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SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems - SRE4_HydrocarbonChemistry

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems. Four different types of hydrocarbons were individually mixed with defaunated marine sediments and deployed in trays on the seabed at O'Brien Bay-1. Trays were collected after deployment periods of 5 weeks, 56 weeks, 62 weeks, 2 years and 5 years. In addition there was a bioturbation treatment using the burrowing urchin Abatus (at 56 weeks only). Samples were collected from 4 replicate trays of each treatment at each sampling time. Analyses were done of sediment hydrocarbon chemistry, microbial communities, meiofaunal communities, macrofaunal communities and diatom communities. The hydrocarbon treatments were: a synthetic Mobil lubricating oil; the same Mobil lubricating oil after 125 hours use in a vehicle engine; a Fuchs synthetic lubricating oil marketed as highly biodegradable; and Special Antarctic Blend diesel fuel (SAB). A control uncontaminated sediment treatment was used for comparison.

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Title SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems - SRE4_HydrocarbonChemistry
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/32290291-fdd9-4373-9c53-287018f2b723
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/10/2001 - 20/12/2006
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems - SRE4_HydrocarbonChemistry". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sre4-effects-of-hydrocarbons-on-antarctic-marine-sediment-ecosystems-sre4_hydrocarbonchemistry1