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Water clarity and water quality, catchment to reef, Great Barrier Reef

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Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
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This research focused on defining improved water quality guideline trigger values for the GBR Water Quality Guidelines, by identifying measures of changes in coral reefs that are specifically related to recent and past exposure to changing water quality from altered catchments. An analysis of spatial and seasonal water quality conditions in six NRM regions on the GBR assessed the relationships between water quality and reef ecosystem health. Trigger values for water quality were determined to protect ecosystem health and model based predictions for ecosystem benefits for improvements should the trigger values by implemented. Analysis was conducted for the six NRM regions: Burnett Mary, Fitzroy, Mackay Whitsundays, Burdekin Dry Tropics, Wet Tropics, and Cape York NRM. This included nine water quality parameters were analysed: Secchi depth, chlorophyll, suspended solids, particulate, dissolved and total nitrogen, and particulate, dissolved and total phosphorus. Four groups of biota were used as proxies for reef ecosystem status and biodiversity: these were macroalgal cover, species richness of hard corals, and species richness of phototrophic and heterotrophic octocorals. Two separate approaches were used to define water quality guideline trigger values: (i) The modelled relationships between the condition of reef biota (ii) The analyses of the spatial distribution of water quality. The chlorophyll and nutrient data were collected since 1976, and between 1992 and 2006 as part of the Long-Term Chlorophyll Monitoring program, and of the Reef Plan Marine Monitoring program since 2005. The Secchi data were collected by a consortium of people from AIMS, DPIF, and members of the Reef Plan Marine Monitoring Program since 1976. These data are available through the data links on this page (eAtlas). The hard coral biodiversity data were collected between 1994 and 2001. The study was funded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: See report De’ath G, Fabricius KE (2008) Water quality of the Great Barrier Reef: distributions, effects on reef biota and trigger values for the protection of ecosystem health. Final Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. (104 pp.), for futher information on data quality and processed used.

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Fabricius, Katharina E, Dr (Principal Investigator)

Modified: 09 08 2024

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Harrington LM, Fabricius KE, Eaglesham G and Negri AP (2005) Synergistic effects of diuron and sedimentation on photosynthetic yields and survival of crustose coralline algae. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51: 415-427.

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Fabricius KE and Metzner J (2004) Scleractinian walls of mouths: predation on coral larvae by corals. Coral Reefs. 23: 245-248.

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Fabricius KE and De'ath AG (2001) Environmental factors associated with the spatial distribution of crustose coralline algae on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs. 19: 303-309.

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e-atlas Secchi disk depth

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Fabricius KE, Wild C, Wolanski EJ and Abele D (2003) Effects of transparent exopolymer particles and muddy terrigenous sediments on the survival of hard coral recruits. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 57: 613-621.

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Philipp E and Fabricius KE (2003) Photophysiological stress in scleractinian corals in response to short-term sedimentation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 287: 57-78.

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Candidate bioindicator measures to monitor exposure to changing water quality on the Great Barrier Reef. Interim Report.: Fabricius KE, Uthicke S, Cooper TF, Humphrey CA, De'ath AG and Mellors J (2007) Candidate bioindicator measures to monitor exposure to changing water quality on the Great Barrier Reef. Interim Report.. Catchment to Reef Research Program - CRC Reef and Rainforest CRC and Australian Institute of Marine Science. 225 p.

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Fabricius KE (2005) Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 50: 125-146.

local : 11068/6838

Fabricius KE and De'ath AG (2004) Identifying ecological change and its causes: a case study on coral reefs. Ecological Applications. 14: 1448-1465.

local : 11068/6824

Brodie JE, Fabricius KE, De'ath AG and Okaji K (2005) Are increased nutrient inputs responsible for more outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish? An appraisal of the evidence. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51:266-278.

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De'ath AG and Fabricius KE (2000) Classification and regression trees: a powerful yet simple technique for the analysis of complex ecological data. Ecology. 81: 3178-3192.

local : 11068/5812

Fine Sediment Budget On An Inner Shelf Island Of The Great Barrier Reef

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e-atlas Water quality guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef

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Gradients in water column nutrients, sediments, irradiance and coral reef development in the Whitsunday Region, central Great Barrier Reef: Cooper TF, Uthicke S, Humphrey CA and Fabricius KE (2007) Gradients in water column nutrients, sediments, irradiance and coral reef development in the Whitsunday Region, central Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 74: 458-470.

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Temporal dynamics in coral bioindicators for water quality on coastal coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: Cooper TF, Ridd P, Ulstrup KE, Humphrey CA, Slivkoff MM and Fabricius KE (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.

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Water Quality Dataset, Great Barrier Reef

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e-atlas Water column chlorophyll

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Anthony KRN and Fabricius KE (2000) Shifting roles of heterotrophy and autotrophy in coral energetics under varying turbidity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 252: 221-253.

local : 11068/5813

Fabricius KE and Wolanski EJ (2000) Rapid smothering of coral organisms by muddy marine snow. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 50: 115-120.

local : 11068/1540

Water quality of the Great Barrier Reef: distributions, effects on reef biota and trigger values for the protection of ecosystem health: De'ath G and Fabricius KE (2008) Water quality of the Great Barrier Reef: distributions, effects on reef biota and trigger values for the protection of ecosystem health. Research Publication No.89. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 104 p.

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Negri AP, Vollhardt C, Humphrey CA, Heyward AJ, Jones RJ, Eaglesham G and Fabricius KE (2005) Effects of the herbicide diuron on the early life history stages of coral. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51: 370-383.

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