Keppel Bay: Fate of Agricultural Contaminants in the Fitzroy Estuary

A project from the Coastal CRC, the Fitzroy Agricultural Contaminants Project aimed to understand the fate and impact of nutrients and sediments in the Fitzroy Estuary-Keppel Bay system. The dataset likely contains measurements related to physical processes and biogeochemical engineering. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling sediment transport and deposition based on river discharge data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing nutrient dispersion and its ecological impact based on the focus on agricultural contaminants
• Assessing the impact of catchment-derived materials on near-shore reef ecosystems as described in the project aims

Strengths

• Project is part of the Coastal CRC, suggesting institutional backing.
• Focuses on the Fitzroy River, which delivers the second largest quantity of materials to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains field measurements and model outputs from the Fitzroy Agricultural Contaminants Project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 08:00:39.524540; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel Bay, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.