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BROKE-West microbial concentrations - Voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis 2005/2006
This data set contains concentrations of phytoplankton, protozoa, total bacteria and metabolically active bacteria assessed by flow cytometry on transects 12, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and... -
Responses and adaptations by two seal species to variability in the Southern...
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2753 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Weddell and southern elephant seals are high-order predators living... -
Origins and Biological Accumulation of Small Plastic Particles in Fur Seals...
From the abstract of the referenced paper: One hundred and sixty four plastic particles (mean length 4.1 mm) recovered from the scats of fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.) on... -
Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace
Dataset of marine mammal observations made in the Southern Ocean from late 1998 to early 2000. Further information about the data are included in a word document in the... -
Biodiversity and ecophysiology of Antarctic sea-ice bacteria
The data set includes information relevant for the study and description of sea-ice bacteria contains the following dataset subgroups and is organised by REFERENCE number. 1)... -
Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - data...
Observation on V3 commenced as the Aurora Australis departed Fremantle and concluded on the approach to Hobart. The SOCEP research objective is to detect and document cetacean... -
Fish catches from Rectangular Midwater Trawl - data collected from the...
This dataset gives an overview of the fish (larvae) caught in the RMT 8+1 (Rectangular Midwater Trawl composed of nets with an 8 square metre and 1 square metre net opening... -
Pelagic Tunicates of the Southern Ocean
This dataset is a document describing the Pelagic Tunicates of the Southern Ocean. It lists all the known Southern Ocean species and with illustrated diagrams provides a guide... -
Larval krill data collected during the BROKE-West voyage
These data were collected during the BROKE-West voyage of the 2005-2006 season. They are numbers of krill larvae per cubic metre of water at each of the stations at which data... -
The mating system of the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2184 See the link below for public details on this project. The objectives of this project were: To characterise the mating system of... -
Fish and zooplankton from RMT-8 net hauls on the BROKE voyage
Taken from the abstracts of the referenced papers: Distribution patterns of pelagic fish, larvae and juveniles collected by RMT trawls during BROKE survey to CCAMLR Division... -
Comparative Study of the Composition and Transport of Particulate Biogenic...
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 288 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of the referenced paper: In January-February 1991, in... -
Nella Dan: ADBEX III Cruise - Krill and zooplankton data
This dataset contains results from the Antarctic Division BIOMASS Experiment III (ADBEX III) cruise of the Nella Dan. It is the fifth cruise in a series of six, conducting a... -
Extract_Kerguelen_Plateau_Environmental_Layers
This dataset contains environmental layers used to model the predicted distribution of demersal fish bioregions for the paper: Hill et al. (2020) Determining Marine Bioregions:... -
Antifreeze molecules in Nototheniid fish around Davis Station, Antarctica
A report completed as part of this project is available for download from the URL given below. Extracts of the report are presented in the metadata record. See the report for... -
Population estimates of emperor penguins, Mawson coast, Antarctica
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 484 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Emperor penguins are the only birds... -
Cold adaptation and functionality of the Antarctic Coastal Benthic Zones
Antarctic sediments and sea-ice are important regulators in global biogeochemical and atmospheric cycles. These ecosystems contain a diverse range of bacteria whose... -
A circumpolar pelagic regionalisation of the Southern Ocean
This layer is a circumpolar, pelagic regionalisation of the Southern Ocean south of 40 degrees S, based on sea surface temperature, depth, and sea ice information. The results... -
Exopolysaccharides from Antarctic bacteria
Exopolysaccharide (EPS) is complex sugar made by many microbes in the Antarctic marine environment. This project seeks to understand the ecological role of microbial EPS in the... -
The Vertical Distribution of the Pelagic Fish 'Pleuragramma antarcticum' in Prydz Bay
A series of 6 sets of midwater trawls in Prydz Bay. Each trawl set took place over a 24 hour period to test the extent of diurnal vertical migration in P. antarcticum. Part of...