We all know that the floods of 2011 were a huge event, but it seems the effects are still being felt off the coast.
Yesterday at the Fitzroy Basin Authority's annual muster the assembled crowd heard about the research that was conducted following last year's flooding and what effect that had on the coastal and reef ecosystem.
E.T. da Silva, M.J. Devlin, J. G. Alvarez-Romero, A. Wenger & L. I.W. McKinna, Integration of satellite imagery and in-situ data for the identification of surface water quality conditions in the Great Barrier Reef.
Devlin, M., Brodie, J., Wengner, A., da Silva, E., Alvarez-Romero., J.G., Waterhouse, J., McKenzie, L. (2012) Chronic and acute influences on the Great Barrier Reef: Putting extreme weather conditions in context. ICRS proceedings.