TY - BOOK
T1 - Development of basin-specific ecologically relevant water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef
AU - Brodie, Jon
AU - Baird, Mark
AU - Waterhouse, Jane
AU - Mongin, Mathieu
AU - Skerratt, Jenny
AU - Robillot, Cedric
AU - Smith, Rachael
AU - Mann, Reinier
AU - Warne, Michael
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aim of this project is to develop basin-specific water quality targets for the 35 basins, as defined by the Australian Water Resource Council (Bureau of Meteorology 2017), discharging into waters of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) (Figure 1). The primary pollutants of concern for GBR water quality are suspended sediments, in particular the fine fraction sediment (<16 μm), particulate nitrogen (PN), particulate phosphorus (PP), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), dissolved inorganic phosphorus) and pesticides. These are the pollutants addressed in Reef Water Quality Protection Plan 2013 (Queensland and Australian governments 2013). The main land uses (shown in Figure 1) contributing pollutant loads are rangeland grazing for sediment and particulate nutrients and sugarcane for dissolved inorganic nutrients and photosystem II inhibiting herbicides (Bartley et al. 2017). Contributions from other land uses, including urban areas, are relatively minor in comparison to agriculture but can be important at local scales.
AB - The aim of this project is to develop basin-specific water quality targets for the 35 basins, as defined by the Australian Water Resource Council (Bureau of Meteorology 2017), discharging into waters of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) (Figure 1). The primary pollutants of concern for GBR water quality are suspended sediments, in particular the fine fraction sediment (<16 μm), particulate nitrogen (PN), particulate phosphorus (PP), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), dissolved inorganic phosphorus) and pesticides. These are the pollutants addressed in Reef Water Quality Protection Plan 2013 (Queensland and Australian governments 2013). The main land uses (shown in Figure 1) contributing pollutant loads are rangeland grazing for sediment and particulate nutrients and sugarcane for dissolved inorganic nutrients and photosystem II inhibiting herbicides (Bartley et al. 2017). Contributions from other land uses, including urban areas, are relatively minor in comparison to agriculture but can be important at local scales.
KW - Basin-specific targets
KW - Water Quality
KW - Pollutants
KW - Pesticides
KW - Suspended Sediment
KW - Nutrients
KW - Great Barrier Reef
KW - Pollution reduction targets
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Development of basin-specific ecologically relevant water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef
PB - Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research
CY - Townsville, Australia
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