K-Axis Science Event Log - not Quality Controlled

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; environment; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON; BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; FISH > RAY-FINNED FISHES; PROTISTS; OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES; SALINITY/DENSITY; MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; aurora australis; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/k-axis-science-quality-controlled/2819601

Progress Code: completed Statement: This is a direct transcription of the paper logbook. There are uncorrected errors in lat/lon/time/sample event code. These will be flagged and corrected in a quality controlled version of the log. Purpose The science event log is a record of the date, time, location, event code (assigned by projects) and if relevant the K-Axis station number where every science sampling event occurred. It is a reference point for scientists to discover what types of data were collected at each location during the voyage for collaboration purposes, and a backbone reference log for ecological studies. During the K-Axis marine voyage from mid Jan-late Feb 2016, a diverse range of sampling techniques were employed to collect specimens and data. Each sampling event was recorded by scientists and technical support staff in a logbook that was kept in the operations room on board the Aurora Australis. This is a direct digital copy/transcription of the paper logbook. event_number: A unique event identifier in the log, in the order that the events were written down (usually but not always chronologically) event_type: The code defined and used by each research project to identify the types of equipment deployed or samples collected for an event. event_type_prefix: A non-mandatory prefix field used by some research projects to identify the type of an event event_type_number: A sequential number or alphanumeric-number combination defined and used by each research project to identify unique equipment deployment or sample collection events station_number: A universal (voyage-wide) station number used across all projects to identify a nominal lat/lon position defined during voyage planning leg: A nominally straight-line section of the voyage track defined during voyage planning. The voyage track was planned as a series of roughly N-S and E-W transects that intersected in some locations. Legs start at a station and continue through more stations to a vertex-station which is the start of the next leg. ...