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High-resolution temperature, salinity and depth data from southeastern Australian estuaries
Citable as data publication
Murray, S.; University of Technology Sydney (UTS): Australia; (2024): High-resolution temperature, salinity and depth data from southeastern Australian estuaries. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/672
Contact:
Murray, Shauna ;
Ajani, Penelope Availability:
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Estuaries are the important interface between the land and sea, providing significant environmental, economic, cultural and social values. However, they face unprecedented pressures including eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, habitat loss, and extreme weather due to climate change. Here we present an open access, quality-controlled water quality dataset collected from twelve diverse estuaries spanning 1000 km along the southeastern Australian coastl ine. Water depth, temperature and salinity data were collected across two years (2018-2021) capturing drought, wildfire and flood periods, using high accuracy Seabird MicroCAT field sensors located within oyster leases. These fully autonomous instruments collected and transmitted data every 10 minutes before downstream quality checking and uploading onto a public website. Simultaneous, high-resolution, longitudinal environmental data collected across multiple estuaries throughout a range of extreme weather events are exceptionally rare in the Southern Hemisphere, yet provide an invaluable resource for the aquaculture industry, researchers and environmental regulators alike. moreWater depth, temperature and salinity data were collected across two years (2018-2021) collected from 12 estuaries from 1000 km along the southeastern Australian coastline using high accuracy Seabird MicroCAT field sensors.
Related projects: Transforming Australian Shellfish Production, funded by the Food Agility CRC in Australia. Scope Themes: Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries), Geology - Geophysics - Sedimentation > Bathymetry - sonar images, Physical > Hydrography (e.g. T,S) Keywords: South East Australia Geographical coverage South East Australia [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 September 2016 - 31 March 2021 Parameters
Salinity: Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Water depth: Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Water temperature: Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Sea-Bird MicroCAT field sensor Contributors
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), more, data creator
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2024-07-16
Information last updated: 2024-07-17
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