Further investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill

• Other Authors: SIMPSON, RODNEY (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SMITH, STEPHEN D.A. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SMITH, STEPHEN D.A. (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS; EARTH SCIENCE; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; OIL SPILLS; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; KELP; KELP HOLDFASTS; ROCKY SHORE; SITE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES; YEAR; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Southern Ocean; Holdfast; Moon Bay; Half Moon Bay; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/investigations-effects-nella-oil-spill/699338; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/54ADB63DE539D; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1003; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 1003 Further investigations of the effects of the Nella Dan oil spill on intertidal benthic communities at Macquarie Island: continued recovery of kelp holdfast communities. See the link below for public details on this project. The project investigated spatial variation in kelp holdfast macrofaunal communities 7 years after the initial oil spill. The project was expanded to cover more sites than were sampled in projects 250 (ASAC_250) and 672 (ASAC_672). Results indicated that an impact was still detectable at one of the 3 oiled sites. This dataset contains the 1988 and 1994 data. Holdfast data from the 1994/1995 season is also included (comparing east versus west). The numbers are total individuals of each species that were found in each holdfast sample. This is a basic, though standard, species-abundance matrix. The site codes used in this project are: SB = Sandy Bay SEC = Secluded Bay BB = Buckles Bay GC = Garden Cove GG = Green Gorge GB = Goat Bay HMB = Half Moon Bay BAUER = Bauer Bay Other codes as for oil spill data The first number given after the site code is the site number at that sampling location. The second number is the replicate at that site. Thus sb(1)3 is Sandy Bay site 1, replicate 3. The fields in this dataset are: Species Year Site