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Coring Analyses of Cores from Near Shore Sites in the Vestfold Hills
The sedimentological, chemical and isotopic characteristics of sediment cores from three slightly saline to hypersaline lakes (Highway, Ace and Organic Lakes) and two marine... -
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... -
Phytoplankton Ecology in the Fjords of the Vestfold and Larsemann Hills
From the abstract of the referenced paper: Spring phytoplankton communities in the water column of Ellis Fjord are characterised by diatoms originating from the bottom sea-ice... -
Subset of data from the TAGS database of known age seals - Elephant Seals
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island, Marion Island,... -
Locations of samples from Organic Lake, Deep Lake and Ellis Fjord in the...
This data set contains locations of sample sites for Ellis Fjord (1989), Organic Lake (1985) and Deep Lake (1975, 1975) in the Vestfold Hills. Unfortunately little is known as... -
Cold adaptation in planktonic and sea-ice bacteria
Preliminary Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 1126 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Previous work... -
Seal database of known-age animals from the Antarctic and subantarctic Southern Ocean
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Weddell and Southern elephant) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on Macquarie Island,... -
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... -
Palaeoclimate Analysis of Sediment Cores from the Fjords and Lakes of the...
From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers: The relationship between surface sediment diatom assemblages and measured limnological variables in 33 coastal Antarctic... -
Direct Molecular Analysis of Antarctica and Southern Ocean Microbial Communities
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 867 See the link below for public details on this project. Dataset Sea-ice bacteria data are associated with ASAC_1012 and included... -
Subset of data from the TAGS database of known age seals - Weddell Seals
This database is a compendium of histories of known age seals (Weddell) from observations across the Southern Ocean but focussed on the Windmill Islands, Mawson and the Vestfold... -
Vestfold Hills Lake Bathymetry - Yearly Changes
This dataset contains the outdated and redundant bathymetric contour data for some of the lakes of the Vestfold Hills. Lake data for Burton Lake, Deep lake and Ellis Fjord. -
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... -
Trace Element Chemistry of Antarctic Saline Lakes and Fjords
From the referenced paper: The frigid concentration or freezing of seawater is an important natural phenomenon in the polar regions and results in the precipitation of a... -
Vestfold Hills Lake Bathymetry
This data set contains the most recent bathymetric contour data for some of the lakes of the Vestfold Hills. Lake depth data (all data except Ellis Fjord) was collected from... -
Interaction between Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in Antarctic Stratified Lakes and Fjords
---- Public Summary from Project ---- The lakes and fjords of the Vestfold Hills region of Antarctica provide unique ecosystems for studying environmental changes in Antarctica... -
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... -
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... -
Vocal Characteristics and Communication Strategies of Weddell Seal...
The underwater and in-air recordings were used to derive a technique to classify the call types. The in-air recordings demonstrated that both males and females vocalise and... -
Dialects and Usage Patterns of Weddell Seal 'Leptonychotes weddelli'...
Underwater recordings of vocalisations of Weddell seals were obtained at 8 locations within the Vestfold Hills (7) and Larsemann Hills (1). The recordings were made near groups...