Water use benefit index as a tool for community-based monitoring of water related trends in the Great Barrier Reef region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Smajgl, A ^a   Larson, S ^a   Hug, B ^a   De Freitas, D M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Index development; Indicators; Water quality; Water use benefit

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKERS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GREAT BARRIER REEF REGIONS; INDEX DEVELOPMENT; INDICATORS; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POLICY MAKERS; PRIORITIZATION; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; SPATIAL COMPARISON; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER QUALITY TRENDS; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER USE; WATER USE BENEFIT;

BENCHMARKING; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; REEFS; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENT; POLICY MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

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

EID: 78349308076     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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