Surveys of inshore fish catches, fish diets, and habitat and abiotic factors were carried out in the Norman River estuary, Gulf of Carpentaria, between 1991 and 1992.

This dataset contains data on species distributions, productivity, reproduction and growth of mangroves and saltmarshes from Jervis Bay, NSW. The data were obtained from a variety of surveys and measurement techniques between October 1988 and July 1991. Taxa identified comprised of about 130 vascular flora species, 15 of which are exotic. Species numbers range from 2 species in the mangroves to more than 80 in the fringe forest. Population structures of the 5 dominant species - Avicennia marina, Aegiceras corniculatum, Casuarina glauca, Sclerostegia arbuscula and Gahnia filum vary spatially. Temporal change in populations of Avicennia has occurred over time intervals of 20 years, the other species appear to have remained stable over the past 50 years. 13 maps on the mangrove and saltmarsh complexes have been prepared at a scale of 1:4000. The Jervis Bay mangroves and saltmarshes were compared with other locations around Batemans Bay and Port Hacking. NB - As the database has been lost, the only data still available are those published in the JERVIS BAY BASELINE STUDIES Final Report.

This dataset contains data on species distributions, productivity, reproduction and growth of mangroves and saltmarshes from Port Hacking, Botany Bay, NSW. The data were obtained from a variety of surveys and measurement techniques from two creeks between 1989 and 1991. The data were taken as a control site for similiar sampling in Jervis Bay. The data are part of the Jervis Bay Marine Ecological Study. NB - As the database has been lost, the only data still available are those published in the JERVIS BAY BASELINE STUDIES Final Report.

This dataset contains seagrass productivity and distribution data from Wagonga Inlet, adjacent to Narooma, NSW. The data were obtained between April and October 1991. The data were taken as a control site for similiar sampling in Jervis Bay. The data are part of the Jervis Bay Marine Ecological Study. NB - As the database has been lost, the only data still available are those published in the JERVIS BAY BASELINE STUDIES Final Report.

This dataset contains data on species distributions, productivity, reproduction and growth of mangroves and saltmarshes from Batemans Bay, NSW. The data were obtained from a variety of surveys and measurement techniques from two creeks between 1989 and 1991. The data were taken as a control site for similiar sampling in Jervis Bay. The data are part of the Jervis Bay Marine Ecological Study. NB - As the database has been lost, the only data still available are those published in the JERVIS BAY BASELINE STUDIES Final Report.

This dataset contains the results from algal bloom surveys in the Swan River, Perth, Western Australia. Aeroplane flights were used to map the extent of the blooms and at the same time, sea truthing of the images were made using an analysis for various pigments and obtaining phytoplankton samples. Four flight periods were made between October 1994 and December 1995, with up to 4 flights a day. The main species studied was the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium.

These data, reported in various volumes of CSIRO's "Oceanographical Station List" series between 1952 and 1957, comprise mainly measurements of temperature, salinity, nitrate, phosphate, and dissolved oxygen at estuary mouths and upstream for various distances, ranging from a few miles to almost 150 miles in some cases: e.g. for Tasmania's Derwent River, 20 stations were measured including various tributaries (Clyde, Ouse, Nive and Shannon) as well as lakes in the river system (Great Lake, Lake St. Clair). Sampling started in the 1940s and included the Nerang and Coomera Rivers, Moreton Bay and Brisbane River, Logan River and Dunwich Oyster Lease (QLD); Richmond River, Clarence River, Macleay River, Hastings River, Manning River, Port Stephens, Tilligerry Creek, Hawkesbury River, Middle Harbour and Port Jackson, Georges River-Botany Bay, Port Hacking, Lake Illawarra, Shoalhaven River, Jervis Bay, Clyde River, Moruya River, Tuross River, and Wagonga Inlet (NSW); Port Phillip Heads (VIC); and Tamar River, Derwent River, Huon River, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Lake Dobson, and Penna Dam (TAS). In the early 1950s the study was extended to Fitzroy River, Mary River, Gladstone Harbour, Sandy Island Strait and Moreton Island Lagoon (QLD); Maianbar-Port Hacking and Lake Macquarie (NSW); Pittwater (TAS); and King George Sound, Wilson's Inlet, Nornalup Inlet, Hardy Inlet, Leschanault Inlet, Peel-Harvey Estuary and Swan River (WA). 24-hour studies were carried out at some of the sites, and bottom samples also taken for measuring phosphorus, iron, organic carbon and total nitrogen. By 1955-6, sampling was being mostly discontinued in favour of coastal station monitoring, with the exception of Lake Macquarie which was at that time the focus of a major study.

This dataset contains data collected from 24/2/97 to 24/8/98 in the Lower Reaches of the Huon Estuary, Tasmania. One day surveys were carried out on five occassions on the day preceding HES4, HES5, HES6, HES9 and HES10 (see Huon Estuary Study - Spatial Survey Data 1996-1998 for details of these surveys). Physical Snapshots Surveys 1(PS01) & 2(PS02) took the form of a number of rapidly deployed CTD's and underway data collection. For Physical Snapshots Surveys 3(PS03), 4(PSO4) & 5(PS05) only the underway system was deployed.

Bathurst Harbour and Macquarie Harbour are estuarine systems on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. While Macquarie Harbour is grossly polluted from mine operations via contamination of the King River, Bathurst Harbour is surrounded by World Heritage wilderness and is essentially free of anthropogenic influences. The vegetation of the catchments of both harbours is similar and the waters of both harbours are deep brown due to the presence of humic substances. A hydrographic survey of the pristine Bathurst Harbour estuarine system was carried out over 4 days in January/February of 1990 (Austral Summer). Sampling and laboratory analyses for a range of trace elements (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn) were made using non-contaminating procedures.