661a4913-78f1-4723-bdf5-781ba1f7ae83 Data curator NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research curator@niwa.co.nz 2012-08-10T08:53:19 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 King Salmon Annual Monitoring Environmental monitoring and reporting in accordance with resource consents for salmon farming. Temporal coverage: 2011 (on-going) Number of sites: 6 salmon farms, 5-10 stations per farm in Queen Charlotte Sound (Ruakaka, Te Pangu, Clay Point, Otanerau) and Pelorus Sound (Forsyth Bay, Waihinau) Sampling Frequency: Annual Main marine environment sampled: Coastal (Sounds) Depth zone: Subtidal Sediment type: Soft Community association: Mud Sampling method: Grab samples, drop cameras, Van Dorn sampler, field observations Parameters collected: Sediment, water, in-fauna, bacterial Measured variables: Sediment: total free sulphides, redox potential, particle size, organic content, odour, metal concentrations (Cu, Zn), sediment outgassing; Community: in-fauna abundance and diversity; Bacterial mat coverage; Water column: near-bottom dissolved oxygen, nutrients (nitrate-N, nitrite-N, ammoniacal-N and dissolved reactive phosphorous) Species/Community data: Benthic invertebrates Other data collected: Rocky reef monitoring is also carried out for Te Pangu and Clay Point Collection: ongoing Quality assurance: Yes King Salmon Limited AND Cawthron Institute Nigel Keeley Cawthron Institute +64 3 548 2319 +64 3 546 9464 98 Halifax Street East Nelson 7010 New Zealand nigel.keeley@cawthron.org.nz http://www.cawthron.org.nz/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Link to the website of the Cawthron Institute marine coastal benthic soft chemistry water column physical ecological visual observation grab photograph MEMP Monitoring reports are publically available from council. eng oceans Queen Charlotte Sound (Ruakaka, Te Pangu, Clay Point, Otanerau) and Pelorus Sound (Forsyth Bay, Waihinau) 173.828 174.266 -41.262 -41.129 https://dc.niwa.co.nz/niwa_dc/srv/metadata/661a4913-78f1-4723-bdf5-781ba1f7ae83 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL Point of truth URL of this metadata record