Southern Annular Mode Biological Responses: Systematic Review Screening and Summary Data

Australian Ocean Data Network provides supporting data for a systematic review assessing biological responses to the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) across Southern Hemisphere ecosystems. The dataset includes two Excel files containing literature screening records and extracted study-level information, such as publication details, locations, and evidence pathways. The data was prepared by Yifan Wu in 2026 with funding from the Australian Research Council and other institutions.

Use Cases

• Trace the literature screening process for a systematic review based on the provided screening result worksheets.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of ecological studies based on the recorded location and coordinate data.
• Categorize evidence pathways linking climate modes to biological responses based on the recorded evidence categories.
• Synthesize study characteristics like biological response types and environmental mediators for meta-analysis.

Strengths

• Includes detailed bibliographic information such as DOIs, providing traceability to original studies.
• Data structure is organized across multiple worksheets dedicated to specific screening stages and ecosystem types (terrestrial, marine).
• Funding sources are explicitly listed, including grants from the Australian Research Council and China Scholarship Council.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network (via data.gov.au)

Collection Method

Systematic literature review; data extracted from screened scientific publications.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 23:49:47.621857; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Hemisphere ecosystems