Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean
Citation
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2022). Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uv2qja accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.Description
Records of observations of kelp rafts passing within 50 m of one side of the vessel over replicated periods of 1 hour. Data collected over subantarctic latitudes only. Records include: size, species, presence/absence of holdfast, latitude and longitude, ship speed.Purpose
Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Southern Ocean
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