Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government collected surface sediment data in Bynoe Harbour from 2-29 May 2016. The dataset comprises results from sediment oxygen demand experiments conducted on seabed sediments. The work was part of a four-year program (2014-2018) to create baseline habitat maps for marine resource management in the Darwin and Bynoe Harbour regions.
Use Cases
- Modeling benthic oxygen fluxes based on sediment oxygen demand measurements.
- Assessing seabed habitat quality for marine resource management using sediment chemistry data.
- Correlating sediment oxygen demand with physical sediment properties like grain size.
- Establishing environmental baselines for impact assessment in Northern Australian harbors.
Strengths
- Data collected by three authoritative institutions: Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government.
- Associated with a detailed post-survey report (Record 2017/04) providing methodological context.
- Part of a defined four-year program (2014-2018) with clear objectives for habitat mapping.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-06-04.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Department of Land Resource Management (Northern Territory Government)
- Collection Method
- Field survey (RV Solander, survey SOL6432/GA4452) involving sediment sampling and laboratory experiments.
- Time Range
- Data collected 2-29 May 2016; program ran 2014-2018.
- Freshness
- 2026-06-04 08:21:25.062751
- Geography
- Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.