scholarly journals Adoption of agricultural management for Great Barrier Reef water quality improvement in heterogeneous farming communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. van Grieken ◽  
P.C. Roebeling ◽  
I.C. Bohnet ◽  
S.M. Whitten ◽  
A.J. Webster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Agricultural Management ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Water Quality Improvement ◽  
Farming Communities

New Regionalism and Planning for Water Quality Improvement in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANN PETERSON ◽  
MICHELLE WALKER ◽  
MARY MAHER ◽  
SUZANNE HOVERMAN ◽  
RACHEL EBERHARD
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
New Regionalism ◽  
Water Quality Improvement

Cost effectiveness of design-based water quality improvement regulations in the Great Barrier Reef Catchments

2013 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn van Grieken ◽  
Tim Lynam ◽  
Anthea Coggan ◽  
Stuart Whitten ◽  
Frederieke Kroon
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Water Quality Improvement

scholarly journals Reef exposure to river-borne contaminants: a spatial model

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Maughan ◽  
J. Brodie
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Suspended Sediments ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Water Quality Improvement ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Contaminant Load

Rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef carry contaminants such as suspended sediments, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, total phosphorus and pesticides. To measure the extent and direction of the contaminants after they enter the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, a model was created using river volume, flooding variability, contaminant load, distance and direction as inputs. A GIS was used to calculate and visualise the exposure of the contaminants to the reefs for the current day, as well as modelling scenarios for pre-European arrival loads, and land management using realistic targets set by a regional Natural Resource Management board for water quality improvement planning purposes. The results show that a reduction in the dissolved inorganic nitrogen load exiting the Tully and Murray Rivers reduces the exposure of reefs close to the basin, but that reefs further east of the basin are significantly influenced by other rivers, highlighting that management for water quality improvement in neighbouring basins is also required.

Management of Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Woodley
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Management Issue ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Coral Reef System

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becoming an increasingly important management issue requiring better knowledge and possibly new standards of treatment and discharge.

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