track:
26/7  Ice edge at approx 64S, 69W
26/7 - 27/8  Cruise track focussed on western side of Peninsula
27/8  Observations finished at approx 65S, 64W
(Note - The Lawrence M. Gould was in the same area at the same time - GD070801)
The fields in this dataset are:
SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
SEA ICE FLOE SIZE
SEA ICE SNOW COVER
SEA ICE THICKNESS
SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY
SEA ICE TYPE
RECORD
DATE
TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
OPEN WATER
TRACK
SNOW THICKNESS
SNOW TYPE
SEA TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND VELOCITY
WIND DIRECTION
FILM COUNTER
FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM
VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER
VISIBILITY CODE
CLOUD
WEATHER CODE
COMMENTS

Tags: ACE/CRC, AIR TEMPERATURE, AMD, AMD/AU, ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate, CEOS, CLOUD, COMMENTS, DATE, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TYPES, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION, FILM COUNTER, FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OPEN WATER, R/V NBP > R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, RECORD, SEA ICE CONCENTRATION, SEA ICE FLOE SIZE, SEA ICE SNOW COVER, SEA ICE THICKNESS, SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY, SEA ICE TYPE, SEA TEMPERATURE, SHIPS, SNOW THICKNESS, SNOW TYPE, TIME, TRACK, VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER, VISIBILITY CODE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, WEATHER CODE, WIND DIRECTION, WIND VELOCITY
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Further Investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill at Macquarie Island: Have benthic communities recovered?

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 756 See the link below for public details on this project.
From the abstract of one of the referenced papers:
The shore environments of most sub-Antarctic islands have been described in a number of previous studies. However there have been few attempts to quantify the population and community patterns over different spatial scales. The objectives of this study were to provide an analysis of the differences in the community structure of the biota of three exposed shore zones and of the macrofauna inhabiting holdfasts of the kelp Durvillaea antarctica across spatial scales of hundreds of metres, kilometers, and between a sheltered and exposed coast. Data were collected using a combination of quadrat, transect and direct sampling methods over the 1994-95 summer season. The results indicated that there were significant differences between coast for some of the biotic variables in most of the habitats examined but that differences at the smaller spatial scales were more often significant. Thus, although wave exposure exerts an obvious effect on the shore biota of Macquarie Island, these effects are modified by other factors operating at smaller spatial scales. For the holdfast macrofauna, the overall patterns of community structure are likely to be due to the differential response of the component taxa to variation in holdfast volume and holdfast sediment content as well as other, currently undetermined factors.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS), EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > MACROFAUNA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > INTERTIDAL ZONE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Holdfast Macrofauna, Macquarie Island, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND, Shore zones, Spatial variation, Wave exposure
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network