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Responses of Antarctic marine biota to contaminants - Brown Ostracod toxicity tests, Kingston 2007
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 2933.
While it is generally thought that Antarctic organisms are highly sensitive to pollution, there is little data to support or disprove this. Such data is essential if realistic environmental guidelines, which take into account unique physical, biological and chemical characteristics of the Antarctic environment, are to be developed. Factors that modify bioavailability, and the effects of common contaminants on a range of Antarctic organisms from micro-algae to macro-invertebrates will be examined. Risk assessment techniques developed will provide the scientific basis for prioritising contaminated site remediation activities in marine environments, and will contribute to the development of guidelines specific to Antarctica.
Brown Ostracod toxicity tests, Kingston 2007
Test animals were collected from near shore environments at Casey Station, East Antarctica during Dec 2006 - Jan 2007, and transported to culturing facilities at the Australian Antarctic Division in Tasmania, where tests were conducted during 2007. The test animals were exposed to metals in non-renewable static tests in vials containing 50 mL of the test solution at ambient Antarctic coastal salinity of 34 ppt. Tests were held in temperature controlled cabinets (incubators) at a temperature of 0, 2 or 4 degrees C (+/- approximately 1 degrees C). Ten test animals were introduced into each of 3 to 5 replicate vials per treatment at test commencement, and were exposed for 10 weeks during which periodic observations were made. Test solutions were renewed in weekly water changes.
Periodic observations (time since start of test) are given in hr (hours), d (days) or w (weeks). At each observation time, test animals were scored in one of the Endpoint categories described on each worksheet.
Each worksheet provides data for a particular test taxa (Brown Ostracods - taxonomy to be verified) for a given test number (T01, T02, T03, T04, T05,) and a given metal contaminant (copper, zinc, cadmium and lead).
Test information is provided in the first 14 rows of each worksheet, e.g. Site of collection, Test start date, Endpoint categories etc.
ASU = artificial settlement units (plastic scourers used by Sarah Richards, which had been deployed in Newcomb Bay in approximately the year 2000).
Concentration micro grams per litre are nominal concentrations. Measured concentrations are provided in the file:
Brown Ostracod_chemistry.xls, as described below.
Test temperature was 0 degrees C unless otherwise stated. Unit for all temperature data are degrees C.
See the readme file in the download for more information.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Responses of Antarctic marine biota to contaminants - Brown Ostracod toxicity tests, Kingston 2007
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-11-19
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
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Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.26179/5c075ffac2653
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Website
- https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_2933_MetalToxicityMarine_BrownOstracods_Kingston2007
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 2007-02-27 2007-08-23
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > SEWAGE DISPOSAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY > OCEAN CONTAMINANTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > OSTRACODS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)
- Keywords
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- pollution
- remediation
- amphipods
- isopods
- marine environments
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL. Please contact the data owner (Cath King: Cath.King@aad.gov.au) before using these data. The data owner wishes to maintain publication rights to the data.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- 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=AAS_2933_MetalToxicityMarine_BrownOstracods_Kingston2007 when using these data. Please contact the data owner (Cath King: Cath.King@aad.gov.au) before using these data. The data owner wishes to maintain publication rights to the data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2019-11-19T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- MB
- Transfer size
- 7
- Distribution format
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- Excel, Word
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD
Download point for the data
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 2933
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2011-05-30 - record created by Dave Connell after data and a readme were submitted by Jane Wasley. 2014-10-09 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2018-12-06 - record updated by Dave Connell to alter the parent DIF name. 2019-11-19 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/AAS_2933_MetalToxicityMarine_BrownOstracods_Kingston2007
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
- Title
- Parent Metadata Record
- Citation identifier
- Ecotoxicology
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 9c8f8a5c-8408-43ff-8501-c40170c65cf7
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2019-11-19T16:08:51
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/AAS_2933_MetalToxicityMarine_BrownOstracods_Kingston2007
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-05-23T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2019-11-19
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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