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Locations, descriptors, cell observations and model output for snow algae samples, Robert Island, South shetland islands, 2023

This dataset is a sequential list of all the terrestrial snow and ice samples taken at Robert Island, Antarctica from January 2023 to March 2023. Sample date, location, bloom colour and what the sample was subsequently used for (metabolomics, pigment, DNA, DOC, FTIR, CN), along with cell counts is provided. Cell counts and biometric measurements of Ancylonema are included in the dataset. The samples were taken by small 15ml or 50ml plastic tube sampling in the snow pack or on the icecap hard ice. This was to study the habitat and ecosystem progression over the season and linking this to other satellite or drone or vegetation data. A remote sensing output (red snow algae vector for Robert Island) was also produced. The expedition and sampling was carried out by Matthew Davey (PI), Alex Thomson, Andrew Gray, Hannah Moulton, Charlotte Walshaw with support from INACH, Chile and BAS. This was part of a wider project with Claudia Colesie, Naomi Thomas, Peter Convey, Alison G. Smith, Peter Fretwell, Lloyd Peck. Samples were transferred to UK (SAMS) for further analysis.

This project was funded by Standard NERC References: NE/V000764/1 and NE/V000896/1. The past, present and future of snow algae in Antarctica: a threatened terrestrial ecosystem?

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02014
Date (Publication)
2025-02-13
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02014
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Davey, M., Thomson, A., Thomas, N., Gray, A., Smith, A., Colesie, C., Walshaw, C., Fretwell, P., Peck, L., Moulton, H., & Convey, P.
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 > Plant Taxonomy > Algae
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctica
  • Ice Algae
  • Microbiology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Robert Island
  • Snow Algae
Access constraints
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
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Begin date
2023-01-07
End date
2023-02-18
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
GET DATA ( http )
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dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Missing coordinate values are due to coordinates not taken on that field day or location due to weather conditions or battery of GPS unit.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_02014 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-02-13
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/02014
 
 

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