IN2025_V06: Marine Biodiversity and Oceanographic Data from the Coral Sea
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Description
RV Investigator voyage IN2025_V06 collected over 40 types of oceanographic and atmospheric measurements in the Coral Sea Marine Park between October and November 2025. The archive includes data from instruments like multibeam echosounders, CTDs, greenhouse gas analyzers, and environmental DNA sampling. CSIRO's National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Information and Data Centre curates the raw data, with processed data available via the MNF Data Trawler.
Use Cases
Map seafloor topography based on multibeam echosounder (EM712, EM124, EM2040) and sub-bottom profiler (SBP29) data.
Assess deep-sea biodiversity based on environmental DNA (eDNA) samples, beam trawl, and deep towed camera (DTC) observations.
Analyze ocean current profiles using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and Lowered ADCP (LADCP) measurements.
Study atmospheric composition and climate interactions based on greenhouse gas, radon, black carbon, and ozone sensor data.
Model fish populations and distributions using fisheries echosounder (EK80) data and wildlife observations.
Strengths
Data collection spanned 36 days from October 10 to November 14, 2025, providing a temporal snapshot.
The description lists over 40 specific instruments and measurement types, indicating a multi-faceted observational campaign.
Raw data is archived by CSIRO's National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Information and Data Centre, suggesting institutional curation.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
The raw data archive access may be restricted to voyage participants and processors, with public access limited to processed data.
Provenance
Source
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC), via the Australian Ocean Data Network (data_gov_au).
Collection Method
Collected during the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2025_V06 using the listed oceanographic and atmospheric instruments.
Time Range
October 10, 2025 to November 14, 2025 (AEST).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-18 19:37:39.000532; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Coral Sea Marine Park, departing from and returning to Brisbane, Australia.
Applications to access raw voyage documentation by non-CSIRO participants require a request via [email protected]. Processed data is publicly available through the MNF Data Trawler.