A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of heavy metal and hydrocarbon contaminated sediment on the recruitment of soft-sediment infauna.

• 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), RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Riddle, M.J. and Stark, J.S. (originator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (collaborator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (author)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; transportation; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING > MARINE OBSTRUCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS; ECHINODERMS; MOLLUSKS; SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS); BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/a-manipulative-field-sediment-infauna/2820108

Progress Code: completed Statement: Gammarid, Isopod, gastropod faunas identified at the Australian Museum. Remaining faunas identified by J. Stark. The effects of hyrdocarbon and heavy metal contamination of marine sediments on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in a field exper...