Stable isotope analysis of invertebrate epifauna collected around Casey station, East Antarctica, for the TRENZ program.

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEANS; ARTHROPODS; AMPHIPODS; CNIDARIANS; SEA STARS; ECHINODERMS; SEA URCHINS; BRITTLE/BASKET STARS; GASTROPODS; MOLLUSKS; BIVALVES; SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS); SPONGES; BENTHIC HABITAT; BIOSPHERE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE HABITAT; BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TROPHIC DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; epifauna; TRENZ; isotopes; CORING DEVICES; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; TRENZ > TRophic Ecology of the Nearshore Zone; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Casey Station; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/stable-isotope-analysis-trenz-program/684514; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2948_TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata.cfm?entry_id=DB_Trophic; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/trophic/; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2948; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2948_TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes

A variety of epifaunal invertebrates were collected from hard substrates and soft sediment habitats at various sites in the Windmill Islands near Casey station in East Antarctica. Collected fauna were frozen (-18oC) and returned to Australia for analysis. Stable isotope analysis (carbon and nitrogen) was conducted on 376 samples. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2948 (ASAC_2948), "TRENZ: The TRophic Ecology of the antarctic Nearshore Zone: local and global constraints on patterns and processes".