Corals Reveal Impact Of Land Use
May 31, 2007 @ 01:08 PM (EST)
Source: Uq.edu.au
Using the corals on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) as a history book, researchers have linked land use along the coast to decades of declining water quality and poor coral health.
Their work is pioneering the development of new tools for better management of the quality of Australia's coastal waters by the communities that depend on them...
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