NESP MaC Project 1.16: Research Needs for Marine Contaminants in Australia, 2021-2022

A 2021-2022 desktop scoping study from the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub engaged stakeholders from academic research, government, water utilities, and NGOs. The project delivered a risk-based framework for prioritizing research on contaminants of emerging concern in Australia's marine ecosystems. No raw data outputs were generated; the primary output is a final written project report.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing research directions based on the stakeholder-identified framework for contaminants of emerging concern.
• Informing water quality management policy based on the identified risk-based framework.
• Scoping future monitoring programs for chemicals, nutrients, and antimicrobials mentioned in the study.

Strengths

• Project engaged a defined set of stakeholders from four key sectors: academic research, government, water utilities, and non-government organizations.
• Outputs include a final project report and a risk-based framework for future research directions.

Limitations

• No raw data outputs were generated by this project; it is a scoping study.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Desktop study and stakeholder engagement.

Time Range

2021-2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 05:46:09.200251; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's marine ecosystems