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Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Sullivan Cove

Sullivan Cove site is collected as part of the Derwent Bay Watch program. Derwent Bay Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 19 bays, coves and other sites around the estuary during summer months. Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Bedform Migration and Sediment Dynamics in the Nearshore of a Low-Energy Sandy Beach in SouthWestern Australia

Simultaneous time series measurements of waves, currents, sediment suspension and ripple crest positions were obtained from the nearshore of a micro-tidal low energy beach in southwestern Australia during two diurnal sea breeze cycles.  This data was used to relate ripple behaviour to cyclic changes in hydrodynamic conditions due to a sea breeze.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Transport, beaches, cross-shore flow, ripple migration, ripple wavelength, seabreeze, sediment resuspension
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Acidification Moorings Yongala Platform

The Yongala acidification mooring is co-located with the Yongala National Reference Station (NRSYON) in Queensland. It was first deployed in 2011, but subsequently damaged by Tropical Cyclone Yasi in February 2011. It was replaced in September 2013. It was then decommissioned in August 2014.
The mooring's instruments measure surface CO2, temperature and salinity.  The hydrochemistry sampling at the National Reference Stations will also provide total alkalinity data, as will future pH sensors on the moorings, allowing for a complete determination of the carbonate system and pH. Current instrumentation: Battelle Seaology pCO2 monitor, Aanderaa Oxygen Optode and a WETLabs WQM.
The Acidification Moorings sub-facility is responsible for building an ocean carbon and acidification monitoring network for Australian waters.  These moorings provide key observations to help us understand and address the problem of increasing ocean acidification. The Yongala acidification moorings is located to characterise changes down the east coast of Australia and the influence of the East Australian Current on CO2 uptake and acidification from the Great Barrier Reef to the Southern Ocean.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, IMOS Platform | NRSYON | Yongala National Reference Station Mooring, IMOS Platform | NRSYON-CO2 | Yongala Acidification Mooring, IMOS Sub-Facility | ANMN-AM | Acidification Moorings, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_air, sea_surface_salinity, sea_surface_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Respiration and ammonia excretion rates of Antarctic zooplankton (Nella Dan Cruise)

Zooplankton were collected from 19 stations in Antarctic waters between December 1978 and January 1979. Plankton samples were sorted into individual species and live specimens of 8 species were maintained in an incubator at -0.5 ± 0.5°C and transported to the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) for laboratory experiments. The remainder of the samples were frozen at -20°C. The live specimens were used for direct measurements of respiration and ammonia excretion rates by a water bottle method. Individual animals were placed in bottles of filtered seawater. The size of the bottle used ranged from 50 to 1000 ml, depending on the size of the animal. After incubation for 24 hours at -0.5°C, a sample of water was drawn for determination of dissolved oxygen concentration and ammonia concentration.Enzyme activity of the respiratory electron transport system (ETS) was determined using frozen specimens of the same species as well as an additional five species. Frozen samples were homogenized with a piece of GF/C filter in ETS B solution and the cell free extracts were incubated at temperatures similar to water temperatures where the animals were collected (± 0.3°C). The same homogenates were used to determine protein concentration. A subsample of animals were freeze dried to determine average body dry weight for each species. The results of protein analysis was expressed as the ratio of protein to dry weight. Respiration rate, ammonia excretion rate and ETS activity were calculated on the basis of average dry weight. Ratios of the respiration rate to ammonia excretion rate (O:N) and ETS activity to respiration rate (ETS:R) were also calculated.Moulting intervals of three specimens of Euphausia superba maintained at -0.5°C were also observed. Measurements of moults were also taken.
 This study was initiated to:1. measure respiration and ammonia excretion rates of Antarctic zooplankton2. measure enzyme activity of the respiratory electron transport system (ETS) as an indirect measure of respiration rate3. compare respiration and ammonia excretion rates with published rates for species of the copepod family Calanidae and the Euphausiid genus Euphausia occurring in different temperature regimes.
 Live zooplankton taxa used for respiration and ammonia excretion measurements:Pteropoda: Limacina antarcticaCopepoda: Calanus propinquus, Calanus acutus, Metridia gerlachei Euphausiacea: Euphausia superba, Euphausia crystallorophias, Thysanoessa macruraAmphipoda: Parathemisto gaudichaudiiAdditional taxa used to estimate ETS activity from frozen specimens:Ctenophora: Pleurobrachia sp.Pteropoda: Clione antarcticaCopepoda: Calanus tonsus (juvenile), Paralabidocera antarcticaAppendicularia: Oikopleura gaussica

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind statistics at Governor Head Meteorological Station, Jervis Bay for the Winter period between June 1989 and August 1989

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) recorded winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head (Jervis Bay). The site is several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and is 63m above sea-level.
This record provides wind statistics for the Winter period between June 1989 to August 1989. Individual measurements have been converted so that trends of wind speed and direction can be seen for the season. The station initially recorded wind data at 10 minute intervals throughout the duration of the experiment.
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Lake Cathie / Innes, Port Macquarie - Hastings Council

The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) developed CLAM in 2004 when contracted by the NSW State Government to provide sustainability assessments of 8 coastal lakes. Several projects have since been established directly with local government and NRM groups.
To date, 27 CLAMs have been developed in New South Wales, where they generally fit within estuary management or catchment management plans. To develop these CLAMs and build local capacity to maintain them, ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd - the commercial company of ANU developed an Accreditation Scheme whereby local consultants are trained in the CLAM approach.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Agriculture | Agricultural Plant Science | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Agriculture | Forest Science | Forest Fire Science, Agriculture | Forest Science | Reforestation, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Lakes, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Rivers/stream Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Saline Lakes, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Agricultural Lands, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Estuarine Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Riparian Wetlands, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources | Agricultural Economics, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Eutrophication, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Sewage, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Urbanization, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Water Management, Human Dimensions | Land Use/land Cover | Land Management, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Lakes, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Rivers/streams, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Nutrients, Lake Cathie, Land Surface | Erosion/sedimentation | Suspended Solids, Land Surface | Landscape | Landscape Management, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Lagoons, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Level Rise, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - State and Trends - Seabirds

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "The state and trends of quality of species and groups – seabirds". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF TAXONOMIC GROUP FOR EXPERT ASSESSMENT
There are presently 57 species of seabirds known to breed in and around Australia and the external territories of Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Island, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and the Coral Sea islands. These 57 species are comprised of penguins (1 species), albatrosses (1 species), petrels, shearwaters and storm-petrels (19 species), boobies, tropicbirds, frigatebirds, cormorants and pelican (16 species) and gulls, tern, and noddies (20 species). Another 130 species of seabirds have been recorded in Australia, either as non-breeding or vagrant. Shorebirds are not considered here, nor are issues associated with nesting or onshore breeding colonies as these are assessed under the Coasts chapter. Species breeding on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic continent are assessed under the Antarctic chapter.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
The assessment was based on data and analyses published in the peer reviewed literature and agency reports. Details on the specific data products used in this assessment have not been provided.

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Comparability: Grade and trend are somewhat comparable to the 2011 assessment
• 2011 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Stable
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
Unclear how the 2011 assessment was carried out and on what data. There is very little data on trends in populations available and so the trend cannot be regarded as stable but rather unclear.

Tags: expert assessment, population status, seabirds
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from crown-of-thorns seastar (AIMS)

This dataset consists of shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from crown-of-thorns seastar (CoTS) under different feeding and temperature treatments, based on aquarium and laboratory experiments.
The aim of this study was to improve the understanding of the major factors affecting the dynamics of environmental DNA (eDNA) from crown-of-thorns seastar (CoTS). This data will help inform the use of eDNA as a novel tool for the management of CoTS outbreaks on tropical coral reefs.
This dataset consists of two spread sheets. The description of each is provided below.
&lsquo;shedding&rsquo;, cots_edna.csv
This spread sheet consists of the eDNA shedding rates (DNA copies per hour per individual) of 8-month-old juvenile CoTS under two temperatures (24 and 28 oC) and three feeding treatments
(no coral, coral accessible and coral inaccessible).
&lsquo;degradation&rsquo;, cots_edna.csv
This spread sheet consists of the eDNA concentration (DNA copies per litre) at designated time points between 0 &ndash; 120 hours, under three temperatures (24, 26 and 28 oC).
-Temp: water temperature in oC
-Treatment: feeding treatment (NF = no food, FA = food accessible, FI = food inaccessible)
-Flow: flow rate of the tank (litre per minute)
-Diameter: diameter of the CoTS in mm
-Weight: weight of the CoTS in mg
-SheddingRate: in the unit of DNA copies per hour

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in May 2019

Flow cytometry data was collected in May 2019, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (DCM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Patterns of recruitment of epifaunal species at Portsea, Victoria.

This study investigated the temporal and spatial patterns of recruitment of epifaunal species at Portsea. Recruitment panels were immersed at depths of 1 - 2.2 metres for 10 months (25/10/1975 - 11/9/1976) and 24 months (16/11/1977 - 14/11/1979) and at depths of 3 - 3.8m for 18 months (11/9/1976 - 18/5/1978). Each panel was divided into four quadrats (9 x 9cm) and the number of larvae recruits in each quadrat was recorded every 2 months using a binocular microscope. The replicate number of quadrats sampled every 2 months varied between 1 and 30 replicates. The mean number of larval recruits per quadrat for each period was calculated for each species at each depth. 
An additional treatment ('complex substratum' treatment) was added to 2 panels for 2-month periods from 13/10/1976 to 12/10/1977 to assess the effects of substratum complexity on the recruitment of epifauna. The complex substratum treatment simulated the physical structure of a barnacle and arborescent bryozoan community. On each panel there was 1 quadrat that was a complex substratum treatment and 1 quadrat that was randomly chosen from the 3 remaining to be analysed as the control. Thus, there were 2 replicate quadrats of each treatment (complex substratum and control) per 2-month period. At the completion of each period all individuals and colonies of each species were counted in each quadrat.
Availability and abundance of settling larvae varied seasonally and annually. Rates of recruitment of larvae were greatest during spring, summer and autumn. Polychaetes, barnacles, hydroids, tubicolous amphipods and bryozoans recruited in greater abundance and more consistently throughout each year than did ascidians or sponges. A greater diversity of species settled on the complex substratum treatments and the density of settlement of some species was also higher.

Tags: 10 000000, 11 000000, 20 000000, 22 000000, 27 500000, 28 401000, 35 000000, 37 465002, Ascidiacea, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | artifical substrata | pier piling, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | rocky substrata, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Competition, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Predation, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Succession, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Bryozoa, Cirripedia, Hydrozoa, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | epifauna, Penicipelta vittiger, Phyoxocephalidae, Polychaeta, Porifera, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea Pier
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
International sea level: British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)

The international sea level data available on the BODC website are a combination of data collected under the the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS), the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) and the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) programmes.
This high frequency delayed-mode data set provides quality controlled data from stations in

The GLOSS Core Network
The network identified by the CLIVAR programme for ongoing climate monitoring
The network identified by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

The data assembly began with WOCE in early 1991 and continued until 2002. CLIVAR, evolving from WOCE, started in 1995 and will have a lifetime of 15 years. Towards the end of the WOCE period BODC, jointly with the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), became a GLOSS data archiving centre.

Tags: Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Sea Surface Height | Sea Surface Height, WORLD OCEAN, bottom pressure, sea level, sea_surface_height_above_sea_level, sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Determining the ecological health of key estuaries in North-Western Tasmania

This study considered a range of water-column and sediment (benthos) based variables commonly used to monitor estuaries,utilising estuaries on the North-West Coast of Tasmania (Duck, Montagu, Detention, and Black River). These included: salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nutrient and chlorophyll a levels for the water-column; and sediment redox, organic carbon content, chlorophyll a and macroinvertebrate community structure amongst the benthos. In addition to comparing reference with impacted estuaries, comparisons were also made across seasons, commensurate with seasonal changes in freshwater river input, and between regions within estuaries (upper and lower reaches) - previously identified in Hirst et al. (2005). This design enabled us to examine whether the detection of impacts (i.e. differences between reference and impacted systems) was contingent on the time and location of sampling or independent of these factors. This data includes sampling from Duck River, Montagu River, Detention River, and Black River.

Tags: Benthic macroinvertebrates, Degradation, Human impact, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Chlorophyll sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania

Chlorophyll a concentration is widely used as a proxy to describe trends in phytoplankton biomass over spatial and temporal scales. The concentration of chlorophyll a in Storm Bay showed surprisingly little variation across the seasons. There was a gradient in concentration from site 1 to site 3, where chlorophyll a decreased slightly. It was highest and most variable at the inshore sites 1 and 9, and lowest at site 3, furthest out in the bay. There was no clear annually recurrent seasonal bloom, although data suggests higher values in spring and autumn (see later time series).

Tags: Concentration of phaeophytin per unit volume of the water body, GC_CHLOROPHYLL_A_STDDEV, PHAEOPHYTIN_STDDEV, PP_CHLOROPHYLL_A_STDDEV, PT_CHLOROPHYLL_A_STDDEV, PT_CHLOROPHYLL_B_STDDEV, PT_CHLOROPHYLL_C_STDDEV, Storm Bay, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - National Reference Station (NRS) North Stradbroke Island Mooring

The NRS North Stradbroke Island Mooring (IMOS platform code: NRSNSI) is one of a series of national reference stations designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. The mooring is located at Latitude -27.34, longitude 153.56.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), IMOS Platform | NRSNSI | North Stradbroke Island National Reference Station Mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network