Stable isotope analysis of invertebrate epifauna collected around Casey station, East Antarctica, for the TRENZ program.

• Other Authors: STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), STARK, JONATHAN SEAN (processor), GILLIES, CHRIS (hasPrincipalInvestigator), GILLIES, CHRIS (processor), JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; oceans; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEANS; ARTHROPODS; AMPHIPODS; CNIDARIANS; SEA STARS; ECHINODERMS; SEA URCHINS; BRITTLE/BASKET STARS; GASTROPODS; MOLLUSKS; BIVALVES; SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS); SPONGES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TROPHIC DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; epifauna; TRENZ; isotopes; CORING DEVICES; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; TRENZ > TRophic Ecology of the Nearshore Zone; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/stable-isotope-analysis-trenz-program/700093; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/57C63FC430721; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2948_TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

A variety of epifaunal invertebrates were collected from hard substrates and soft sediment habitats at various sites in the Windmill Islands near Casey station in East Antarctica. Collected fauna were frozen (-18oC) and returned to Australia for analysis. Stable isotope analysis (carbon and nitrogen) was conducted on 376 samples. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2948 (ASAC_2948), "TRENZ: The TRophic Ecology of the antarctic Nearshore Zone: local and global constraints on patterns and processes".