Total hydrocarbon content in water accommodated fractions

This dataset contains the results of experiments that measured the total hydrocarbon content (THC) in water accommodated fractions (WAF) of fuel in seawater. The three fuel types were: Special Antarctic Blend diesel (SAB), Marine Gas Oil diesel (MGO) and an intermediate grade (180) of marine bunker Fuel Oil (IFO).


These tests were performed under conditions which conformed to protocols used in Project 3054 toxicity tests conducted on Antarctic and subantarctic marine invertebrates.

These hydrocarbon data show measured concentrations of THC in WAFs over time. From these data exposure concentrations of THC can be derived for analysis of sensitivities of marine invertebrates exposed to these WAFs in bioassays of Antarctic and subantarctic marine invertebrates. The integrated exposure concentrations calculated from these data are held in datasets AAS_3054_THC_WAF_integ_ conc_ 09_10 and AAS_3054_THC_WAF_integ_ conc_10_11_12.


Fuels were experimentally mixed by slow stir of fuel and seawater in temperature controlled cabinets at 0 degrees C and 5 degrees C to prepare a mixture of fuel hydrocarbons in filtered seawater (FSW). WAF was produced by adding fuel to seawater in 10 L glass bottles. Mixtures were stirred at slow speed with minimal vortex. The freshly decanted WAFs were sampled and an additional set of time series experiments sampled the THC in dilutions of decanted WAFs in open containers, to show the loss of hydrocarbons over time at 0 degrees C and 5 degrees C. WAF samples were extracted and THC in micrograms per litre was measured using gas-chromatograph flame ionising detection (GC_FID) analysis.


The dataset consists of an Excel spreadsheet. The first worksheet 'Test description' gives details of test setup and conditions, and explanation of acronyms. The following worksheets show the THC in test samples, with a separate worksheet for each test. Two worksheets 'Raw data' show the data from GC_FID analysis.

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Alternate title
Total hydrocarbon content in water accommodated fractions
Date (Publication)
2017-03-20
Edition
1
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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:10.4225/15/575F873F81A68

Originator

Brown, K.E. and King, C.K.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

KING, CATHERINE K.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

BROWN, KATHRYN EUNICE
Marine Ecology Research Centre
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
Lismore
NSW
2480
Australia

Collaborator

KING, CATHERINE K.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_3054_THC_WAF

Purpose
These data are used in determining exposure concentrations in toxicity tests of Antarctic and subantarctic marine invertebrates to assess ecological risks associated with fuel use in Antarctic waters.
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
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2008-07-01 2012-06-30
Title
Assessing fuel spill risks in polar waters: temporal dynamics and behaviour of hydrocarbons from Antarctic diesel, marine gas oil and residual fuel oil.
Date (Publication)
2016

Author

Brown, K.E., King, C.K., Kotzakoulakis, K., George, S.C., Harrison, P.L.
Name
Marine Pollution Bulletin
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > BIOAVAILABILITY
Keywords
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Total Hydrocarbon Content
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • LABORATORY
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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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_3054_THC_WAF when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

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Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2017-03-20T00:00:00
Units of distribution
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Transfer size
154
Distribution format
  • Excel

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OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for AAS project 3054

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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset.

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2016-06-09 - record created by Kathryn Brown. 2017-03-16 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2018-04-05 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a parent ID.

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Metadata identifier
string/AAS_3054_THC_WAF

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

BROWN, KATHRYN EUNICE
Marine Ecology Research Centre
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
Lismore
NSW
2480
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
AAS_3054_09_10_ecotox

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Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
bdbd9701-6a0f-400b-88a7-407d71de9c07

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2016-06-09T04:32:49

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_3054_THC_WAF

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2016-06-09T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2018-04-05

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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