Cleveland Bay Maintenance Dredging Water Quality Monitoring Program

Collection of water quality data (turbidity, underwater PAR (light), salinity, temperature and depth) at five sites around Cleveland Bay off Townsville to monitor water quality in conjunction with Maintenance Dredging conducted by the Port of Townsville Limited.Equipment was deployed from September 2014 with monthly servicing and download of the data, water samples were also taken each month and analysed for TSS.The work was completed under a contract with the Port of Townsville Limited. Sampling equipment was located at five 'sensitive receptor' sites within Cleveland Bay (seagrass sites: western Cleveland Bay and Virago Shoals (off Palarenda), Coral Sites: Florence Bay, Geoffrey Bay and Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island) to monitor water quality in conjunction with the operation of maintenance dredging by the Port of Townsville Limited. Data collected every 10 minutes and downloaded on monthly sampling trips.本数据集收录了汤斯维尔近海克利夫兰湾周边5个监测点位的水质数据，涵盖浊度、水下光合有效辐射（PAR，光照）、盐度、温度及水深，用于配合汤斯维尔港有限公司开展的维护疏浚工程进行水质监测。监测设备于2014年9月投入部署，每月进行设备维护并下载数据；同时每月采集水样并针对总悬浮固体（TSS）开展分析。本项目由与汤斯维尔港有限公司签订的合同委托实施。采样设备部署于克利夫兰湾内的5个"敏感受体点位"，其中海草床点位包括克利夫兰湾西部及帕拉伦达近海的维拉戈浅滩；珊瑚礁点位包括磁岛的佛罗伦萨湾、杰弗里湾及野餐湾，用于配合汤斯维尔港有限公司的维护疏浚作业开展水质监测。数据每10分钟采集一次，于每月采样行程中完成下载。