NESP TWQ Project 3.2.5 - Testing and implementation of the water quality metric for the 2017 and 2018 reef report cards, 2017-2017 (AIMS)

Research Project

Researchers: Australian Institute of Marine Science (Associated with) , Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (Associated with) , Britta Schaffelke (principalInvestigator, Point of contact) , Mark Baird (collaborator) , Martin, Katherine (collaborator)
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Full description Report cards are used at various levels to summarise and communicate complex information on GBR health. The effectiveness of Reef Plan is communicated through the annual Reef Report card. In the Reef Report Card, marine water quality is reported using a metric, developed in 2009, based on satellite remote sensing of near surface concentrations of chlorophyll and total suspended solids. This provides a wide spatial and temporal coverage of marine water quality.

However, the current water quality metric has a number of issues such that the Independent Science Panel has recently expressed a lack of confidence in it and suggested that a new approach was needed. This proposal outlines a research program to deliver elements of this new approach.

Notes Credit
This project was funded by the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment through the National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub with co-investment from project partners and collaborators.

Data time period: 2017-01-01 to 10 12 2017