This record summarises the Tasman bay survey data collected by TASCAM buoy and associated monitoring.

Temporal coverage: from 2006 (ongoing)

Number of sites: 1

Sampling Frequency: 5 yearly

Main marine environment samples: Coastal

Depth zone: subtidal/coastal

Sediment type: Soft

Community association: Mud

Sampling method: TASCAM buoy (3 depths), dropcams, infauna & sediment cores

Parameters collected: Infauna/epifauna communities, physical parameters (2006 & 2011).Water column chemistry (2011)

Measured variables: epifauna/infauna abundances & diversity, sediment grain size, sediment nutrients (N &P) (2006 & 2011). Conductivity, water temperature, chl-a, turbidity, wind velocity/direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, current velocity/direction (2011)

Species/Community data: Benthic invertebrates and macrophytes

Other data collected: unknown

Collection: ongoing

Quality assurance: Unknown