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Terrestrial invertebrate water content from Signy Island from 1984 to 1996
This dataset comprises data on the water content of various terrestrial invertebrates on Signy Island, from 1984 to 1996. Species include native mites (Gamasellus racovitzai, Halozetes belgicae, Alaskozetes antarcticus, Stereotydeus villosus), springtails (Archisotoma brucei, Parisotoma (now Folsomotoma) octooculata, Cryptopygus antarcticus) and the non-native midge (Eretmoptera murphyi). Live samples were collected monthly at Bernsten Point, Elephant Flats, Gourlay Peninsula and Factory Bluff over both the summer and winter season. This data were collected as part of a long-term monitoring programme on terrestrial habitats in the maritime Antarctic.
This dataset was supported with NERC core funding to BAS.
Simple
- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01742
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-06-02
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01742
- 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
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Survival
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Invertebrates
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Arthropod
- Invertebrate
- Signy
- Terrestrial
- Water stress
- Use limitation
- 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/.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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/.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Begin date
- 1984-04-16
- End date
- 1996-06-02
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- GET DATA ( http )
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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For the first four years of data collection, limitations on balance equipment meant animals of each species (usually 5 replicates) were weighed together.
A small number of monthly samples were not collected as a result of adverse weather conditions.
For the periods January 1988 - April 1989 and July - December 1992, no data were obtained due to balance equipment failure.
Data flagged during collection and/or analysis as non-normal are denoted with a ''Y'' in the column ''data_flag''.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01742 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-06-02
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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