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WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.4 Continuous in situ monitoring of sediment deposition in shallow benthic environments

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 14/09/2025

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Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses. The objective of WAMSI DREDGING SCIENCE NODE Project 4.4 is to examine the suitability of automated in situ sediment deposition sensors based essentially on an upward facing nephelometer (see Ridd et al. 2001) to assess sediment deposition. Prototype versions of this device developed by Peter Ridd at James Cook University - have been deployed in situ and although the sensor currently gives useful information, the shape of the sensor needs to be optimized and the sensor readings need to be calibrated against settled sediment surface density as measured in units of mg cm2. The objective of Project 4.4, which is being led by Peter Ridd at James Cook University, is to re-design, optimise and calibrate the deposition sensor head to more closely mimic the trapping of sediments on a coral's surface. The project will determine how the new sensor geometry responds to turbidity events and deposition events in situ and in the laboratory caused by different particle size distributions under different turbulence regimes. Once working, the deposition sensor will be used in the laboratory experiments (WAMSI DREDGING SCIENCE NODE Project Project 4.6).

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Field Value
Title WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.4 Continuous in situ monitoring of sediment deposition in shallow benthic environments
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/bbb74bd0-2b48-4d1a-9ac4-5c2d1630fda3
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
adc@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 03/05/2018
Geospatial Coverage Western Australia
Data Portal Western Australia Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.4 Continuous in situ monitoring of sediment deposition in shallow benthic environments". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-2-dredging-node-project-4-4-continuous-in-situ-monitoring-of-sediment-deposition-in-s_ff1