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/> 这个子设施正在建立悉尼近海系泊和测量的横断面，其中包括黑克港(悉尼)国家参考站(NRS)。就像位于玛丽亚和罗特内斯特群岛的NRS站点一样，黑客港收集数据已有70多年的历史。横断面由三个系泊平台组成，分别位于邦迪附近65米、100米和140米处的水域，以及位于黑克港NRS水域100米处的一个系泊平台，每月在那里进行生物地球化学水样采样。这一地区通常位于东澳大利亚洋流(EAC)与海岸分离的下游，经常受到EAC涡流的影响。数据收集支持对与这些涡流相关的海洋生态系统的研究，由于子设施位于澳大利亚人口最稠密的地区，水质、废物处理、航运危险、有害藻华和娱乐等问题也特别引起研究兴趣。<br/> <br/> 该子设施还在新南威尔士州北部的科夫斯港的货架上部署了两个系泊设备，并在南部纳鲁马附近的贝特曼海洋公园部署了两个系泊设备。这些系泊设施将加强澳大利亚东南沿海的ANMN覆盖范围，并对EAC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.