Depth related changes in the composition of marine soft sediment infaunal invertebrate communities - sediment characteristics data - Casey 2006/07.

• Other Authors: 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), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (collaborator), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (hasPrincipalInvestigator), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (author), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (collaborator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Stark, J.S and Johnstone, G.J. (originator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: environment; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; soft sediment; infaunal invertebrates; depth; SEDIMENT CORERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/depth-related-changes-casey-200607/2816919

Progress Code: completed Depth related changes in sediment characteristics and the composition of infaunal invertebrate communities were investigated at two sites in the Windmill Islands around Casey station, East Antarctica, during the 2006/07 summer. Sediment characteristics were investigated via sediment cores (5cm deep x 5cm diameter) collected from 4 depths (7m, 11m, 17, and 22m) from each of three transects at two sites (McGrady Cove and O'Brien Bay 1). Measured sediment characteristics included grain size distribution, total organic carbon and the concentration of a range of heavy metals. This work was conducted as part of ASAC 2201 (ASAC_2201).