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Biogeochemical Process Measurements

We have undertaken biogeochemical process measurements, and in many cases combined with water quality monitoring and macrofauna surveys, in a number of aquatic systems. Within a given aquatic system we have measured biogeochemical processes in many different habitat types including bare sediments, seagrass, benthic microalgae, macroalgae, and mangroves.

Examples of a few recent studies:

  • Pine River Estuary - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Department of Commerce
  • Lake Hugh Muntz - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Gold Coast City Council
  • Lower Richmond River - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Department of Commerce
  • Moreton Bay - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchment Partnership
  • Brisbane River - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and anammox. Client: ARC
  • Pimpama River Estuary and Broadwater - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: SKM (for Gold Coast Water)
  • Brunswick Estuary - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Byron Shire Council
  • Mary River Estuary and Great Sandy Straights - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification. Client: QLD EPA
  • Ord River Estuary - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: CSIRO Land and Water
  • Manly, Curl Curl and Dee Why lagoons - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification. Client: NSW DLWC
  • Lake Macquarie - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification. Client: WBM Oceanics
  • Cairns and Mission prawn ponds - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: QLD DPI
  • Great Barrier Reef Lagoon - Benthic nutrient fluxes, productivity and respiration, sediment denitrification, and macrofauna. Client: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
  • Emigrant and Maguires Creeks - Benthic productivity and respiration. Client: Department of Public Works and Services (DPWS)

Resource managers who wanted a better understanding of how their aquatic ecosystems functioned so that they could better manage their natural resources mostly commissioned these measurements.

Updated: 16 December 2010