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SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems

Entry ID: SRE4_HydrocarbonChemistry

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Summary

Abstract: Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems. Four different types of hydrocarbons were individually mixed with defaunated marine sediments and deployed in trays on the seabed at O'Brien Bay-1. Trays were collected after deployment ...

Purpose: To determine the effects of hydrocarbons on marine sediment ecosystems in Antarctica.

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Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Public information for ASAC project 2201

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -66.28	S: -66.28	E: 110.52	W: 110.52

Min Depth: 12 M Max Depth: 25 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Jonathan S Stark

Parent DIF

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ASAC_2201_SRE4

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-10-01

Stop Date: 2006-12-20

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

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

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Ancillary Keywords

SAB

field experiment

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