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GBR - Lagoon water quality data (AIMS)

Posted on 26 November 2008

The purpose of this study is to quantify spatial and temporal patterns in water quality of the GBR.

Surface water quality data collected by Miles Furnas and colleagues (AIMS) between 1988 and 2006. Niskin or bucket surface water samples and laboratory analyses of a suite of physical and chemical water quality data, including chlorophyll, suspended solids (SS), and the following nutrients: particulate phosphorus (PP), particulate nitrogen (PN), total dissolved phosphorus (TDP), total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), total phosphorus (TP = PP + TDP), total nitrogen (TN = PN + TDN).

M. Furnas (AIMS)
B. Schaffelke (AIMS)

Custodian(s)

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Owner Institution(s)

Chlorophyll: micrograms / liter;

Suspended solids (SS): mg / liter;

All nutrients: micromol / liter.

Data Units

Great Barrier Reef (whole GBR)

Region & Spatial Extent

1992 - 2006

Data Collection

Ongoing

Maintenance & Update Frequency

Resource Constraints

- Furnas MJ, Mitchell AW, Skuza MS and Brodie JE (2005) The other 90 percent: phytoplankton responses to enhanced nutrient availability in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 253-265

- Furnas MJ (2003) Catchments and Corals: Terrestrial Runoff to the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Institute of Marine Science, CRC Reef. Townsville, Australia.

- Death G (2007) The Spatial, Temporal and Structural Composition of Water Quality of the Great Barrier Reef, and Indicators of Water Quality and Mapping Risk. Report to the Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. 59 pp.

De’ath G, Fabricius KE (2008) Water quality of the Great Barrier Reef: distributions, effects on reef biota and trigger values for the protection of ecosystem health. Final Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville: 104 pp

References

GBR_AIMS_Water-quality

Dataset Short Name

Google Earth Data