Shallow Coastal Marine Fauna of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island Antarctica

This dataset is a description of the shallow coastal marine fauna found in the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island area, Antarctica. The results are from various surveys in this region over a 12 month period in 1981-82, and a full listing of species (with photographs) is given in the documentation. It includes benthic, pelagic and planktonic organisms of the coast as well as those that inhabit the ice-water interface.

Identification info

Alternate title: Shallow Coastal Marine Fauna of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Island Antarctica

Date (Publication): 1999-10-07

Edition: 1

Originator

Burton, H.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Collaborator

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Name: CAASM Metadata

Website: https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00047

Status: Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

+61 3 6232 3244

+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Topic category

Biota
Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description: Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod: 1981-12-01 1982-02-28

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC HABITAT

Keywords

Marine fauna
Shallow

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

FIELD INVESTIGATION

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network
CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE
OBIS-SEAMAP > OBIS - Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations
COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

AMD/AU
CEOS
AMD
ANTABIF

NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

Use limitation: This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints: licence

Other constraints: Data available in the citation, the AADC biodiversity database, or at GBIF, OBIS or SCAR-MarBIN.

Resource constraints

File type: Portable Network Graphic

Linkage: Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Other constraints: This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00047 when using these data.

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

+61 3 6232 3244

+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Distributor

Fees: Free

Planned available datetime: 1999-10-07T00:00:00

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Resource lineage

Statement: A list of all known species found in the coastal Vestfold Hills and Rauer Islands areas is given in this dataset. It is the second only such study undertaken in the area. A number of surveys were made during the 1982 ANARE expedition to Davis. Various sampling methods were used including: scuba diving, plankton nets, hookah (surface supply) system, 50mm gill nets, pump sampler, and collapsible net. Scuba dives were made during December 1981 and February 1982 (sites 1-4,6-12,16-21). Divers picked specimens from the substrate and placed them in collecting bags. Fish collections were also made in summer by this method. Vertical hauls from the substrate to the surface were made in December 1981 using plankton nets of 200 micron mesh (sites 5,13,15). Site 22 was investigated by beachcombing. Sites A,B,C were sampled monthly from January to December 1982. Site D was sampled only in January and February. The hookah (surface supply) system was used by divers to examine the bent hic and ice/water interface animals at sites A,B,C,D. Divers assisted in laying 50mm gill nets monthly at sites A and C, which were retrieved 24 hours later and the captured fish removed. Zooplankton samples were also taken monthly at sites A,B,C using a pump sampler adapted from Coughlan and Fleming (1978) and a collapsible net which could be opened and closed using ropes. Samples were sorted in the Davis biology laboratory, with microscope animals sorted under a Wild M5 binocular microscope. All specimens were preserved in either 4% formaldehyde and sea water, 80% ethanol and sea water, or frozen. The locations of the sampling sites are given on maps in the documentation.

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Maintenance note: 2008-03-03 - Dave Watts - added project links to GBIF OBIS SCAR-MarBIN etc. 2009-02-26 - record modified by Dave Connell to remove IPY fields. 2014-09-08 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2018-08-20 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier: string/AADC-00047

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Author

BURTON, HARRY

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

Kingston

Tasmania

7050

Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope: Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Citation identifier: 984a7e27-ba24-41b7-8343-925ade8acf0d

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Date (Last Revision): 2015-04-08T11:17:03

Identifier

Description: metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title: gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd

Citation identifier: 8.6

Metadata linkage: http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AADC-00047
Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation): 1999-10-07T00:00:00

Date info (Last Update): 2018-08-20

Metadata standard

Title: ISO 19115-3

Edition: 2014

Other citation details: Version 1

Title: DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile

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