Refer to the report: Dight IJ. (1991) The Torres Strait Baseline Study Scientific Programme: Assessing the Impacts of Heavy Metals in a Physically Complex and Biologically Diverse Tropical Marine System. In: D. Lawrence and T. Cansfield-Smith (eds) Sustainable Development for Traditional Inhabitants of the Torres Strait region. Proceedings of the Torres Strait Baseline Study Conference. Kewarra Beach, Cairns, QLD, 19-23 November 1990. GBRMPA Workshop Series 16 : 493-506.
This record describes the trace metal dataset from the MNF RV Franklin survey FR 07/1997, titled "TROPICS97 Tropical River-Ocean Processes in Coastal Settings." The survey departed Madang (Papua New Guinea) on August 4, 1997 and arrived in Townsville (QLD) on August 22, 1997. Samples were collected from the Sepik river and from each end of the N-S transects (~ 150 km long) off the coast of PNG. These stations were upstream of the plume (145 E), off the Sepik and downstream, or in, the plume (144 E and 143 E). Samples were also collected along the equator 143 E, 147 E, 149 E and 152 E. Samples were generally collected from surface to ~ 300m except equator station at 152 E where samples were collected to 2000m. Parameters: Concentrations of unfiltered (total dissolvable) cadmium, copper, iron, manganese and nickel. Four inshore stations and a Sepik river station (18 samples) included filtered (total dissolved) cadmium, copper, iron, manganese and nickel. More information is available from the Data Documentation link below.
This record describes the trace metal dataset from the MNF RV Franklin survey FR 01/2000, titled "TROPICS 2000: A continuing investigation on the supply of nutrients, organics and trace metals to the equatorial region from the Sepik River and their influence on coastal and oceanic primary production." The survey departed Cairns (QLD) on January 14, 2000 and arrived in Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) on February 3, 2000. Samples were collected from the Vitiaz Strait, along a transect from the Sepik River to Manus Island, in the New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent (NGCU) at 144 E and 143 E, and along the equator at 143E and 150E. 84 TM samples were collected, including 6 filtered samples and 3 quality control blanks and 75 salinities. Parameters: Concentrations of unfiltered (total dissolvable) cadmium, copper, iron, manganese and nickel. One station with 6 samples included filtered (total dissolved) cadmium, copper, iron, manganese and nickel. More information is available from the Data Documentation link below.
This dataset contains temperature, salinity, nutrient, trace metal and organic matter data for the Derwent Estuary (Tasmania), including Ralphs Bay and the mouths of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Storm Bay. The data were collected on various transects over 2 day periods at 3-monthly intervals, between March 1992 and July 1994. The sites sampled were a reduced subset of those used for the Derwent Estuary Physical Survey. Stations were chosen so that surface salinities ranged from 0 to 35 at intervals of about 5. Seven stations were sampled at fixed locations on each survey: at surface salinities of 0 and 35, two stations immediately downstream of major industries, and a transect of three stations across the river. The remaining stations (usually five) were selected to include all salinities that were not sampled at the fixed stations. Sampling was carried out at the surface (all stations), bottom (most stations), and intermediate depths at the seaward entrance to the estuary and midway down the estuary. The data form the chemical component of the Derwent Estuary study, carried out as part of the CSIRO Coastal Zone Program.
This dataset describes data collected from the Huon Estuary (Tasmania). Data was collected over a four day period during August/September 1998. Data was collected from 14 sites, ranging from 0 salinity at Judbury to a salinity of 35 at the seaward end of the estuary near Huon Island. Sites were selected to as possible sources of contaminants. Most sites were a subset from the Huon Estuary Study spatial surveys (refer to separate metadata record). Water samples were collected during the first three days. These samples were collected for salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, trace metals, pesticides, pigments, spectral absorbance and phytoplankton. Sediment samples were collected during the last day. These samples were collected for organic tracers, pesticides, mercury and phytoplankton cysts. (Refer to the SED1 metadata record for more sediment information from the Huon Project.) This dataset forms part of the CSIRO Marine Research Huon Estuary study, conducted over the period 1996-1998.
This record describes the End of Voyage archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V01, titled: "HEOBI: Heard Earth-Ocean-Biosphere Interactions." The voyage took place from Fremantle (WA) to Hobart (TAS) between January 7 and February 27, 2016. For further information refer to the Voyage documentation links below. Data collected include: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP: 150 KHz and LADCP), CTD and Hydrology, Gravitometer, SST Radiometer, Absorption Photometer, Nephelometer, Ozone, Radon, Greenhouse (Aerodyne and Picarro), and pCO2 sensors, Fisheries Echosounder (EK60), Bridge Echosunder (200 KHz), Multibeam Echosounder (EM122, EM710, ME70 and SBP120), CTD/Hydrology and Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs). Voyage-specific data include: Trace Metal Rosette (TMR), Triaxus, Ultra-Short Base Line (USBL) positioning system, Video, Scanning Mobility Particle Size (SMPS), Liquid Scintillation counter (Hidex), Laser Optical Particle Counter (LOPC), Disdrometer (rain droplet size), Rock-samples, Aerosol Trace Elements, Biological Samples, Dissolved Trace Elements, Equilibrator Inlet Mass Spectrometer (EIMS), Fluorescence Induction and Relaxation instrument (FIRe), submersible ultra-violet spectrometric nitrate detector (ISUNA), Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorder (MAPR), Microbial activity and diversity, miniaturized water sampler (Minimone), Particulate Trace Elements, Radiogenic isotope analysis samples, Wildlife observations, Deep Towed Camera (DTC) and Argo float deployments. The archive for the IN2016_V01 EOV data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive located at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via DataLibrariansOAMNF@csiro.au.