Community-Based Water Quality and Coral Reef Monitoring in the Negril Marine Park, Jamaica: Land-Based Nutrient Inputs and Their Ecological Consequences

2001 ◽  
pp. 963-988
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Nutrient Inputs ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Ecological Consequences ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Reef Monitoring

Management of Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Woodley
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Management Issue ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Coral Reef System

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becoming an increasingly important management issue requiring better knowledge and possibly new standards of treatment and discharge.

Spatial Pattern of Water Quality on Coral Reef Area Around Kaledupa Island

Jurnal Segara ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Hadiwijaya Lesmana Salim ◽  
Dini Purbani ◽  
Agustin Rustam ◽  
Yulius Yulius ◽  
Devi Suryono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Reef Area ◽  
Coral Reef Area

scholarly journals CWDAT—An Open-Source Tool for the Visualization and Analysis of Community-Generated Water Quality Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Annie Gray ◽  
Colin Robertson ◽  
Rob Feick
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Community Based

Citizen science initiatives span a wide range of topics, designs, and research needs. Despite this heterogeneity, there are several common barriers to the uptake and sustainability of citizen science projects and the information they generate. One key barrier often cited in the citizen science literature is data quality. Open-source tools for the analysis, visualization, and reporting of citizen science data hold promise for addressing the challenge of data quality, while providing other benefits such as technical capacity-building, increased user engagement, and reinforcing data sovereignty. We developed an operational citizen science tool called the Community Water Data Analysis Tool (CWDAT)—a R/Shiny-based web application designed for community-based water quality monitoring. Surveys and facilitated user-engagement were conducted among stakeholders during the development of CWDAT. Targeted recruitment was used to gather feedback on the initial CWDAT prototype’s interface, features, and potential to support capacity building in the context of community-based water quality monitoring. Fourteen of thirty-two invited individuals (response rate 44%) contributed feedback via a survey or through facilitated interaction with CWDAT, with eight individuals interacting directly with CWDAT. Overall, CWDAT was received favourably. Participants requested updates and modifications such as water quality thresholds and indices that reflected well-known barriers to citizen science initiatives related to data quality assurance and the generation of actionable information. Our findings support calls to engage end-users directly in citizen science tool design and highlight how design can contribute to users’ understanding of data quality. Enhanced citizen participation in water resource stewardship facilitated by tools such as CWDAT may provide greater community engagement and acceptance of water resource management and policy-making.

scholarly journals An evaluation of photo line-intercept transect (PLIT) method for coral reef monitoring

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryota NAKAJIMA ◽  
Asami NAKAYAMA ◽  
Teruaki YOSHIDA ◽  
Mohd Rajuddin Mohd KUSHAIRI ◽  
Bin Haji Ross OTHMAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Line Intercept ◽  
Reef Monitoring

Coral reef monitoring in the Iles Eparses, Mozambique Channel (2011–2013)

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Chabanet ◽  
L. Bigot ◽  
J.-B. Nicet ◽  
P. Durville ◽  
L. Massé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Mozambique Channel ◽  
Îles Éparses ◽  
Reef Monitoring

scholarly journals Stream Restoration for Legacy Sediments at Gramies Run, Maryland: Early Lessons from Implementation, Water Quality Monitoring, and Soil Health

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2164
Author(s):  
Katie Mattern ◽  
Alyssa Lutgen ◽  
Nathan Sienkiewicz ◽  
Grant Jiang ◽  
Jinjun Kan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Stream Restoration ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Nutrient Inputs ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Partial Removal ◽  
Riparian Trees

While stream restorations are increasingly being adopted to mitigate sediment and nutrient inputs and to meet water quality regulatory targets, less information is available on the drivers behind the design, implementation, effectiveness, and cost of restorations. We address these issues for a $4.2 million stream restoration for legacy sediments implemented for a rural Piedmont stream in Maryland, USA. A total of 1668 m of stream was restored in three phases, which included the partial removal of legacy sediments, the grading of streambanks, floodplain creation, channel reshaping with meanders and pool-riffle forms, the raising of the stream bed, and the planting of riparian vegetation. The sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentrations and fluxes were monitored before- and during the restoration phases. The sites selected for restoration had legacy sediments vulnerable to erosion and were on state-owned land. The restoration design was based on the need to maintain mature riparian trees and preserve existing sensitive wetland habitats. Water quality monitoring indicated that the sediment and nutrient fluxes increased during the restoration phase and were attributed to disturbance associated with construction activities and increased runoff. We also recommend that soil health needs to be included as an integral component to enhance the effectiveness and resilience of stream restorations.

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