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Port Curtis Coral Coast in the southern Great Barrier Reef is the focus of this dataset, which documents the development of a Mangrove Management Plan from 2016 to 2018. The project engaged Traditional Owner rangers and local citizens through the Gidarjil Development Corporation to conduct ecological monitoring and assessment. Data likely supports estuarine repair strategies and water quality outcomes within the PCCC TUMRA area.

Use Cases

• Analyze estuarine wetland rehabilitation strategies based on the described Mangrove Management Plan framework.
• Model water quality outcomes in the southern Great Barrier Reef based on the project's stated monitoring focus.
• Study community-scientist partnership models for ecological monitoring based on the engagement of Traditional Owner rangers and citizen scientists.

Strengths

• Project is explicitly tied to a defined geographic area: the Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) TUMRA area in the southern Great Barrier Reef.
• Data collection involved a partnership between Traditional Owner rangers, local citizens, scientists, and NRM agencies, suggesting diverse input.
• The project aimed to build capacity for 'scientifically-rigorous' monitoring within the Gidarjil Development Corporation.

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 listed as PNG and HTML, which may limit direct machine-readability for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains ecological monitoring and assessment data collected by Traditional Owner rangers and citizen scientists.

Time Range

2016-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 17:13:54.517347; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) TUMRA area, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia