NESP TWQ Project 5.3 - Benthic light as ecologically-validated GBR-wide indicator for water quality: Drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks, 2019-2020 (AIMS)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The project is developed a water quality indicator based on benthic PAR (light penetrating to the seafloor). The project experimentally estimated irradiance thresholds for ecosystem health for the Great Barrier Reef and developed a new remote sensing algorithm to estimate and map benthic irradiance throughout the GBR. This fed into Reef Plan report cards, RIMReP monitoring, and assessments of drivers of cumulative risks. The project extension focused on: work with stakeholders to embed the products into their workflows; improved the remote sensing algorithm with seasonal and regional cloud corrections; and evaluated an additional benthic light product based on the eReefs models to complement the remote sensing product.

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Title NESP TWQ Project 5.3 - Benthic light as ecologically-validated GBR-wide indicator for water quality: Drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks, 2019-2020 (AIMS)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b185e771-20ce-4a9d-a0b2-9cf921c92ad6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
B.Robson@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2019 -
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "NESP TWQ Project 5.3 - Benthic light as ecologically-validated GBR-wide indicator for water quality: Drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks, 2019-2020 (AIMS)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/nesp-twq-project-5-3-benthic-light-as-ecologically-validated-gbr-wide-indicator-for-water-quali