Bynoe Harbour Sediment Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurements from 2016

Bynoe Harbour in Australia's Northern Territory is the location for this dataset of O2 consumption and CO2 production rates from seabed sediment core incubations. The data were collected during a May 2016 survey aboard the RV Solander by Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government. This work was part of a four-year (2014-2018) program to establish baseline environmental data for marine habitat mapping and resource management.

Use Cases

• Modeling benthic carbon cycling based on sediment oxygen uptake and CO2 release rates.
• Assessing seabed habitat health based on geochemical flux measurements from core incubations.
• Correlating sediment chemistry with acoustic backscatter and grain size data mentioned in the survey objectives.
• Establishing environmental baselines for marine resource management, as stated in the program intent.

Strengths

• Data originates from a collaborative survey involving three authoritative institutions: Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the NT Government.
• Collection period is precisely documented as 2-29 May 2016 on survey SOL6432/GA4452.
• A detailed post-survey report (Record 2017/04) provides methodological context and peer review.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single harbour location and specific May 2016 sampling period.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Core incubation experiments conducted on seabed sediments collected during a marine survey aboard the RV Solander.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 15:48:48.166367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bynoe Harbour and outer Darwin Harbour, including Shoal Bay, Northern Territory, Australia.