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Will reducing agricultural runoff drive recovery of coral biodiversity and macroalgae cover on the Great Barrier Reef?
Author(s) -
Ridd Peter V.,
Orpin Alan R.,
Stieglitz Thomas C.,
Brunskill Gregg J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.1890/11-0049.1
Subject(s) - alligator , reef , great barrier reef , engineering , oceanography , geography , ecology , geology , biology
[Extract] There is considerable merit in the statistical model developed by DF10 relating measured water quality and biodiversity. However, our primary criticism centers on the development of the aspirational guidelines for water quality and the unsubstantiated inference of the deterioration in water quality implicit in that approach