Aaron Davis

TL;DR: New research relevant to the catchment to GBR continuum is reviewed and the appropriateness of current management responses are evaluated.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that herbicides reach the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and may disturb sensitive marine ecosystems already affected by other pressures such as climate change.

TL;DR: Stomach content analysis identified substantial ontogenetic dietary shifts in all species, corresponding to changes in body sizeisotope trajectories for two species, and consideration of intraspecific, size-related variation is necessary in isotopic studies of food web structure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the dynamics of off-site paddock-scale pesticide movement and subsequent concentrations in local receiving environments in fully irrigated sugarcane farming systems of the lower Burdekin floodplain region, the largest sugar producing area in Australia, were determined.

TL;DR: Five lines of evidence are used: the effectiveness of management practices to improve water quality; the prevalence of management practice adoption and change in catchment indicators; long-term monitoring of catchment waterquality; paddock & catchment modelling to provide a relative assessment of progress towards meeting targets; and finally marine monitoring of GBR water quality and reef ecosystem health.