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1. RESURS-O1 data from Eurimage [EURIMAGE_RESURS]
Eurimage is bridging the gap between AVHRR's 1 km resolution and Landsat TM's 30 metres with data obtained from the RESURS-O1-3 satellite from Russia. Launched in November 1994, this third satellite ...


2. Biogeography in saline lake dinoflagellates: evolutionary jumps between limnic and marine systems [ASAC_3022]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3022. Public The Vestfold Hills contains a suite of marine derived brackish to saline lakes that have simple food webs dominated by microorganisms, ...


3. Metagenomics of Antarctic Lakes: a Model for Defining Microbial Biogeochemical Processes in the Cold [ASAC_2899]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2899 See the link below for public details on this project. We conducted a genomic analysis of Archaea and Bacteria collected from lakes in the Vestfold ...


4. Survey report 2010/11 summer season Geoscience Australia Authors - Ryan Ruddick, Sam Griffiths and Nicholas Brown / Geoscience [survey_2010-11]
Executive Summary from the report: Geoscience Australia's involvement in Antarctica has primarily been focused on the maintenance and enhancement of geodetic infrastructure within the Australian Antarctic ...


5. High resolution digital aerial photography and LIDAR scanning of portions of the Vestfold Hills and Rauer Islands [Davis_2009_Aerial_Photography]   CHILD DIFs
High resolution digital aerial photography of Adelie penguin colonies, Davis Station, Heidemann Valley, and other various areas, LIDAR scanning of portions of the Vestfold Hills, Rauer Islands and ...


6. High resolution digital aerial photography and LIDAR scanning of sea ice, portions of the Vestfold Hills and some islands along the Ingrid Christensen Coast, November 2010 [Davis_2010_Aerial_Photography_November]
Taken from the report: This document describes the results of the use of the APPLS (Aerial Photography Pyrometer LiDAR System) during underway science (sea ice) on the way to Davis, and later at ...


7. Latitudinal Gradient Project - Australian contributions [LGP]
This record relates to the Australian component of the Latitudinal Gradient Project. The LGP is largely a New Zealand, US and Italian venture, but a small contribution has been made by Australian ...


8. Biodiversity, Dynamics and Metabolics of Heterogeneous Meltwater Ponds [K025_2011_2012_NZ_3]
Microbial biodiversity and community dynamics within and between selected melt water ponds near Bratina Is will help to identify environmental drivers within ponds. Research will examine the metabolic ...


9. Characterisation of aquatic resources in McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica: water chemistry, biological identity and genomic samples [K081_2009_2010_NZ_1]
Aquatic environments in Antarctica have changes over time with a changing climate. Small aquatic zones on the surface of glaciers ablation zones are comparatively constant and represent perhaps the ...


10. Methanotrophs in Antarctica [ASAC_869]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 869 See the link below for public details on this project. Dataset included are for the characterisation of methanotrophs from saline lakes of the Vestfold ...


11. Interaction between Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in Antarctic Stratified Lakes and Fjords [ASAC_1166]
---- Public Summary from Project ---- The lakes and fjords of the Vestfold Hills region of Antarctica provide unique ecosystems for studying environmental changes in Antarctica over the past 8000 ...


12. Trace Element Chemistry of Antarctic Saline Lakes and Fjords [ASAC_568]
From the referenced paper: The frigid concentration or freezing of seawater is an important natural phenomenon in the polar regions and results in the precipitation of a different sequence of salts ...


13. Molecular Taxonomy of an Antarctic, Mycoplasma-like Organism: Sequence of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene [ASAC_504]
An obligately anaerobic bacterium that lacked a cell wall was isolated from the hypolimnion of Ace Lake, Antarctica. Cells were very pleomorphic, forming cocci, filaments up to 25 micrometres in ...


14. Production and Fate of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter During Antarctic Phytoplankton Blooms [ASAC_630]
From the abstract of one of the papers: Phytoplankton biomass and speciation were monitored at an inshore site near Davis Station, East Antarctica during three consecutive summer seasons (December-February, ...


15. The Geochemistry, Ecology and Taxonomy of Antarctic Methanogenic Bacteria [ASAC_264]
The Antarctic methanogen Methanococcoides burtonii contained only diether phospholipids. These membrane components were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Of ...


16. Structure and floristic composition of the Heard Island "Pool Complex" Community [ASAC_255]
The stratigraphy, hydrology and vegetation of the Heard Island (sub-Antarctic; 53 deg. 05'S, 73 deg. 30'E) 'pool complex' bogs are described. Spatial variation in processes that might have contributed ...


17. Distribution and Viability of Zooplankton Eggs from Anoxic Sediments from the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica [ASAC_706]
Data set contains sediment cores from three saline lakes in the Vestfold Hills. The three lakes are Ace Lake, Lake Pendant and Lake Abraxas. Short cores from each lake are sectioned into 1 cm intervals. ...


18. Past and Present Freshwater Lake Environments on Macquarie Island [ASAC_539]
Samples were collected between 1998 and 1992 on Macquarie Island from existing water bodies and from exposed lake sediments up to 14,000 years old. The dataset comprises a taxa list of 131 non-marine ...


19. Survey Report, Davis Station Antarctica, January 1989 [Survey_1988_89_Davis]
Report on survey season Davis Jan 1989. 21 working days 31/12/88 - 24/1/89 - aims: Triennial monitoring of water levels in the saline lake system; undertake setting out and detail surveys as separately ...


20. Biodiversity and ecophysiology of Antarctic sea-ice bacteria [ASAC_1012]
The data set includes imformation relevant for the study and description of sea-ice bacteria contains the following dataset subgroups and is organised by REFERENCE number. 1) Isolation data: strain ...


21. Antarctic Bacterial Diversity [Antarctic_Bacterial_Diversity]
The heterotrophic bacterial diversity from terrestrial and aquatic microbial mats from Antarctica were investigated using cultivation. Isolates were first grouped using the whole genome fingerprinting ...


22. Limnological and nearshore diatom communities of Macquarie Island: proxies of subantarctic climate change? [ASAC_2663]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2663 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary Macquarie Island offers scientists a unique laboratory for investigating subantarctic ...


23. What factors control bacterial biodiversity in a natural marine derived Antarctic laboratory? [ASAC_2647]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2647 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary We propose investigating bacterial biodiversity and the factors that have shaped ...


24. IMAGEAntarctica Database - A Catalogue of Antarctic Images by the Australian Antarctic Division [DB_IMAGEAntarctica]
The IMAGEAntarctica catalogue contains records of images held in the Australian Antarctic Division's Multimedia Image Library. The material predominantly depicts Australia's presence and activities ...


25. Biodiversity of Microbial mats in Antarctica [ASAC_1049_Micromat]
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 ...


26. Survey report 2008/09 summer season Geoscience Australia Authors - Ryan Ruddick and Alex Woods / Geoscience Australia [survey_2008-09]
This metadata record details a number of survey reports produced by Geoscience Australia surveyors, during the 2008-2009 Antarctic season. The available survey reports in pdf format are: Davis gravity ...


27. Organic Lake bathymetry [organic_lake_bathy]
A dataset detailing bathymetry readings for Organic Lake in the Vestfold Hills. The measurements were made by John Rich in November of 2008. As per 2006 work on Ace, Pendant and Ekho, eastings and ...


28. SQ41-42 Mawson - 1:1 Million Topographic GIS Dataset [SQ41-42]
SQ41-42 Mawson - 1:1 Million Topographic GIS Dataset is part of the International Map of the World 1:1000000 map series. This dataset was updated in 2001/02 with the integration of data from the AAT ...


29. Meltwater geochemistry and biological characteristics of the Darwin Glacier region of Antarctica [K081_2007_2008_NZ_3]
Freshwater ponds have long been recognised as an important local biodiversity element in the Antarctic landscape. A suite of relatively easily measured chemical and biological variables that provide ...


30. Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) Terrestrial ecosystem monitoring [JP_ANTARCTIC_JARE_ECOSYS]
[From Research Group/Research Activities: Terrestrial Biology, "http://www.nipr.ac.jp/"] Y. Ohyama, H. Kanda, S. Imura) This group promotes taxonomical, ecological and physiological ...


31. Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) freshwater ecosystem monitoring [JP_JARE_ECO2]
This data set covers the data collected during a limnological survey in the Syowa Station area. The following is adapted from Research Group/Research Activities: Terrestrial ...


32. Temperature-density, temperature-conductivity and conductivity-density relationships for marine-derived saline lake waters. [AADC-00078]
This dataset is a record of the data in the ANARE Research Notes 78: Temperature-density, temperature-conductivity and conductivity-density relationships for marine-derived saline lake waters. Authors: ...


33. Quantifying the effects of long term environmental change on World Heritage Macquarie Island. [AAS_3117]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3117 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Climate change and feral animals are having profound effects on Macquarie Island, ...


34. Long-Term Monitoring of Signy Lake Chemistry by BAS 1963-2004 [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00063]
The long term monitoring of water chemistry in Signy Island lakes is unique in polar limnology, in its duration (30+ years), detail, and range of sites. It details seasonal patterns of snow and ice ...


35. Data on freshwater and hydrochemistry in the Antarctic Peninsula region. [CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Freshwater]   PARENT DIF
In English: Surface freshwater, snow and groundwater studies in the Antarctic Peninsula region and Ellsworth Mountains. Hydrochemical data. From projects of the research group on Geology of the University ...


36. Investigations of the algal ecology of Lake Vanda, Wright Valley and Lake Miers, Miers Valley [K042_1964_1965_NZ_4]
The algal ecology of two Antarctic lakes, Lake Vanda, Wright Valley and Lake Miers, Miers Valley, were studied, and extensive collections were made of littoral and terrestrial algae, lichens and mosses. ...


37. Landsat TM and MSS data from Eurimage [EURIMAGE_LANDSAT]
Eurimage distributes, in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Landsat data received at the following European Space Agency (ESA) ground receiving stations: Fucino ...


38. Collaborative Research: Biogeochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter in Pony Lake, Ross Island [NSF-ANT03-38342]
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a significant chemical component in aquatic systems because it acts as an important carbon source for microorganisms, absorbs harmful radiation in sunlight, is able ...


39. Collaborative Research: Biogeochemistry of Dissolved Organic Matter in Pony Lake, Ross Island [NSF-ANT03-38260]
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a significant chemical component in aquatic systems because it acts as an important carbon source for microorganisms, absorbs harmful radiation in sunlight, is able ...


40. An ecological study of Bird Pond at Cape Bird: water parameters, population density and identification plants and animals [K014_1970_1971_NZ_3]
A seasonal ecological study was carried out at Bird Pond, Cape Bird. At weekly intervals the water temperature, depth, conductivity, pH and light were recorded, water samples were analysed for oxygen, ...


41. An ecological study of Penguin Pond, Green Lake and Harrison Lake at Cape Bird: measurement of water chemistry, water parameters and flora and fauna investigations [K014_1973_1974_NZ_2]
Three lakes were selected for ecological study at Cape Bird. Penguin Pond was sampled twice weekely and measurements were taken for light intensity, temperature, oxygen, pH, chlorinity, alkalinity, ...


42. Distribution data and samples of non-marine algae for culture and DNA analysis to determine evolution and dispersal of algae along a latitudinal gradient [K124_2003_2004_NZ_1]
Algae populations at different points on a latitudinal gradient within the Ross Sea sector were investigated. At Cape Hallett, the distribution of the different algal communities were mapped by a ...


43. Cold adaptation and functionality of the Antarctic Coastal Benthic Zones [ASAC_1165]
Antarctic sediments and sea-ice are important regulators in global biogeochemical and atmospheric cycles. These ecosystems contain a diverse range of bacteria whose biogeochemical roles remains largely ...


44. Collaborative Research: What Limits Denitrification and Bacterial Growth in Lake Bonney, Taylor Valley, Antarctica? [NSF-ANT02-30276]
Denitrification is the main process by which fixed nitrogen is lost from ecosystems and the regulation of this process may directly affect primary production and carbon cycling over short and long ...


45. Topographic Map Indexes for all United States and Antarctica; USGS [EARTH_LAND_USGS_Topo_Map_Index1]
Topographic Map Indexes for all States is a series of indexes and order forms of standard and special maps available from the U.S. Geological Survey as well as an index to the National ...


46. Algal composition, physico-chemical features, photosynthetic carbon metabolism, nitrogen cycling and the structure and metabolic properties of algal mats in lakes and streams of southern Victoria Land [K081_1983_1986_NZ_1]
A three year study of lakes and stream of southern Victoria Land was conducted from 1983-1986. In the first season, the algal composition and physico-chemical characteristics of South Victoria Land ...


47. The physical and geochemical parameters controlling algal production in Lake Vanda [K081_1980_1981_NZ_1]
The factors controlling algal production in Lake Vanda were investigated experimentally by nutrient bioassays and in situ radiotracer incubations. Photosynthetic profiles were measured through the ...


48. Halogen Chemistry and Isotopic Composition in McMurdo Lake Waters and Pore Fluids [knb-lter-mcm.6001]
As part of a collaborative investigation between researchers at Rice University, Arkansas State University, University of Rochester, and Ohio State University, lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys were ...


49. The rate of exchange of nutrients between the microbial mats and the overlying water column in Lake Hoare [K081_2000_2001_NZ_2]
Benthic chambers were deployed at 10m depth in Lake Hoare to determine the rate of exchange of nutrients between the microbial mats and the overlying water column. These comprised 5 each of opaque ...


50. JERS-1 data from Eurimage [EURIMAGE_JERS]
The Japanese Earth Resources Satellite was launched in February 1992. It carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument (L-band) and a 7 band optical sensor package covering the near ...


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