Brief description
MScience undertook a variety of studies for Dampier Port Authority and Pilbara Iron in response to proposals involving dredging of new berths and channels that occurred:\n\nDampier Port Authority (DPA): 8 January - 20 May 2004; and \nHamersley Iron Pty Limited (HI): 8 May - 23 October 2004 . \n\nData collected involved surveying distribution of coral species and their community structure, high-precision monitoring of coral, patterns of mortality from natural and anthropogenic influences (cyclone and dredging), water quality and investigating the reproductive status of corals in the turbid inshore marine environments of Dampier Harbour.Full description
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Subjects
Acropora sp. |
Biosphere |
Coastal Processes |
Community Structure |
Conductivity |
Corals |
Dredging |
Ecological Dynamics |
Oceans |
Oxygen |
Pavona sp. |
Ph |
Porites sp. |
Reproduction |
Sedimentation |
Suspended Solids |
Turbidity |
Turbinaria sp. |
Water Quality |
Water Temperature |
Zoology |
faviids |
scleractinian corals |
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Identifiers
- Local : corals-of-the-dampier-harbour-their-survival-and-reproduction-during-the-dredging-programs-2004
- URI : data.gov.au/dataset/ce8a0c87-ded4-4074-9a78-0b1cadffafb3