Microalgal blooms are a visible response to anthropogenic nutrient loadings in coastal ecosystems. This dataset compares phytoplankton and benthic microalgae responses to nutrient loads across tidal creeks with and without secondary treated sewage in a tropical estuary. The data was published by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on March 25, -2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling nitrogen limitation and saturation in phytoplankton based on sewage presence.
- Analyzing correlations between sewage marker coprostanol and nutrient concentrations.
- Comparing primary productivity and chlorophyll a responses between phytoplankton and benthic microalgae.
- Assessing in-situ algal community response scale and type to sewage-derived nutrients.
Strengths
- Data is focused on a specific, ecologically relevant comparison between creeks with and without sewage discharge.
- Study highlights a distinctive in-situ response, measuring multiple variables like coprostanol, nitrogen, phosphorus, primary productivity, and chlorophyll a.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-03-25 15:26:24.053703; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Field study comparing tidal creeks with and without secondary treated sewage discharge.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026 -03-25 15:26:24.053703.
- Geography
- A tropical estuary.