A manipulative field experiment examining the effect of contaminated sediment on the recruitment and recolonisation 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*; Antarctica; East Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/a-manipulative-field-sediment-infauna/2820114

Progress Code: completed Statement: Gammarid, Isopod, gastropod faunas identified at the Australian Museum. Remaining faunas identified by J. Stark. The effect of location, depth and sediment contamination on recruitment of soft-sediment assemblages were examined in a pilot experiment at Casey Stati...