Dissolved and particulate nutrients in waters of the Whitsunday Island Group 1988

Abstract

This report summarizes the results of hydrographic sampling of physical properties and nutrient determinations made on water samples and water column particulate matter collected in February. 1988 during an oceanographic survey through the Whitsunday Island group. The survey was carried out to obtain background data on concentrations of chlorophyll, organic and inorganic nitrogen (N). phosphorus (P), and inorganic silicate (Si) in waters of the Whitsunday Island group. For comparative purposes, hydrographic and nutrient data from ten stations occupied in inter-reefal and lagoonal waters of the central and southern GBR during January. 1987 and February, 1988 are also presented.