Macquarie Harbour Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Data from HOBO Loggers (2017-2018)

Dissolved oxygen levels in Macquarie Harbour have reached very low levels, associated with a decline in benthic fauna. This dataset consists of dissolved oxygen and temperature data collected using HOBO loggers deployed at two locations in the harbour under FRDC project 2016-067. Data was collected between 2017 and 2018 and is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between dissolved oxygen levels and benthic community health based on the described environmental impact.
• Analyzing seasonal or temporal trends in water quality parameters for aquaculture site management.
• Correlating temperature data with dissolved oxygen saturation levels to understand environmental drivers.
• Assessing the effectiveness of monitoring programs for sustainable finfish aquaculture practices.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific two-year period (2017-2018) for longitudinal analysis.
• Data was collected using specific HOBO Dissolved Oxygen loggers (U26-001) at two defined locations.
• Dataset is associated with a specific research project (FRDC 2016-067), providing context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing only on Macquarie Harbour.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Collected using HOBO Dissolved Oxygen loggers (U26-001) deployed in the field.

Time Range

2017-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 08:32:54.811022; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia.