Keppel Bay: Physical and Biogeochemical Data on Agricultural Contaminants

A project from the Coastal CRC, the Fitzroy Agricultural Contaminants Project aimed to understand the fate and impact of nutrients and sediments within the Fitzroy Estuary-Keppel Bay system. The dataset, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, focuses on materials discharged from the Fitzroy River, which delivers the second-largest quantity of such materials to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. It was last updated on 2026-05-04.

Use Cases

• Modeling the transport and fate of catchment-derived nutrients based on the described estuarine system.
• Assessing the impact of sediment loads on near-shore reef ecosystems as referenced in the project aims.
• Analyzing the relationship between agricultural contaminants and coastal water quality in the Great Barrier Reef region.

Strengths

• Project is part of the Coastal CRC, indicating a structured research initiative.
• Focuses on the Fitzroy River, identified as the second-largest source of relevant materials to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
• Last updated on 2026-05-04, suggesting recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided as PDF and HTML files, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains research outputs from the Fitzroy Agricultural Contaminants Project (Coastal CRC).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:47:50.949014; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel Bay system, Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia