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Inshore reef health - nutrient, sediment and pesticide loads
Prange et al., 2007:
Inshore waters
Regional minimum, maximum and mean nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended sediment concentrations at inshore reef locations during the 2005/06 wet season

Minimum, maximum and median chlorophyll a concentrations at inner and outer sites in each of the NRM regions from the 2004/05 dry season and 2005/06 wet seasons

Regional minimum, maximum and average pesticides concentrations (and compound distribution) of total detected pesticides at inshore reef sites
Citation and/or URL
Prange, J., Haynes, D., Schaffelke, B. & Waterhouse, J. 2007, Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Protection Plan: annual marine monitoring report: reporting on data available from December 2004 to April 2006. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia
Spatial Coverage
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Temporal Coverage
Chlorophyll, nutrient and secchi data collected since 1976
Hard coral biodiversity data between 1994 and 2001
Reef Plan Marine Monitoring Program since 2005
Update Frequency
Annually
Other Information
None
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