No herbicide residues were detected in the estuarine waters of Yellow Gin
Creek which supports the sub-catchment data while diuron (0.02 μg/L) was detected in the water sample from the Plantation Creek estuary. This diuron concentration is well below any ANZECC ecological guideline….

Pesticides in the lower Burdekin and Don River catchments (Edition 1) Stephen Lewis, Aaron Davis, Jon Brodie, Zoë Bainbridge, Vivian McConnell, Mirjam Maughan

Australian Centre for Freshwater Research 2006

2005/6: Plantation Creek Estuary (Qld). Pesticide: Diuron

No herbicide residues were detected in the estuarine waters of Yellow Gin
Creek which supports the sub-catchment data while diuron (0.02 μg/L) was detected
in the water sample from the Plantation Creek estuary. This diuron concentration is
well below any ANZECC ecological guideline….

Pesticides in the lower Burdekin and Don River catchments (Edition 1) Stephen Lewis, Aaron Davis, Jon Brodie, Zoë Bainbridge, Vivian McConnell, Mirjam Maughan

Australian Centre for Freshwater Research 2006