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Figure 6.12 Exposure to key water quality factors
The map illustrates a combined assessment of: total suspended sediments (exceedance of 2 milligrams per litre and 6 milligrams per litre thresholds, 2002–2012, and average annual surface exposure, 2007–2011); nutrients (chlorophyll exceedance of 0.45 micrograms per litre thresholds, 2002–2012, and dissolved inorganic nitrogen average annual surface exposure, 2007–2011); PSII herbicide exposure, 2010–2011; and crown-of-thorns starfish initiation zone. Source: Brodie et al. 2013202