Utilising catchment modelling as a tool for monitoring Reef Rescue outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3301-3307

  Bainbridge, Z T ^a   Brodie, J E ^a   Lewis, S E ^a   Waterhouse, J ^a   Wilkinson, S N ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; Monitoring; Reef Rescue; Sediment and nutrient runoff; Target setting

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CATCHMENTS; LAKES; REEFS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT MODELLING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MATERIAL TRANSPORT; RESOURCE CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

RUNOFF;

EID: 85086231475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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