IMOS - ANMN New South Wales (NSW) Mooring Sub-Facility

新南威尔士州系泊子设施是澳大利亚国家系泊网络的一部分。<br /> <br /> 该子设施正在悉尼附近建立一个系泊和测量断面，其中包括Port Hacking（悉尼）国家参考站（NRS）。像玛丽亚和罗特内斯特群岛的NRS站点一样，哈金港的数据已经收集了70多年。该样带包括邦迪外海65、100和140 m处的三个系泊处，以及哈金港NRS 100 m处的一个系泊处，每月在那里进行地球化学水取样。该区域通常位于东澳大利亚海流（EAC）与海岸分离的下游，经常受到EAC涡流的影响。数据收集工作有助于对与这些漩涡有关的海洋生态系统进行研究，而且由于次级设施位于澳大利亚人口最密集的地区，水质、废物处置、航运危害、有害藻华和娱乐等问题也特别值得研究。<br /> <br /> 该子设施还在新南威尔士州北部的科夫斯港的大陆架上部署了两个系泊设备，并在南部纳罗马外的贝特曼海洋公园部署了一对系泊设备。这些系泊设施将加强澳大利亚东南部海岸沿着的ANMN覆盖范围，并对东非共同体分离点上游和下游的大陆架区域进行长期监测。

The New South Wales Mooring Sub-Facility is part of the Australian National Mooring Network. <br /> <br /> This sub-facility is establishing a transect of moorings and measurements off Sydney, which includes the Port Hacking (Sydney) National Reference Station (NRS). Like the NRS sites at Maria and Rottnest Islands, data has been collected for over 70 years at Port Hacking. The transect consists of three moorings in 65, 100 and 140m of water off Bondi and a mooring in 100m at the Port Hacking NRS, where monthly biogeochemical water sampling is conducted. This region is typically downstream of where the East Australian Current (EAC) separates from the coast, and is often influenced by EAC eddies. Data collection supports research on the marine ecosystems associated with these eddies and, as the sub-facility is located in the most densely populated area of Australia, issues such as water quality, waste disposal, shipping hazards, harmful algal blooms and recreation are also of particular research interest.<br /> <br /> The sub-facility has also deployed two moorings across the shelf at Coffs Harbour in the north of NSW, and a pair of moorings at the Bateman's Marine Park, off Narooma in the south. These moorings will enhance the ANMN coverage along the coast of south-eastern Australia and also provide long term monitoring of the continental shelf region both upstream and downstream of the EAC separation point.