• Nutrient & pesticide inputs to the Great Barrier Reef are of concern to the welfare
of the marine
ecosystem.
• A large part of Ptotal in rivers
is found to be
PO43- supported on sediment particles.
• Monitoring of
Ptotal needs to
focus on the
high flow events
during the Wet.
• N.B. [H4SiO4]
behaves in the
opposite
manner as it is not
supported on sediments.