LTSER Zone Atelier Antarctique - Antarctica

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Site Name
LTSER Zone Atelier Antarctique
Short name
ZATA
Country
Antarctica
Web Address
Zone Atelier Antarctique et Subantarctique
Twitter: Zone Atelier Antarctique et Subantarctique
Site Manager
Jacques Labonne
Jean-Patrice Robin
Funding Agency
IPEV (Institut Polaire Français)
CNRS
Site Description
The LTSER Zone Antarctique belongs to LTER-France network and is located in Antarctica (Adelie Land), French sub-Antarctic Islands (Crozet archipelago, Kerguelen Islands, Saint-Paul et Amsterdam Islands) and southern ocean. General information below concerns Kerguelen Islands. The ZATA measures the impacts of climate change and human activities on antarctic and sub-antarctic ecosystems.
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2021-11-23 11:11:11

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2000
Observed properties
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Geographic
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Elevation (average)
300.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
1850.00msl
Related location(s)
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER France✔ (LTER_EU_FR_011)This site is a verified "LTER France" member.
Projects
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
eLTER catalogue
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Lakes
Marine
Polar
Rivers
Tundra
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Marine habitats (A)
Mires, bogs and fens (D)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
4.60°C
Precipitation Annual
743.00mm
Geology
Volcanic
Vegetation
herbfied at low altitude, fellfield above 200 m asl
Soils
Organic soil at low altitude ; mineral soil in altitude
Hydrology
rivers and lakes
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER