Exposure of inner-shelf reefs to nutrient enriched runoff entering the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: Post-European changes and the design of water quality targets

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1467-1479

  Wooldridge, Scott ^a,b   Brodie, Jon ^c   Furnas, Miles ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Geographically weighted regression; Great Barrier Reef; Terrestrial runoff

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; MIXING; REEFS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GREAT BARRIER REEF; TERRESTRIAL RUNOFF;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SEA WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; LAGOON; NUTRIENT; PLUME; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33750481908     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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