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A Review of Water Quality Issues Influencing Habitat Quality in Dugong Protection Areas
A Review of Water Quality Issues Influencing the Habitat Quality in Dugong Protection Areas
Britta Schaffelke, Jane Waterhouse and Caroline Christie
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
FOREWORD 
[Adobe Acrobat Format 51.83KB]
CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 110.39KB]
SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 47.97KB]
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 33.33KB]
INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 105.92KB]
- Geographical and Biological Setting
- Dugong Habitats
2. CATCHMENT ACTIVITIES POTENTIALLY AFFECTING DUGONG
PROTECTION AREAS [Adobe Acrobat Format 161.13KB]
- Changes in Land Use
- Terrestrial Runoff
- Point Sources
- River Discharge
- Cyclonic Flood Plumes
- Other Sources - Water Dynamics and Sediment Resuspension
- Constituents of Terrestrial Runoff
- Nutrients and Sediment
- Heavy Metals
- Other Contaminants
- Freshwater
- Acid Sulfate Soils
- Litter
3. POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF DEGRADED WATER QUALITY ON DUGONG [Adobe Acrobat Format 74.68KB]
- Potential Direct Impacts of Water Quality on Dugong Health
- Potential Impacts of Terrestrial Runoff on Dugong Habitats
- Increased Nutrients
- Increased Sedimentation
- Contaminants
- Other Considerations
- Other Pressures to Water Quality and Dugong Habitat Quality
Shipping - Oil Spills Trawling
CONDITION OF CATCHMENTS ADJACENT TO DUGONG PROTECTION AREAS [Adobe Acrobat Format 849.06KB]
- Hinchinbrook and Taylors Beach DPAs
- Cleveland Bay, Cape Bowling Green Bay and Upstart Bay DPAs
- Edgecumbe Bay, Repulse Bay, Newry Region and Sand Bay DPAs
- Llewellyn Bay, Ince Bay, Clairview Region, Shoalwater Bay, Port Clinton DPAs
- Rodds Bay and Hervey Bay–Great Sandy Strait DPAs
QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HABITAT QUALITY IN DUGONG PROTECTION AREAS [Adobe Acrobat Format 44.64KB]
ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF POLLUTANTS IN DUGONG
PROTECTION AREAS [Adobe Acrobat Format 48.57KB]
- Monitoring of Pollutant Levels in Marine Mammals
- Monitoring of Pollutant Levels in Dugong Habitats
- Long-term Water Quality Monitoring
- Chlorophyll Monitoring
- Flood Plume Monitoring
JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATIONS [Adobe Acrobat Format 44.50KB]
DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 31.87KB]
CONCLUSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 31.87KB]
REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 86.25KB]
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