River loads of suspended solids, nitrogen, phosphorus and herbicides delivered to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 4-9, 2012, Pages 167-181

  Kroon, Frederieke J ^a   Kuhnert, Petra M ^a   Henderson, Brent L ^a   Wilkinson, Scott N ^b   Kinsey Henderson, Anne ^b   Abbott, Brett ^b   Brodie, Jon E ^b   Turner, Ryan D R ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c James Cook University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Great barrier reef; Herbicides; Nutrient; River load estimation; Sediment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT MODELLING; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CURRENT LOADS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LOAD ESTIMATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TARGET SETTING; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; HERBICIDES; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REEFS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; DIURON; HERBICIDE; HEXAZINONE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TEBUTHIURON;

CATCHMENT; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; MINING; RESERVOIR; SOLID STATE; STREAM (RIVER); URBANIZATION; WATER LOADING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; MINING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

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

EID: 84861390579     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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