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Status of microbial processes
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Low
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Changes in the physical and chemical environment are likely to be causing changes in microbial processes, but there is little information available.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Ecological role of marine microbes in the Great Barrier Reef
- Vulnerability of microbes on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
Existing policies and management actions
- Water Quality Guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (2009)
- Regional Water Quality Improvement Plans
- Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program
- Improving water quality
- 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
- What will be the effects of climate change on microbial processes and symbioses?
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