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

• 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; transportation; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; EARTH SCIENCE; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; MARINE OBSTRUCTIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEANS; ARTHROPODS; ECHINODERMS; MOLLUSKS; SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS); EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; SPECIES LIFE HISTORY; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DOMINANCE INDICES; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ANTARCTICA; ARSENIC; ASSEMBLAGE; CADMIUM; COMMUNITY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEAVY METALS; HUMAN IMPACT; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; LUBE; LOCATION; POLLUTION; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONISATION; RECRUITMENT; SILVER; SITE; SPECIAL ANTARCTIC BLEND FUEL; SITE AND REPLICATE; SPECIES; TOXICITY; TPH; TREATMENT; ZINC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; MICROSCOPES; AAS > Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > East Antarctica; Casey Station; Brown Bay; O'Brien Bay; Sparkes Bay; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/manipulative-field-experiment-sediment-infauna/686371; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2201_Casey_SRE3; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/928/download; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=2201; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1100; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2201_Casey_SRE3

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 experiment at Casey Station, East Antarct...