Interseasonal variability of benthic diatoms communities within the Windmill Islands, Antarctica

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; DIATOMS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PROTISTS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ANTARCTICA; BENTHIC DIATOMS; ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATE; LOCATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; MARINE BAYS; SITE; SPECIES; GRAB SAMPLERS; FIELD SURVEYS; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; The Antarctic; O'Connor; Brown Bay; Herring Island; O'Connor Island; Shannon Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/interseasonal-variability-benthic-islands-antarctica/685124; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Diatoms_seasonal_var; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1171/download; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1130; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2201; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Diatoms_seasonal_var

Sediment samples were collected with an Eckamn grab from four locations within the Windmill Islands (Herring Island, O'Connor Island, Shannon Bay and Brown Bay). A weekly sampling program was performed over a 10 week period, however not all locations could be accessed each time due to sea-ice c...