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Long-term monitoring of Signy Island lakes chemistry by BAS, 1963-2004

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 cover, inorganic nutrient status and chlorophyll-a and includes vertical profiles of various physical chemical parameters. There are detailed data for several study lakes and twice/thrice yearly analyses for all the Signy Island lakes. Temperature and light climate has been studied in certain lakes using automatic data loggers. Micrometeorological monitoring with additional data loggers provided data on solar radiation (PAR, UVR), air temperature, humidity and wind conditions. Data are collected by chemical analysis, use of temperature, pH light probes and observation.

The ''grand prix'' was the sampling of 16 lakes in a short period (approx. one week), this was carried out perhaps two or three times a year. Approximately three to five lakes were sampled monthly or fortnightly in more detail, these were representative of the 16 lakes.

Comparative studies were also undertaken in the Arctic.

The long-term programme was established in 1971, although some observations were made in 1963/1964 and 1969/1970. The programme finished in 2004.

As the exact months of the data collection were not provided, and the metadata standard requires a YYYY-MM-DD format, this dataset has been dated as 1st January for start date, and 31st December for stop date.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063
Date (Publication)
2022-03-22
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  British Antarctic Survey - Polar Data Centre
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Lakes
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Nutrient Cycling
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Chlorophyll
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Pigments
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Chlorophyll
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Inorganic Matter
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Light Transmission
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Nutrients
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Organic Matter
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Oxygen
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Water Temperature
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > pH
INSPIRE themes
  • Environmental monitoring facilities
  • Land cover
BAS Free-text keywords
  • chlorophyll
  • lakes
  • pH
  • water chemistry
Use limitation
This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
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Begin date
1963-01-01
End date
2004-12-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
No special comments
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00063 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2022-03-22
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063
 
 

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