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Research Plan Version 5 released
The fifth round of Tropical Water Quality (TWQ) Hub research projects builds on successful world-class research on factors affecting water quality in Australia’s northern marine ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef. Research Plan... Read More
Why we don’t know if Irukandji jellyfish are moving south
Reports that Irukandji jellyfish might be moving south may be panicking people unnecessarily. It’s almost impossible to tell where the tiny jellyfish are along our coast, but that could change with new technology... Read More
It’s jellyfish season in Tropical North Queensland
It’s jellyfish season in Tropical North Queensland, and being able to forecast sting risk for one of the world’s most venomous creatures is one key part of creating a robust early-warning forecasting system.... Read More
January 2019 e-newsletter
Hello and Happy New Year from the NESP TWQ Hub! The first “View From TWQ” for 2019 is now online and can be found here. Read More
Which corals survive mass bleaching events?
A Tropical Water Quality Hub research project led by Dr Line Bay at the Australian Institute for Marine Science is focused on the genetic characteristics of corals that have survived bleaching events. Dr... Read More
Pigs shut out of critical Queensland wetlands
James Cook University researchers are assessing how much conservation value can be gained from a simple fence. Dr Nathan Waltham from JCU’s Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) said 56... Read More
Project Spotlight
Project 3.1.7
Led by Assoc Prof Andrew Brooks, Griffith University
Reducing sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef: developing optimal approaches for treating alluvial gully erosion
Alluvial gullies have been shown to be major sources of fine sediment and nutrients to the GBR lagoon, and yet to date there is no accepted practice as to how these major pollution sources can be stabilised and rehabilitated. Working in collaboration with delivery partners implementing gully rehabilitation works through the Reef Trust phases 2 and 4, and various other gully mitigation programs currently being developed by Greening Australia, WWF and GBRF, this project will develop a series of large field trials that will test the effectiveness of different treatments for large active alluvial gully rehabilitation in different soil types in different catchments. These trials will complement similar research effort currently underway through NESP on hillslope gullies. Read more
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