Long term monitoring of photosystem II herbicides - Correlation with remotely sensed freshwater extent to monitor changes in the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 4-9, 2012, Pages 292-305

  Kennedy, Karen ^a   Schroeder, Thomas ^b   Shaw, Melanie ^c   Haynes, David ^d   Lewis, Stephen ^e   Bentley, Christie ^a   Paxman, Chris ^a   Carter, Steve ^f   Brando, Vittorio E ^b   Bartkow, Michael ^a,g   Hearn, Laurence ^a   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme   (Samoa)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^g Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coloured dissolved organic matter; Diuron; MODIS; Passive sampling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUSTRALIA; COLOURED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DIURON; GREAT BARRIER REEF; INSHORE WATERS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MODIS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PHOTOSYSTEM II; QUALITY OF WATER; ROUTINE MONITORING; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEAGRASSES; WET SEASON;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; UREA; WATER QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DIURON; HERBICIDE; HEXAZINONE; SIMAZINE; TEBUTHIURON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CORRELATION; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER; HERBICIDE; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLUME; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SYMBIONT; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPACECRAFT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

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

ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84862226071     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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