Waterhouse, Jane, Lønborg, C, Logan, Murray, Petus, Caroline, Tracey, Dieter, Lewis, Stephen, Howley, C, Harper, EL, Tonin, H, Skuza, M, Doyle, J., Costello, P., Davidson, J., Gunn, K., Wright, M., Zagorskis, I., Kroon, F., and Gruber, R. (2018) Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore water quality monitoring 2016-2017. External Commissioned Report. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

Monitoring and management of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water quality remains important to support the long-term protection of the coastal and inshore ecosystems of the GBR. The land management initiatives under the Australian and Queensland government's Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan2) 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), James Cook University (JCU) and the Cape York Water Monitoring Partnership (CYWMP) as part of the Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) in 2016–17, with reference to previous data from 2005 to 2016. The results of two case studies are also presented in the Appendices.

Item ID:	92660
Item Type:	Report (External Commissioned Report)
Copyright Information:	© Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Institute of Marine Science) and James Cook University (TropWATER) 2018. Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore water quality monitoring 2016-2017 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:	29 Sep 2026 07:39
FoR Codes:	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4105 Pollution and contamination > 410504 Surface water quality processes and contaminated sediment assessment @ 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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