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GBR - Pesticide monitoring of the inshore Great Barrier Reef by the Reef Water Quality Marine Monitoring Program (EnTox UQ)

Posted on 18 August 2009

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Pollutants at trace concentrations in water are detected, monitored and quantified using time integrated passive sampling techniques These techniques are based on the diffusion of chemicals from the water into a sampling phase that has a relatively high capacity for the chemicals of interest and provide a quantitative measure of the concentration of analytes in the samplers. Average water concentrations in the environment during the time of deployment are derived from the concentrations sequestered in the sampler from a deployment using calibrations conducted in the laboratory.

In 2007/08 routine monitoring was undertaken at 13 inshore reef sites and 2 river mouths. Routine sampling occurs monthly during the wet season (November to March) and for two month periods during the dry season (April to October).

  • Jochen Mueller
Custodian(s)
  • National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology
  • University of Queensland
Owner Institution(s)

herbicide concentrations ng/l to ug/l

Data Units
13 sites in the inshore Great Barrier Reef between Lizard Island and North Keppel Island plus the mouth of the Tully and Pioneer Rivers.
Region & Spatial Extent
2005 - 2008
Data Collection
Updated annually
Maintenance & Update Frequency
Access to data can be negotiated with data custodian
Resource Constraints

Bartkow, M., Dunn, A., Komarova, T., Paxman, C. and Mueller, J. (2008). Monitoring of organic chemicals in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and selected tributaries using time integrated monitoring tools. Water Quality and Ecosystem Monitoring Programme Reef Water Quality Protection Plan. Final Report 2007/08. Report submitted to the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre. [pdf 4.9 MB]

Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (2008). Reef Water Quality Marine Monitoring Program: A synthesis of 2007/08 data. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Australia. 96pp. [pdf 4.5 MB]

References
GBR_EnTox_Pesticide-monitoring
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