Bynoe Harbour Habitat Mapping Survey 2016: Total oxygen uptake and total carbon dioxide re

Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the Northern Territory Government collected surface sediment data from Bynoe Harbour in May 2016. The dataset comprises O2 consumption and CO2 production rates measured from core incubation experiments on seabed sediments. The survey 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 carbon budgets based on sediment CO2 production rates.
• Assessing sediment metabolic activity and health based on oxygen uptake measurements.
• Correlating sediment geochemistry with habitat maps based on the broader survey's thematic mapping objectives.
• Establishing baseline environmental conditions for coastal management based on the 2014-2018 monitoring program.

Strengths

• Data collected by three authoritative institutions: Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the Northern Territory Government.
• Associated with a detailed post-survey report (Siwabessy et al., 2016, Record 2017/04).
• Part of a defined four-year baseline data program (2014-2018).
• Collection period is precisely defined (2-29 May 2016).

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 bias inherent to the single harbour survey.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Northern Territory Government Department of Land Resource Management.

Collection Method

Core incubation experiments on seabed sediments collected during the RV Solander survey SOL6432/GA4452.

Time Range

Data collected from 2-29 May 2016. Part of a program spanning 2014-2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 15:29:07.335660; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.