Dataset

Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica

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Surficial bottom sediments have been collected from Prydz Bay, Antarctica from 5 voyages from 1981 to 1995. Devices used include gravity core, grabs, pipe dredge. Most collections are from 200 to 800 metres depth with the deepest at 3200 metres.

Citation: Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Diatom and foraminiferal samples from surficial sediments of Prydz Bay, Antarctica.

Published: May 07, 2021 at 04:35

First registration: June 24, 2020 at 14:57

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

URL: https://data.aad.gov.au/ipt/resource?r=prydz_diatoms

Contacts:

Patrick Quilty
Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Phil O'Brien
Macquarie University

Peter Harris
GRID-ARENDAL

DATA OFFICER AADC
Australian Antarctic Division

Johnathan Kool

897
total submitted occurrences
853
accepted occurrences
147
taxa
106
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 49
5.5%
maximumDepthInMeters 897
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 897
100.0%
scientificNameID 3 66
7.7%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 897
100.0%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 123
13.7%
NO_MATCH 44
4.9%
MARINE_UNSURE 19
2.1%
ON_LAND 4
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data