Long-term monitoring of Signy Island lakes chemistry by BAS, 1963-2004

The long term monitoring of water chemistry in Signy Island lakes is unique in polar limnology, in its duration (30+ years), detail, and range of sites. It details seasonal patterns of snow and ice cover, inorganic nutrient status and chlorophyll-a and includes vertical profiles of various physical chemical parameters. There are detailed data for several study lakes and twice/thrice yearly analyses for all the Signy Island lakes. Temperature and light climate has been studied in certain lakes using automatic data loggers. Micrometeorological monitoring with additional data loggers provided data on solar radiation (PAR, UVR), air temperature, humidity and wind conditions. Data are collected by chemical analysis, use of temperature, pH light probes and observation.



The ''grand prix'' was the sampling of 16 lakes in a short period (approx. one week), this was carried out perhaps two or three times a year. Approximately three to five lakes were sampled monthly or fortnightly in more detail, these were representative of the 16 lakes.



Comparative studies were also undertaken in the Arctic.



The long-term programme was established in 1971, although some observations were made in 1963/1964 and 1969/1970. The programme finished in 2004.



As the exact months of the data collection were not provided, and the metadata standard requires a YYYY-MM-DD format, this dataset has been dated as 1st January for start date, and 31st December for stop date.

Simple

Alternate title

Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063
Date (Publication)
2022-03-22
Citation identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Antarctic Survey

pdc@bas.ac.uk

Custodian

British Antarctic Survey

Polar Data Centre

pdc@bas.ac.uk

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
Keywords

  • NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

  • NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Lakes

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Nutrient Cycling

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Chlorophyll

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Pigments

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Chlorophyll

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Inorganic Matter

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Light Transmission

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Nutrients

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Organic Matter

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Oxygen

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > Water Temperature

  • EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Water Quality/Water Chemistry > pH

INSPIRE themes

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

  • Land cover

BAS Free-text keywords

  • chlorophyll

  • lakes

  • pH

  • water chemistry
Use limitation

This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3

Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
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Begin date
1963-01-01
End date
2004-12-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey

    pdc@bas.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

    Domain consistency

    Measure identification
    INSPIRE / Conformity_001

    Conformance result

    Title

    INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
    Date
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification
    Pass
    No
    Statement

    No special comments

    Metadata

    File identifier
    GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00063 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2022-03-22
    Metadata standard name

    NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
    Metadata standard version

    1.0
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Antarctic Survey

    pdc@bas.ac.uk

    		Point of contact
    Dataset URI

    http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00063

     
     

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