RV Investigator IN2025_V06: Marine Biodiversity and Oceanographic Data from the Coral Sea

IN2025_V06 voyage data collected by the CSIRO Marine National Facility between October 10 and November 14, 2025. The archive contains raw measurements from over 40 instruments, including multibeam echosounders, CTD sensors, greenhouse gas analyzers, and environmental DNA samples, focused on the Coral Sea Marine Park. Data is curated by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Information and Data Centre and archived at the CSIRO Data Access Portal.

Use Cases

• Modeling deep-sea current profiles based on Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data
• Assessing biodiversity and species distribution based on Environmental DNA (eDNA) and trawl samples
• Analyzing seafloor topography and sub-bottom structure based on Multibeam Echosounder and Sub-bottom Profiler data
• Studying atmospheric-ocean gas exchange based on Greenhouse Gas Analyser and pCO2 measurements
• Classifying marine wildlife populations based on observations of seabirds, cetaceans, and seals

Strengths

• Data collected during a dedicated 36-day research voyage with a clear scientific objective
• Includes measurements from over 40 distinct oceanographic and atmospheric instruments
• Permanently archived and curated by a national research institution (CSIRO NCMI IDC)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

CSIRO Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2025_V06

Collection Method

Instrument measurements and sampling during a dedicated research voyage

Time Range

October 10, 2025 to November 14, 2025 (AEST)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:47:14.119478; freshness should be verified

Geography

Coral Sea Marine Park, departing from and returning to Brisbane, Australia