Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area
Progress Code: completed Statement: See the final report at the URL given below for definitive quality statements. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1117 See the link below for public details on this project. --- Public Summary from Project --- The aim of this project is to determine how fe...
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::2816475 2024-09-15T17:41:23+00:00 Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) Nicol, S. (originator) Spatial: westlimit=62.0; southlimit=-68.0; eastlimit=63.0; northlimit=-67.0 Temporal: From 2001-06-12 to 2001-09-12 https://researchdata.edu.au/winter-zooplankton-pilot-mawson-area/2816475 unknown Australian Ocean Data Network https://researchdata.edu.au/winter-zooplankton-pilot-mawson-area/2816475 ASAC_1117 AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES JIFFY DRILL KRILL SEA ICE SOUTHERN OCEAN AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR dataset ftands 2024-08-06T01:58:58Z Progress Code: completed Statement: See the final report at the URL given below for definitive quality statements. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1117 See the link below for public details on this project. --- Public Summary from Project --- The aim of this project is to determine how feasible it is to regularly sample the pelagic under-ice community during winter at a coastal site near Mawson. Very few attempts have been made to sample the water column under the ice during the winter months and the processes that occur during this period remain critical gaps in our knowledge of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. --- The pelagic community under the Mawson sea ice was sampled during the winter of 2001 using 'light trap' sampling devices. The 'light traps' were tested at various depths in a range of configurations to determine whether they were an appropriate instrument to sample the winter pelagic community under the ice. Fourteen successful deployments of the light traps were made on seven separate occasions from 12 June to 12 September 2001. The light traps were deployed at three different depths - the underside of the sea ice, mid water, and just above the sea floor. Two different light sources were used to attract the animals, namely fluorescent tubes and cyalume sticks. Two different configurations of the traps were tested to retain the animals inside the trap - one with plastic flaps to trap the animals, the other with no flaps, allowing the animals to move freely inside the trap. The light traps were deployed and retrieved during darkness to avoid any influence of ambient light. The objectives of the project were met and it is assessed that the pelagic community in winter can be effectively sampled using this methodology. A result of particular interest is the success of the traps in capturing Pleuragramma antarctica, a species which has proven difficult to capture using traditional sampling methods such as nets. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Mawson Sea Sea ice Southern Ocean Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES JIFFY DRILL KRILL SEA ICE SOUTHERN OCEAN AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES JIFFY DRILL KRILL SEA ICE SOUTHERN OCEAN AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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biota oceans EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE OCEANS > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES JIFFY DRILL KRILL SEA ICE SOUTHERN OCEAN AMD/AU CEOS AMD OCEAN > CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
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Progress Code: completed Statement: See the final report at the URL given below for definitive quality statements. Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1117 See the link below for public details on this project. --- Public Summary from Project --- The aim of this project is to determine how feasible it is to regularly sample the pelagic under-ice community during winter at a coastal site near Mawson. Very few attempts have been made to sample the water column under the ice during the winter months and the processes that occur during this period remain critical gaps in our knowledge of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. --- The pelagic community under the Mawson sea ice was sampled during the winter of 2001 using 'light trap' sampling devices. The 'light traps' were tested at various depths in a range of configurations to determine whether they were an appropriate instrument to sample the winter pelagic community under the ice. Fourteen successful deployments of the light traps were made on seven separate occasions from 12 June to 12 September 2001. The light traps were deployed at three different depths - the underside of the sea ice, mid water, and just above the sea floor. Two different light sources were used to attract the animals, namely fluorescent tubes and cyalume sticks. Two different configurations of the traps were tested to retain the animals inside the trap - one with plastic flaps to trap the animals, the other with no flaps, allowing the animals to move freely inside the trap. The light traps were deployed and retrieved during darkness to avoid any influence of ambient light. The objectives of the project were met and it is assessed that the pelagic community in winter can be effectively sampled using this methodology. A result of particular interest is the success of the traps in capturing Pleuragramma antarctica, a species which has proven difficult to capture using traditional sampling methods such as nets. |
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AADC (owner) AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor) AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian) AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor) Nicol, S. (originator) |
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Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area |
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winter zooplankton pilot study - mawson area |
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Australian Ocean Data Network |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/winter-zooplankton-pilot-mawson-area/2816475 |
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Spatial: westlimit=62.0; southlimit=-68.0; eastlimit=63.0; northlimit=-67.0 Temporal: From 2001-06-12 to 2001-09-12 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Mawson Sea Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Mawson Sea Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia |
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https://researchdata.edu.au/winter-zooplankton-pilot-mawson-area/2816475 ASAC_1117 |
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