Algal Bloom and Water Quality Data for Barwon-Darling and Gwydir Rivers

Compiled monitoring data from June 2002 supports investigating flow-algal relationships in two Australian river systems. This dataset integrates phytoplankton counts, taxonomic inventories, and associated water quality and hydrological observations. The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water compiled this extract from multiple monitoring programs.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between river flow and algal bloom occurrence based on integrated hydrological and phytoplankton data.
• Analyzing phytoplankton community composition and density based on derived taxonomic inventories and summaries.
• Investigating water quality parameters associated with algal bloom events based on the supporting monitoring datasets.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple data types including phytoplankton counts, water quality, and hydrology.
• Compiled from multiple monitoring programs, suggesting a multi-source perspective.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is described as a source data inventory rather than a unified dataset, which may require significant integration effort.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Compiled extract from multiple monitoring programs.

Time Range

Data snapshot from June 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-12 08:14:52.003388; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barwon–Darling and Gwydir river systems, Australia.