Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Status of primary production
Management Concern: High
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- There is insufficient evidence to know if patterns of primary production are changing.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Terrestrial run-off and its effects on reef ecology
- Enhanced levels of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Great Barrier Reef
- The effects of nutrients and herbivory on competition between hard coral and a brown alga
- Macroalgae, nutrients and phase shifts on coral reefs
- Chlorophyll concentrations in the Great Barrier Reef
- Phytoplankton in The Great Barrier Reef
- Ecological roles of macroalgae
- Vulnerability of microbes on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Vulnerability of plankton on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Vulnerability of macroalgae on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Vulnerability of seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Blooms of 'Golden Noodle' algae on the Great Barrier Reef
- Indirect effects of algae on corals: algae-mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality
- Benthic microalgae in coral reef sediments
- Spatial distribution of benthic microalgae on coral reefs determined by remote sensing
Existing policies and management actions
- Australian Government policy on climate change
- Queensland Government climate change policies and strategies
- Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012
- Coastal Ecosystem Management Position Paper
- Water Quality Guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (2009)
- Regional Water Quality Improvement Plans
- Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program
- Improving water quality
- Coastal ecosystem protection
Future management requirements
- Draft Queensland Coastal Management Plan
- Biodiversity strategy
Defined research questions
- How is climate change influencing primary productivity in the Great Barrier Reef?
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