Trophic Ecology of the Antarctic Nearshore Zone - Stable Isotope datasets
Entry ID: TRENZ_Stable_Isotopes

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Summary
Abstract: Project Objectives
1) To describe trophic relationships in near shore marine benthic ecosystems of East Antarctica and determine the importance of environmental forces (such as sea ice and primary production) to the structure of food webs and biological interactions in benthic assemblages.

2) To determine how marine benthic food webs in East Antarctica respond to local scale disturbances (such as sewage outfalls and abandoned waste disposal sites) and develop predictive models of the influence of local human activities on trophic relationships.

Collections of organisms from coastal ecosystems around Casey and Davis stations were made between 2006/07 and 2010/11.

Purpose: This is the master DIF for the stable isotope data from the TRENZ project, within which there are several data sets.

Stable isotope data was used to infer trophic position and food web base sources for marine organisms from coastal ecosystems of Casey and Davis areas.
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Description: Public information for ASAC project 2948

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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -66.28   S: -68.58   E: 110.52   W: 77.97
Min Depth: 2 M Max Depth: 90 M

Parent DIF
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TRENZ

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-11-01
Stop Date: 2010-03-31
Science Keywords
CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT Parameter Definition
OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS Parameter Definition
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.marine-geo.org/
Dataset ID: NBP1005

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA MANAGER
Email: info at marine-geo.org
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online HTTP
Fees: None
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 706-542-6824
Fax: 706-542-5888
Email: pyager at uga.edu
Contact Address:
University of Georgia
School of Marine Programs
City: Athens
Province or State: Georgia
Postal Code: 30602-3636
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-03-03
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-03-04

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