Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Status of ocean currents
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Ocean currents vary naturally and there is insufficient evidence to know if patterns are changing in the Great Barrier Reef
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Large scale ocean currents affecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Ocean currents and the Great Barrier Reef
Existing policies and management actions
- Australian Government policy on climate change
- Queensland Government climate change policies and strategies
- Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012
Future management requirements
- Future management requirements in this area are being guided by ongoing assessment of emerging research outcomes and issues identified by the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009.
Defined research questions
- How is climate change influencing ocean circulation and vice versa?
- What is the intensity of boundary currents bordering the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, and what are the existing upwelling dynamics?
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