Benthic habitat surveys of potential LNG hub locations in the Kimberley region.

对金伯利地区潜在液化天然气枢纽位置进行底栖栖息地调查。

• 批准号: global : 516811d7-cda8-207a-e0440003ba8c79dd
• 金额: --
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/benthic-habitat-surveys-kimberley-region/689253
• 关键词: Benthic; habitat; surveys; potential; LNG

A number of sites in the Kimberley region were considered for their suitability as a location for a proposed common-user liquefied natural gas hub precinct. These included Gourdon Bay, Quondong - Coulomb Point, Perpendicular Head and Packer Island. The marine benthic communities at these prospective sites are largely undescribed. On behalf of the Northern Development Taskforce (NDT), the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DECWA) has approached CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to undertake a joint benthic community survey of four locations in this region. <br /> <br /> This survey data will compliment the limited existing data and will used by NDT to rank and select suitable sites to be included in a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SAE). This selection process will be used to identify a suitable hub site that will minimise the degree of habitat disturbance by avoiding areas of high biodiversity and significance for threatened species and high productivity and structural complexity that may contain complex marine habitats, endemic species and important wildlife.

考虑了金伯利地区的一些地点是否适合作为拟议的共同用户液化天然气中心区的地点。 其中包括古尔敦湾、全洞-库仑角、Percavular Head和Packer Island。 这些潜在地点的海洋底栖生物群落基本上没有描述。西澳大利亚州环境和养护部代表北方发展工作队与澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织海洋和大气研究所和澳大利亚海洋科学研究所进行了接触，要求对该区域的四个地点进行联合底栖生物群落调查。<br /> <br /> 该调查数据将补充有限的现有数据，并将由NDT用于排名和选择合适的地点以纳入战略环境评估（SAE）。这个选择过程将用于确定一个合适的枢纽地点，通过避免高生物多样性和对受威胁物种的重要性以及高生产力和结构复杂性的区域，可能包含复杂的海洋生境，特有物种和重要野生动物，将生境干扰的程度降至最低。