The cycling and fate of terrestrially-derived sediments and nutrients in the coastal zone of the Great Barrier Reef shelf

The coastal zone of the Great Barrier Reef shelf, with an area of 30,000 km 2 and a water volume of 300 km 3, receives an average annual input of sediment on the order of 14–28 Mt y −1––an estimated two- to fourfold increase since European settlement. There is considerable concern about the impact a...

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