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

• Other Authors: STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (processor), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (hasPrincipalInvestigator), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: environment; oceans; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; EARTH SCIENCE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; soft sediment; infaunal invertebrates; depth; SEDIMENT CORERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Casey Station; East Antarctica; McGrady Cove; O'Brien Bay; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/depth-related-changes-casey-200607/699768; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2201_Depth_Sediment; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Depth related changes in sediment characteristics and 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 characteristics were investigated via sediment cores (5cm deep x 5cm diameter) collected from 4 depths (7m, 11m, 17, and 22m) from each of three transects at two sites (McGrady Cove and O'Brien Bay 1). Measured sediment characteristics included grain size distribution, total organic carbon and the concentration of a range of heavy metals. This work was conducted as part of ASAC 2201 (ASAC_2201).