Albert River Continuous Water Quality Station

SEQ Peri-urban Supersite Albert River. The SEQ Peri-urban Supersite was established under TERN in 2010. It provides extensive new research infrastructure for scientists to determine if key ecosystem services such as high-quality water can be maintained in a rapidly urbanising environment. The supersite comprises one node north of Brisbane City and two nodes to the south. At the northern site, in the Samford Valley, the focus is on the study of terrestrial biogeochemistry managed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) through the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF). The southern-most site, in the catchments of the Logan and Albert Rivers, has a strong aquatic biogeochemistry focus; it is managed by CSIRO. The third node, Karawatha Forest, has a biodiversity focus and is managed by Griffith University.In the SEQ Peri-urban Supersites located on the Logan and Albert River, high-frequency biogeochemical and ecological studies are under way to help scientists understand why they contribute such high loads of nitrogen and sediment into Moreton Bay. Permanent measurement stations have been established at both nodes to provide continuous water quality and flow data. The stations consist of physico-chemical sensors to measure temperature, pH (degree of acidity or alkalinity), Eh (the redox, or reduction-oxidation, character of the water), conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll, blue green algae, CDOM and nitrate; and a velocity Doppler to measure river flow and height. These measurements will help researchers to quantify land-use change.阿尔伯特河SEQ城郊超级站点（SEQ Peri-urban Supersite）。该SEQ城郊超级站点于2010年在TERN框架下设立，为科研人员搭建了完备的新型研究基础设施，旨在探究快速城市化环境中能否维系优质水源等关键生态系统服务功能。该超级站点包含布里斯班市北部1个监测节点与南部2个监测节点。 位于萨姆福德谷（Samford Valley）的北部站点，研究重点为陆地生物地球化学，由昆士兰科技大学（Queensland University of Technology, QUT）通过萨姆福德生态研究设施（Samford Ecological Research Facility, SERF）进行管理。最南端的站点坐落于洛根河与阿尔伯特河流域，核心研究方向为水生生物地球化学，由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）负责管理。第三个监测节点为卡拉瓦萨森林（Karawatha Forest），研究重点为生物多样性，由格里菲斯大学（Griffith University）运营管理。 坐落于洛根河与阿尔伯特河流域的SEQ城郊超级站点，目前正开展高频次生物地球化学与生态学研究，以助力科研人员探明该区域向摩顿湾（Moreton Bay）输入高负荷氮与沉积物的原因。两个监测节点均已设立永久监测站，可获取连续的水质与水流数据。这些监测站配备了可测量温度、酸碱度（pH）、氧化还原电位（Eh，即水体的氧化还原特性）、电导率、溶解氧、浊度、叶绿素、蓝藻、有色溶解有机物（CDOM）以及硝酸盐的理化传感器，以及可测量河流流速与水位的多普勒流速仪。上述监测数据将助力科研人员量化区域土地利用变化情况。