Water quality and ecosystem monitoring program : Reef Water Quality Protection Plan : final report

Abstract

The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan Marine Monitoring Programme (Reef Plan MMP) was designed and developed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and is coordinated through the CRC Reef Research Centre on behalf of a consortium of research partners. The consortium includes the Australian Institute of Marine Science, CSIRO, Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Sea Research and The University of Queensland. This report summarises the activities of the first 17 months of the Reef Plan MMP. This first monitoring period achieved the implementation of all monitoring tasks and the completion of the first year of data collection.