Keppel Bay coastal creek water quality data collected under the Fitzroy agricultural contaminants project. The dataset augments prior limited measurements by the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. It was consolidated and analyzed by the Australian Ocean Data Network to develop a conceptual model for creek biogeochemistry.
Use Cases
- Analyze nutrient dynamics in coastal creek systems based on water quality parameters mentioned in the description
- Model the role of coastal creeks in Keppel Bay biogeochemistry based on the conceptual model developed from the data
- Assess the impact of agricultural contaminants on pelagic primary production based on the project's stated focus
- Augment existing water quality monitoring datasets based on the description of the data as a valuable augmentation
Strengths
- Data augments prior limited measurements by a government agency (Queensland EPA)
- Dataset was used to develop a quantitative characterization and conceptual model of interacting processes
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Investigations conducted within the Fitzroy agricultural contaminants project, augmenting prior EPA data.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 04:13:46.070111; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Coastal creeks delivering into Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia.