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Marine water temperatures around Casey station - December 2003
Water temperatures were recorded by Tidbit temperature loggers attached to experimental mesocosms suspended below the sea ice at four sites around Casey in summer 2003/04. Data... -
Measuring the effects of human activity on Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)
The number of people travelling to Antarctica is growing, with much of the recent increase in visitor numbers attributable to an expansion in commercial tourism (Enzenbacher... -
Conservation and population status of albatrosses and giant petrels on...
Databases (Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty and Grey-headed albatrosses, Northern Giant Petrels and Southern Giant Petrels): These databases summarise all banding... -
Soft sediment assemblages at Casey Station: (core samples: Nov 1998 - Jan 1999)
A survey of macrobenthic assemblages in soft-sediments was done at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Samples were taken by divers using hand-held corers (core size - 10 cm... -
Palaeolimnological investigations of coastal continental lakes in the Larsemann Hills
1.The lakes and ponds in the Larsemann Hills and Bolingen Islands (East-Antarctica) are characterised by cyanobacteria-dominated, benthic microbial mat communities. A 56-lake... -
Metamorphic evolution, tectonic setting, partial melting, genesis,...
This dataset represents the collected work arising from ASAC projects 263, 351, 497 and 716 (ASAC_263, ASAC_351, ASAC_497, ASAC_716). The data are pooled together into a single... -
Diatom and associated data for a field experiment which translocated control...
Full title: Diatom and associated data for a manipulative field experiment which translocated control and contaminated sediments between locations within the Windmill Islands,... -
Survey of soft sediment assemblages around Casey Station (Winter grab...
Marine soft-sediment assemblages were sampled from shallow (5 - 35m) nearshore regions around Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica in winter 1998, using a van-Veen... -
Population trends of black-browed albatrosses at Heard Island, 1947 - 2001.
The breeding population of the black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophrys has increased at Heard Island since the first census data were obtained in 1947/1948. Four... -
Survey of soft sediment assemblages around Casey Station (grab samples), Feb...
Marine soft-sediment assemblages were sampled from shallow (5 - 35m) nearshore regions around Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica in late summer (Feb-March) 1997,... -
Periodicity in foraging areas of leopard seals in the region south of...
---- Public Summary from Project ---- Leopard seals are usually seen in the pack-ice where they pup on the ice and where they must first face life at sea. However at Macquarie... -
Sea ice primary production off eastern Antarctica
Sea ice covers up to 20 million km2 of the Southern Ocean. When present it supports a vigorous ecosystem that provides energy and food for all other marine organisms. Using the... -
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... -
Microalgal Biodiversity at Antarctica
A collection of about 20 isolates of Antarctic microalgae from the Windmill Islands region, around Casey Station has been established in the University of Malaya Algae Culture... -
0.5 hour 1 M HCl extraction data for the Windmill Islands marine sediments
These results are for the 0.5 hour extraction of HCl. See also the metadata records for the 4 hour extraction of HCl, and the time trial data for 1 M HCl extractions. A regional... -
Status and trends of Macquarie Island Albatrosses and Giant Petrels:...
Albatross and petrel populations have declined globally due to interactions with fishing operations. The survival of four albatross and two giant petrel species breeding on... -
Easily measured call attributes can detect vocal differences between Weddell...
Underwater vocalisations of Weddell seals were recorded at Casey (1997) and Davis (1992 and 1997) Antarctica. The goal of the study was to determine if it would be possible to... -
The Breeding Status of Adelie penguins and other birds on the coast of...
The following are excerpts from Ensor and Bassett (1987). A census by counts and estimates of Adelie penguin chicks on the George V Land coast of Antarctica between Commonwealth... -
Limnological and nearshore diatom communities of Heard Island: proxies of...
---- Public Summary from Project ---- Heard Island offers scientists a unique subantarctic laboratory for investigating climate change. We will establish a reference set of... -
Interseasonal variability of benthic diatoms communities within the Windmill...
Sediment samples were collected with an Eckamn grab from four locations within the Windmill Islands (Herring Island, O'Connor Island, Shannon Bay and Brown Bay). A weekly...