Home / Publications / Search by MTSRF Program No.
Tools Print Page Larger Text Smaller Text

Publications Search: Program 7 'Halting and Reversing the Decline of Water Quality'

Key Publications: MTSRF Research Report Series

Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Health in Wet Tropics Streams
Edited by Angela Arthington and Richard Pearson. Final Report for Task 3, Catchment to Reef Joint Research Program. A contribution to the MTSRF Water Quality Project 3.7.3 'Freshwater indicators and thresholds of concern'. [pdf 8.1 Mb]


CRC Transition Report AIMS Fabricius, K. et al. (2007) Candidate Bioindicator Measures to Monitor Exposure to Changing Water Quality on the Great Barrier Reef
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 7.9 Mb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Nobes, K. et al. (2008) Benthic Foraminifera of the Great Barrier Reef
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 9.4 Mb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Lewis, S. et al. (2009) Trapping efficiency of the Burdekin Falls Dam, North Queensland: Estimates from a three-year monitoring period
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 1.1 Mb]


Project 3.7.3 JCU Pearson, R. et al. (2010) Ecosystem Health of Wetlands of the Great Barrier Reef Catchment: Tully-Murray Floodplain Case Study
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 3.3 Mb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Karim, F. et al. (2010) Wetlands and floodplains: connectivity and hydro-ecological function. Part II - Quantification of overbank and channelised wetland connectivity in the Tully-Murray floodplain
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 1.2 Mb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Wallace, J. et al. (2010) Wetlands and floodplains: connectivity and hydro-ecological connectivity. Part I - The role of overbank floods in transporting sediments and nutrients to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 846.0 kb]


Program 7 Technical and Research Reports

Program 10 (Theme 5) C2O Consulting Waterhouse, J. (2010) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs
This report provides an overview of the key findings of research conducted through the Australian Government's Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) relevant to water quality monitoring and evaluation in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It outlines the key constraints to water quality monitoring and evaluation in the GBR, advances in target setting methods and applications, and describes progress of monitoring and evaluation techniques to support the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan and Reef Rescue performance assessment in terms of indicator development and implementation. Information is also drawn from the Catchment to Reef Joint Research Program, funded as part of the CRC Reef Research Centre and the Rainforest CRC as precursors to the MTSRF, from 2002 to 2005, which aimed to develop appropriate monitoring methods for water quality and ecosystem health in aquatic ecosystems in the Wet Tropics and GBR World Heritage Area. Its goal was to provide a sound scientific basis for the development of monitoring tools, protocols and guidelines appropriate to the Wet Tropics. Many of the results presented in this report originated from this research, and have been further developed over the last four years through the MTSRF in conjunction with the Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program for water quality and ecosystem health monitoring in the GBR. While the research findings are also applicable elsewhere, particularly in tropical reef ecosystems, many of the more general outcomes have broader applications in environmental monitoring and evaluation programs. [pdf 3.4 Mb]


Program 10 (Theme 5) C2O Consulting Waterhouse, J. (2010) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems
Managers of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) require information on the status of reef ecosystems, relationships between pressures and response, and an understanding of the thresholds of GBR species and ecosystems to these pressures. This information can be used to establish guidelines and targets for management that trigger a strategic management response. Knowledge of catchment and instream ecosystems is also necessary for regionally based natural resource managers, and to refine the understanding of relationships between catchment and marine ecosystems. In response to these needs, a key focus area of the Australian Government's Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) has been the development of thresholds of pollutants of concern in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems. The outcomes of this research are summarised below, starting with an overview of new knowledge of the impacts of degraded water quality, and outlining how this work has been translated into threshold values and, ultimately in some cases, management guidelines for the GBR. [pdf 2.4 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, '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?'. [pdf 1.5 Mb]


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 285.2 kb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Nobes, K. et al. (2008) 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 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]


Project 3.7.1 QPIF Hedge, S. et al. (2009) Temporal and spatial morphological variability of the seagrasses 'Halophila ovalis' and 'Halodule uninervis' throughout the Great Barrier Reef region: Preliminary analysis
This report explores seagrass meadow dynamics in relation to proximity of catchments, nutrient quantity and quality in order to enhance the current understanding of anthropogenic impacts on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. [pdf 152.7 kb]


Project 3.7.2 AIMS Wolanski, E. (2007) Wet season fine sediment dynamics on the inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef
Article submitted to Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 2007. Approval to upload to website provided by Dr K. E. Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science. [pdf 986.4 kb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Lewis, S. et al. (2009) Trapping efficiency of the Burdekin Falls Dam, North Queensland: Estimates from a three-year monitoring period
This PDF document is designed to be printed double-sided. [pdf 1.1 Mb]


Project 3.7.3 and 3.7.4 CSIRO Wallace, J. (2007) Hydro-ecological modeling in coastal catchments: Connectivity and hydro-ecological function
Report from the MTSRF Projects 3.7.3 and 3.7.4 Workshop held at CSIRO Davies Laboratory, Townsville, 19-20 April 2007, which summarises the presentations, discussion and recommendations made. The key objective of the workshop was to initiate the development of an integrated package of conceptual and quantitative models, supported by field-based research, to predict the key hydro-ecological functions in Wet Tropics rivers, wetlands and floodplains. [pdf 647.1 kb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Hawdon, A. et al. (2007) Design and application of automated flood water quality monitoring systems in the Wet Tropics
CSIRO Land and Water commenced a floodwater monitoring program for the Tully-Murray Rivers in North Queensland in March 2006. Given the difficulty of accessing key sampling areas during extreme events, such as the floods following Tropical Cyclone Larry, the research team developed flood water sampling systems that could automatically collect water samples during the early parts of a flood, with manual samples then collected several days post-flood when access is again attainable. This report details the components, construction and application of fully automatic and refrigerated samplers and a hybrid system designed to measure sediment and nutrient concentrations in over-bank flood waters. [pdf 2.2 Mb]


Project 3.7.5 CSIRO Roebeling, P. et al. (2007) Financial-economic analysis of current best management practices for sugarcane, horticulture, grazing and forestry industries in the Tully-Murray catchment.
Report by CSIRO researchers initially prepared for the Cardwell Shire Floodplain Program under Tasks 3.3b,c,d and 2.15 of the Water Quality Improvement Program for the Tully-Murray catchment. This study analyses the cost-effectiveness of most promising best-management-practices for water quality improvement in sugarcane, horticulture, grazing and forestry production in the Tully-Murray catchment. [pdf 968.8 kb]


Project 3.7.5 CSIRO van Grieken, M. (2009) Review of socio-economic constraints to and incentives for the adoption of land use and management options for water quality improvement in the Tully-Murray catchment (Wet Tropics)
This report provides an economic assessment of instruments promoting adoption of land management practices by landholders for the Wet Tropics. Specifically, the objectives of this study are to (a) determine the private-economic consequences of management practice adoption, (b) determine the effectiveness of management practice adoption in reducing nutrient supply, and (c) assess the effectiveness of taxes and subsidies to promote the adoption of management practices. [pdf 906.2 kb]


Project 3.7.7 CSIRO Browne, M. et al (2007) Review of existing approaches used to develop integrated report card frameworks (IRCF) and their relevance to catchments draining to the Great Barrier Reef
Report by Matthew Browne et al., CSIRO. A key deliverable of the MTSRF program is the development of an integrated report card framework for reporting on condition and trends in catchment and marine health of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait regions. This report provides a review of relevant report card approaches; raises awareness as to some of the issues and requirements for developing a report card for the Great Barrier Reef region; provides some principles and an approach on how to proceed with developing a report card for the GBR region; and outlines CSIRO's research plan for the completion of the first year (2006/2007) contract for Project 3.7.7. [pdf 4.4 Mb]


Project 3.7.7 CSIRO Kuhnert, P. et al (2007) Conceptual and statistical framework for a water quality component of an integrated report card for the Great Barrier Reef catchments
A report by CSIRO researchers that presents the final deliverable from MTSRF Project 3.7.7. [pdf 2.5 Mb]


Project 3.7.7 CSIRO Kuhnert, P. et al. (2010) 'Analysis and synthesis of information for reporting credible estimates of loads for compliance against targets and tracking trends in loads'
Final Report on Project Activities, June 2010. Quantifying the amount of sediment and nutrients (via a load) entering the Great Barrier Reef is a primary focus for water quality improvement plans that aim to halt or reverse the decline in reef health. Although substantial work has been undertaken in the literature to define a load under varying conditions and assumptions, the methods currently available do not adequately address all aspects of uncertainty surrounding the load estimate. This reduces the ability to usefully inform future monitoring activities and to report on the status of, or trends, in loads. This report looks at a Loads Regression Estimator as a methodology for accurately estimating sediment and nutrient loads. [pdf 960.6 kb]


Project 3.7.7 Kuhnert, P. et al. (2009) Statistical methods for the estimation of pollutant loads from monitoring data: Final project report.
Quantifying the amount of sediment, nutrients and pesticides entering the Great Barrier Reef is a primary focus for water quality improvement plans that aim to halt or reverse the decline in reef health over the next five years. Although substantial work has been undertaken to define a load under varying conditions and assumptions, the methods available do not adequately address all aspects of uncertainty surrounding the load estimate, reducing the ability to usefully inform future monitoring activities and to report on the status of, or trends in, loads. The approach presented in this report is an extension to the regression or rating curve methdology, which incorporates three primary aspects of uncertainty specific to the calcultation of riverine loads: measurement error, stochastic uncertainty and knowledge uncertainty. [pdf 1.3 Mb]


Program 7 Project Milestone Reports

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 Fabricius, K. (2008) November Milestone Report
A project progress report - November 2008. [pdf 335.7 kb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2009) June Milestone Report - Final Report for 2008/2009
Includes an overview of acheivements for Year 3 (2008/2009) against the four key project objectives, as well as an overview of publications, PhD project progress and a report against the Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program outputs from this project. [pdf 1.6 Mb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2009) March Milestone Report
A project progress report - March 2009 [pdf 72.5 kb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Fabricius, K. (2010) February Milestone Report
Project progress report, February 2010. [pdf 635.8 kb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Negri, A. (2009) March Milestone Report
A project progress report for Objective (a) - March 2009. [pdf 136.2 kb]


Project 3.7.1 AIMS Sheaves, M. (2008) October Milestone Report
A project progress report - October 2008 [pdf 788.6 kb]


Project 3.7.2 Brodie, J. (2007) June Milestone Report
A project progress report on collection and analysis of coral core samples in Rockhampton - Cairns Region in 2006, including a report on 2006/2007 wet season Burdekin high flow sampling with first estimates of the trapping efficiency of the Burdekin Falls Dam. [pdf 4.3 Mb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Brodie, J. (2007) Project Milestone Report June
Report prepared by researchers from James Cook University and the Australian National University. Final project milestone report submitted to the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, 8 June 2007. [pdf 948.3 kb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Brodie, J. (2009) Draft Pathway to Impact Report
This draft report assembles the information layers and conceptual model understanding to allow modelling to prioritise pollutant management in the Great Barrier Reef catchment by area and pollutant. A description of the information layers and, where available, a visual representation of the layer are provided. [pdf 3.0 Mb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Lewis, S. (2008) November Milestone Report
A project progress report - November 2008. [pdf 89.0 kb]


Project 3.7.2 JCU Lewis, S. et al. (2009) April Milestone Report
A project progress report - April 2009. [pdf 265.5 kb]


Project 3.7.3 JCU Pearson, R. GU Arthington, A. (2008) December Milestone Report
A project progress report - December 2008. [pdf 181.9 kb]


Project 3.7.3 JCU Pearson, R. GU Arthington, A. (2008) June Milestone Report
A project progress report detailing the field sampling program continued in the Tully-Murray wetlands, with subsequent laboratory work to identify potential indicators of ecosystem health, where the potential of several biological indicators was identified, namely zooplankton, macroinvertebrates and juvenile and small fish. [pdf 534.7 kb]


Project 3.7.3 JCU Pearson, R. GU Arthington, A. (2008) March Milestone Report
A project progress report on the field sampling program which commenced in the Tully-Murray wetlands in December 2007, with subsequent laboratory work to identify potential indicators of ecosystem health. A workshop was held with Burdekin Dry Tropics staff in January 2008 to review the current sate of knowledge of aquatic systems in the Burdekin catchment, to develop conceptual models of biophysical processes in Burdekin waterways, and to identify potential partnerships between MTSRF research programs and Board research needs. [pdf 104.4 kb]


Project 3.7.3 JCU Pearson, R. GU Arthington, A. (2009) March Miletsone Report
A project progress report - March 2009. [pdf 184.0 kb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Wallace, J. (2008) December Milestone Report
A project progress report - December 2008. [pdf 64.9 kb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Wallace, J. (2008) June Milestone Report
A Draft progress report on the development and testing of hydro-dynamic modeling for use in floodplain sediment and nutrient transport and wetland connectivity. [pdf 55.8 kb]


Project 3.7.4 CSIRO Wallace, J. (2009) June Milestone Report
A project progress report - June 2009. [pdf 76.9 kb]


Project 3.7.5 CSIRO van Grieken, M. (2008) June Milestone Report
A project progress report, including (a) a final report on assessment of the long term cost-effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for water quality improvement for the sugarcane production system in the Dry Tropics, North Queensland, and (b) a framework description for a spatially explicit model that allows for the assessment of sustainble land use and land management patterns in GBR catchments in conjunction with Project 2.5i.4. [pdf 4.5 Mb]


Program 7 Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Arthington, A. H. (2009) Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, threatened by a new dam.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 84(2): 211-221 [doi:10.1007/s10641-008-9414-y] 

Arthington, A. H., Naiman, M. E., McClain, E. and Nilsson, C. (2009) Preserving the biodiversity and ecological services of rivers:  New challenges and research opportunities Freshwater Biology 55:  1-16.

Bainbridge, Z., Brodie, J., Faithful, J., Sydes, D. and Lewis, S. (2009) Identifying the land-based sources of suspended sediments, nutrients and pesticides discharged to the Great Barrier Reef from the Tully/Murray Basin, Queensland, Australia Marine and Freshwater Research (In press).

Balcombe, S. R., Bunn, S. E., Arthington, A. H., Fawcett, J. H., McKenzie-Smith, F. J. and Wright, A. (2007) Fish larvae, growth and biomass relationships in an Australian arid zone river:  Links between floodplains and waterholes. Freshwater Biology 52(12): 2385-2398 [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01855.x]

Balcombe, S. R. and Arthington, A. H. (2009) Temporal changes in fish abundance in response to hydrological variability in a dryland floodplain river.  Marine Freshwater Research 60(2): 146-159 [doi:10.1071/MF08118]

Barbier, E. B., Koch, E. W., Silliman, B. R., Hacker, S. D., Wolanski, E., Primavera, J., Granek, E. F., Polasky, S., Aswani, S., Cramer, L. A., Stoms, D. M., Kennedy, C. J., Bael, D., Kappel, C. V., Perillo, G. M. E. and Reed, D. J. (2008) Coastal ecosystem-based management with non-linear ecological functions and values Science 319: 321-323 [doi:10.1126/science.1150349]

Barbier, E. B., Koch, E. W., Silliman, B. R., Hacker, S. D., Wolanski, E., Primavera, J., Granek, E. F., Polasky, S., Aswani, S., Cramer, L. A., Stoms, D. M., Kennedy, C. J., Bael, D., Kappel, C. V., Perillo, G. M. E. and Reed, D. J. (2008) Vegetation's role in coastal protection:  Response. Science 320: 176-177 [doi:10.1126/science.320.5873.176b]

Bond, N. R., Lake, P. S. and Arthington, A. H. (2008) The impacts of drought on freshwater ecosystems:  An Australian perspective. Hydrobiologia 600(1): 3-16 [doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9326-z]

Bourne, D., Iida, Y., Uthicke, S. and Smith-Keune, C. (2008) Changes in coral-associated microbial communities during a bleaching event The ISME Journal 2:  350-363.

Brodie, J., Lewis, S., Bainbridge, Z., Mitchell, A., Kroon, F. and Waterhouse, J. (2009) Target setting for pollutant discharge management of rivers in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area Marine and Freshwater Research (In press).

Cooper, T. F., Gilmour, J. P. and Fabricius, K. E. (2009) Bioindicators of changes in water quality on coral reefs:  Review and recommendations for monitoring programmes. Coral Reefs 28(3): 589-606 [doi:10.1007/s00338-009-0512-x] 

Cooper, T. F., Ridd, P. V., Ulstrup, K. E., Humphrey, C., Slivkoff, M. and Fabricius, K. E. (2008) Temporal dynamics in coral bioindicators for water quality on coastal coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine and Freshwater Research 59: 703-716 [doi: 10.1071/MF08016]

Cooper, T. F. and Ulstrup, K. E. (2009) Mesoscale variation in the photophysiology of the reef building coral Pocillopora damicornis along an environmental gradient.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 83(2): 186-196[doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.015]

Cooper, T. F., Uthicke, S., Humphrey, C. and Fabricius, K. E. (2007) Gradients in water column nutrients, sediment parameters, irradiance and coral reef development in the Whitsunday region, central Great Barrier Reef Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74(3): 458-470 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.020]

Davis, A., Lewis, S. E., Bainbridge, Z. T., Glendenning, L., Turner, R. D. R. and Brodie, J. E. (2011) Dynamics of herbicide transport and partitioning under event flow conditions in the lower Burdekin region, Australia Marine Pollution Bulletin (in press) [doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.025]

De'ath, G. and Fabricius, K. (2010) Water quality as a regional driver of coral biodiversity and macroalgae on the Great Barrier Reef.  Ecological Applications 20(3): 840-850 [doi:10.1890/08-2023.1]

Devlin, M. and Schaffelke, B. (2009) Spatial extent of riverine flood plumes and exposure of marine ecosystems in the Tully coastal region, Great Barrier Reef Marine and Freshwater Research (In press).

Fabricius, K., Okaji, K. and De'ath, G. (2010) Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation.  Coral Reefs (Accepted for publication). 

Gottschalk, S., Uthicke, S. and Heimann, K. (2007) Benthic diatom community composition in three regions of the Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaCoral Reefs 26(2): 345-357 [doi:10.1007/s00338-007-0204-3]

Hauri, C., Fabricius, K., Schaffelke, B. and Humphrey, C. (In review) Physical and chemical microenvironment underneath mat- and canopy-forming macroalgal assemblages in coral reefs, and their effects on understorey coralsPLoS One.

Hughes, A. O., Olley, J. M., Croke, J. C. and McKergow, L. A. (2008) Sediment source changes over the last 250 years in a dry-tropical catchment, central Queensland, Australia.  Geomorphology 104(3-4): 262-275 [doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.003]

Humphrey, C. A., Codi King, S. and Klumpp, D. W. (2007) A multibiomarker approach in barramundi (Lates calcarifer) to measure exposure to contaminants in estuaries of tropical North Queensland. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(10): 1569-1581 [doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.004]

Humphrey, C., Weber, M., Lott, C., Cooper, T. and Fabricius, K. (2008) Effects of suspended sediments, dissolved inorganic nutrients and salinity on fertilisation and embryo development in the coral Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834). Coral Reefs 27(4): 837-850 [doi:10.1007/s00338-008-0408-1]

Karim, F., Kinsey-Henderson, A., Wallace, J., Arthington, A. H. and Pearson, R. G. (2010) Hydrodynamic modelling of flood induced wetland connectivity in a tropical floodplain in North Queensland, Australia.  Submitted to Hydrological Processes.

Karim, F., Kinsey-Henderson, A., Wallace, J., Godfrey, P. and Arthington, A. H. (2010) Hydrodynamic modelling of wetland connectivity via the drainage network in a tropical floodplain in North Queensland, Australia.  Submitted to Hydrological Processes

Knight, J. T. and Arthington, A. H. (2008) Distribution and habitat associations of the endangered Oxleyan pygmy perch, Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, in eastern Australia.  Aquatic Conservation:  Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18(7): 1240-1254 [doi:10.1002/aqc.936]

Lambrechts, J., Hanert, E., Deleersnijder, E., Bernard, P.-E., Legat, V., Remacle, J.-F. and Wolanski, E. (2008) A multi-scale model of the hydrodynamics of the whole Great Barrier Reef.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79(1): 143-151 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.016]

Le Grand, H. and Fabricius, K. (In review) Relationship of internal macrobioeroder densities to the nutrient status of coral reefs:  Review and case studyCoral Reefs

Lewis, S. E., Brodie, J. E., Bainbridge, Z. T., Rohde, K. W., Davis, A. M., Masters, B. L., Maughan, M., Devlin, M. J., Mueller, J. F. and Schaffelke, B. (2009) Herbicides:  A new threat to the Great Barrier Reef.  Environmental Pollution (in press) [doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.006]

Likens, G. E., Walker, K. F., Davies, P. E., Brookes, J., Olley, J., Young, W. J., Thoms, M. C., Lake, S., Gawne, B., Davis, J., Arthington, A. H., Thompson, R. and Oliver, R. L. (2009) Ecosystem science:  Toward a new paradigm for managing Australia's inland aquatic ecosystemsMarine and Freshwater Research 60(3): 271-279 [doi:10.1071/MF08188]

Mackay, S. J., James, C. and Arthington, A. H. (2009) Macrophytes as indicators of stream condition in the Wet Tropics region, Northern Queensland, Australia Ecological Indicators (In press) [doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.06.017]

Medeiros, S. E. F. and Arthington, A. H. (2008) Diel variation in food intake and diet composition of three native fish species in floodplain lagoons of the Macintyre River, Australia Journal of Fish Biology 73(4): 1024-1032 [doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01959.x]

Medeiros, E. S. F. and Arthington, A. H. (2008) The importance of zooplankton in the diets of three native fish species in floodplain waterholes of a dryland river, the Macintyre River, Australia Hydrobiologia 614(1):  19-31 [doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9533-7]

Negri, A. P., Mortimer, M., Carter, S. and Müller, J. F. (2009) Persistent organochlorines and metals in estuarine mud crabs of the Great Barrier Reef.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 58(5): 769-773 [doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.004]

Negri, A. P., Soo, R. M., Flores, F. and Webster, N. S. (2009) Bacillus insecticides are not acutely harmful to corals and sponges.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 381: 157-165 [doi:10.3354/meps07933]

Nobes, K., Uthicke, S. and Henderson, R. (2008) Is light the limiting factor for the distribution of benthic symbiont bearing foraminifera on the Great Barrier Reef?  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 363(1-2): 48-57 [doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.015]

Poff, N. L., Richter, B. D., Arthington, A. H., Bunn, S. E., Naiman, R. J., Kendy, E., Acreman, M., Apse, C., Bledsoe, B. P., Freeman, M. C., Henriksen, J., Jacobson, R. B., Kennen, J. G., Merritt, D. M., O'Keeffe, J. H., Olden, J. D., Rogers, K., Tharme, R. E. and Warne, A. (2009) The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA):  A new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards Freshwater Biology (In press) [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02204.x] 

Richmond, R. H., Rongo, T., Golbuu, Y., Victor, S., Idechong, N., Davis, G., Kostka, W., Neth, L., Hamnett, M. and Wolanski, E. (2007) Watersheds and coral reefs:  Conservation science, policy and implementationBioScience 57(7): 598-607 [doi:10.1641/B570710]

Shaw, M., Negri, A., Fabricius, K. and Mueller, J. (2009) Predicting water toxicity:  Pairing passive sampling with bioassays on the Great Barrier Reef Aquatic Toxicology 95: 108-116 [doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.08.007]

Sheaves, M. and Johnston, R. (2010) Implications of spatial variability of fish assemblages for monitoring of Australia's tropical estuariesAquatic Conservation:  Marine and Freshwater Systems 20: 348-356 [doi:10.1002/aqc.1093]

Sheaves, M., Johnston, R. and Connolly, R. (2010) Temporal dynamics of fish assemblages of natural and artificial tropical estuariesMarine Ecology Progress Series 410: 143-157 [doi:10.3354/meps08655]

Uthicke, S. and Altenrath, C. (2010) Water column nutrients control growth and C:N ratios of symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera on the Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaLimnology and Oceanography 55(4): 1681-1696 [doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1681]

Uthicke, S. and McGuire, K. (2007) Bacterial communities in Great Barrier Reef calcareous sediments:  Contrasting 16S rDNA libraries from nearshore and outer shelf reefs Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 72(1-2):  188-200 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.017]

Uthicke, S. and Nobes, K. (2008) Benthic Foraminifera as ecological indicators of water quality on the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78(4): 763-773 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.02.014]

Uthicke, S., Llewellyn, L. and Eder, F. (2009) Fluorescent lectin assay to quantify particulate marine polysaccharides on 96-well filtration platesLimnology and Oceanography:  Methods 7: 449-458.

Uthicke, S., Thompson, A. and Schaffelke, B. (2010) Effectiveness of benthic foraminiferal and coral assemblages as water quality indicators on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Coral Reefs 29: 209-225 [doi:10.1007/s00338-009-0574-9]  

van Oosterom, J., Codi King, S., Negri, A., Humphrey, C. and Mondon, J. (2010) Investigation of the mud crab (Scylla serrata) as a potential bio-monitoring species for tropical coastal marine environments of Australia Marine Pollution Bulletin 60(2): 283-290 [doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.007]

Wallace, J. S., Hawdon, A., Keen, R. and Stewart, L. (2009) The role of coastal floodplains in generating sediment and nutrient fluxes to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon in AustraliaInternational Journal of Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 8: 183-194.

Wallace, J., Stewart, L., Hawdon, A., Keen, R., Karim, F. and Kemei, J. (2009) Flood water quality and marine sediment and nutrient loads from the Tully and Murray catchments in North Queensland, Australia Marine and Freshwater Research (In press)

White, L. and Wolanski, E. (2008) Flow separation and vertical motions in a tidal flow interacting with a shallow-water island.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 77(3): 457-466 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.003]

Wolanski, E., Fabricius, K. E., Cooper, T. F. and Humphrey, C. (2008) Wet season fine sediment dynamics on the inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 77(4): 755-762 [doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.014]

Wooldridge, S. A. (2009) Water quality and coral bleaching thresholds:  Formalising the linkage for the inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Marine Pollution Bulletin 58(5): 745-751 [doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.013]

All Content © Reef & Rainforest Research Centre 2006