A WATER QUALITY ISSUES ANALYSIS FOR THE JOHNSTONE RIVER BASIN

Report No. 11/05

for Terrain NRM

Stephen Lewis and Jon Brodie

Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University

Final report April 2011

Agrochemicals

Herbicides

... More recent monitoring in the North Johnstone River with passive samplers has detected diuron, simazine, atrazine, hexazinone, tebuthiuron and pendimethalin (Kapernick et al., 2006; 2007; Shaw et al., 2010).

2011: North Johnstone River (Qld). Pesticides: Diuron, Simazine, Atrazine, Hexazinone, Tebuthiuron, Pendimethalin

A WATER QUALITY ISSUES ANALYSIS FOR THE JOHNSTONE RIVER BASIN

Report No. 11/05

for Terrain NRM

Stephen Lewis and Jon Brodie

Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University

Final report April 2011

Agrochemicals

Herbicides

... More recent monitoring in the North Johnstone River with passive samplers has detected diuron, simazine, atrazine, hexazinone, tebuthiuron and pendimethalin (Kapernick et al., 2006; 2007; Shaw et al., 2010).

A WATER QUALITY ISSUES ANALYSIS FOR THE JOHNSTONE RIVER BASIN

Report No. 11/05

for Terrain NRM

Stephen Lewis and Jon Brodie

Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University

Final report April 2011

Agrochemicals

Herbicides

… More recent monitoring in the North Johnstone River with passive samplers has detected diuron, simazine, atrazine, hexazinone, tebuthiuron and pendimethalin (Kapernick et al., 2006; 2007; Shaw et al., 2010).