Spatial variability of benthic diatom communities in the Windmill Islands, Antarctica.

• Other Authors: RIDDLE, MARTIN J. (hasPrincipalInvestigator), MCMINN, ANDREW (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CUNNINGHAM, LAURA KAY (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CUNNINGHAM, LAURA KAY (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; DIATOMS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PROTISTS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; COASTAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTICA; MARINE BAYS; SITE; SPECIES; TRANSECTS; GRAB SAMPLERS; FIELD SURVEYS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Casey Station; Denison; O'Brien Bay; Brown Bay; Sparkes Bay; Odbert Island; Shannon Bay; Denison Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/spatial-variability-benthic-islands-antarctica/700877; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5ae16f9d43867; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Diatom_spatial_var; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

A hierarchical, 3-level, nested design was used. The highest hierarchical level consisted of six locations. Two of these locations, Brown Bay and Shannon Bay, have been contaminated with heavy metals (Stark et al., 2003; Snape et al., 2001); Brown Bay has also been contaminated with petroleum hydroc...