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?
Simple
- 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
- 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 > Plant Taxonomy > Algae
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Antarctica
- Ice Algae
- Microbiology
- Remote Sensing
- Robert Island
- Snow Algae
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2023-01-07
- End date
- 2023-02-18
- 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
- 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
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