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Background quality of the coastal marine waters of the North West Shelf, Western Australia.

Australian Ocean Data Network
Luke Edwards (Distributes) McAlpine, Kevin (Point of contact) Office of Environmental Protection Authority (OEPA), Western Australian Government (Associated with) iVEC (Associated with)
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A sediment quality survey was undertaken at six locations in the marine waters off the Pilbara coast to determine concentrations of a range of selected metal and organic chemicals under natural background conditions. The suite of chemicals measured included arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver, vanadium, zinc, butyltin compounds, total petroleum hydrocarbons, BTEX chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides and PCBs. The work was undertaken to provide a baseline for evaluating anthropogenic changes or trends in sediment quality around regional centers of development (eg. Ports) and to ascertain the applicability the nationally recommended sediment quality guidelines from the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZECC & ARMCANZ, 2000) to the region.

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Statement: Original record compiled for the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), Project 3.8, 2008. Originally sourced from several databases compiled by WA DEC Marine Science Branch of projects relevant to the marine parks of WA. Variable metadata information was available.

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Kevin McAlpine
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R.J. Masini
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T. Daly
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C. Sim

Modified: 06 2008

Data time period: 2005-06-14 to 2005-06-23

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117.5,-20 117.5,-24.5 113,-24.5 113,-20 117.5,-20

115.25,-22.25

text: westlimit=113; southlimit=-24.5; eastlimit=117.5; northlimit=-20

text: uplimit=12; downlimit=4

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Coastal Cities/Towns (Australia) | Onslow, WA | Coastal Cities/Towns (Australia) | Port Hedland WA | EARTH SCIENCE | MARINE SEDIMENTS | Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA | Marine Features (Australia) | Dampier Archipelago, WA | Marine Features (Australia) | Exmouth Gulf, WA | Marine Features (Australia) | Pilbara Coast, WA | OCEANS | Oceans | Marine Sediments | Metals | Oceans | Marine Sediments | Organic Chemicals | Sediment Composition | Sediment Quality Monitoring | biota | oceans |

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Background quality of the marine sediments of the Pilbara - Marine Technical Report Series (MTR1_Pilbara_Coast_29Sept06_Technical_Report.pdf)

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