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Investigating the relation between aerosol optical depth, dimethylsulphide...
---- Public Summary from Project ---- Understanding the strength of possible biological feedbacks is crucial to the science of climate change. This project aims to improve our... -
Adelie Penguin Distributions in the Mawson Area Antarctica
This dataset contains data on the habitats, distribution and numbers of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) in the Mawson area, Antarctica during 1981 and 1988. The data are... -
Adelie Penguin Distributions in the Davis Area, Antarctica
This dataset contains data on the habitats, distribution and numbers of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) along the Vestfold Hills coast (including colonies on the mainland... -
Development and application of DGT devices for passive sampling of...
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2385 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Facilities for chemical analysis of... -
Effects of Enhanced UV-B on Sea Ice Algae
From the abstract of some of the papers: It has been suggested that increased springtime UVB radiation caused by stratospheric ozone depletion is likely to reduce primary... -
Population estimates of emperor penguins, Mawson coast, Antarctica
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 484 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Emperor penguins are the only birds... -
Contribution of dinoflagellates to Antarctic coastal zone carbon flux
Some scanning electron microscope images were taken of dinoflagellates sampled as part of this project. A catalogue of the images taken is provided as part of the download file... -
Physiological Tolerances of Some Antarctic Zooplanktons
Colonisation of Lake Fletcher, a hypersaline, meromictic lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, by the calanoid copepod Drepanopus bispinosus, the cyclopoid copepod Oncea... -
Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1999
Adelie penguin census November - December 1999 by Jim and Yvonne Claypole following their winter at Cape Denison. A shapefile with the colony boundaries is available but counts... -
Toxicity of sediment spiked with Thala Valley Tip Fines to the Temperate...
This data set describes the toxicity of marine sediment spiked with contaminated soil from Thala Valley tip site at Casey. The temperate heart urchin species Echinocardium... -
Sedimentary Processes in the Fjord-like Embayments of the Vestfold and...
Ellis Fjord is a small, fjord-like marine embayment in the vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica. Modern sediment input is dominated by a biogenic diatom rain, although aeolian,... -
Adelie penguin breeding success for Bechervaise Island, Mawson
Adelie penguin breeding success records for Bechervaise Island, Mawson since 1990-91. Data include counts of occupied nests and chick counts when either 2/3 of the nests have... -
Cold adaptation and functionality of the Antarctic Coastal Benthic Zones
Antarctic sediments and sea-ice are important regulators in global biogeochemical and atmospheric cycles. These ecosystems contain a diverse range of bacteria whose... -
Cape Denison Adelie Penguin census, November - December 1997
Penguin counts conducted between 25 November and 2 December 1997. The census covered the following areas and rookeries in the Cape Dension area: rookeries north of Gadget Hut,... -
Stereotyped Calling Patterns of a Male Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
From the abstract of the attached paper: Underwater calling behaviour between breathing bouts of a single adult male Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) was examined with... -
SCAR Antarctic Map Catalogue
The Australian Antarctic Division holds a collection of approximately 5,500 maps and charts. A catalogue of its holdings can be searched in detail and viewed in the SCAR... -
SCAR Spatial Data Model and Feature Catalogue
The SCAR Spatial Data Model has been developed for Geoscience Standing Scientific Group (GSSG). It was presented to XXVII SCAR, 15-26 July 2002, in Shanghai, China. The Spatial... -
Diatom, and associated data from grid samples collected in Brown Bay
Sediment samples were collected from nine points along 3 parallel transects within the contaminated Brown Bay. The diatom spreadsheet (diatom_data) contains both initial diatom... -
Toxicity of Heavy Metals in Seawater to Juvenile Heart Urchins (Abatus spp)
These data sets describe the toxicity of lead, coppyer, zinc and cadmium spiked seawater to the juveniles of Abatus ingens and Abatus nimrodi. Metals were tested separately over... -
Production and Fate of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter During...
From the abstract of one of the papers: Phytoplankton biomass and speciation were monitored at an inshore site near Davis Station, East Antarctica during three consecutive...