Mapping of Poa litorosa and Carex trifida in the Handspike Point area at Macquarie Island 28 March 2003

• Other Authors: BERGSTROM, DANA M. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), TURNER, PERPETUA (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; ISLANDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; INDIGENOUS VEGETATION; VEGETATION; PLANT CHARACTERISTICS; ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS); BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PLANTS; ALTITUDE; CAREX; DGPS; GPS; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MACQUARIE ISLAND; POA; MAPPING; TRIMBLE; VASCULAR PLANT; GPS > Global Positioning System; GPS RECEIVERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/mapping-poa-litorosa-march-2003/699362; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/54B3125F5F619; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1015_MIGPS03; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Current positional data for Poa litorosa and Carex trifida at Handspike Point area (Macquarie Island) were collected using Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment and standard observational techniques. Different techniques were employed, depending on available expertise and equipment. These techniques are described in detail below. Areas were free from overhead obstructions and therefore ideally suited to GPS data collection. This mapping of the distribution of Poa litorosa and Carex trifida on Macquarie Island together with the mapping of Ranunculus crassipes described by the metadata record with ID ASAC_1015_HIGPS03_04 contributed to the paper: Bergstrom, D.M., Turner, P.A.M., Scott, J., Copson, G. and Shaw, J. (2006) Restricted plant species on sub-Antarctic Macquarie and Heard Islands. Polar Biology 29 532-539.