Macquarie Island soil property data - January to March, 2013

• Other Authors: HOSE, GRANT (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HOSE, GRANT (processor), MICHIE, ALEXANDER (processor), ERRINGTON, INGRID (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: environment; TOXICITY LEVELS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TOXICITY; SOILS; HYDROCARBONS; CORING DEVICES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/macquarie-island-soil-march-2013/699137; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/57BA600181524; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4135_soil_properties; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Soil cores were collected from numerous locations across the Macquarie Island Isthmus to test the residual toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons in sub-Antarctic soils. Replicate samples were collected from each location and a single sample was collected from 50cm depth below the surface. Soil samples were collected in plastic sample jars. Column labels Sample - Unique numerical sample identifier Location - Location identifier code Easting - easting (m) Northing - northing (m) Depth - Depth of collection (cm) below surface % Organic - Organic matter determined by loss on ignition at 550 degrees centigrade % 2mm - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size greater than 2mm determined by dry sieving % 63 um - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size greater than 63 micron, less than 2mm determined by dry sieving % less than 63 um - Proportion of sample by mass with particle size less than 63 micron determined by dry sieving % Water - Proportion of water in field collected sample, determined by loss of mass after drying at 80deg C until constant weight Cond uS/cm - Electrical conductivity of soil determined using field conductivity probe after addition of milli-Q water and shaking for 2 h pH - pH of soil determined using field pH probe after addition of milli-Q water and shaking for 2 h