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Further Investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill at Macquarie Island: Have benthic communities recovered?
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 756 See the link below for public details on this project.
From the abstract of one of the referenced papers:
The shore environments of most sub-Antarctic islands have been described in a number of previous studies. However there have been few attempts to quantify the population and community patterns over different spatial scales. The objectives of this study were to provide an analysis of the differences in the community structure of the biota of three exposed shore zones and of the macrofauna inhabiting holdfasts of the kelp Durvillaea antarctica across spatial scales of hundreds of metres, kilometers, and between a sheltered and exposed coast. Data were collected using a combination of quadrat, transect and direct sampling methods over the 1994-95 summer season. The results indicated that there were significant differences between coast for some of the biotic variables in most of the habitats examined but that differences at the smaller spatial scales were more often significant. Thus, although wave exposure exerts an obvious effect on the shore biota of Macquarie Island, these effects are modified by other factors operating at smaller spatial scales. For the holdfast macrofauna, the overall patterns of community structure are likely to be due to the differential response of the component taxa to variation in holdfast volume and holdfast sediment content as well as other, currently undetermined factors.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Further Investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill at Macquarie Island: Have benthic communities recovered?
- Date (Publication)
- 2000-08-07
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Other citation details
- Restricted access
- Status
- Completed
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- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
- Oceans
Extent
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Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1994-09-01 1996-03-31
- Title
- The effects of a spillage of diesel on a rocky shore in the sub-Antarctic region (Macquarie Island).
- Date (Publication)
- 1995
- Citation identifier
- 31
Author
- Name
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Page
- 367-371
- Title
- Effects of the Nella Dan oil spill on the fauna of Durvillaea antarctica holdfasts.
- Date (Publication)
- 1995
- Citation identifier
- 121
Author
- Name
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Page
- 73-89
- Title
- Spatial variation in the community structure of intertidal habitats at Macquarie Island (sub-Antarctic).
- Date (Publication)
- 2002
- Citation identifier
- 14
Author
- Name
- Antarctic Science
- Issue identification
- 4
- Page
- 374-384
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > INTERTIDAL ZONE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > MACROFAUNA
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
- Keywords
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- Holdfast Macrofauna
- Macquarie Island
- Shore zones
- Spatial variation
- Wave exposure
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- FIELD SURVEYS
- 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
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- A pdf copy of one of the referenced paper is available for download from the provided URL to AAD staff only.
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=ASAC_756 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Units of distribution
- MB
- Transfer size
- 1.9
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 756
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS
Download point for the paper - AAD Staff Only
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- This record has been updated by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre, and as such guarantees cannot be made for the accuracy of its contents. Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only. From one of the referenced papers: Sampling locations (corresponding to control locations sampled as part of an investigation into the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill) were established at Sandy Bay and Green Gorge on the eastern coast of Macquarie Island. On the western coast, corresponding sampling locations were established at Bauer Bay and Half Moon Bay. Rocky shore communities at each location were sampled using randomly placed, replicated quadrats to evaluate the percentage cover of each species of algae, and the densities of the main faunal species, primarily molluscs and echinoderms. See the paper for further details.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2007-07-29 - updated by a work experience student - Brendan. 2007-08-07 - completed by Dave Connell of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. 2010-07-23 - record updated by Dave Connell to change URL Content Type. 2016-11-30 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_756
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 1e94f995-a064-43fa-91c6-22614413c4fc
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-30T06:37:23
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_756
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2000-08-07T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
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