Preventable fine sediment export from the Burdekin River catchment reduces coastal seagrass abundance and increases dugong mortality within the Townsville region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 671-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A Wooldridge
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Sediment Export

Wet season fine sediment dynamics on the inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef

2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wolanski ◽  
Katharina E. Fabricius ◽  
Timothy F. Cooper ◽  
Craig Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
Sediment Dynamics ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Inner Shelf

Fine sediment budget on an inner-shelf coral-fringed island, Great Barrier Reef of Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wolanski ◽  
Katharina Fabricius ◽  
Simon Spagnol ◽  
Richard Brinkman
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
Sediment Budget ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Inner Shelf

Importance of wave-induced bed liquefaction in the fine sediment budget of Cleveland Bay, Great Barrier Reef

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lambrechts ◽  
C. Humphrey ◽  
L. McKinna ◽  
O. Gourge ◽  
K.E. Fabricius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
Sediment Budget ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Wave Induced

Modelled estimates of fine sediment and particulate nutrients delivered from the Great Barrier Reef catchments

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 112163 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. McCloskey ◽  
R. Baheerathan ◽  
C. Dougall ◽  
R. Ellis ◽  
F.R. Bennett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fine Sediment ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Particulate Nutrients

Distribution of coastal freshwater wetlands and riparian forests in the Herbert River catchment and implications for management of catchments adjacent the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K.L. JOHNSON ◽  
S.P. EBERT ◽  
A.E. MURRAY
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Riparian Forests ◽  
Freshwater Wetlands ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
International Trends ◽  
River Catchments

Because coral reefs are sensitive to land derived inputs of nutrient and sediment, there is concern worldwide for the effects of anthropogenic change in river catchments on reefs. Thirty-one river catchments drain directly into the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, NE Australia. This case study was undertaken on the floodplain of the Herbert River catchment in north Queensland, utilizing remote sensing and GIS to assess both spatial and temporal changes in freshwater wetlands and riparian forests. We demonstrate that there has been a very large reduction in the area of these ecosystems since European settlement in the mid nineteenth century, with an 80% decline in their extent since 1943. We provide a range of quantitative measures to show that the landscape diversity of these ecosystems has also declined. These changes are of importance in terms of regional, national and international trends. We argue that policy, planning and management reform is required if the remaining ecological, economic and social values of these systems and the adjacent Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are to be maintained.

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