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  Marlborough Sounds mussel farm data

Information from various farms around the Marlborough Sounds - collected as part of initial establishment of farms, annual monitoring or to change consent conditions. Diverse array of farms but collectively may be viewed as a long-term dataset.

Temporal coverage: Date of first record unknown, but is ongoing

Number of sites: A number of farms around the sounds

Main marine environment sampled: Coastal

Depth zone: Unknown

Sedimentary type: Primarily soft

Community association: Unknown

Sampling method: Diver observations - camera/video, drop cams, grab samples, bathymetry, invertebrate cores

Parameters collected: Sediment chemistry, community composition, mussel shell drop-off

Measured variables: Presence/absence of species, community composition, various sediment parameters

Species/community data: Benthic invertebrates, algae

Other data collection: Unknown

Will continue to collect data as and when required

Quality assurance: Yes – for sediment parameters

 
Citation proposal
. Marlborough Sounds mussel farm data. https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/2ac60fcd-25d6-4e9c-a765-df57d420aee4
 
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Identification

Data identification

Citation

Date
Credit
Various mussel farm companies AND Cawthron Institute

 

Cawthron Institute - Nigel Keeley  
98 Halifax Street East Nelson 7010 New Zealand

  +64 3 548 2319  
  +64 3 546 9464 
Website
Link to the website of the Cawthron Institute  

Link to the website of the Cawthron Institute

Keywords
  • coastal benthic soft chemistry physical ecological photograph visual observation video grab

Usage

Specific usage
MEMP

 

 
Use limitation
No known constraints.
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

Description
Marlborough Sounds
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W


 

Distribution

OnLine resource
Point of truth URL of this metadata record  

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

 

Quality

Data quality

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement
Limitation: irregular sampling
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
2ac60fcd-25d6-4e9c-a765-df57d420aee4   XML
Date stamp
2012-08-10T09:25:36
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research - Data curator  

 
 

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