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Title |
Bellinger River Health Program 2017-2022: DPE Science, Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate data |
Abstract |
In response to the strong community interest in the Bellinger River turtle population, and a publicly perceived link between turtle mortality and poor water quality, a citizen science program was developed in 2017. This is now known as Bellingen Riverwatch, a high resolution, long-term community led water quality monitoring program, covering the Bellinger and Kalang rivers and their tributaries. Initial discussions with stakeholders identified a strong community interest and investment in river health. It was also identified that, in order to maximise the effectiveness of information collected by the community, a concurrent scientific monitoring program be developed to provide quality assurance and to utilise the community data when reporting. In support of Riverwatch the government-based Bellinger River Health Program (BRHP) was commenced in 2017 by the Estuaries and Catchments Team in the Water, Wetlands and Coasts Science Branch in the Environment, Energy and Science Division of DPIE. (formerly OEH). This dataset is the water quality and aquatic macroinvertebrate data collected for the BRHP by the DPIE Estuaries and Catchments Team. It includes the water quality data collected for the program between autumn 2017 and autumn 2022 and macroinvertebrate data collected from autumn 2018 to autumn 2022. While there were macroinvertebrate samples collected in 2017 quality control and assurance analysis unfortunately led to removal of these samples from the data set. |
Resource locator |
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Data Quality Statement |
Name: Data Quality Statement Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data quality statement for Bellinger River Health Program 2017-2020: DPIE Science Water quality and Macroinvertebrate data Function: download |
DPE Science - Bellinger River Health Program Water quality and macroinvertebrate data - update 2017-2022 |
Name: DPE Science - Bellinger River Health Program Water quality and macroinvertebrate data - update 2017-2022 Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data collected for the Bellinger River Health Program by the Estuaries and Catchments Team for 2017 to 2022. Includes water quality and macroinvertebrate data and field habitat data for sites sampled in the Bellinger River catchment - update of previous dataset including new results form spring 2020 to autumn 2022. Function: download |
DPIE Science_BRHP_WQ and Bug Data_2018-2020 |
Name: DPIE Science_BRHP_WQ and Bug Data_2018-2020 Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Bellingen Riverwatch Health Project Data 2018-2020 Function: download |
DPIE Science BRHP spatial data |
Name: DPIE Science BRHP spatial data Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Shapefile download package Function: download |
Unique resource identifier |
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Code |
98be08e2-1bf6-4415-8479-9258a9cf862b |
Presentation form |
Document digital |
Edition |
2 |
Dataset language |
English |
Metadata standard |
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Name |
ISO 19115 |
Edition |
2016 |
Dataset URI |
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/98be08e2-1bf6-4415-8479-9258a9cf862b |
Purpose |
The purpose of this data is to provide information of water quality and macroinvertebrate communities in the Bellinger River and its tributaries. It allows for an assessment of river health through scientifically collected and laboratory analysed water quality and macroinvertebrate samples which can be used for comparison to samples collected by citizen scientists in Bellingen Riverwatch. |
Status |
Completed |
Spatial representation type |
None |
Spatial reference system |
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Code identifying the spatial reference system |
4283 |
| Field | Value |
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Topic category |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Keyword set |
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keyword value |
WATER-Quality WATER-Rivers |
Originating controlled vocabulary |
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Title |
ANZLIC Search Words |
Reference date |
2008-05-16 |
Geographic location |
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West bounding longitude |
152.3 |
East bounding longitude |
153.2 |
North bounding latitude |
-30.7 |
South bounding latitude |
-30.2 |
NSW Place Name |
Bellingen |
Vertical extent information |
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Minimum value |
-100 |
Maximum value |
2228 |
Coordinate reference system |
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Authority code |
urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG:: |
Code identifying the coordinate reference system |
5711 |
Temporal extent |
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Begin position |
2017-05-01 |
End position |
N/A |
Dataset reference date |
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Resource maintenance |
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Maintenance and update frequency |
Unknown |
Contact info | |
Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
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Limitations on public access |
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Responsible party |
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Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
| Field | Value |
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Metadata point of contact |
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Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
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Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
Metadata date |
2024-02-26T13:38:59.697116 |
Metadata language |
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