Conference Presentations
2013 Conference Presentations
All of the presentations from the Reef Rescue R&D and NERP Tropical Ecosystems Hub joint conference (May 2013) related to Great Barrier Reef water quality are available on this page. Click on the day you are interested in the quick links below or scroll down for the whole program.
Wednesday 8 May: Reef Rescue R&D Special Sessions
Thursday 9 May: GBR water quality: What do we know and what more needs to be done?
Friday 10 May: Building innovative practices for Reef outcomes
Please visit the NERP Tropical Ecosystems Hub website to download the presentations from the NERP proceedings on Tuesday 7 May and Wednesday 8 May.
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY - REEF RESCUE R&D SPECIAL SESSIONS
Water Quality in the Normanby Catchment, northern GBR - Led by Dr Andrew Brooks
The presentations from this session are available from the project website, www.capeyorkwaterquality.info or follow this link to the download page.
BMP economics and adoption - Led by Dr Stuart Whitten
Integrated assessment of BMP cost effectiveness: Overview of project aims and objectives810.75 KB Stuart Whitten, CSIRO
Component Two - Grazing economics967.23 KB Megan Star, DAFF
Cost-effectiveness of cane BMPs: Regional and enterprise-structural heterogeneity1.24 MB Martijn van Grieken, CSIRO and Mark Poggio, DAFF
Farmer's perspectives on BMP adoption and program delivery in cane582.81 KB Bruce Taylor, CSIRO
Risk, uncertainty and complexity: Impacts on decision making in cattle grazing and sugarcane farming646.07 KB Daniel Gregg, CQU
Integrated assessment and BMP cost effectiveness: Pulling it all together - implications for the costs of nutrient and sediment pollutant reduction across the GBR1.19 MB Stuart Whitten, CSIRO
THURSDAY 9 MAY - GBR WATER QUALITY: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE?
Welcome and Introduction
Looking ahead to Reef Plan 2013664 KB Claire Andersen DPC
Reef Rescue - Second Phase 2013-2018736.05 KB Ami McGrath, SEWPaC
Land use impacts on Reef water quality and ecosystems: A synopsis 3.55 MB Jon Brodie, TropWATER JCU
Session 1: The Reef and its ecosystems - how are they shaping up?
What is the current status of GBR water quality and associated impacts on ecosystems?6.63 MB Britta Schaffelke AIMS and Johanna Johnson C2O Consulting
Historical changes on the GBR: looking to the past to manage the future1.87 MB Tara Clark, UQ
The relationship between Burdekin River discharges and water clarity in the central Great Barrier Reef1.08 MB Katharina Fabricius, AIMS
The chronic effects of pesticides and their persistence in tropical waters862.25 KB Andrew Negri, AIMS
Vulnerability of seagrasses in the GBR to changing water quality: Lights, nutrient, salinity 2.57 MB Catherine Collier, JCU
Experimental and field investigations of combined water quality and climate effects on corals and other reef organisms1.7 MB Sven Uthicke, AIMS
On the relative 'value' of market and non-market goods and services provided by the GBRWHA240.45 KB Natalie Stoeckl, JCU
eReefs: Monitoring and modelling water quality in the Great Barrier Reef1.8 MB Greg Stuart, Bureau of Meteorology
Panel Discussion: Moving towards ecological targets for the GBR1.71 MB Led by John Bennett, DEHP
Session 2: Prioritising future investment for GBR water quality improvement
Terrestrial sources and pathways of sediment, nutrients and PSII herbicides to the GBR lagoon1.38 MB Frederieke Kroon, CSIRO and Dave Waters, DNRM
Building confidence in the models and applications of new findings into the Source Catchments model
A model-data fusion approach for predicting TSS loads in Weany Creek and the Upper Burdekin1.49 MB Petra Kuhnert, CSIRO
Runoff nitrogen generation rates from pasture legumes - an enhancement to Reef catchment modelling2.07 MB Craig Thornton and Amanda Elledge, DNRM
Sediment budget modelling in the Normanby basin: Key findings and implications1.19 MB Andrew Brooks, GU
What is the relative risk between pollutants on GBR ecosystems and NRM Regions?5.86 MB Jane Waterhouse, TropWATER JCU
GBR water quality improvement: Sharpening the focus990.16 KB Kevin Gale, SEWPaC
Improved techniques for monitoring and reporting
Using biomonitoring to detect impacts of pesticides in rivers draining to the Reef776.78 KB Ben Kefford, UTS
A proof of concept for an integrated framework for reporting water quality in the GBR lagoon2.44 MB Britta Schaffelke, AIMS
Getting ground cover right: Thresholds and baselines for a healthier reef1.9 MB Terry Beutel, DAFF
FRIDAY 10 MAY - BUILDING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR REEF OUTCOMES
Session 3: How are we tracking in management practice improvements for Reef outcomes?
How are we tracking in management practice improvements for Reef outcomes?478.08 KB Kevin McCosker, DAFF
What do we know about the benefits of management practices in GBR catchments?1.15 MB Peter Thorburn, CSIRO and John Rolfe, CQU
Capturing historical paddock scale hydrology and water quality experience relevant to GBR868.33 KB Justin Cutajar, RPS Australia East
Session 4: Reef Rescue and beyond for the cane industry
Reef Rescue and beyond for the cane industry1.33 MB Matt Kealley, Canegrowers
Evaluating and improving A-Class practices to control nutrient losses from sugarcane1.07 MB Peter Thorburn, CSIRO
Mineralisation of N within the sugarcane cropping systems following legume fallows874.07 KB Bernard Schroeder, BSES (presented by Michelle Devlin)
Pesticide dynamics in the GBR catchment and lagoon: management practices in sugarcane, grazing, bananas and grain crops2.97 MB Stephen Lewis, TropWATER JCU
Evaluation of drip and furrow irrigation for sediment, nutrient and pesticide losses from sugarcane and banana industries1.82 MB Surya Bhattarai, CQU
Cost-effectiveness of cane BMPs: Regional enterprise - structural heterogeneity901.95 KB Martijn van Grieken, CSIRO
Panel Discussion: What next for the cane industry? Led by Rob Cocco
Sustainable sugar: The role of the supply chain2.55 MB Rob Cairns, WWF
Session 5: Reef Rescue and beyond for the horticulture industry
Investigations on minimising off-farm movement of nitrogen in the north Queensland banana industry663.57 KB John Reghenzani, Terrain NRM
Pesticide management in banana cropping: Runoff and deep drainage of glyphosate and glufosinate (Basta) 2011-13 wet seasons1.31 MB Bronwyn Masters, DNRM
Simulating growth, development and nitrogen balance of banana in APSIM1 MB Tony Webster, CSIRO
Session 6: Reef Rescue and beyond for the grazing industry
Reef Rescue and beyond for the grazing industry627.12 KB Marie Vitelli, AgForce
Impacts of grazing practices on ground cover, pasture productivity and erosion425.91 KB Scott Wilkinson, CSIRO
Quantifying the impacts of rehabilitating degraded lands on soil health, pastures, runoff, erosion, nutrient and sediment movement5.25 MBTrevor Hall, DAFF
Rehabilitation of alluvial gully erosion in the Normanby catchment3.15 MB Andrew Brooks, GU
Tebuthiuron management in grazing lands1.53 MB Craig Thornton, DNRM
Understanding what drives adoption of practices in the grazing industry472.22 KB John Rolfe, CQU
The movement of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers applied to dairy pastures in the Great Barrier Reef catchment1.62 MB Jack Koci, JCU
