Aashi Parikh, Johan Pansu, Adam Stow, Michael St J Warne, Christine Chivas, Paul Greenfield, Frédéric Boyer, Stuart Simpson, Rachael Smith, Jacob Gruythuysen, Geoffrey Carlin, Natalie Caulfield, Frédérique Viard, Anthony A Chariton
Agricultural run-off in Australia's Mackay-Whitsunday region is a major source of nutrient and pesticide pollution to coastal and inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef. While the effects of run-off are well documented for the region's coral and seagrass habitats, the ecological impacts on estuaries, the direct recipients of run-off, are less known. This is particularly true for fish communities, which are shaped by the physico-chemical properties of coastal waterways that vary greatly in tropical regions...
April 9, 2024: Environmental Pollution