Antarctic Marine Protists species checklist
Citation
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2021). Antarctic Marine Protists species checklist. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/j7zr6g accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
Protists are microscopic algae and protozoa, formerly thought of as single-celled plants and animals. Planktonic protists constitute the base of marine food webs and play a key role in the exchange of carbon dioxode between the atmosphere and the ocean. This list is of protists that live in the surface waters and sea-ice south of the Antarctic Polar Front.Purpose
Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Southern Ocean south of the Polar Front.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorAustralian Antarctic Data Centre
metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au
Dave Connell
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
email: Dave.Connell@aad.gov.au