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  • 1808. Sheaves, M., Bradley, M., Lubitz, N., Mattone, C., Myers, J. and Venkataraman, A.A. 2024, The influence of the spatio-temporal dynamics of fish populations on the outcomes of land-sea connectivity, in Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef, eds E. Wolanski and M.J. Kingsford, CRC Press, pp. 165-176.
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  • 1811. Bolton, D., Mayer-Pinto, M., Clark, G.F., Dafforn, K.A., Brassil, W.A., et al. 2017, Coastal urban lighting has ecological consequences for multiple trophic levels under the sea, The Science of the Total Environment 576: 1-9.
  • 1812. Davies, T.W., Levy, O., Tidau, S., de Barros Marangoni, L.F., Wiedenmann, J., et al. 2023, Global disruption of coral broadcast spawning associated with artificial light at night, Nature Communications 14(1): 2511.
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  • 1814. Department of Environment and Science 2018, Review of Queensland's Environmental Chain of Responsibility laws.
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  • 1816. Furnas, M. 2003, Catchments and corals: Terrestrial runoff to the Great Barrier Reef, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
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  • 1818. Schaffelke, B., Collier, C., Kroon, F., Lough, J., McKenzie, L., et al. 2017, Scientific Consensus Statement 2017: A synthesis of the science of land-based water quality impacts on the Great Barrier Reef, Chapter 1: The condition of coastal and marine ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef and their responses to water quality and disturbances, State of Queensland, Brisbane.
  • 1819. Prosser, I.P. and Wilkinson, S.N. 2024, 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement: Summary | Evidence Statement for Question 3.3: How much anthropogenic sediment and particulate nutrients are exported from GBR catchments? in 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement on land-based impacts on Great Barrier Reef water quality and ecosystem condition, eds J. Waterhouse, M. Pineda and K. Sambrook, Commonwealth of Australia and Queensland Government.
  • 1820. Tait, D.R., Santos, I.R., Lamontagne, S., Sippo, J.Z., McMahon, A., et al. 2023, Submarine Groundwater Discharge Exceeds River Inputs as a Source of Nutrients to the Great Barrier Reef, Environmental Science & Technology 57(41): 15627-15634.
  • 1821. Nahar, K., Baillie, J., Zulkarnain, N.A. 2023, Herbicide Fate and Transport in the Great Barrier Reef: A Review of Critical Parameters, Water 15(2): 237.
  • 1822. Tait, D.R., Santos, I.R., Lamontagne, S., Sippo, J.Z., McMahon, A., et al. 2024, Rebuttal to correspondence on "Submarine groundwater discharge exceed river inputs as a source of nutrients to the Great Barrier Reef", Environmental Science & Technology.
  • 1823. Lewis, S.E., Baird, M.E., Bainbridge, A. and Davis, A.M. 2024, Correspondence on "Submarine groundwater discharge exceeds river inputs as a source of nutrients to the Great Barrier Reef", Environmental Science & Technology.
  • 1824. Wooldridge, S., Brodie, J. and Furnas, M. 2006, Exposure of inner-shelf reefs to nutrient enriched runoff entering the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: post-European changes and the design of water quality targets, Marine Pollution Bulletin 52(11): 1467-1479.
  • 1825. Commonwealth of Australia and State of Queensland 2018, Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017-2022, Reef Water Quality Protection Plan Secretariat, Brisbane.
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  • 1828. Warne, M., Neelamraju, C., Strauss, J., Smith, R.A., Turner, R.D.R., Mann, R.M. 2020, Development of a Pesticide Risk Baseline for the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan, Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
  • 1829. Reinier, M., Turner, D.R., Neelamraju, C., Orr, D., Ferguson, B., et al. 2023, Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Monitoring Program: Loads and yields for sediment and nutrients, and Pesticide Risk Metric results (2020–2021) for rivers that discharge to the Great Barrier Reef, Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Brisbane.
  • 1830. Kaserzon, S., Shiels, R., Elisei, G., Paxman, C., Li, Y., Carswell, C., Xia, S., Prasad, P., Gallen, M., Reeks, T., Thompson, K., Taucare, G., Marano, K., Gorji, S.G., Mueller, J. 2024, Marine Monitoring Program: annual report for inshore pesticide monitoring 2022–23. Report for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.
  • 1831. Prosser, I.P. and Wilkinson, S.N. 2024, 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement: Summary | Evidence Statement for Question 4.4: How much anthropogenic dissolved nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus species) is exported from GBR catchments? in 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement on land-based impacts on Great Barrier Reef water quality and ecosystem condition, eds J. Waterhouse, M. Pineda and K. Sambrook, Commonwealth of Australia and Queensland Government.
  • 1832. Devlin, M., Schaffelke, B. 2009, Spatial extent of riverine flood plumes and exposure of marine ecosystems in the Tully coastal region, Great Barrier Reef, Marine and Freshwater Research 60(11): 1109-1122.
  • 1833. Furnas, M., Mitchell, A., Skuza, M. and Brodie, J. 2005, In the other 90%: phytoplankton responses to enhanced nutrient availability in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon, Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(1-4): 253-265.
  • 1834. Bell, P.R.F. 2021, Analysis of satellite imagery using a simple algorithm supports evidence that Trichodesmium supplies a significant new nitrogen load to the GBR lagoon, Ambio 50(6): 1200-1210.
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  • 1836. Waterhouse, J., Brodie, J., Lewis, S. and Mitchell, A. 2012, Quantifying the sources of pollutants in the Great Barrier Reef catchments and the relative risk to reef ecosystems, Marine Pollution Bulletin 65(4-9): 394-406.
  • 1837. Mitchell, A., Reghenzani, J., Faithful, J., Furnas, M., Brodie, J. 2009, Relationships between land use and nutrient concentrations in streams draining a ‘wet-tropics’ catchment in northern Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research 60(11): 1097-1108.
  • 1838. Stanley, J. and Reading, L. 2020, Nitrate dynamics in groundwater under sugarcane in a wet-tropics catchment, Heliyon 6(12): e05507.
  • 1839. Brodie, J., Lewis, S., Wooldridge, S., Bainbridge, Z., Waterhouse, J., Honchin, C. 2015, Ecologically relevant targets for pollutant discharge from the drainage basins of the Fitzroy Region, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Townsville.
  • 1840. Devlin, M. and Brodie, J. 2023, Nutrients and Eutrophication, in Marine Pollution – Monitoring, management and mitigation, ed. A. Reichelt-Brushett, Springer, Cham, pp. 75-100.
  • 1841. Bainbridge, Z., Olley, J., Wilkinson, S., Bartley, R., Lewis, S., et al. 2023, Refining fine sediment source identification through integration of spatial modelling, concentration monitoring and source tracing: A case study in the Great Barrier Reef catchments, The Science of the Total Environment 892: 164731.
  • 1842. D'Olivo, J.P. and McCulloch, M. 2022, Impact of European settlement and land use changes on Great Barrier Reef river catchments reconstructed from long-term coral Ba/Ca records, The Science of the Total Environment 830: 154461.
  • 1843. Kroon, F.J., Kuhnert, P.M., Henderson, B.L., Wilkinson, S.N., Kinsey-Henderson, A., et al. 2012, River loads of suspended solids, nitrogen, phosphorus and herbicides delivered to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Marine Pollution Bulletin 65(4-9): 167-181.
  • 1844. Lewis, S., Packett, R., Dougall, C., Brodie, J., Bartley, R., et al. 2015, Fitzroy sediment story. A Report for the Fitzroy Basin Association. Report No. 15/74, TropWater (Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville.
  • 1845. Taucare, G., Bignert, A., Kaserzon, S., Thai, P., Mann, R.M., et al. 2022, Detecting long temporal trends of photosystem II herbicides (PSII) in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Marine Pollution Bulletin 177: 113490.
  • 1846. Skerratt, J., Baird, M.E., Mongin, M., Ellis, R., Smith, R.A., et al. 2023, Dispersal of the pesticide diuron in the Great Barrier Reef, The Science of the Total Environment 879: 163041.
  • 1847. Brodie, J. and Landos, M. 2019, Pesticides in Queensland and Great Barrier Reef waterways - potential impacts on aquatic ecosystems and the failure of national management, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 230: 106447.
  • 1848. Spilsbury, F.D., Warne, M.S.J. and Backhaus, T. 2020, Risk Assessment of Pesticide Mixtures in Australian Rivers Discharging to the Great Barrier Reef, Environmental Science & Technology 54(22): 14361-14371.
  • 1849. Negri, A.P., Taucare, G., Neale, P., Neelamraju, C., Kaminski, H., et al. 2024, 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement: Summary | Evidence Statement for Question 5.1: What is the spatial and temporal distribution of pesticides across GBR ecosystems? What are the (potential or observed) ecological impacts in these ecosystems? What evidence is there for pesticide risk? in 2022 Scientific Consensus Statement on land-based impacts on Great Barrier Reef water quality and ecosystem condition, eds J. Waterhouse, M. Pineda and K. Sambrook, Commonwealth of Australia and Queensland Government.
  • 1850. Warne, M.St.J., Neelamraju, C., Strauss, J., Smith R.A., Turner, R.D.R., Mann, R.M. 2020, Development of a method for estimating the toxicity of pesticide mixtures and a Pesticide Risk Baseline for the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan, Queensland Government, Brisbane.