Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

doi:10.15468/te23ih

Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

Citation

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (2017). Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/te23ih accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-01-24.

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.

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Contacts

originator
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au

metadata author
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
homepage: http://data.aad.gov.au

distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2605
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au

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