This special issue of STOTEN is dedicated to presenting the results of the WWF-Australia “Rivers to Reef to Turtles” project, which focused on investigating pollutants in the environment, food and bodies of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The project brought together organic and inorganic trace chemical analysis, bioanalytical tools and individual health monitoring to investigate potential causes of an unusual mortality event in 2012. Together, the ten studies in this special issue highlight the shortcomings of current chemical monitoring and impact assessment programmes, which are focused on a limited number of prioritised chemicals and fail to account for the incredible diversity of toxicants released by human activities. It is essential that future management efforts consider the impact of these contaminants on the GBR, already under threat from global warming and sediment and nutrient runoff. Understanding the impact that chemical contaminants have on turtles not only informs green turtle conservation but can also, as they are sensitive and long-lived bioindicators of environmental health, guide efforts to protect, conserve and restore marine ecosystems such as the GBR.

STOTEN的这一期特刊专门介绍了世界自然基金会澳大利亚分会“珊瑚礁到乌龟的河流”项目的结果，该项目的重点是调查环境，食物和绿海龟体内的污染物（Chelonia mydas）在大堡礁（GBR）上。该项目将有机和无机痕量化学分析，生物分析工具以及个人健康监测结合起来，以调查2012年罕见死亡事件的潜在原因。本期特刊的十项研究共同强调了当前化学监测和影响评估计划的缺点，它们只关注有限数量的优先化学品，而无法解释人类活动释放的令人难以置信的有毒物质的多样性。至关重要的是，未来的管理工作必须考虑这些污染物对GBR的影响，而GBR已经受到全球变暖，沉积物和养分径流的威胁。了解化学污染物对乌龟的影响不仅可以保护绿海龟，而且还可以，