A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of heavy metal and hydrocarbon contaminated sediment on the recruitment of soft-sediment infauna.
The effects of hyrdocarbon and heavy metal contamination of marine sediments on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in a field experiment at Casey Station, East Antarctica. Three locations were used, a polluted bay adjacent to an old disused tip site (Brown Bay) and two control locations (O'Brien Bay and Sparkes Bay). At each location three types of defaunated sediment (hydrocarbon treated, heavy metal treated and control) were placed at approximately 15 m depth and left in place for 3 months, from December to February. Sediments were artificially contaminated with hydrocarbons and metals at concentrations which were representative of levels found in sediments at contaminated sites around Casey Station.
There were large differences in recruitment between the three locations and significant differences between the control and contaminated sediment. Sediments in the experiment were also examined for evidence of degradation and attenuation of hydrocarbons and heavy metals. A total of 104 recruitment samples were collected. Samples were sieved at 500 micro m and sorted mainly to species. Other work to arise from this experiment includes examination of the effects on diatom communities and microbial communities.
Data includes fauna, metals and hydrocarbon concentrations in experiment. Pre-deployment concentrations (before experiment was deployed in water) are indicated as 'pre-deployment'. Concentrations of contaminants in sediments surrounding the experiment (within several metres) are indicated as 'surrounding'.
This project also links to ASAC 1100.
The fields in this dataset are:
Location
Site
Treatment (tmt)
Site and replicate
Species
Toxicity
Arsenic
Cadmium
Copper
Lead
Silver
Zinc
Special Antarctic Blend Fuel (SAB)
Lube
TPH
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of heavy metal and hydrocarbon contaminated sediment on the recruitment of soft-sediment infauna.
- Date (Publication)
- 2003-09-01
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
-
Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.4225/15/55F64FEDBF27D
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
Spatial resolution
- Vertical sampling distance
- 1
- Topic category
-
- Biota
- Environment
- Oceans
- Transportation
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1998-12-01 1999-02-17
Extent
- Description
- Vertical Extent - Depth
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 12
- Maximum value
- 25
- Identifier
- urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6498
- Name
- Vertical CS. Axis: depth (D). Orientation: down. UoM: m.
- Identifier
- urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:113
- Name
- depth
- Title
- The effects of hydrocarbon and heavy metal contamination of marine sediments on recruitment of Antarctic soft-sediment assemblages: a field experimental investigation
- Date (Publication)
- 2003
- Citation identifier
- 283
Author
- Name
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
- Page
- 21-50
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > SEWAGE DISPOSAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING > MARINE OBSTRUCTIONS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS)
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > SPECIES DOMINANCE INDICES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
- Keywords
-
- ANTARCTICA
- ARSENIC
- ASSEMBLAGE
- BENTHIC
- CADMIUM
- COMMUNITY
- CONTAMINATION
- COPPER
- FIELD EXPERIMENT
- HEAVY METALS
- HUMAN IMPACT
- HYDROCARBONS
- LEAD
- LUBE
- LOCATION
- POLLUTION
- MACROBENTHOS
- RECOLONISATION
- RECRUITMENT
- SILVER
- SITE
- SPECIAL ANTARCTIC BLEND FUEL
- SITE AND REPLICATE
- SPECIES
- TOXICITY
- TPH
- TREATMENT
- ZINC
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
- MICROSCOPES
- AAS > Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > East Antarctica
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey Station
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Brown Bay
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > O'Brien Bay
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Sparkes Bay
- 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.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
-
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=ASAC_2201_Casey_SRE3 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2003-09-01T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 24
- Distribution format
-
- excel
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA
Download point for the data
- OnLine resource
-
PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC Project 2201
- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 1100
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Gammarid, Isopod, gastropod faunas identified at the Australian Museum. Remaining faunas identified by J. Stark.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2015-09-14 - record updated by Dave Connell. Basic updates. 2019-04-04 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_2201_Casey_SRE3
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 0eecf160-cd45-4ece-ab19-f184c4bfbdcd
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2019-04-04T11:17:17
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/ASAC_2201_Casey_SRE3
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2001-05-02T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2019-04-04
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile