Monitoring of the inshore coral reefs most at risk from land-based sources of pollutants will be carried out to ensure that any change in their status is identified. Monitoring sites will be associated with the river mouth and inshore marine water quality-monitoring programs to enable correlation with concurrently collected water quality information. Monitoring will include the use of traditional video-transect monitoring, as well as the assessment of coral recruitment and population demography. Outcomes: Information about current status and long-term (10 year) trends in water quality and marine ecosystem status in the GBRWHA.
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Organisation Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Organisation other Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Name David Haynes
Phone 07 4750 0853
Email d.haynes@gbrmpa.gov.au
Position in organisation
Monitoring Type Coral Reef
Monitoring Indicators Inshore Reef monitoring
Monitoring location Great Barrier Reef Wide
Frequency of monitoring
Monitoring Start Date 01/01/2005
Monitoring End Date 30/06/2005
Location of monitoring data GBRMPA
Date quality / confidence Scientific
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