Pesticide monitoring in inshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef using both time-integrated and event monitoring techniques (2012 – 2013) September 2013
Prepared for – The Program Manager, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Entox The University of Queensland National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology
Appendix D p68 Table 29 Orpheus Island, Burdekin region – Concentration in water (ng.L-1)
4 May 12 – 7 Jul 12: Ametryn 0.05, Atrazine 0.68, DE Atrazine 0.03,, Diuron 2.0, Hexazinone 0.53, Simazine 0.01, Tebuthiuron 0.07
7 Jul 12 – 29 Aug 12: Ametryn 0.03, Atrazine 0.33, DE Atrazine 0.04, Diuron 0.81, Hexazinone 0.15, Simazine 0.02, Tebuthiuron 0.04, Metolachlor 0.07
29 Aug 12 – 4 Nov 12: Ametryn 0.04, Atrazine 0.47, DE Atrazine 0.08, Diuron 0.54, Hexazinone 0.11, Simazine 0.04, Tebuthiuron 0.04, Metolachlor 0.07
4 Nov 12 – 1 Dec 12: Ametryn 0.02, Atrazine 0.17, Diuron 1.0, Simazine 0.04, Tebuthiuron 0.01, Metolachlor 0.03
1 Dec 12 – 5 Feb 13: Ametryn 0.05, Atrazine 1.7, DE Atrazine 0.13, Diuron 5.1, Hexazinone 0.89, Simazine 0.13, Tebuthiuron 0.01, Metolachlor 0.09, Imidacloprid 0.18
5 Feb 13 – 2 Mar 13: Ametryn 0.12, Atrazine 5.6, DE Atrazine 0.56, Diuron 11, Hexazinone 1.9, Simazine 0.13, Tebuthiuron 0.1, Metolachlor 0.15
2 Mar 13 – 6 Apr 13: Ametryn 0.09, Atrazine 2.4, DE Atrazine 0.2, Diuron 5.1, Hexazinone 1, Simazine 0.02, Tebuthiuron 0.12, Metolachlor 0.06
15 Mar 13 – 8 Apr 13: Ametryn 0.22, Atrazine 0.89, Diuron 11, Hexazinone 2.9, Tebuthiuron 3.7, Metolachlor 0.36