Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

doi:10.15468/te23ih

Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

Citation

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2020). Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/te23ih accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-17.

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.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Southern Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU

Dave Connell
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
email: Dave.Connell@aad.gov.au