Response of Macquarie Island mites to diesel fuel contaminated soils under field-realistic exposure conditions

• Other Authors: MOONEY, TOM (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MOONEY, TOM (processor), WASLEY, JANE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WASLEY, JANE (processor), ANDREW, NIGEL R. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), KING, CATHERINE K. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), KING, CATHERINE K. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; ARACHNIDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; CHELICERATES; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; LAND SURFACE; SOILS; SENSITIVITY; TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES; INVERTEBRATES; ACARINA; MITES; MICROSCOPES; LABORATORY; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Mooney; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Macquarie Island; Mite
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/response-macquarie-island-exposure-conditions/1360907; https://doi.org/10.26179/5c89defcce167; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_2933_FuelToxicityTerrestrial_MacquarieIsland-Mites-TomMooney; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This data record is closely associated with metadata ID: AAS_2933_FuelToxicityTerrestrial_MacquarieIsland-Springtails-TomMooney, for which full citation details are: Mooney, T., Wasley, J., Andrew, N.R., King, C.K. (2018, updated 2019) Response of Macquarie Island springtails to diesel fuel contaminated soils under field-realistic exposure conditions Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5c1b0686dabc9. The present record adds mite taxa to the dataset. As per AAS_2933_FuelToxicityTerrestrial_MacquarieIsland-Springtails-TomMooney: This data record describes work conducted by Thomas Mooney on Macquarie Island during the 2008/09 and 2009/10 field seasons. The experimental design of this work included sampling three sites located in uncontaminated areas, within the vicinity of the Macquarie Island research station. One transect (length: 50 m) was located per site; each transect spanned a soil carbon gradient, from sandy to peaty soil types. Each 50 m transect included 10 plots (plot size 1 m2). Seven pairs of soil cores were collected from each plot. Soil core dimensions were 70 mm diameter x 70 mm deep. Soil core pairs were spiked with Special Antarctic Blend (SAB) diesel; one unspiked control and six spiked concentrations per plot. After spiking, cores were incubated under field-realistic conditions for 15 days. After incubation, one core per pair was used for invertebrate extraction, the other was used for soil physicochemical analysis. Percentage cover of plant species and bare ground were surveyed for each plot. The data provided with this record include details of soil core fuel spike, mite species counts, soil physicochemical properties and vegetation cover within plots. This work formed part of TMs PhD research (Mooney 2013). PhD supervisors were Dr Catherine King (AAD) and Associate Professor Nigel Andrew (UNE). Funding was provided by AAS projects 2933 and 4100 (King) and 4036 (Snape) and an Australian Postgraduate Award to TM (University of New England, Australia). Reference: Mooney T. (2013) Response of soil invertebrates to petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soils at Macquarie Island, PhD Thesis, University of New England, Australia 147pp.