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Ecological Data Of Fish, Invertebrates And Water Quality In Broughton Creek, Shoalhaven River, Pia Winberg

Research Data

This data contains raw fish and invertebrate assemblage counts and identification (family, genus and species levels), collected upstream and downstream across four flood mitigation drains and tributaries along Broughton Creek, Shoalhaven, NSW, Australia. It also contains, water quality variables for each tributary on each sampling occasion (pH, temperature, oxygen, salinity and turbidity). The study area contained, six tributaries or flood mitigation drains (approximately 3.5 m. deep x 8 m. wide) along a 3 km. section of Broughton Creek, including two drains without floodgates (reference drains), two drains with bi-directional smart gates targeted for mechanical rehabilitation, and two drains with non-operational …