Port Curtis mangrove monitoring programme : [for] Gladstone Port Authority surveys: 1994 - 2001

The Port Curtis mangrove monitoring programme is an ongoing assessment of the possible impacts of these developments on adjacent mangrove communities. Key study areas and parameters were identified and sentinel plots established with corresponding reference plots near Curtis Island. This report documents sampling at these plots between June 1994 and October 2001. Sentinel and reference plots were monitored for productivity, basal area, foliage cover, crab activity, substrate type and sedimentation in fixed locations over time

Gladstone Area Water Board Environmental Monitoring Program : aquatic ecosystem monitoring 2002, habitat, biota and vegetation assessment

To advance sustainable development and management of water within the Boyne River basin, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines released a Resource Operations Plan (ROP) in July 2003. Partial requirements of the ROP include water quality and aquatic ecosystem monitoring which will be used to assist in determining the impacts of Awoonga Dam and of environmental releases on the habitat and biota downstream of the dam (NR&M, 2003). Aquatic ecosystem monitoring of the Boyne River was undertaken for Gladstone Area Water Board in 2001 and 2002 by the Centre for Environmental Management (CEM), Central Queensland University to meet the environmental and conservational commitments in the Boards strategic plan, to add to the existing Environmental Data Collection and Monitoring Programme (EDCM) and in anticipation of fulfilling requirements of the Resource Operations Plan.This summary report will report on most data collected in 2002 at four sites, within six reaches, downstream of the Awoonga Dam

Port Curtis mangrove monitoring programme : [for] Gladstone Port Authority

A mangrove monitoring programme was established to assess the possible impacts of industrial developments on the Calliope River mouth and adjacent mangrove communities and to opportunistically study the effects of a severe hail storm which struck mangroves on the Calliope River in 1994

BSL/CQU marine environmental monitoring : Spillway Creek

The key factors studied in this report included water quality parameters and toxicants, metals in water andsediment, fluoride in benthos and mangrove vegetation, and a general assessment of the existing mangrove and macrobenthic environment. Sites were established accordingly and monitored for one year

QCL East End Mine [electronic resource] : Schultz Lagoon research report

Results of a survey commissioned by QCL into the water quality, flora and fauna of Schultz's Lagoon. This survey was undertaken during the period 24 August - 31 August 1998, following two days of heavy rainfall which flushed the system

Port Curtis seagrass monitoring programme : [for] Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development), Suncor Energy (Management)

The development of the Stuart Oil Shale project has the capacity to cause indirect and direct impacts on adjacent extensive seagrass/algal beds through increased sedimentation and changes to freshwater flows. As part of a programme to avoid such impacts, Southern Pacific Petroleum Development has funded biannual and annual monitoring of seagrass communities at the Friend Point (5 stations) and Flying Fox Creek (5 stations) mudflats to assess seagrass composition, cover, biomass and macrobenthic diversity since August 1998

Port Curtis macrobenthic monitoring programme : [for] Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development) / Suncor Energy (Management)

In 1993, the Gladstone Port Authority (GPA) commissioned the consultants WBM Oceanics to design a long term macrobenthic monitoring programme for Port Curtis to quantitatively assess whether anthropogenic activities significantly impact macrobenthic fauna and the Port Curtis environment. Since November 1995, GPA bas sponsored macrobenthic sampling at 16 stations across Port Curtis. Southern Pacific Petroleum (Development) and Suncor Energy (Management) (SPPD/SEM )supported additional stations south of Friend Point (Stations 17-20, Site 5) from November 1995 and near the mouth of Flying Fox Creek (Stations 21-24, Site 6) from April1997. This is a report for the monitoring undertaken during the sampling periods up to and including November 1999

Halifax Bay marine monitoring programme h : QNI, Yabulu

Since 1973, the QNI Pty. Ltd. Yabulu Refinery has utilised an ocean outfall pipeline extending approximately 1.8 km into Halifax Bay to discharge excess wastewater stored in the operational tailing facility. Regular monitoring of physical, chemical and biological characteristics in Halifax Bay commenced in 1974, following baseline studies in 1972-1973. The monitoring programme was designed to provide a data set for water quality, sediment quality and benthic faunal communities, against which potential influences of the ocean discharge activity could be assessed once the discharge stopped The refinery has established a shared objective with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to achieve zero tailings water discharge in the future

Port Curtis macrobenthic monitoring programme : [for] Gladstone Port Authority

This report provides a preliminary analysis of data for sampling periods up to and including April 2000. Subsequent reports will update the data set with the results of the most recent sampling and provide progressive statistical analyses. The aim of this study is "to quantitively assess whether current or future anthropogenic activities significantly impact fauna and the Port Curtis ecosystem" (WBM, 1993)

A risk assessment approach to contaminants in Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia

Port Curtis is one of Australia's leading ports for which substantial industrial expansion is proposed over the next decade. However, there has been little attempt to date to assess the extent of contamination in waters, sediments and biota or to characterize the potential impacts of contaminants on aquatic biota. Contaminants of potential concern to biota and human health were investigated in the Port Curtis estuary using a screening-level risk assessment approach. Dissolved metal concentrations in waters were below [ANZECC/ARMCANZ, 2000. Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Vol. 1. The Guidelines, Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand] trigger values, suggesting low risk of these contaminants. In sediments, arsenic, nickel and chromium concentrations exceeded interim sediment quality guidelines-low (ISQG-low), but were also high in the reference zone suggesting a natural origin. Historical data on naphthalene in Harbour sediments showed that it was also of potential concern. Bioaccumulation of contaminants in a range of biota was also used as an indicator of contaminant exposure. Biota were generally enriched in metals and tributyltin, which was also elevated in water and sediments. Although not unique to Port Curtis, mercury in barramundi was identified as a potential risk to human health