Ambient Water Quality Monitoring of the Port River Estuary

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Citation

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZSA0001027015

Title: Ambient Water Quality Monitoring of the Port River Estuary

Custodian: EPA

Jurisdiction: South Australia


Description

Abstract:

An ambient water quality programme designed to provide a long term assessment of water quality in the Port Adeaide River estuary.

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Spatial domain:

Geographic extent name:
South Australia,South Australia,SA - General
Geographic extent polygon:
129 -38.5, 141 -38.5, 141 -26, 129 -26, 129 -38.5

Note: The format for each Geographic extent name is: Name - Identifier - Category - Jurisdiction (as appropriate)

Geographic bounding box:
The bounding box encloses the maximum extents of the dataset. There may be voids or gaps within the bounding box, depending on the defined coverage of the dataset. Outer bounding rectangle as Latitude/Longitude coordinates based on the WGS84 datum (expressed as both Degrees Minutes Seconds and as decimal Degrees):

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Data currency

Beginning date: 01 September 1995 (1995-09-01)
Ending date: Current

Dataset status

Progress: In Progress
Maintenance and update frequency: Monthly

Access

Stored data format:
Digital Oracle database
Available format type:
Digital excel spreadsheets Non-digital reports
Access constraints:
Available on request from the EPA

Data quality

Lineage:

Monthly smaples are collected in the Port River, Barker Inlet, Angus Inlet, North Arm, Inner Harbour and Outer Harbour and analysed for nuutrients, chlorophyll, heavy metals, microbio0logical indicators of faecal contamination, water clarity or turbidity and salinity.

Positional accuracy:

+-50m

Attribute accuracy:

dependent on quality control in the lab

Logical consistency:

good

Completeness:

complete


Contact information

Contact organisation: Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Contact position: Manager Evaluation Branch
Postal address: 77 Grenfell Street
Locality: Adelaide
State: SA
Country: Australia
Postcode: 5000
Telephone: 82042068
Facsimile: 00000000
Electronic mail address: sam.gaylard@epa.sa.gov.au

Metadata information

Metadata date: 28 May 2002 (2002-05-28)
Metadata Reference: http://www.asdd.sa.gov.au/asdd/ANZSA0001027015.html

Additional metadata

State of the Environment (SOE) Data Inventory

This dataset description complies with ANZLIC Core Metadata Guidelines Version 1 and XML DTD ANZMETA 1.1 (metadata validation date: 2002-06-04)