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Biological specimen list of marine organisms collected from the West Antarctic Peninsula between 2017 and 2020

The ICEBERGS project aimed to understand the impact of retreating coastal glaciers upon benthic marine ecosystems along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). This was a collaboration project between University of Exeter, the British Antarctic Survey, Universidad Catololica de Santiago de Concepcion and Bangor University. During three research cruises (JR17001, JR18003 and JR19002) between 2017 and 2020, biological specimens along with other scientific data and samples were collected from three coastal fjords (i.e. Marian Cove, Borgen Bay and Sheldon Cove). The biological samples were collected using mainly a benthic Agassiz trawl and some using a Hamon grab and they were either preserved in ethanol or dry.

Funding:

The funding for this grant was provided from NERC and from CONICYT Chile (NERC-CONICYT; NE/P003087/1).

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01947
Date (Publication)
2024-12-04
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01947
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Scourse, J., Roman Gonzalez, A., Barnes, D., Sands, C., Hollyman, P., Munoz Ramirez, C., Bascur, M., Jenkins, S., Goodall-Copestake, W., Janosik, A., Whitaker, J., Garza, T., Pienkowski, A., Zwerschke, N., Van Landeghem, K., Featherstone, A., Guzzi, A., Alexandroff, S., Butler, P., ... Trofimova, T.
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 > Benthic Habitat
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Biodiversity
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Invertebrates
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Fjords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctic benthos
  • West Antarctic Peninsula
  • coastal ecosystems
  • invertebrates
Use limitation
This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2020-01-13
End date
2020-02-04
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Protocol
http
Name
GET DATA
Function
download Download
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Some factors affecting the data: the samples collected were distributed among several collaborating institutions in the project. This is reflected in the ''''Final Destination'''' column of the dataset. The most up-to-date location of the specimens is recorded in this column. The main specimen collection was moved from University of Exeter to University of Portsmouth in 2022, which is reflected in the dataset, at which point a tally of the collection was done. This tally identified that the samples from JR18003 were missing from the collection and they are not present either at University of Exeter or University or Portsmouth and therefore are presumed to be located at BAS. Some other samples are also unaccounted for. This is all reflected in the dataset.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01947 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-12-04
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/01947
 
 

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