DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13262
论文题名: Towards protecting the Great Barrier Reef from land-based pollution
作者: Kroon F.J. ; Thorburn P. ; Schaffelke B. ; Whitten S.
刊名: Global Change Biology
ISSN: 13541013
出版年: 2016
卷: 22, 期: 6 起始页码: 1985
结束页码: 2002
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Agriculture
; Diffuse pollution
; Land use
; Management
; Marine ecosystem
; Policy
; Water quality
Scopus关键词: agricultural land
; environmental protection
; land use
; marine ecosystem
; policy implementation
; soil pollution
; water quality
; Australia
; Coral Sea
; Great Barrier Reef
; Queensland
; Anthozoa
; fertilizer
; sea water
; water pollutant
; agriculture
; analysis
; Australia
; chemistry
; coral reef
; environmental monitoring
; environmental policy
; environmental protection
; legislation and jurisprudence
; prevention and control
; Queensland
; standards
; water pollutant
; water pollution
; water quality
; Agriculture
; Australia
; Conservation of Natural Resources
; Coral Reefs
; Environmental Monitoring
; Environmental Policy
; Fertilizers
; Queensland
; Seawater
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
; Water Pollution
; Water Quality
英文摘要: The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an iconic coral reef system extending over 2000 km along the north-east coast of Australia. Global recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value resulted in the listing of the 348 000 km2 GBR World Heritage Area (WHA) by UNESCO in 1981. Despite various levels of national and international protection, the condition of GBR ecosystems has deteriorated over the past decades, with land-based pollution from the adjacent catchments being a major and ongoing cause for this decline. To reduce land-based pollution, the Australian and Queensland Governments have implemented a range of policy initiatives since 2003. Here, we evaluate the effectiveness of existing initiatives to reduce discharge of land-based pollutants into the waters of the GBR. We conclude that recent efforts in the GBR catchments to reduce land-based pollution are unlikely to be sufficient to protect the GBR ecosystems from declining water quality within the aspired time frames. To support management decisions for desired ecological outcomes for the GBR WHA, we identify potential improvements to current policies and incentives, as well as potential changes to current agricultural land use, based on overseas experiences and Australia's unique potential. The experience in the GBR may provide useful guidance for the management of other marine ecosystems, as reducing land-based pollution by better managing agricultural sources is a challenge for coastal communities around the world. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/61387
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作者单位: Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia; CSIRO Agriculture, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Kroon F.J.,Thorburn P.,Schaffelke B.,et al. Towards protecting the Great Barrier Reef from land-based pollution[J]. Global Change Biology,2016-01-01,22(6)