Projects
Current research projects at ACTFR
Multi-theme projects
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Australia's Tropical Rivers
Inventory of hydrology, water quality, geomorphology, vegetation, birds, fish, invertebrates, reptiles & amphibians -
Coastal Catchments Initiative (CCI)
Water quality, wetland condition, riparian condition and impacts from grazing and sugar lands -
Townsville Field Training Area Monitoring
Biological, hydrological and water quality monitoring
Catchment to Reef Research Group
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Asean Marine Water Quality
Improving capability in water quality monitoring and management in the marine environments in the states of the ASEAN region. -
Catchment to reef modelling
Individual catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area have been modelled using the CSIRO developed models SedNet and ANNEX, to identify source areas of high export of suspended sediments and nutrients -
Community water quality event monitoring
A community-assisted water quality monitoring project which was established in 2003 for the Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management body to investigate suspended sediment and nutrient concentrations in waterways throughout the Burdekin Dry Tropi -
Coral records
Coral records of historical terrestrial runoff -
Mackay Whitsunday Water Quality
for the Water Quality Improvement Project -
Marine plume water quality monitoring
part B -
MTSRF Connectivity and Risk
Tracing Sediments from the Upper Catchment to the Reef -
Mullins Harbour Catchment, PNG
Impact of oil palm landuse on reef -
Pesticide in GBR
Pesticide Reporting System for the Great Barrier Reef -
Reef exposure model
Reef exposure to river-borne contaminants: a simple spatial model -
Terrestrial runoff in PNG
Catchment sources of pollutants and impacts on the coral reefs of Kimbe Bay, PNG from terrestrial runoff -
Townsville water quality monitoring
Water quality monitoring -
Tully water quality event monitoring
Sampling is taking place at subcatchment sites based on their land use.
Fish and Freshwater Ecology
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Freshwater Inventory in the Northern Gulf
Ecological characteristics and management -
Halifax Bay Creek Monitoring
Ecosystem health monitoring -
Invasive Pests in the Wet Tropics Rainforest
Identification, Distribution and Impact -
Management of Tilapia invasion in NE Queensland
Ecology, distribution, education and control -
North Australian Freshwater Fish
Distribution, fish habitat management and an online atlas -
Water Quality Issues in the upper Walsh River
and the Mitchell river
Riparian Vegetation
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Riparian Condition Assessment Nth Gulf
TRARC surveys, implications, and remote sensed mapping of riparian condition
Project Web Sites

