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Pollution markers at ecological monitoring sites (NESP MB C2)

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Investigations of the impact of sewage and heavy metal inputs on inshore rocky reef communities have been limited to date because the scale of information on levels of pollutants has been much broader than the span of transects at sites investigated. As a consequence, analyses have been confounded by poor information on the variety of stressors operating at any site. Finer resolution data on pollutants are needed. To address this deficiency, the influence of sewage, heavy metals and other pollutants were assessed by collecting sediment samples at Reef Life Survey ecological monitoring sites and measuring a range of associated markers. This includes basic biogeochemical information (pH, turbidity, total phosphate, TKN, total organic carbon), stable isotopes (delta15N, delta13C), heavy metal concentrations, hydrocarbon concentrations.

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Title Pollution markers at ecological monitoring sites (NESP MB C2)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/677a667d-7377-4679-bf50-4cfc0c5bddfa
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
graham.edgar@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 01/09/2015 - 31/12/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Pollution markers at ecological monitoring sites (NESP MB C2)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/pollution-markers-at-ecological-monitoring-sites-nesp-mb-c2