Oceanography sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania
Water temperature, averaged across the water column, in Storm Bay followed a distinct seasonal cycle each year, reaching a low of 9 °C and a high of ~ 19 °C. Warmest temperatures were in February, followed by a gradual cooling throughout autumn to a winter minimum in August, then increasing again during spring. Across the sites, the median temperature varied little, with site 3, the most marine of the sites, showing the least spread in values. Median salinity varied little across Storm Bay, being slightly higher at sites 3 and 6, highlighting the marine nature of site 3 and the patterns of seawater circulation in Storm Bay. The lowest salinities were recorded at site 1, where less saline surface waters flow into the bay from the Derwent Estuary. Seasonally, salinity was highest in autumn, with slightly fresher water present in Storm Bay in spring. Some lower salinity values were recorded in July and August, suggesting the presence of less saline subantarctic water flowing into the bay, or freshwater flow from the Derwent. Glider transects show slight lower salinity in summer, then mild stratification in autumn to spring, especially in the shallow regions near the mouth of the Derwent.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-06-25
Principal investigator
Point of contact
Point of contact
Point of contact
- Credit
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Temporal resolution
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P0Y1M0DT0H0M0S
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2009-11-01 2015-04-30
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 90
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
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- EARTH SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE | AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES | AQUACULTURE
- EARTH SCIENCE | TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE | WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN CIRCULATION | OCEAN CURRENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | PROTISTS | FLAGELLATES | DINOFLAGELLATES
- EARTH SCIENCE | CLIMATE INDICATORS | CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS | SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | MARINE SEDIMENTS | TURBIDITY
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN OPTICS | FLUORESCENCE
- Keywords (Place)
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- Storm Bay
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Temperate Reef
- AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
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- Saturation of oxygen {O2} in the water body [dissolved phase]
- Concentration of oxygen {O2} per unit volume of the water body
- Fluorescence of the water body
- Downwelling vector irradiance as photons (PAR wavelengths) in the water body
- Turbidity of the water body
- Practical salinity of the water body
- Temperature of the water body
- Pressure (measured variable) in the water body exerted by overlying sea water only
- Sampling depth
- Keywords (Theme)
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- O2_SATPCT
- O2_SBE43
- FLUORES
- PAR
- TURBIDITY
- SALINITY
- TEMP_ITS90
- PRESSURE
- DEPTH
- AODN Instrument Vocabulary
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. Please contact Kerrie Swadling (Principal Investigator) if you wish to use the data.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Swadling, K.M., Eriksen, R.S., Beard, J.M. and Crawford, C.M. (2018) Phytoplankton sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. Data accessed at http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=4a5e29ce-8bd5-4794-9a84-9b4372ae2b1c on (access date).
- Other constraints
- Please contact Kerrie Swadling (Principal Investigator) if you wish to use the data.
Associated resource
- Title
- East Coast Plankton
- Alternate title
- ECP
- Date
- Association Type
- Larger work citation
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Swadling, K.M., Eriksen, R.S., Beard, J.M. and Crawford, C.M. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, 2017, Salmon Sub-program: Marine currents, nutrients and plankton in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania and responses to changing weather patterns, Hobart, Tasmania, June. CC BY 3.0
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Identifier
- Name
- O2_SATPCT
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPCT
- Name
- Percent
Identifier
- Name
- O2_SBE43
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UMGL
- Name
- Milligrams per litre
Identifier
- Name
- FLUORES
- Name
- PAR
- Identifier
- http://vocab.aodn.org.au/def/unitsofmeasure/entity/585
- Name
- Micromoles per second per square metre
Identifier
- Name
- TURBIDITY
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/USTU
- Name
- Nephelometric Turbidity Units
Identifier
- Name
- SALINITY
- Identifier
- http://vocab.aodn.org.au/def/unitsofmeasure/entity/481
- Name
- Practical Salinity Unit
Identifier
- Name
- TEMP_ITS90
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA
- Name
- Degrees Celsius
- Name
- PRESSURE
- Name
- Pound-force per square inch (PSIA)
Identifier
- Code
- Sampling depth
- Name
- DEPTH
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA
- Name
- Metres
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- CSV
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - Oceanography sampling [direct download]
- OnLine resource
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imas:ECP_GEOSERVER_OCEANOGRAPHY
MAP - Oceanography sampling locations
- OnLine resource
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imas:ECP_GEOSERVER_OCEANOGRAPHY
This OGC WFS service returns the data in subsettable CSV format.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Temperature, salinity, fluorescence, and dissolved oxygen were measured at each site using a Seabird SBE 19 plus CTD (full water column profile) and/or a YSI 6600 V2 Sonde CTD (profile to 30 m). The CTD was programed to measure parameters every second on the down and upcasts. The data were depth averaged to every 0.5 m and only the upcasts were used as they showed less ‘noise’ in the profiles.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research vessel
Instrument
Identifier
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Instrument
Identifier
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Instrument
Identifier
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 4a5e29ce-8bd5-4794-9a84-9b4372ae2b1c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/4a5e29ce-8bd5-4794-9a84-9b4372ae2b1c
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2019-03-06T17:31:43
- Date info (Revision)
- 2019-03-06T17:31:43
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018