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Compilation of riverine water quality data from the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, northeastern Australia
Scientific data, Vol.12(1), pp.1-15
18/02/2025
PMID: 39966392
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Abstract
This manuscript describes the collation of available water quality data from the freshwater reaches of surface streams within the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, northeastern Australia. This compilation represents one of the most comprehensive online datasets for historical tropical and subtropical freshwater quality around the world. We document the criteria for selection of the data and associated publications as well as the processes of data cleaning used to produce a qualitative assessment of the datasets. The final compilation includes 41 individual datasets that collectively report 466 sites and contain over 26,000 discrete water quality sample records totaling more than 350,000 unique water quality results. Finally, we outline the nuances of the data that end users need to take into account when combining them for spatial and temporal analyses. The dataset ensures that these valuable water quality data collected over the past four decades are preserved for the next generations of researchers, practitioners, management agencies and policy makers.
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- Title
- Compilation of riverine water quality data from the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, northeastern Australia
- Creators
- Cassandra James - James Cook UniversityZoe Bainbridge - James Cook UniversityStephen Lewis - James Cook UniversityCeline Clech-Goods - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)Reinier Mann - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)Raethea Huggins - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)David Orr - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)Kylee Welk - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)Shuci Liu - Water and Catchments (Science Division), Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and InnovationGordon Agnew - SCCRebecca Bartley - CSIRORobert Bramley - CSIROAlicia Buckle - Terrain Natural Resource Management (Australia, Innisfail)Lex Cogle - Formerly Department of Natural Resources and ManagementMatthew Cross - Queensland HealthAaron Davis - James Cook UniversityMichelle Devlin - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture ScienceBradley D. Eyre - Southern Cross UniversityJohn Faithful - JCU TropWATER; now WSP Australia P/L (Queensland, Townsville)Miles Furnas - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceRenee Gruber - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceAaron Hawdon - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationPaul Godfrey - Griffith UniversityChristina Howley - Howley Environmental ConsultingHeather Hunter - Griffith UniversityMark Kennard - Griffith UniversityEmma Laxton - J.H. & E.S. Laxton - Environmental ConsultantsStephen Mackay - Griffith UniversityDavid McJannet - CSIROMichael Nash - Aquasea Enterprises (Australia, Ingham)Dominique O’Brien - James Cook UniversityFred Oudyn - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)Richard Pearson - James Cook UniversityKen Rohde - Water & Catchments – Science Division, Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and InnovationMichelle Tink - James Cook UniversityAndrew Moss - Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland, Brisbane)
- Publication Details
- Scientific data, Vol.12(1), pp.1-15
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Grant note
- This compilation was funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and managed by the Queensland Government Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI).
- Identifiers
- 991013260674202368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2025
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article