NZ Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) wharf seabed monitoring
Survey to assess sediment levels near the end of the NZAS wharf using sediment core sampling and underwater video, and to collect and analyse sediment samples for a suite of potential chemical contaminants.
Temporal coverage: from 2004, last record 2009 (ongoing?)
Number of sites: 12 sites in 2004, 7 sites in 2009
Sampling frequency: 5 yearly
Main marine environment sampled: Coastal
Depth zone: Coastal
Sedimentary type: Soft-sediment
Community association: Mud/sand
Sampling method: Photographs, sediment cores
Parameters collected: Sediment chemistry,
photographic video survey, sediment levels
Measured variables: Photograph of seabed, water clarity, sediment grain-size, sediment organic content (AFDW), sediment metals (AL, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ni, Zn, TBT), sediment levels, video survey (sediment type, sediment accumulation, epifauna/epiflora).
Species/community data: Unknown
Other data collection: Unknown
Quality assurance: Yes
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Citation proposal
. NZ Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) wharf seabed monitoring. https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/5b1b1a54-c645-4749-b085-e52c50529047 |
Simple
- Date
- Credit
- NZ Aluminium Smelters Ltd AND Cawthron Institute
- Website
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Link to the website of the Cawthron Institute
Link to the website of the Cawthron Institute
- Keywords
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- coastal benthic soft chemistry physical ecological water column photograph core
- Specific usage
- MEMP
- Use limitation
- No known constraints.
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Description
- Bluff Harbour
- OnLine resource
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 5b1b1a54-c645-4749-b085-e52c50529047 XML
- Date stamp
- 2012-08-10T09:09:20
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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