Bynoe Harbour Sediment Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Flux from Core Incubations, 2016

Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government collected surface sediment data from Bynoe Harbour in May 2016. The dataset comprises oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production rates measured from core incubation experiments on seabed sediments. This work was part of a four-year program from 2014 to 2018 to create baseline habitat maps for marine resource management in the Darwin and Bynoe Harbour regions.

Use Cases

• Modeling benthic respiration rates based on measured O2 consumption and CO2 production.
• Assessing sediment biogeochemistry for habitat mapping based on core incubation experiments.
• Establishing baseline environmental conditions for marine management based on the 2016 survey data.
• Correlating sediment gas flux with physical properties like grainsize and acoustic backscatter mentioned in the survey objectives.

Strengths

• Data originates from a collaborative survey involving three authoritative institutions: Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the NT Government.
• Collection occurred during a defined period from 2-29 May 2016 on the RV Solander (survey SOL6432/GA4452).
• The project is 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Core incubation experiments conducted on seabed sediments collected during a marine survey.

Time Range

Data collected from 2-29 May 2016, as part of a program spanning 2014-2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:33:49.736646; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.