Adaptive modelling for adaptive water quality management in the Great Barrier Reef region, Australia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1291-1301

  Lynam, Tim ^a   Drewry, John ^b   Higham, Will ^b   Mitchell, Carl ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Reef Catchments Mackay Whitsunday Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Adaptive modelling; Bayesian Belief Network; Great Barrier Reef; Learning support; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADAPTIVE MODELLING; BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LEARNING SUPPORT;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REEFS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BARRIER REEF; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

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

EID: 77957756063     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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