Adaptive management for water quality planning - From theory to practice

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1189-1195

  Eberhard, Rachel ^a   Robinson, Catherine J ^b   Waterhouse, Jane ^b   Parslow, John ^b   Hart, Barry ^c   Grayson, Rodger ^d   Taylor, Bruce ^e  

^a Eberhard Consulting   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WATER SCIENCE PTY LTD   (Australia)

^d Catchments to Sea Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e Water Science Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Great Barrier Reef; Integrated; Iterative; Natural resource management; Partnerships; Risk; Transformative; Uncertainty; Watershed planning.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 73549088513     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08347     Document Type: Article

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