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Biodiversity of Microbial mats in Antarctica

Entry ID: ASAC_1049_Micromat

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Summary

Abstract: From the Micromat home page:

Research on microbial biodiversity in Antarctica is still in a starting phase though it is a very promising area of research. Antarctica is characterised by its geographical and climatic isolation. The extreme climate has led to the evolution of novel biochemical adaptations to severe low temperatures and hypersalinity (in lakes), and possibly also of indigenous ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -67.0

S: -68.0

E: 78.0

W: 77.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-11-01

Stop Date: 2001-03-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

INLAND WATERS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Quality Stop date provided in temporal coverage is approximate only.

See the final report for further quality information.

Two copies of the report are available for download, the first one (ASAC_1049_Micromat) contains a table which has possibly become corrupted (on page 38). The second copy (ASAC_1049_Micromat1) contains a text version of that table. The original copy is included in case of problems with the text version.

Access Constraints Further information and some data are provided in a final report on the Micromat project. An excel spreadsheet of data are also attached. These data are available for download from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_104... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA

CELL LENGTH

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 819 kb

Distribution Format: word, excel

Fees: free

Personnel

JOHANNA LAYBOURN-PARRY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +44 (0117) 3314120

Email: Jo.Laybourn-Parry at bristol.ac.uk

Contact Address:

University of Bristol

School of Geographical Sciences

University Road

City: Clifton

Province or State: Bristol

Postal Code: BS8 1SS

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

ANNICK WILMOTTE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +32 4 366 3856

Fax: +32 4 366 2853

Email: awilmotte at ulg.ac.be

Contact Address:

University of Liege

Dept of Botany B22

City: Liege

Postal Code: 4000

Country: Belgium

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-04-05

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-06

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