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Richness and abundance of plant and animal pathogenic fungi in Patagonian, sub-Antarctic and Maritime Antarctic soil samples collected January-February 2018
57 soil samples were collected from 12 sites across Patagonia, the sub-Antarctic and the Maritime Antarctic between January and February 2018. The dataset presented here comprises two tables. The first shows the numbers of DNA reads of 105 genera of plant or animal pathogenic fungi in the soil samples. In the second table, for each of the 57 soil samples, seven bioclimatic variable predictors, six measures of soil chemistry, the total number of fungi reads and plant and animal pathogen richness and abundance are given, as well as the relative abundance of each fungal genus in each sample. The data in this second table were inputted into LASSO regression models and species indicator analyses. This research was jointly funded by the NERC-CONICYT award (NE/P003079/1 and PII20150126, respectively) and Danish National Research Foundation award (VOLT, DNRF 168).
Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Raw data are shown. The data have not been cleaned.
Specimens, cultures, ribosomal and other genomic DNA sequences collected from Antarctica
The fieldwork involved collection of fertile lichens from a range of sites across the Antarctic Peninsula and isolation of the lichen-forming fungi into pure culture in a laboratory at Rothera. Approximately 5,600 monospore cultures were isolated, including B frigida. Approximately 400 thalli of Usnea species, and 3 O. frigida thalli have also been collected for whole thallus analysis. Logarithmic sampling transects of B frigida were conducted at Rothera (2 transects) and on Anchorage Island (one transect) to examine the genetic variation and geographic variation. All thalli of B frigida collected from the transects were successfully used to generate viable spores from four individual apothecia from each thallus. 16 spores were subcultured and maintained from each apothecium.
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All data were subjected to QC The sampling programme was very successful and has yielded a substantial collection All sequences that did not satisfy the appropriate QC standards were discarded
Geological analyses of rock samples collected from Dronning-Maud Land, East Antarctica, 2007-2008
Geological analyses were conducted on rock samples collected in Dronning-Maud Land during the 2007-2008 field season. Analyses included grain-size determination, dating, whole rock and inclusion mineralogy, and geochemical analyses. All of the samples taken were of rocks that were found cropping out as nunataks. The investigation took place entirely within the the Dronning-Maud Land area of East Antarctica (Norwegian Sector).
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Geodatabase of terrestrial and marine radiometric dates covering the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS)
A geodatabase of 186 published Quaternary marine and terrestrial dates relating to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) glaciation and ice retreat, which capture the dynamics and retreat of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS).
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Biological tissue samples for octopus species collected on James Clark Ross cruise JR147/145, Southern Ocean, 2006
Biological tissue samples from octopus species collected from the Southern Ocean, James Clark Ross cruise no. JR147/145. A large collection of tissue samples from deep sea and Antarctic target groups had already been collected in previous cruises. The specific objective of this cruise was to target three species of octopus, Pareledone charcoti (peak abundance 100m depth), Pareledone turqueti (peak abundance 100-200m) and Adelieledone polymorpha (peak abundance 250-350m), for the micro-evolution (i.e. population genetics) component of the project. Most of the octopuses were captured with an otter trawl, due to its relatively large sampling area and the fact that it can be trawled quickly (4 knots) which prevents octopuses from swimming out of it.
DNA sequencing data from octopus samples collected in the Southern Ocean
DNA sequencing data from octopus samples collected in the Southern Ocean. A small tissue sample was taken from the mantle of each octopus and placed immediately in 70 - 80 % ethanol for preservation, in preparation for DNA extraction.
Geological samples collected from Dronning-Maud Land, East Antarctica, 2007-2008
Sample inventory data related to a field campaign of approximately 10 weeks, carried out during 2007-2008. The primary focus was sample collection, with the rest of the time being used for mapping. All of the samples taken were of rocks that were found cropping out as nunataks. The investigation took place entirely within the the Dronning-Maud Land area of East Antarctica (Norwegian Sector).
Cosmogenic 10Be data and calculated surface exposure ages for 41 cobbles and boulders collected from nunataks adjacent to Larter and Lucchitta glaciers in the Hudson Mountains, West Antarctica
This dataset consists of measurements of cosmogenic 10Be in quartz from a set of 41 erratic cobbles and boulders collected from the surfaces of nunataks in West Antarctica. The erratics were collected during the 2019-20 Antarctic field season from the Hudson Mountains, which are situated immediately to the north of Pine Island Glacier. The samples in this dataset were collected from nunataks (Webber Nunatak, Mount Moses, Slusher Nunatak, Dean Nunataks, Wold Nunatak, and Siren Rock) located adjacent to Larter and Lucchitta glaciers which dissect the area. The dataset includes cosmogenic nuclide (10Be) exposure ages and all field (sample locations and elevations) and analytical laboratory (quartz and beryllium carrier masses, 10Be/9Be ratios) data for field samples and procedural blanks required to calculate the exposure ages. This project was funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC: Grants NE/S006710/1, NE/S006753/1, and NE/S00663X/1) and National Science Foundation (NSF: Grant OPP 2317097). Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Centre for Accelerator Science award AP12872, through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
This data is governed by the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/) and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Quartz purity was tested using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). For isotope dilution chemistry, one procedural blank (carrier-only) was processed for every 11 samples, and each batch of samples is assigned a batch number. The procedural blank used to correct the 10Be concentration of each sample is dependent on the time period during which it was processed in the CosmIC Laboratory (processed_blank_data.csv). Beryllium was extracted from samples in batch one at the same time as the samples presented in Balco et al. (2023), Nichols et al. (2023), and Marschalek et al. (2024). Therefore, the blank value used to correct the 10Be concentrations in batch one is the same as that used to correct 10Be concentrations in the aforementioned studies (the mean and standard deviation of 12 batches of samples, 10Be/9Be = 1.73 x 10-15 ± 4.82 x 10-16; 30287 ± 8456 10Be atoms; processed_blank_data.csv). Samples in batch two were processed in the year following those in batch one. Therefore, samples in batch two are corrected with a different blank value (the mean and standard deviation of two process blanks, BLK300822 and BLK050922, 10Be/9Be = 2.71 x10-15 ± 3.61 x 10-16, 47410 ± 6255 10Be atoms; processed_blank_data.csv). Samples in batches three, four, and five were processed later in the same year as those in batch two. A batch-specific blank value is therefore used to correct the 10Be concentrations of samples in batches three (BLK120922, 10Be/9Be = 2.13 x10-15 ± 3.41 x 10-16, 37088 ± 5939 10Be atoms), four (BLK260922, 10Be/9Be = 1.86 x10-15 ± 3.88 x 10-16, 32550 ± 6786 10Be atoms), and five (BLK041022, 10Be/9Be = 4.50 x 10-15 ± 5.31 x 10-16, 78589 ± 9262 10Be atoms; processed_blank_data.csv). In all cases, uncertainties in the sample and blank values are propagated in quadrature.
Cosmogenic nuclide age data from James Ross Island, northeast Antarctic Peninsula
Cosmogenic isotope exposure-age dating (Aluminium-26, Beryllium-10 and Chlorine-36) of granite erratic boulders and locally derived glacially transported basalt boulders from ice-free land on James Ross Island, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula. These data are used to define the evolution of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice in the adjacent Prince Gustav region and the timing and duration of deglacial ice-streaming events.
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Analysis of soil solution samples taken from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2008-2009
To investigate the availability of peptides in the soils on Signy Island, soil solutions were sampled throughout the summer season, from mid November 2008 until early March 2009. Soil solution samples were extracted under vacuum, with minimal disturbance to the soil, through small porous tubes. A total of 19 sites across the island were sampled in areas dominated by all the major primary producers, vascular plants, mosses, algae and lichens. The collected soil solution samples were analysed for different forms of nitrogen, including peptides.
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy
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EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Nitrogen
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Organic Matter
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Chemistry
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Geological samples collected from James Ross Island, northeast Antarctic Peninsula, during the 2010-2011 field season
Geological samples collected during the 2010-11 field season from James Ross Island, northeast Antarctic Peninsula.
Soil temperature measurements taken at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, 2008-2009
Soil temperature measurements taken at various sites on Signy Island during the 2008-2009 field season. These measurements were used as part of an investigation to understand the effect of temperature and moisture on the availability of different nitrogen forms.
Krill genetic profiling from samples collected in the Southern Ocean and South Atlantic during the Discovery 2010 cruise JR177
Genetic profiling data relating to studies on Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, that document the sequence of expression of genes over the moult cycle and the spatial-temporal expression of clock genes. This work was carried out to examine rhythmic behaviour patterns in this species - namely diel vertical migration and the moult cycle - and the functioning of the genes that underlie these behaviours. Circadian entrainment experiments were carried out twice during the Discovery 2010 summer cruise (cruise no JR177) using krill caught in nets at latitudes of 60S and 52S. Krill samples from each net were processed and preserved for subequent analysis using molecular biology technique to isolate canonical clock genes.
Glacier outlines of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS) for 1988, 2001 and 2009
Glacial outlines of the APIS (Antarctica Peninsula Ice Sheet) for 1988, 2001, 2009. This is now incorporated into the GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) project.
Middle atmospheric carbon monoxide above Troll station, Antarctica from February 2008 - January 2010: V2.0
Version 2.0 This data set contains mesospheric carbon monoxide (CO) data acquired by the ground-based microwave radiometer of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS radiometer) stationed at Troll station in Antarctica (72 deg S, 2.5 deg E, 1270 amsl). The BAS radiometer has been designed in order to study the effects of energetic particle precipitation on the middle and upper atmosphere, using nitric oxide and ozone measurements. This data set contains the CO measurements carried out in order to study the dynamical context. The data set covers the period from February 2008 to January 2010, however, due to very low CO concentrations below approximately 80 km altitude in summer, profiles can only be retrieved during Antarctic winter. CO is measured for approximately 2 hours each day (80 percent of the profiles are within +-2 hours around local noon) and profiles are retrieved approximately every half hour. The retrieved profiles, cover two independent layers in the pressure range from 1 to 0.01 hPa (approximately 48 to 80 km, altitude resolution of approximately 16 km). In this version of the data; an additional column of "apriori vmr" has been included in the data files.
A bathymetric compilation around the South Orkney Islands, 1987-2017
We present a new bathymetric compilation around the South Orkney Islands here defined by the following bounding box: 47 to 37 W, 63 to 59 S. This bathymetry grid was compiled from a variety of multibeam swath bathymetry data acquired during 46 different cruises (see lineage). The data is available as a grid of approximately 100 m resolution in a GMT-compatible (2-D) NetCDF format using geographic coordinates on the WGS84 datum. Three versions of the grid are available: the first one shows only swath bathymetry data while the second and third have been merged with the global compilations from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), GEBCO_2014 (version 20150318) and GEBCO_2019, respectively. Quick views are also available in the corresponding folder. Funding was provided by the NERC grants NE/K012843/1 and NE/N018095/1 as well as national capability
This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions: 1. To cite the data Abrahamsen, E. P. (2019). A bathymetric compilation around the South Orkney Islands, 1987-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/1158843c-d238-439a-ad42-9645f37ac582 2. The user recognizes the limitations of data and will not use this data for navigation purposes. Use of the data is at the users'' own risk, and there is no warranty as to the quality or accuracy of any data, or the fitness of the data for your intended use. The data are not necessarily fully quality assured and cannot be expected to be free from measurement uncertainty, systematic biases, or errors of interpretation or analysis, and may include inaccuracies in error margins quoted with the data.
Quality control was undertaken manually to remove any outliers in the source datasets. This involved cleaning much of the raw data using the "mbedit" program from MB-system. For data processed in this way, edit files have been submitted to the Polar Data Centre. In source files that were ingested as text files, outliers were manually removed. To verify the accuracy of the resulting dataset, bottom depths were compared against CTD casts on cruise JR16005, excluding casts that were performed when the ship was moving and those where the CTD did not get within altimeter range of the bottom. Bottom depths were calculated from the CTD altimeter when near the bottom, and these were compared against the gridded dataset. On 81 casts, the median difference between the CTD-derived depths and gridded depths was 4.1 m with a standard deviation of 18.9 m. This compares favourably with GEBCO_2014, which had a median offset of 4.6 m with a standard deviation of 73.4 m, and GEBCO_2019, which has a median offset of 0.5 m but a standard deviation of 89.4 m.
Records of isotopes, anions, cations and organic compounds measured in the Bouvet Island ice core for the time period 2001-2016
These data files contain the records of isotopes, anions, cations and organic compounds measured in the Bouvet Island ice core. The Bouvet ice core was collected as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) 2016-2017, and is the first ever ice core collected on the island. All analyses was carried out at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom between 2016 and 2018. Analyses were carried out by analytical staff and a PhD student. Isotopes were measured using a Picarro instrument, anions and cations on a Dionex Intergrion Ion Chromatograph, and organics using High-Performance Liquid Chromotography Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Isotopes, anions and cations are measured as discreet 5cm core samples, while organics are measured at annual resolution core samples. This data forms part of a suite of ice cores from the sub-Antarctic islands collected on the ACE cruise 2016-2017, for which anion, cation and isotope data will be made available separately. Funding source Work by Amy King was jointly supported by Selwyn College, Cambridge, and the NERC Doctoral Training Programme [grant number NE/L002507/1]. ACE and Elizabeth Thomas received funding from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, the Swiss Polar Institute, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. Joel Pedro acknowledges support from the European Research Council under the European Community''s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007e2013)/ERC grant agreement 610055 as part of the ice2ice project.
This data is supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
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