2002 – 2008: Atrazine detected in Fitzroy River. Importance of the study of atrazine toxicity to amphibians in the Australian environment Khurshida Akter Siddiqua1*, Scott P. Wilson1, and Ralph Alquezar21Centre for Environmental Management, CQUniversity, Gladstone, Qld- 4680, Australia.2 Vision Environment Queensland, PO Box 1267, Gladstone, Qld 4680, Australia. Manuscript received, 24/5/2011; accepted, 28/3/2012 In the Fitzroy River basin (Central Queensland), one of the largest catchments draining to the east coast of Australia,atrazine has been found to be one of the most abundant surface water contaminants with reported concentrations from 0.04 to 0.43μg/L during 2002 to 2008 (Packett 2009). http://www.ecotox.org.au/aje/archives/vol16p103.pdf