Waterhouse, J., Lønborg, C., Logan, M., Petus, C., Tracey, D., Lewis, S., Tonin, H., Skuza, M., da Silva, E, Carreira, C, Costello, P., Davidson, J., Gunn, K., Wright, M., Zagorskis, I., Brinkman, R., and Schaffelke, B. (2017) Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore water quality monitoring 2015-2016. External Commissioned Report. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

The management of water quality remains an essential requirement to ensure the long-term protection of the coastal and inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (Reef) (Commonwealth of Australia, 2015). The land management initiatives under the Australian and Queensland Government's Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan) and the Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan (Reef 2050 Plan) are key actions to improve the water quality entering the GBR. The goal of the Reef Plan is “To ensure that by 2020 the quality of water entering the reef from broadscale land use has no detrimental impact on the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef.”

This report summarises the results of water quality monitoring activities, carried out by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) as part of the Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) in 2015–16, with reference to previous data from 2005 to 2015. The results of three case studies are also presented in the Appendices. These case studies are completed annually and are intended to provide investigation of new approaches or more in-depth data analysis to inform future improvements to the program.

Item ID:	92649
Item Type:	Report (External Commissioned Report)
ISSN:	2208-4096
Copyright Information:	© Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Institute of Marine Science) and James Cook University (TropWATER) 2017. Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore water quality monitoring 2015-2016 is licensed for use under a Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 International licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logos of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Institute of Marine Science, James Cook University and TropWATER, any other material protected by a trademark, content supplied by third parties and any photographs. For licence conditions see: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2026 07:16
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4105 Pollution and contamination > 410501 Environmental biogeochemistry @ 100%
SEO Codes:	18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180201 Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems @ 100%
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