60 datasets

NASA Earthdata CMR2023 · collection

In March 2018, 23 environmental DNA (eDNA) samples (2 L of filtered seawater) were collected between Hobart, Tasmania and subantarctic Macquarie Island. These samples were processed using six different genetic metabarcoding markers targeting different taxonomic groups within the metazoan clade: A broad cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) marker targeting all metazoans, and five different 16S mark

NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection

Sample collection: All soils were collected in 2005 and stored at -80˚C prior to gDNA extraction using the FastDNA SPIN kit for soil (MP Biomedicals, NSW, Australia). Three soil samples were obtained from Mitchell Peninsula (66°31'S, 110°59'E) and three were obtained from Browning Peninsula (66°27'S, 110°32'E). Samples from both sites were selected along a transect, with specific information provi

NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection

This metadata record contains an Excel spreadsheet with Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) gained from 16S rRNA gene sequencing of prokaryotes sampled from Biofilm slides deployed as part of the antFOCE experiment in the austral summer of 2014/15 at Casey station, East Antarctica. Refer to antFOCE report section 4.5.3 for deployment, sampling and analysis details. https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/

NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection

Soil chemical parameters and microbiological data obtained from soil samples taken from biopiles 1,2,3,4 and 5, and the control “test plot” established at Casey station, Antarctica, for the purpose of the remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants present in the soil. Analysis of inorganic soil parameters Soil samples were analysed at the Australian Antarctic Division’s (AAD) laboratory, or

NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection

Scat and discarded feather samples were collected from outside burrowing petrel burrows across Macquarie Island (222 scat and 108 feather samples) between November 2017 and November 2018. Samples were collected within seabird colonies during ground searches and GPS co-ordinates were taken for each sample collected. DNA was extracted from all samples and two short mitochondrial markers (COI and 16S

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection

June 2018 Adélie penguin scats were collected from Signy Island (South Orkney Islands) during crèche (December/January) 2014/15 and 2015/16 and stored in 80% Ethanol. DNA was extracted from ~30 mg of faecal material using a Promega ‘Maxwell 16' instrument and a Maxwell® 16 Tissue DNA kit. A total of 450 samples were analysed: 30 extractions per week for 2015 and 60 per week for samples collected i

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection

See spreadsheets - Gentoo Experiment Details 18s Each number corresponds to each worksheet 1. Samples and Date Gentoo penguin scats were collected from Cumberland Bay, South Georgia (from the Maiviken colony). Visits were made weekly between 3 April and 19 Sep 2018 (one visit in June was missed owing to avalanche risk). During each of the 24 visits, 25 fresh scats were collected, producing a total

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection

These data come from a set of experiments conducted on the coastal waters near Davis Station in January 2017. The first set of data are from a transect near the Sorsdal glacier and out to sea, to characterise DMSP-mediated phytoplankton bacteria interactions along a salinity gradient. The second data set are from a series of incubation experiments to gain deeper insight into the role of various in

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection

In this data set we examined whether eDNA samples can detect similar numbers of species and community compositions as genetic continuous plankton recorder (CPR) samples. On the V4 voyage 2018 from Hobart to Macquarie island, small and large volume eDNA samples as well as genetic CPR samples were collected. All samples were sequenced with a metazoan specific cytochrome c oxidase I marker (folder "2

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

This metadata record contains an Excel spreadsheet with Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) gained from Eukaryotic 18S rDNA PCR amplification and high-throughput sequencing of samples from Biofilm slides deployed as part of the antFOCE experiment in the austral summer of 2014/15 at Casey station, East Antarctica. Refer to antFOCE report section 4.5.3 for deployment, sampling and analysis details. h

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

Experimental Design A six-level, dose-response ocean acidification experiment was run on a natural microbial community from nearshore Antarctica, between 19th November and 7th December 2014. Seawater was collected from approximately 1 km offshore of Davis Station, Antarctica (68◦ 35’ S, 77◦ 58’ E), pre-filtered (200 μm), and transferred into six 650 L tanks (minicosms) located in a temperature-con

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

RNA was extracted from pooled gonad tissues and tails of five sexually mature males and females, respectively, originating from the krill aquarium at the AAD in Tasmania, Australia. For RNA extractions, RNeasy mini kits (QIAGEN) were used and total RNA (8 micrograms each) was sent to Geneworks, South Australia (www.geneworks.com.au), for Illumina TruSeq 75 bp paired-end sequencing in two technical

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

This metadata record was created in error and a DOI assigned to it before the error was noticed. The correct metadata record is available here: https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4015_Krill_Gonad_Transcriptome with the DOI doi:10.26179/5cd3c8fec9ad8.

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

High-throughput DNA-sequencing data for mesopelagic fish stomach contents sampled during the Kerguelen Axis voyage (January-Februay 2016). Mesopelagic fish form an important link between zooplankton and higher trophic levels in Southern Ocean food webs, however their diets are poorly known. Most of the dietary information available comes from morphological analysis of stomach contents and to a les

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

Krill-associated bacterial communities characterised by high-throughput DNA sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. The data is decribed in 'Clarke LJ, Suter L, King R, Bissett A and Deagle BE (2019) Antarctic Krill Are Reservoirs for Distinct Southern Ocean Microbial Communities. Front. Microbiol. 9:3226. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226' available here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.338

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

This data set is Illumina 16s (bacterial) amplicon sequencing data for the Macquarie Island mesocosm ecotoxicology study. In-situ soil mesocosms (n=20) were set up on Macquarie Island in February 2013. Following a year’s equilibration, mesocosms were spiked in triplicate with a fuel mixture mimicking the composition of aged fuel spills on Macquarie Island, in addition to five solvent-only controls

NASA Earthdata CMR2019 · collection

1st Experiment 24/11/16 ************************************************************************************************ See 2016_11_24_Miseq_Sheet 1. Sanger Sequencing Plate #4 - 25mg of Tissue was extracted by AGRF. DNA was diluted to 5ng/ul. Samples were sanger sequenced with 16SAR (Palumbi) primer. If they failed, I used COI3 cocktail (Ivanova). FASTA sequences from Plate 4 are in the folder n

NASA Earthdata CMR2018 · collection

Sampling Samples were collected on board the RSV Aurora Australis between 22 January and 17 February 2016. The cruise surveyed the region south of the Kerguelen Plateau including the Princess Elizabeth Trough and BANZARE Bank in a series of eight transects covering 8165 km. Plankton communities were collected at 45 conductivity temperature depth (CTD) stations and seven additional underway station

NASA Earthdata CMR2018 · collection

This data set includes unprocessed sample .fastq files from two separate Illumina NextSeq runs, labelled as 'Run_1' and 'Run_2', respectively. Sample names: e.g. STS15059, 'STS' is the abbreviation of Short-tailed shearwater. The first two digits of the numeric refer to the year of collection e.g. '15' = 2015. Finally, the following number refers to the sequential unique ID for that year, e.g. '05

NASA Earthdata CMR2018 · collection

This data set is the product of three high-throughput qPCR dynamic array Fluidigm chips. Data is semi-processed, as Fluidigm software does not allow the export of raw fluorescence data. In-situ soil mesocosms (n=20) were set up on Macquarie Island in February 2013. Following a year's equilibration, mesocosms were spiked in triplicate with a fuel mixture mimicking the composition of aged fuel spill

NASA Earthdata CMR2018 · collection

Population connectivity and gene flow in near shore Antarctic Echinoids (Sterechinus neumayeri, Abatus nimrodi and Abatus ingens) was investigated in East Antarctica. This data set consists of microsatellite genotype data from 11 novel loci and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two gene region, COI and 16S. In addition, to determine if changes in temperature and salinity impacted fertilisation succ

NASA Earthdata CMR2018 · collection

This dataset consists of eight files: seven files with the nucleotide sequence data for seven genetic markers (2 mitochondrial and 5 nuclear) and a 'Read me' file containing the information for each marker as well as information regarding sampling locations and individual labels. The sequences were obtained by the Sanger sequencing method in the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) and corre

NASA Earthdata CMR2017 · collection

These data are the results of a series of laboratory-based toxicity tests in which earthworms were exposed soils that were spiked with a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds to mimic the existing contamination on Macquarie Island. Two series of experiments were done. The first used the earthworm Microscolex macquariensis which is native to Macquarie Island and soils from Macquarie Island. The second u

NASA Earthdata CMR2017 · collection

A spreadsheet detailing the analysis of humpback whale biopsy samples including the field: Sample ID Duplicate (notes field) Location sample was taken Collection date (UTC) Collection latitude and longitude Sex Haplotype DLOOP sequence Microsatellite sequence Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers

NASA Earthdata CMR2017 · collection

This dataset consists of 81 DNA sequences of the alkane mono-oxygenase gene. The sequence data are in FASTA format which can be opened with any word-processing or sequence analysis software. The clone library was created using the primers described by Kloos et al. (2006, Journal Microbiological Methods 66:486-496) F: AAYACNGCNCAYGARCTNGGNCAYAA and R:GCRTGRTGRTCNGARTGNCGYTG. The library was created