AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Stable isotope analysis of invertebrate epifauna collected around Casey station, East Antarctica, for the TRENZ program.

A variety of epifaunal invertebrates were collected from hard substrates and soft sediment habitats at various sites in the Windmill Islands near Casey station in East Antarctica. Collected fauna were frozen (-18oC) and returned to Australia for analysis. Stable isotope analysis (carbon and nitrogen) was conducted on 376 samples.
This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2948 (ASAC_2948), "TRENZ: The TRophic Ecology of the antarctic Nearshore Zone: local and global constraints on patterns and processes".

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CORING DEVICES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > AMPHI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS > BRITTLE/BASKET STA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS > SEA STARS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS > SEA URCHINS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > GASTROPODS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS), EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPONGES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS, 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 > NUTRIENT CYCLING, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > TROPHIC DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, TRENZ, TRENZ > TRophic Ecology of the Nearshore Zone, epifauna, isotopes
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sea ice algae growth rate data collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012

Chlorophyll data was used to measure growth rates of sea ice algae in CO2 incubations. Sea ice brine microalgae was collected from sackholes. Replicate samples were incubated in ambient air (~0.04% CO2), 0.1% CO2, 1.0% CO2 and 2.0% CO2 concentrations. Three incubation experiments were carried out at SIPEX stations 4 (expt 1) 7 (expt 3) and 8 (expt 4). 
Growth rate calcualtions followed a standard exponential growth model, i.e
Bf  = Bi x e(rt)
Where Bf equals final biomass, Bi equals initial biomass, r = growth rate and t = time (in days).

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > CHLOROPHYLL, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Growth Rates, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS, Sea ice algae
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Adelie penguin occupancy survey of Bechervaise Island, 2016

Adelie colony boundaries at Bechervaise Island were mapped by Matthew Pauza on the 21 Dec 2016. Subcolonies were mapped by circumnavigating the perimeter on foot while carrying a Garmin GPS (Etrex30) to record the track. When mapping the perimeter of the subcolonies a buffer distance of approximately 2.5 meters was maintained between the mapper and the breeding birds. 
This buffer distance was reduced by .5m to between 2m in the final shapefiles.
Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, COLONIES, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GPS RECEIVERS, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 7 (KROCK) 1992-93 Underway Data

This dataset contains the underway data from Voyage 7 1992-93 (KROCK) of the Aurora Australis. This was a manned marine science voyage. The observations were taken between January and March 1993 on route from Hobart to Davis to Mawson to Casey and back to Hobart. DLS and NoQalms data types were logged. See the Marine Science Support Data Quality and Programmer's Reports at the Related_URL section.
Also available is a scan of a printed plot of a section of the Voyage 7 1992/93 (KROCK) track: 
transects north of the Antarctic coastline between 60 degrees East and 83 degrees East, 15 January to 7 February 1993.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BAROMETERS, BATHYMETRY, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, 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 > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Adelie penguin colony boundaries at the Rauer Group and the Vestfold Hills, November 1993

This dataset consists of two shapefiles created by Darren Southwell of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) by digitising the boundaries of adelie penguin colonies at the Rauer Group and the Vestfold Hills. The digitising was done from images resulting from the scanning and georeferencing of aerial photographs taken on 24 November 1993. 
The aerial photographs were taken for the AAD with a Linhof camera. Records of the photographs are included in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's Aerial Photograph Catalogue.

Tags: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, AIRCRAFT, AMD, AMD/AU, CAMERAS, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > RAUER GROUP, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 2 2017/18 Track and Underway Data

On every voyage of the Aurora Australis, approximately 50 onboard sensors collect data on average every 10 seconds.  These data are known as the underway datasets.  The type of data collected include water and air temperature, wind speeds, ship speed and location, humidity, fluorescence, salinity and so on.  For the full list of available data types, see the website.
These data are broadcast "live" (every 30 minutes) back to Australia and are available via the Australian Oceanographic Data Centre's portal (see the provided link).  Once the ship returns to port, the data are then transferred to Australian Antarctic Division servers where they are then made available via the Marine Science Data Search system (see the provided URL).
This dataset contains the underway data collected during Voyage 2 of the Aurora Australis Voyage in the 2017/18 season.
Purpose of voyage: Casey Resupply, recover and deploy whale mooring, krill trawl.
Leader: Mr. James Moloney
Deputy Leader: Mr. Dave Pryce
Underway (meteorological) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL section).

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE, 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 > WIND DYNAMICS > CONVECTION, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Field and lab books from ASAC project 2952 - Spatial variability in polar soil ecosystems: An integrated study of genes, microbial biodiversity and landform evolution as a baseline for monitoring climate change

These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Casey Station, Macquarie Island and Kingston between 2007 and 2012 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 2952 - Spatial variability in polar soil ecosystems: An integrated study of genes, microbial biodiversity and landform evolution as a baseline for monitoring climate change.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > MICROFAUNA, Field Books, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Lab Books, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2007-08 Voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis, CEAMARC-CASO Krill Data

Krill data collected from the CEAMARC-CASO voyage of the Aurora Australis during the 2007-2008 summer season.  The data consist of a large number of images, plus documents detailing analysis methods and file descriptions.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CASO, CEAMARC, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, Cameras, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHA, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Krill, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Polar Bird Voyage 6 2001-2002 Underway Data

This dataset contains the underway data collected during the Polar Bird Voyage 6 2001-02. This voyage went to Davis and Mawson, leaving from and returning to Hobart. Underway (meteorological) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL section). For further information, see the Marine Science Support Data Quality Report at the Related URL section.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, 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 > WIND DYNAMICS > CONVECTION, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Luminescence dating of marine and fluvial sediments from Bunger Hills

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2237
See the link below for public details on this project.
Two excel spreadsheets are available for download from the provided URL.
Taken from the 1997-1998 Progress Report for this project:
INAA (instrumental neutron activation analysis) analyses have been made of subsamples of each OSL (Optically stimulated luminescence) sample, for dosimetry calculation. The samples were then dated at Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) which is the worlds leading lab for this work.
Two very significant findings were made: (i) That the OSL technique works, and is reliable in Antarctica. These are the first OSL dates from Antarctica; (ii) The overriding hypothesis of Colhoun et al. (ASAC 926) has been vindicated: that Bunger Hills was not fully glaciated at the last glacial maximum.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, ANTARCTICA, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, DEGLACIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > RADIOCARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > GLACIAL LANDFORMS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE, OSL, PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > QUATERNARY > PLEISTOCENE, Palaeo Start Date 45 ka bp, Palaeo Stop Date, QUATERNARY, RADIOCARBON
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phytoplankton samples collected from the SAZ SENSE voyage (V3 of the Aurora Australis), 2007

A list of taxa and observations of phytoplankton collected from the SAZ Sense voyage of the Aurora Australis - voyage 3 of the 2006-2007 season.
These data are available via the biodiversity database.  The collection contains 26 taxa and 562 observations.
More information about SAZ SENSE:
The overall objective is to characterise Southern Ocean marine ecosystems, their influence on carbon dioxide exchange with the atmosphere and the deep ocean, and their sensitivity to past and future global change including climate warming, ocean stratification, and ocean acidification from anthropogenic CO2 emissions. In particular we plan to take advantage of naturally-occurring, persistent, zonal variations in Southern Ocean primary production and biomass in the Australian Sector to investigate the effects of iron addition from natural sources, and CO2 addition from anthropogenic sources, on Southern Ocean plankton communities of differing initial structure and composition.
SAZ-SENSE is a study of the sensitivity of Sub-Antarctic Zone waters to global change. A 32-day oceanographic voyage onboard Australia's ice-breaker Aurora Australis was undertaken in mid-summer (Jan 17 - Feb. 20) 2007 to examine microbial ecosystem structure and biogeochemical processes in SAZ waters west and east of Tasmania, and also in the Polar Frontal Zone south of the SAZ.
The voyage brought together research teams from Australasia, Europe, and North America, and was led by the ACE CRC, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, and the Australian Antarctic Division.
The overall goal is to understand the controls on Sub-Antarctic Zone productivity and carbon cycling, and to assess their sensitivity to climate change. The strategy is to compare low productivity waters west of Tasmania (areas with little phytoplankton) with higher productivity waters to the east, with a focus on the role of iron as a limiting micro-nutrient. The study also seeks to examine the effect of rising CO2 levels on phytoplankton - both via regional intercomparisons and incubation experiments.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PLANKTON NETS, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SAZ SENSE
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The role of Antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms - HIPPIES samples

Update - 2013-11-14 - data from the cruise now included in the download file.  Two extra excel spreadsheets have been added to the download file - one is a summary file, and the other contains pigment data.
Sampling sites with a list of activities at each site for the HIPPIES cruise of the Aurora Australis - December to January 2003-2004.
Aurora V4
Tube Labelour use
Sample#our use
Date(UTC)
Time(UTC)Shorthand entry code - ignore
Time(UTC)Formatted Use this
Long Degdegrees
Long Minminutes
Long Decdecimaldegrees
Lat Degdegrees
Lat Minminutes
LatDecdecimaldegrees
Local time (dec hrs)actual solar local time (decimal hours) calc from longitude
DOES NOT EQUAL TIME ZONE
Sea Temp
Ice present/absent
Lugol's#microscope sample number for phytoplankton ID (Our use only)
HPLC Volvolume filtered for HPLC pigment analysis (Our use only)
Cocco Volvolume filtered for coccolithophorid counts (Our use only)
Cocco tray No.(Our use only)
Location:DCM: Deep chlorophyll maximum
Thermo: Thermocline

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CAROTENOIDS, CEOS, CHEMTAX, CHLOROPHYLL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE BIOLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PHYTOPLANKTON, PROTISTS, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM06 drilling parameters data

AM06 borehole drilled January 2010.
Data collected in series of files following production of borehole.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, AMERY ICE SHELF, AMISOR, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, DRILL SYSTEM PARAMETERS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE, 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
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Molecular comparison of bacterial diversity in uncontaminated and hydrocarbon contaminated marine sediment

Sediment samples which were originally collected as part of ASAC 868 (ASAC_868) are now being investigated using molecular microbial techniques as part of ASAC 1228 (ASAC_1228).  Samples were collected in a nested survey design in two hydrocarbon impacted areas and two unimpacted areas.  Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of a region of the 16S RNA gene was used to investigate the microbial community structure.  Banding patterns obtained from the DGGE were transformed into a presence / absence matrix and analysed with a multivariate statistical approach.
The download file contains an excel spreadsheet, a csv version of the data, plus a readme file.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, BACTERIAL DIVERSITY, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Brown Bay, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Newcomb Bay, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > O'Brien Bay, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Sparkes Bay, DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, HYDROCARBONS, NON-METRIC MULTI DIMENSIONAL SCALING PLOTS, SEDIMENT CORERS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Presence of Disease in the Penguins and Skuas of Macquarie Island

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2555
See the link below for public details on this project.
This study investigated the role of Antarctic skuas in the transmission of diseases to royal and king penguins on Macquarie Island. Using blood samples and cloacal swabs we assessed the parasites and viral diseases of the Antarctic skua and the two penguin species. Up to 150 subjects of each species were inspected. We compared the sub-Antarctic environment of Macquarie with previous work in a continental environment. By understanding the role that skuas play in the dynamics of diseases in Antarctica we are better able to define the role of humans in the system.
The download file contains several excel spreadsheets, a readme document and a copy of a poster.
Taken from the readme:
"There are three files that simply enumerate the samples taken and the sample numbers associated with each individual skua or penguin.  In general we took two faecal swabs; one was preserved in viral transport medium (medium +streptomycin) and the other was preserved in BHB + glycerin. Both sets were then frozen at -80 degrees C.
Blood was drawn from the brachial vein and where possible, one drop was used to make a thin smear that was air dried.  The rest of the blood sample was allowed to clot for at least 3 hours then spun down by centrifuge. The serum was drawn off and has been stored at -80. The RBC pellet was treated with Queen's lysis buffer and has been stored at 4 degrees C. 
The other three files are the results of testing for Newcastle Disease and Infectious Bursal Diisease. They are redundant files.  One contains the results from both pathogens and the other two contain just the results from a single set of pathogens.
Finally, there is a copy of a poster presentation from the International penguin conference in Hobart in 2007."

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, LABORATORY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, disease, penguins, skuas
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Akademic Fedorov (37th Russian Antarctic Expedition) May to June 1992

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.
These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program:  Russia
Vessel:  Akademic Fedorov
Dates in ice:  May 1992 to June 1992
Observers:  Unknown
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, ARCTIC, 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 > ARCTIC OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OPEN WATER, 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, WEATHER CODE, WIND DIRECTION, WIND VELOCITY
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Banding information for Wilkes Station, 1968-1969

This file contains a report from Wilkes station in 1968-1969 detailing the banding program undertaken in the Windmill Islands.  The document primarily relates to South Polar Skuas, but also mentions Wilson's Storm Petrels, and Snow Petrels.
The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Snow Petrels, South Polar Skuas, Wilkes, Wilson's Storm Petrels
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network