NERP TE Project 5.2 - Experimental and field investigations of combined water quality and

Experimental and field data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science investigating the combined impacts of water quality and climate change stressors on coral reef organisms. The project ran from 2011 to 2014, focusing on species like corals, crown-of-thorns starfish, and sea urchins. It was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling coral reef resilience thresholds based on combined temperature and nutrient stress experiments
• Assessing the vulnerability of specific reef invertebrate species to ocean acidification based on experimental data
• Investigating the synergistic effects of turbidity and salinity changes on larval development and settlement mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data originates from a defined multi-year research project (2011-2014) by a recognized marine science institution.
• The description specifies a clear experimental focus on key reef species groups and multiple stressors.

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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Complementary laboratory and field experiments

Time Range

2011-2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 03:15:43.468833; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely Australian inshore reefs, based on the organization and project context