Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 177, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113490
Keywords
PSII herbicides; GBR; Temporal trends; Power analysis; Monitoring
Funding
- University of Queensland
- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Science
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The Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) was established in 2005 to assess the health of the Great Barrier Reef and evaluate the progress towards water quality goals. This program provides information on pesticide contamination and its impact on marine life. Long-term trend analysis of the monitoring data from 2005 to 2018 revealed increasing concentrations of certain herbicides at some monitoring sites. Monitoring sites with over 10 years of data showed convincing results.
The Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) was established in 2005 to monitor the inshore health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and evaluate progress towards water quality objectives in Reef Water Quality Improvement Plans. The MMP provides information on the magnitude and spatial extent of pesticide contamination, reports on temporal variability, and provides a risk assessment for the biota in the GBR lagoon. However, long-term trends in pesticide contamination of inshore marine waters over the entire monitoring period (2005-2018) have not been assessed. We used up to 14 years of monitoring data for five PSII herbicides (ametryn, atrazine, diuron, tebuthiuron, and hexazinone) to conduct temporal trend analyses at 11 inshore monitoring sites. The trend analyses suggested increasing significant trends (p < 0.05) for the five PSII herbicides concentrations at several monitoring sites. Power analysis indicated that monitoring sites with over 10 years of monitoring data had convincing results with 80% power.
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