The Tramway Ridge geothermal site on Mt. Erebus in Antarctica, is the most geographically isolated geothermal site on earth. This makes it an excellent system for studies of microbial speciation, biogeography, and evolution.

Citation: Herbold, CW; Lee, CK; McDonald, IR; Cary, SC; Evidence of global-scale aeolian dispersal and endemism in isolated geothermal microbial communities of Antarctica; Nature Comms (2014); 5

Published: October 19, 2015 at 05:58

URL: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=geothermal_fumarole_subsurface_mt_erebus_antarctica

Craig Herbold
Division of Microbial Ecology (DoME), University of Vienna

S. Craig Cary
University of Waikato

occurrence records

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	40		100.0%
decimalLatitude		34	85.0%
eventDate	40		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	40		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	40		100.0%
occurrenceStatus	40		100.0%
scientificName	40		100.0%
scientificNameID	40		100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	40	100.0%
NO_MATCH	40	100.0%
LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE	34	85.0%
NO_COORD	34	85.0%
ON_LAND	6	15.0%

Geothermal Fumarole Subsurface Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data