Water Quality and Suspended Metal Survey for Saibai and Boigu Islands, 2018

CSIRO's NESP TWQ 2.2.2 project summarises a November 2018 survey of water quality and suspended solid metal data from ten sites around Saibai and Boigu Islands in the Torres Strait. The survey was conducted to investigate elevated metal concentrations identified in a prior study. Water samples were collected from five sites per island and analysed for dissolved and particulate metals.

Use Cases

• Assess spatial patterns of metal contamination based on water samples from ten sites.
• Compare water quality parameters like salinity and pH between Saibai and Boigu Islands.
• Investigate the source of elevated metal concentrations mentioned in the project description.
• Analyze the relationship between suspended sediments and metal concentrations based on the described filtration method.

Strengths

• Includes data from ten specific sampling sites around two islands.
• Describes detailed sample collection and laboratory processing methods.
• Implements quality control measures including field blanks and duplicate samples at three sites.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sampling method is noted as not recommended for accurate dissolved zinc determination due to potential boat contamination.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, CSIRO NESP TWQ 2.2.2 project.

Collection Method

Water samples collected from patrol vessels, filtered, and analysed in CSIRO laboratories.

Time Range

November 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 01:13:43.445331; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ten sites around Saibai and Boigu Islands, Torres Strait.