Keppel Bay and Casuarina Creek Water and Sediment Biogeochemistry from Dry-Season Surveys

A report from two dry-season surveys in Keppel Bay and Casuarina Creek, Australia, detailing biogeochemical properties of the water column and underlying sediments. The data was produced by Geoscience Australia and last updated in May 2026. It addresses research questions on sediment, nutrient, and agrochemical pathways in a macrotidal estuary system.

Use Cases

• Modeling sediment and nutrient transport pathways based on water column and sediment observations
• Assessing the impact of land-use change on coastal water quality based on catchment study details
• Zoning estuarine areas by primary production and sediment dynamics based on preliminary zonation analysis
• Estimating accumulation rates of agrochemicals in sediments based on core and bottle incubation data

Strengths

• Report structure is detailed, covering 17 sections from aims to conclusions
• Focuses on a specific, ecologically critical area (Fitzroy Estuary) impacting the Great Barrier Reef
• Includes multiple data types: water column observations, sediment properties, and incubation experiments

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is presented in PDF/HTML report formats, which may require extraction for analysis

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Field surveys including water column sampling, sediment coring, and bottle incubations

Time Range

Conducted during the dry season; specific years not stated

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 08:57:01.288508; freshness should be verified

Geography

Keppel Bay and Casuarina Creek, Fitzroy Estuary, tropical northern Queensland, Australia