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Water
Quality
 Undersea
Explorer has been involved in testing water quality in the
Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef for 7 years.
This research project is run by the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority and Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Undersea
Explorer's scientific expertise, and our versatile itinerary,
allows us to look at water quality trends from the coast
to offshore reefs, and from the Port Douglas agricultural
area north to Raine Island. Water quality is currently the
biggest issue relating to the health of the Great Barrier
Reef.
Poor
water quality and large amounts of fresh water are linked
to increased algal blooms. Coral skeletons are weakened
by nutrients, and further damaged by storms. Increased algal
blooms also relate to increased populations of coral predator,
the Crown of Thorns sea star.
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