Biological data from the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: environment; oceans; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INDICATOR SPECIES; FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; REEF; sewage outfall; sewage treatment; BONGO NETS; GILLNETS; QUADRATS; SEDIMENT CORERS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; AMD; AMD/AU; CEOS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR; Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/biological-environmental-impact-sewage-outfall/685045; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/DAVIS_STP_Biota; http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/public/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=3217; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=DAVIS_STP_Biota

Macrofaunal cores were sorted by Aquenal Pty Ltd and QA/QC checks done by Glenn Johnstone and Jonny Stark of AAD. Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental asse...