AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program Water Quality Data 1990-1996 (Great Barrier Reef)

Water Quality Data from the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program. Water and sediments (another dataset) were sampled at the same sites adjacent to all 52 reefs where fish and benthic transects are conducted. Sampling occurs in open water within 500 metres of the reef, on both sides (north and south flanks) of the reef. Sampled reefs occur throughout the Great Barrier Reef, and the reefs of the North West coast of Australia. To track change. Data recorded includes temperature, salinity, Secchi depth, suspended solids, silicates, ammonium, nitrite, dissolved nitrogen (organic, inorganic and total), dissolved phosphorus (organic, inorganic and total), chlorophyll-a and phaetophytin pigments. Observations commenced in August 1990 and ceased in 1996.

本数据集源自澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（AIMS）长期监测计划。研究团队在全部52处开展鱼类和底栖生物样带调查的珊瑚礁邻近点位，同步开展了水质与沉积物（另一独立数据集）的采样工作。采样点位设置在礁体周边500米范围内的开阔水域，覆盖礁体南北两侧翼（北翼与南翼）。被采样的珊瑚礁分布于整个大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）以及澳大利亚西北海岸的珊瑚礁海域，监测旨在追踪海洋环境变化。本次监测记录的指标涵盖水温、盐度、赛氏盘深度（Secchi depth）、悬浮固体、硅酸盐、铵盐、亚硝酸盐、溶解氮（包括有机态、无机态及总溶解氮）、溶解磷（包括有机态、无机态及总溶解磷）、叶绿素a以及脱镁叶绿素（phaetophytin）。监测工作始于1990年8月，于1996年终止。