Depth related changes in the composition of marine soft sediment infaunal invertebrate communities - faunal composition data - Casey 2006/07.

• 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; OSTRACODS; ISOPODS; ECHINODERMS; GASTROPODS; MOLLUSKS; BIVALVES; SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS); BENTHIC HABITAT; BIOSPHERE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL HABITAT; MARINE HABITAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; soft sediment; infaunal invertebrates; depth; SEDIMENT CORERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Casey Station; O'Brien Bay; McGrady Cove; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/depth-related-changes-casey-200607/686383; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2201_Depth_Experiment; 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=ASAC_2201_Depth_Experiment

Depth related changes in the composition of infaunal invertebrate communities were investigated at two sites in the Windmill Islands around Casey station, East Antarctica, during the 2006/07 summer. Sediment cores (10cm deep x 10cm diameter) were collected from 4 depths (7m, 11m, 17, and 22m) from each of three transects at two sites (McGrady Cove and O'Brien Bay 1). Cores were sieved through a 500 micron mesh and extracted fauna were preserved in 8% formalin and were later counted and identified to species or to morphospecies established through previous infaunal research at Casey. This work was conducted as part of ASAC 2201 (ASAC_2201).