feefaad7-b9b9-4da1-8fb7-0aecb6055c20 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T09:01:45 creation ISO 19115 2016 The Australian Chlorophyll a Database (1965 - 2017) feefaad7-b9b9-4da1-8fb7-0aecb6055c20 Chlorophyll a is the most commonly used indicator of phytoplankton biomass and is a proxy for primary productivity in the marine environment. It is relatively simple and cost effective to measure when compared to phytoplankton abundance and is thus routinely included in many surveys. Here we collate 173,333 records of chlorophyll a collected since 1965 from Australian waters gathered from researchers on regular coastal monitoring surveys to long ocean voyages. This dataset concentrates on samples analysed using spectrophotometry, fluorometry and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Here we collate all available chlorophyll a data from Australian waters, gathered from researchers, students, government bodies, state agencies, councils and databases, along with the associated metadata. The Australian Chlorophyll a Database is available through the Australian Ocean Data Network portal (AODN: https://portal.aodn.org.au/), the main repository for marine data in Australia. The Australian Chlorophyll a Database will be maintained and updated through the CSIRO data centre, with periodic updates sent to the AODN. A snapshot of the Australian Chlorophyll a Database at the time of this publication has been assigned a DOI and will be maintained in perpetuity by the AODN. These data can be used in isolation as an index of phytoplankton biomass or in combination with other data to provide insight into water quality, ecosystem state, and / or the relationships with other trophic levels such as zooplankton or fish. This metadata record was based on the following CSIRO metadata record: https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/search?uuid=4c72fe3b-bddf-44da-a809-1791033a6ac5. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[98.0, -68.0], [179.0, -68.0], [179.0, -3.0], [98.0, -3.0], [98.0, -68.0]]]} 98.0 179.0 -68.0 -3.0 Continents | Antarctica Countries | Australia Countries | Indonesia Countries | New Caledonia Countries | New Zealand Countries | Papua New Guinea Countries | Solomon Islands Countries | Timor-Leste Countries | Vanuatu Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll Fluorometers Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island Regional Seas | Arafura Sea Regional Seas | Coral Sea Regional Seas | Solomon Sea Regional Seas | Tasman Sea Regional Seas | Timor Sea Spectrophotometers States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia View and download data though the AODN Portal documentDigital HTML Data paper in Scientific Data - Chlorophyll Database documentDigital HTML imos:aus_chla_db_data documentDigital Chlorophyll a database WMS imos:aus_chla_db_data documentDigital This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV. WFS OGC WFS help documentation documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML