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IMOS National Reference Stations - Water Quality and Plankton Sampling

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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Regular monthly water sampling is undertaken at the nine National Reference Stations, part of the Australian National Mooring Network, around the Australian coastline. The main goals of the project are to: 1. Provide a record of physical, chemical and biological (plankton) changes in Australian coastal waters. 2. Record data as part of a larger comprehensive national dataset, comprising both continuous in-situ sampling and analysis of discrete physical, chemical and biological samples collected monthly. The project was funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and falls within the Coastal Monitoring Network Facility. Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Data is available freely via the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. Station metadata can be found through this resource. National Reference Station details are available at: IMOS National Reference Station - Station Details .. MarLIN Record Number: 9011 People using these data should also consider historical data available from three of the National Reference Station sites: Maria Island Coastal Station Data 1944-2008 .. MarLIN Record Number: 4849 Port Hacking 100m Coastal Station Data 1953-2010 .. MarLIN Record Number: 5301 Rottnest Island Coastal Station Data 1951-2009 .. MarLIN Record Number: 4877

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Field Value
Title IMOS National Reference Stations - Water Quality and Plankton Sampling
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/698406d9-3b00-4a83-af9e-144c46e3243f
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Tim.Lynch@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/06/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "IMOS National Reference Stations - Water Quality and Plankton Sampling". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-national-reference-stations-water-quality-and-plankton-sampling