Fungal cultures, plant and soil samples (live and frozen) collected from the northern Antarctic Peninsula region, 2002-2003
Three plant species, the leafy liverwort Cephaloziella varians and the angiosperms Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis, were sampled from 12 islands across a 1480 km latitudinal gradient from South Georgia through to Adelaide Island. Samples were collected to determine the abundance of dark septate fungi in Antarctic plant and soil communities and the effects of these organisms on plant growth. Where the target species were found in sufficient numbers to allow sampling, it proved possible to collect at least 10 samples of each species. At least 10 soil samples were collected from each site where Deschampsia was found. Plants, with intact roots and soil, were transported back to the UK using cool and frozen stowage. Additionally, intact live plants were transported to the UK in an illuminated cabinet. Seeds of the two key species (Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis) were also collected at Bird Island and South Georgia.
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.
Simple
- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00260
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-03-22
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00260
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Symbiosis
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Fungi
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Flowering Plants
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Mosses and Liverworts
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils
- INSPIRE themes
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- Soil
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Cephaloziella varians
- Colobanthus quitensis
- Deschampsia antarctica
- dark septate fungi
- dark septate mycelia
- microbial diversity
- mycorrhiza
- rhizoids
- roots
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2002-01-01
- End date
- 2003-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- 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_00260 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