National Reef Monitoring Network: QA/QC Protocols for Global Reef Biodiversity Data

A document from the Australian Ocean Data Network describes the management and quality assurance processes for the National Reef Monitoring Network (NRMN). The NRMN integrates long-term scientific and citizen science monitoring data to provide publicly accessible information on shallow reef biodiversity globally. The document was last updated on 2026-04-29.

Use Cases

• Implementing data quality assurance protocols based on described QA/QC processes.
• Designing data integration workflows based on the combination of scientific and citizen science data sources.
• Establishing data management standards for long-term ecological monitoring networks.

Strengths

• Document describes a structured QA/QC process for a major monitoring network.
• Data integrates high-quality compatible sources from both scientific and citizen science programs globally.

Limitations

• The dataset is a protocol document; the actual underlying biodiversity data is not directly provided.
• Column-level documentation for the underlying data is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Integrates data from long-term scientific monitoring and citizen science programs.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 09:31:02.042090; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global