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MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 65, 期 4-9, 页码 167-181出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.018
关键词
Water quality; River load estimation; Sediment; Nutrient; Herbicides; Great Barrier Reef
资金
- Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet
- CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Program
Degradation of coastal ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon, Australia, has been linked with increased land-based runoff of suspended solids, nutrients and pesticides since European settlement. This study estimated the increase in river loads for all 35 GBR basins, using the best available estimates of pre-European and current loads derived from catchment modelling and monitoring. The mean-annual load to the GBR lagoon for (i) total suspended solids has increased by 5.5 times to 17,000 ktonnes/year, (ii) total nitrogen by 5.7 times to 80,000 tonnes/year, (iii) total phosphorus by 8.9 times to 16,000 tonnes/year, and (iv) PSII herbicides is 30,000 kg/year. The increases in river loads differ across the 10 pollutants and 35 basins examined, reflecting differences in surface runoff, urbanisation, deforestation, agricultural practices, mining and retention by reservoirs. These estimates will facilitate target setting for water quality and desired ecosystem states, and enable prioritisation of critical sources for management. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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