Wagonga Inlet Seagrass Productivity and Distribution Data from 1991

Wagonga Inlet Seagrass Ecology Data 1991 contains seagrass productivity and distribution data from Wagonga Inlet, adjacent to Narooma, NSW. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides this data, which was collected between April and October 1991 as a control site for similar sampling in Jervis Bay. This dataset is part of the Jervis Bay Marine Ecological Study, and the only available data are those published in the JERVIS BAY BASELINE STUDIES Final Report.

Use Cases

• Establishing a historical baseline for seagrass health based on the 1991 productivity data.
• Comparing seagrass distribution patterns between different coastal sites based on the control site description.
• Analyzing seasonal changes in seagrass ecology based on the April to October 1991 sampling period.
• Supporting marine conservation planning for Wagonga Inlet based on the distribution data.

Strengths

• Data provides a specific temporal snapshot from April to October 1991.
• Dataset is explicitly linked to a formal study, the Jervis Bay Marine Ecological Study.
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as Wagonga Inlet, adjacent to Narooma, NSW.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying database has been lost, limiting data completeness to what was published in the final report.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Field sampling for seagrass productivity and distribution.

Time Range

April to October 1991

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:34:30.668309; freshness should be verified

Geography

Wagonga Inlet, adjacent to Narooma, New South Wales, Australia