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Macquarie Island Baseline Invertebrate Survey 1994

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
DAVIES, KENDI FARRELL ; MELBOURNE, BRETT ANDREW
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Records from 69 sites, covering the whole island. Sites stratified by topography (2 classes: slopes or drainage lines), altitude (4 classes: 0-100 m, 100-200 m, 200-300 m, 300m+), vegetation type (5 types), aspect (2 classes: E,W), north-south position on island (3 classes: north, middle, south). Pitfall traps and yellow pan traps opened for 6 weeks (summer). Hand searches for worms, slugs and snails. Specimens identified to species level. We used the data to construct statistical models of the spatial distribution of species in relation to the above variables. Intended as a baseline survey to detect, monitor and predict effects of climate change and local human impacts (e.g. alien species introductions) on biota. This work was carried out as part of ASAC project 104 (ASAC_104). The fields in this dataset are: Site Topography Region Aspect Altitude Vegetation Type Method Notes Species The detergent column indicates whether a drop of detergent was added to the yellowpans or not. A 1 = yes.

Issued: 2000-07-11

Data time period: 1994-02-01 to 1994-03-15

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ABIOTIC VARIABLES | ALTITUDE | ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES | ASPECT | BASELINE | BIODIVERSITY | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | BIOSPHERE | COMMUNITY DYNAMICS | COMMUNITY STRUCTURE | Computer > Computer | DISTRIBUTION MODELS | EARTH SCIENCE | EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | INVERTEBRATES | LAND SURFACE | MACQUARIE ISLAND | METHOD | MODELS | NOTES | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND | REGION | SITE | SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION | SPECIES | SPECIES COMPOSITION | SPECIES DISTRIBUTION | STATISTICAL MODELS | SURVEY | TERRAIN ELEVATION | TOPOGRAPHY | VEGETATION | VEGETATION COVER | VEGETATION TYPE | biota | elevation |

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