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Mar Pollut Bull. 2012;65(4-9):136-49. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.022. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on progress towards the targets set a program has been established that combines monitoring and modelling at paddock through to catchment and reef scales; the Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program (Paddock to Reef Program). This program aims to provide evidence of links between land management activities, water quality and reef health. Five lines of evidence are used: the effectiveness of management practices to improve water quality; the prevalence of management practice adoption and change in catchment indicators; long-term monitoring of catchment water quality; paddock & catchment modelling to provide a relative assessment of progress towards meeting targets; and finally marine monitoring of GBR water quality and reef ecosystem health. This paper outlines the first four lines of evidence.
目标为改善进入大堡礁（GBR）的水质已通过大堡礁水质保护计划（Reef Plan）设定。为了衡量和报告在实现既定目标方面的进展情况，已制定了一个方案，将从农田到集水区和珊瑚礁的监测和建模结合起来；即农田到珊瑚礁综合监测、建模和报告方案（Paddock to Reef Program）。该方案旨在提供土地管理活动、水质和珊瑚礁健康之间联系的证据。该方案使用了五条证据线：改善水质的管理实践的有效性；管理实践的采用和集水区指标变化的流行程度；集水区水质的长期监测；农田和集水区建模，以相对评估实现目标的进展情况；最后是对大堡礁水质和珊瑚礁生态系统健康的海洋监测。本文概述了前四条证据线。
