Water quality and biological data was collected from the Duck Bay estuary in North-Western Tasmania to assess draft indicator levels and investigate biological indicators of estuarine health. The data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-22. The dataset likely contains measurements from tide-dominated river estuaries in catchments with varying levels of human impact.
Use Cases
- Assessing water quality indicator levels based on the collected water quality data.
- Investigating biological indicators of estuarine health based on the biological data.
- Comparing estuarine conditions across catchments with varying human impacts as suggested by the study design.
Strengths
- Data is focused on a specific geographic location, Duck Bay in North-Western Tasmania.
- The dataset includes both water quality and biological data, allowing for multi-faceted analysis.
- The data was collected for a defined purpose: to assess draft indicator levels and investigate biological indicators.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Collected from four tide-dominated river estuaries, with this record specifically from Duck Bay.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-22 03:09:14.579669; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Duck Bay, North-Western Tasmania, Australia