Water quality degradation of coastal waterways in the wet tropics, Australia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tsatsaros, Julie H ^a,b   Brodie, Jon E ^a   Bohnet, Iris C ^b   Valentine, Peter ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Marine; Tropical; Water quality; Wet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EROSION; HEALTH; LAND USE; PESTICIDES; REEFS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; FRESHWATER; IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MARINE; TROPICAL; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE; SULFATE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL WATER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENTATION; SULFATE; TROPICAL REGION; TURBIDITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL ACIDITY; STREAM (RIVER); TROPICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 84873399117     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1443-2     Document Type: Article

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