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Sedimentary dynamics, central Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

Name: Sedimentary dynamics, central Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea
Published: 2025

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

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Attribution: Format for citation of metadata sourced from Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in a list of reference is as follows: "Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (2009). Sedimentary dynamics, central Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea. https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/456c6bc6-7932-4b8b-a063-4678c36af359, accessed[date-of-access]".

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Samples were collected from 44 stations (using box, gravity, kasten, or multicorers) along several inshore-offshore transects between January 1999 and May 2004. These were organised by season of collection: NW Monsoon (December to March); SE Trades (late May to late October); and Transition (March to late May).Levels of particulate organic carbon (POC) were determined on bulk sediment and suspended particles. Chlorophyll a, phaeophytin a, and total phaeophytin were estimated.
To asess the role of intertidal mudbanks in the storage, utilisation and export of nutrients from the Fly River delta to the adjacent Gulf of Papua.
This data is a complemenary to a set held by J. Aller, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA. For an outline of the extent of that data, see:Aller J, Alongi DM and Aller R (2008) Biological indicators of sedimentary dynamics in the central Gulf of Papua: Seasonal and decadal perspectives. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: F01S08.Additional information is held about the Fly River and the Gulf of Papua for which there are separate metadata records.

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Alongi, Daniel M, Dr (Principal Investigator)

Modified: 19 09 2025

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The role of intertidal mudbanks in the diagenesis and export of dissolved and particulate materials from the Fly Delta, Papua New Guinea: Alongi DM (1991) The role of intertidal mudbanks in the diagenesis and export of dissolved and particulate materials from the Fly Delta, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 149: 81-107.

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Biological indicators of sedimentary dynamics in the central Gulf of Papua: Seasonal and decadal perspectives: Aller J, Alongi DM and Aller R (2008) Biological indicators of sedimentary dynamics in the central Gulf of Papua: Seasonal and decadal perspectives. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: F01S08.

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