Compilation of riverine water quality data from the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, northeastern Australia
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Bainbridge, Zoe
Lewis, Stephen
Clech-Goods, Celine
Mann, Reinier
Huggins, Raethea
Orr, David
Welk, Kylee
Liu, Shuci
Agnew, Gordon
Bartley, Rebecca
Bramley, Robert
Buckle, Alicia
Cogle, Lex
Cross, Matthew
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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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James, C; Bainbridge, Z; Lewis, S; Clech-Goods, C; Mann, R; Huggins, R; Orr, D; Welk, K; Liu, S; Agnew, G; Bartley, R; Bramley, R; Buckle, A; Cogle, L; Cross, M; et al., Compilation of riverine water quality data from the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, northeastern Australia, Scientific Data, 2025, 12, pp. 291