The following citations are relevant water quality research results published since the completion of the Outlook Report 2009. This list was last updated in March 2010.

Bainbridge, Z., Brodie, J., Faithful, J., Sydes, D. and Lewis, S. 2009, Identifying the land-based sources of suspended sediments, nutrients and pesticides discharged to the Great Barrier Reef from the Tully–Murray Basin, Queensland, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research, 60: 1081-1090.

Brodie, J., Lewis, S., Bainbridge, Z., Mitchell, A., Waterhouse, J. and Kroon, F. 2009, Pollutant discharge management target setting for rivers in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area, Marine and Freshwater Research, 60: 1141-1149.

Cantin, N.E., van Oppen, M.J.H., Willis, B.L., Mieog, J.C. and Negri, A.P. 2009, Juvenile corals can acquire more carbon from high-performance algal symbionts, Coral Reefs, 28: 405-414.

Cooper, T.F., Gilmour, J.P. and Fabricius, K.E. 2009, Bioindicators of changes in water quality on coral reefs: review and recommendations for monitoring programmes, Coral Reefs, 28: 589-606.

Devlin, M.J. and Schaffelke, B. 2009, Spatial extent of riverine flood plumes and exposure of marine ecosystems in the Tully coastal region, Great Barrier Reef, Marine and Freshwater Research, 60: 1109-1122.

Lewis, S.E., Brodie, J.E., Bainbridge, Z.T., Rohde, K.W., Davis, A.M., Masters, B.L., Maughan, M., Devlin, M.J., Mueller, J.F. and Schaffelke, B. 2009, Herbicides: a new threat to the Great Barrier Reef, Environmental Pollution, 157: 2470-2484.

Maughan, M. and Brodie, J. 2009, Reef exposure to river-borne contaminants: a spatial model, Marine and Freshwater Research, 60: 1132-1140.

Negri, A.P., Mortimer, M., Carter, S. and Muller, J.F. 2009, Persistent organochlorines and metals in estuarine mud crabs of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58: 769-773.

Negri, A.P., Soo, R.M., Flores, F. and Webster, N.S. 2009, Bacillus insecticides are not acutely harmful to corals and sponges, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 381: 157-165.

Shaw, M., Negri, A., Fabricius, K. and Mueller, J.F. 2009, Predicting water toxicity: pairing passive sampling with bioassays on the Great Barrier Reef, Aquatic Toxicology, 95: 108-116.

Wallace, J., Stewart, L., Hawdon, A., Keen, R., Karim, F. and Kemei, J. 2009, Flood water quality and marine sediment and nutrient loads from the Tully and Murray catchments in north Queensland, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research, 60: 1123-1131.

Wooldridge, S.A. 2009, Water quality and coral bleaching thresholds: formalising the linkage for the inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58: 745-751.