Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program - Bio Accumulation

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

PCIMP monitored across 15 sampling zones (54 water sites) in Port Curtis assessing the water quality and health of Port Curtis, with sites ranging from the Narrows in the north to Colosseum Inlet in the south. Included in the zones were sites within the State and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zones. Oysters Three batches of ten (10) oysters were attached to buoys at each of the 54 sites across the Harbour. The oysters can accumulate metals from the water to provide an indication of the average concentration of metals in the water over the time they were deployed. Oysters were deployed two times a year in March and August and left in the water for approximately three months. Oysters are used to measure bioaccumulation of metals, metalloids and fluoride.

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Field Value
Title Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program - Bio Accumulation
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1788559e-367b-4f96-9382-3adeb943bc1e
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
adc@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 03/02/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    151.4841,
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  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program - Bio Accumulation". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/port-curtis-integrated-monitoring-program-bio-accumulation