NESP TWQ Project 1.10 - Identification, impacts, and prioritization of emerging contaminan

NESP TWQ Project 1.10 data from the Australian Ocean Data Network focuses on contaminants in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. It aims to identify and prioritize emerging contaminants based on monitoring data and human activity types to inform management and policy. The project's last recorded metadata update was July 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping contaminant presence and sources based on described monitoring data and human activity types.
• Prioritizing environmental risks from identified emerging contaminants as described in the project goals.
• Informing marine management and policy decisions for the GBR and Torres Strait regions based on the recommended research areas.

Strengths

• Project is associated with the Australian Ocean Data Network, a known data aggregator.
• Focuses on a specific and ecologically critical region: the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait.
• Aims to produce a prioritized list of contaminants to guide targeted research and policy.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains monitoring data and analysis from the NESP TWQ Project 1.10 research initiative.

Time Range

2015-2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 21:33:14.450699; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait marine environments