Agricultural lands are hot-spots for annual runoff polluting the southern Great Barrier Reef lagoon

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 976-986

  Packett, Robert ^a,b,c   Dougall, Cameron ^c   Rohde, Ken ^c   Noble, Robert ^b,c  

^a National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality Central Queensland   (Australia)

^b The Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone Estuary and Waterway Management   (Australia)

^c Department of Natural Resources and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fitzroy Basin; Great Barrier Reef; Hotspots; Inshore pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; FITZROY BASIN; GRAZING LAND; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HEAVY RAINS; HOTSPOTS; INSHORE POLLUTION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-BASED POLLUTION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; QUALITY TARGETS; RIVER BASINS; SUB-CATCHMENT;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAND USE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

REEFS;

RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; RUNOFF; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RANGELAND; RIVER BASIN; SEA POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; NITROGEN; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; FITZROY BASIN; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 67649419210     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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