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Mackay Whitsunday Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project.
Awarded to University of Queensland, Australian National University, and Stanford University researchers in early 2005, this 3-year project is investigating the critical links between long-term changes in coastal land use, mangrove health, and inshore Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water quality and reef ecosystems. Project reports will be published on this site, primarily for the benefit of our industry partners and interested members of the public. We invite your feedback through the guest.

 

Latest News
  • June 6, 2007- G. Marion and S. Jupiter highlight study findings to Mackay City Council.

  • June 5, 2007- S. Jupiter presents study to Mackay Conservation Group.

  • June 1, 2007- Mackay ARC Linkage workshop held at Mackay Botanical Gardens.
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  • September 2006- S. Jupiter awarded PhD by the University of California, Santa Cruz and began post-doctoral fellowship with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. (Full dissertation»)

  • March 6-14, 2006- Second field collection trip aboard the Lara Star to drill coral cores and survey reefs off of Mackay.
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  • February 20-24, 2006- G. Marion delivers talk “Coral . . . .”
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  • Nov. 7 2005- O. Hoegh-Guldberg describes Mackay research to Channel 7 News
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  • October 10, 2005- G. Marion presents data at University of Queensland (see reports and pubs)
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  • Aug 3, 2005- Mackay project overview presented at Carnegie Institute, Stanford University, USA
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  • Date? 2005- Mackay mangrove publication accepted, Wetlands Ecology and Management (Jupiter et al. 2005)
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  • April 2005- G. Marion keynotes at 2005 Mackay Whitsunday Healthy Waterways Form
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landsat image of flood
Jan. 25, 2005. Floodwaters from the Pioneer (arrow) and O’Connell rivers trigger strong phytoplankton and Trichodesmium blooms in Mackay Whitsunday coastal waters. (MODIS satellite image)

 



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