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Record Search Query: [Parameters: Topic='BIOSPHERE', Term='AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS', Variable_Level_1='MARINE HABITAT']
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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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
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT Parameter Definition
OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS Parameter Definition
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Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=TRENZ_St... when using these data.
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This "Trophic Ecology of the Antarctic Nearshore Zone - Stable Isotope datasets" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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
Personnel
JONATHAN SEAN STARK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3589
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Email: jonny.stark at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Publications/References
Gillies, C. L., J. S. Stark, G. J. Johnstone, and S. D. A. Smith. (2012), Carbon flow and trophic structure of an Antarctic coastal benthic community as determined by d13C and d15N., Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 97, 44-57
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-03-23
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-04-13

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