BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 939          Total No. of Sites: 80
Survey/Project Name: Great Artesian Basin SPRING Invertebrate MONITORING - WMC/BHPBILLITON
Abstract: Ongoing monitoring of macroinvertebrate fauna around the Great Artesian Basin springs in the Olympic Dam impact zone, in the Far North region of South Australia. Project managed originally by WMC and then BHP. The work is mainly done by consultants. Reports provided to South Australian Government. REFERENCE: 2002 Artesian Spring Monitoring Invertebrate Fauna. WMC Resources (Olympic Dam Corporation) Copper Uranium Division. March 2003 (scanned copy held in Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources BioDataStore).
 
Start Date: 01/01/1980      End Date: 31/12/2025
Survey Type: Invertebrates Only
   
Study Area Description: Blanche Cup Spring to Wangianna Spring
Objectives
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Fauna : Monitoring - Fauna/Ecosystem (ie species records - usually re-visited for ongoing monitoring) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Information Authority: WMC Resources Ltd - -
BHP Billiton