Bynoe Harbour sediment oxygen demand data was collected by Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the Northern Territory Government from 2-29 May 2016 on the RV Solander. The dataset comprises experimental results from seabed sediments collected during a survey focused on obtaining high-resolution bathymetry, characterizing substrates, and collecting tidal data. This work was part of a four-year (2014-2018) program to improve knowledge of marine environments in the Darwin and Bynoe Harbour regions.
Use Cases
- Modeling benthic oxygen consumption rates based on sediment oxygen demand measurements
- Creating thematic habitat maps for marine resource management based on integrated baseline data
- Analyzing relationships between sediment chemistry and oxygen demand based on characterized substrate properties
- Assessing environmental baselines for marine environments using collated survey data
Strengths
- Data collected by three authoritative institutions: Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the Northern Territory Government
- Survey conducted over a defined period from 2-29 May 2016
- Results are documented in a published post-survey report (Record 2017/04)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to a single harbor survey
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Department of Land Resource Management (Northern Territory Government)
- Collection Method
- Physical samples of seabed sediments collected during a marine survey on RV Solander, with experiments conducted on those samples.
- Time Range
- Sample collection period: 2-29 May 2016. Program period: 2014-2018.
- Geography
- Bynoe Harbour and outer Darwin Harbour, including Shoal Bay, Northern Territory, Australia.