Port Curtis macrobenthic monitoring programme : [for] Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development) / Suncor Energy (Management)

In 1993, the Gladstone Port Authority (GPA) commissioned the consultants WBM Oceanics to design a long term macrobenthic monitoring programme for Port Curtis to quantitatively assess whether anthropogenic activities significantly impact macrobenthic fauna and the Port Curtis environment. Since November 1995, GPA bas sponsored macrobenthic sampling at 16 stations across Port Curtis. Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development) and Suncor Energy (Management) (SPPD/SEM )supported additional stations south of Friend Point (Stations 17-20, Site 5) from November 1995 and near the mouth of Flying Fox Creek (Stations 21-24, Site 6) from April1997. This is a report for the monitoring undertaken during the sampling periods up to and including November 1999.