Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality: Volume 2 - Aquatic Ecosystems - Rationale and Background Information
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand, October 2000
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- Contents [PDF - 285kb]
- Section 8.1 - Biological indicators [PDF - 308kb]
- Section 8.2 - Physical and chemical stressors [PDF - 726kb]
- Section 8.3 - Toxicants [PDF - 691kb]
- Section 8.3 - Toxicants - continued [PDF - 1,215kb]
- Section 8.4 - Sediment quality guidelines [PDF - 330kb]
- Section 8.5 - Priorities for research and development [PDF - 290kb]
- References [PDF - 671kb]
- Appendices [PDF - 920kb]
About the document
Aquatic ecosystems vary considerably within and between tropical and temperate zones. The Water Quality Guidelines provide guidelines for biological and physico-chemical indicators of water and sediment quality that will protect the ecological health of aquatic ecosystems, both freshwater and marine.
See also
- Paper 4: Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality: Volume 1 - the guidelines - 2000
- Paper 4: Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality: Volume 3 - primary industries - rationale and background information - 2000
- Paper 4a: An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality - 2000 [PDF - 511kb]