Publications and Research

Eco Detection’s Ion-Q+ technology is used by industry, researchers, universities and catchment programs to generate high-frequency forensic-grade water quality data – defensible evidence that stands up to scientific and regulatory scrutiny.

From tracking nutrient runoff pathways to understanding groundwater response after rainfall, published research demonstrates how Ion-Q+ performs across a wide range of environmental settings — independently verifying its accuracy, reliability and value as a monitoring tool.

This growing body of work supports the use of Ion-Q+ for monitoring against ANZECC and ARMCANZ guidelines and continues to build the evidence base for real-time water quality monitoring across industry, government and research settings.

Explore our publications and research papers below:

Tasmanian Derwent Estuary Program

Proemse, B. & Black, J. (2025)
Using revolutionary real-time analyser technology to inform best practice environmental river management in Tasmania

Monash University, Melbourne University and the Victorian EPA

Bas, J. L., Western, A. W., Cook, P., He, Z., Wong, W. W., Sargent, R., & Lintern, A. (2026).
Tracing flow pathways of nutrients in dairy farms—An end member mixing analysis approach. Hydrological Processes, 40, e70596.