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	Home / MTSRF Research / Theme 3 - Water Quality / Program 7 - Water Quality / Project 3.7.1 Project 3.7.1 - Marine and estuarine indicators and thresholds of concern Project Leader: Dr Katharina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science Project 3.7.1 will capitalise on, and take to completion, previous research efforts on the identification of indicators that are suitable as monitoring tools, conducted under Catchment to Reef, a joint program of the Rainforest CRC and CRC Reef Research Centre. After review and prioritisation of hundreds of potential indicators tested as part of the Catchment to Reef joint program, researchers will determine dose-response relationships and thresholds of potential concern for pollutant exposure of selected bioindicators. The team will also provide a better understanding of the significance of such thresholds for reef water quality and ecosystem condition, as well as contribute to the scientific underpinning of an Integrated Report Card framework. Advanced statistical data synthesis will integrate previously collected large-scale data sets, and progress the Project towards the development of a composite indicator system to interpret water quality monitoring data and their link to ecosystem condition, and to improve estimates of river pollutant loads from discharge concentrations. This synthesis and integration activity will be managed through Theme 5 of the MTSRF Programme. Project 3.7.1 Downloads Benthic Foraminifera of the Great Barrier Reef This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 9.4 Mb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Cooper, T. (2007) Coral-based Indicators of Changes in Water Quality on Nearshore Coral Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Report by T. Cooper and K. Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science for Project 3.7.1 Marine and estuarine indicators and thresholds of concern. [pdf 803.6 kb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2007) Conceptual Model of the effects of runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Report by K. Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science. Coastal coral reefs are exposed to increasing loads of nutrients, sediments and other pollutants discharged from the land. Terrestrial runoff resulting in poor coastal water quality is therefore a growing concern. The objective of this study was to build a conceptual model to address the specific question, "e;How are changes in river loads linked to changes in lagoonal water quality and biogeochemical processes, and do these changes alter the condition and ecological properties of coral reefs?"e;. [pdf 1.5 Mb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2007) January Milestone Report A project progress report - January 2007. [pdf 208.2 kb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2007) June Milestone Report A project progress report - June 2007. [pdf 215.5 kb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2007) March Milestone Report A project progress report - March 2007 [pdf 218.4 kb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2007) November Milestone Report A project progress report - November 2007. [pdf 272.5 kb] Project 3.7.1 AIMS Humphrey, C. (2007) The Use of Biomarkers in Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) to Monitor Contaminants in Estuaries of Tropical North Queensland Unpublished report by C. Humphrey, S. C. King and D. Klumpp, Australian Institute of Marine Science, February 2007. [pdf 798.4 kb] Project 3.7.1 DPI McKenzie, L. (2007) Relationships between seagrass communities and sediment properties along the Queensland coast This report by Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries summarises baseline data and research results aimed at developing indicators for seagrass condition in response to contrasting sediment properties. [pdf 5.7 Mb] Project 3.7.1 JCU Sheaves, M. (2007) Assessment of Techniques for Determining the Health of Tropical Estuarine Ecosystems Report by James Cook University and Griffith University researchers on the assessment of techniques that can be employed to determine the ecosystem health of estuaries and coastal wetlands in Australia's tropical regions. [pdf 1.2 Mb]

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