Project 4.2
Project Leader: Dr. Andrew Negri - AIMS
Pesticides, and particularly herbicides from agricultural sources have been detected in nearshore sites of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) all year round. The most commonly detected herbicides inhibit photosynthesis, thereby reducing primary productivity and calcification in key marine species of the GBR.Understanding the half lives of these compounds and the toxicity of their breakdown products in the tropical marine environment is also a critical data-gap required to develop realistic ecological risk models for sensitive coastal organisms and communities of the GBR.
Contact: Andrew Negri
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