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GBR - Basic water quality of Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island (JCU)

Andrew Chin

James Cook University Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre

Posted on 24 February 2010

This is data associated with MTSRF Task 4.8.4s, a MTSRF supported PhD project titled Biology and ecology of the blacktip reef shark. As part of this project, basic water quality data were collected during shark tagging trips at the study site - Cockle Bay Reef at Magnetic Island. The meta data regarding these shark catch and tagging trips are recorded in a separate data file.

Basic water quality of Cockle Bay was measured at weekly to monthly intervals with handheld instruments - a YSI water quality meter (temp, salinity, condutivity, dissolved oxygen), and secchi disk depth.

  • Andrew Chin
Custodian(s)
  • James Cook University, Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre
Owner Institution(s)

Temperature - Degrees celcuis

Salinity - ppt

Conductivity - ms

Dissolved oxygen - mg/l and % saturation

Secchi depth - cm

Data Units
Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, 19.17486S; 146.82681E and seaward rubble flat 19.18229S; 146.81958E, shelf edge near NQ water pipeline 19.17098S; 146.80077E
Region & Spatial Extent
2008 - 2011
Data Collection
Ongoing
Maintenance & Update Frequency
For some dates, YSI meter not available so there is no conductivity or dissolved oxygen data. On these dates, salinity was measured using a refractomter and temperature using the boat depth sounder. Some months missing due to poor weather when sites could not be accessed. Copyright remains with the data owner but a non-exclusive licence to use the data may be granted upon request. Users must acknowledge the Data Owner - Andrew Chin at the JCU Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre.
Resource Constraints
GBR_JCU_WQ-Cockle-bay
Dataset Short Name
Google Earth Data
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