A flood of information: Using Sentinel-3 water colour products to assure continuity in the monitoring of water quality trends in the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

C Petus, J Waterhouse, S Lewis, M Vacher… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
An operational method to assess trends in marine water composition and ecosystem health
during flood periods has been developed for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Queensland …

The pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata shows high resistance to warming when nitrate concentrations are low

B Thobor, A Tilstra, DG Bourne, K Springer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The resistance of hard corals to warming can be negatively affected by nitrate
eutrophication, but related knowledge for soft corals is scarce. We thus investigated the …

Measuring sediment grain size across the catchment to reef continuum: Improved methods and environmental insights

Z Bainbridge, S Lewis, T Stevens, C Petus… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sediments collected within freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats were used to trial
various chemical and physical pre-treatments to develop a systematic protocol for grain-size …

A benthic light index of water quality in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

MM Canto, KE Fabricius, M Logan, S Lewis… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Good water quality is essential to the health of marine ecosystems, yet current metrics used
to track water quality in the Great Barrier Reef are not strongly tied to ecological outcomes …

Meteorological Satellite Observations Reveal Diurnal Exceedance of Water Quality Guideline Thresholds in the Coastal Great Barrier Reef

L Patricio-Valerio, T Schroeder, MJ Devlin, Y Qin… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a marine protected area subject to natural and
anthropogenic disturbances. Water quality is critical for the health and protecting resilience …

[PDF][PDF] Whitsunday Water Quality Monitoring Blueprint for Tourism Operators: Annual report 2022-2023

J Iles, P Cartwright, N Waltham - 2023 - healthyriverstoreef.org.au
1.1 Background The Whitsunday region of the Queensland coast encompasses numerous
islands, bays, and inshore reefs, and is an important gateway to the outer Great Barrier Reef …

[PDF][PDF] Whitsunday Water Quality Monitoring Blueprint for Tourism Operators: Annual report 2023-2024

P Cartwright, J Iles, J Johns, N Waltham - 2024 - healthyriverstoreef.org.au
1.1 Background The Whitsunday region of the Queensland coast encompasses numerous
islands, bays, and inshore reefs, and is an important gateway to the outer Great Barrier Reef …

[PDF][PDF] The dissipation of suspended particulate matter in river flood plumes and implications for marine ecosystems: case studies from the Great Barrier Reef

S Lewis, C Petus, D Tracey, Z Bainbridge, C James… - What's really damaging … - core.ac.uk
The influence of newly-delivered suspended particulate matter (SPM) exported from coastal
catchments on marine ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has received …

Position statement: Water quality (Document no. 100516)

GBRMP Authority - 2020 - elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au
Poor water quality is a major threat to the Great Barrier Reef, particularly inshore areas.
Improving the quality of water entering the Marine Park is critical and urgent. The Great …

[PDF][PDF] Whitsunday Water Quality Monitoring Blueprint for Tourism Operators: Annual report 2019-2020

J Iles, N Waltham - 2020 - healthyriverstoreef.org.au
1.1 Background The Whitsunday region of the Queensland coast encompasses numerous
islands, bays, and inshore reef and is an important gateway to the outer barrier reef. Of …