Gruber, R., Waterhouse, J., Logan, M., Petus, C., Howley, C., Lewis, S., Tracey, D., Langlois, L., Tonin, H., Skuza, M., Costello, P., Davidson, J,, Gunn, K., Lefevre, C., Shanahan, M., Wright, M., Zagorskis, I., Kroon, F., and Neilen, A. (2019) Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore water quality monitoring 2017-18. External Commissioned Report. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

The inshore water quality aspect of the Marine Monitoring Program reports on the annual condition and trend in water quality of the Great Barrier Reef (the Reef) with reference to previous data from 2005 to 2017. The program design includes the collection of water samples along transects in the Cape York, Wet Tropics, Burdekin and Mackay-Whitsunday focus areas year-round, with higher frequency sampling during the wet season to better characterise this period of episodic river discharge. Satellite imagery and modelling simulations are linked with in-situ monitoring data to estimate the exposure of inshore areas to end-of-catchment loads from rivers.

Item ID:	92655
Item Type:	Report (External Commissioned Report)
ISSN:	2208-4096
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Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2026 04:48
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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