Title Oceanographic processes of coral reefs : physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef / edited by Eric Wolanski

Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The place of science and technology in the wise management of the Great Barrier Reef / Joe Baker -- Physics-biology links in the Great Barrier Reef / Eric Wolanski -- Landcover and water quality in river catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park / Andrew K.L. Johnson, Robert G.V. Bramley, Christian H. Roth -- Runoff of terrestrial sediment and nutrients into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area / Miles Furnas, Alan Mitchell -- Water circulation in mangroves, and its implications for biodiversity / Eric Wolanski, Yoshihiro Mazda, Keita Furukawa, Peter Ridd, Johnson Kitheka, Simon Spagnol, Thomas Steiglitz -- Muddy coastal waters and depleted mangrove coastlines -- Depleted seagrass and coral reefs / Norman C. Duke, Eric Wolanski -- The effects of siltation on tropical coastal ecosystems / Miguel Fortes -- Modelling and visualising interactions between natural disturbances and eutrophication as causes of coral reef degradation / Laurence J. McCook, Eric Wolanski, Simon Spagnol -- Biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef: large-scale patterns and turbidity-related local loss of soft coral taxa / Katharina Fabricius, Glenn De'ath -- River plume dynamics in the central Great Barrier Reef / Brian King, Felicity McAllister, Eric Wolanski, Terry Done, Simon Spagnol -- Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area -- an overview of pathways and processes / Mike Cappo, Russell Kelley -- A model of the ecosystem, and associated penaeid prawn community, in the far northern Great Barrier Reef / Neil A. Gribble The effects of water flow around coral reefs on the distribution of pre-settlement fish (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) / John H. Carleton, Richard Brinkman, Peter J. Doherty -- Topographic steering by coral reef assemblages / Simon Spagnol, Eric Wolanski, Eric Deleersnjider -- Environmental factors influencing the activity of black marlin / Peter Speare, Craig R. Steinberg -- Ocean nutrients to sediment banks via tidal jets and Halimeda meadows / Edward A. Drew -- Climate variability and change on the Great Barrier Reef / Janice M. Lough -- The sea surface temperature story on the Great Barrier Reef during the coral bleaching event of 1998 / William Skirving, John Guinotte -- The challenges of coral reef management in Indonesia / Ian M. Dutton, Dietrich G. Bengen, J. Johnnes Tulungen -- Will the Great Barrier Reef survive human impact? / Frank H. Talbot Summary Drawing from data on coral reefs in Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, these 20 chapters emphasize the multi-disciplinary processes that have emerged as the dominant forces shaping and controlling the ecosystem. A CD-ROM features graphics, video clips, and computer visualizations of linked physical, sedimentological, and biologica Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Coral reef ecology -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Oceanography -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) NATURE -- Ecology. NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Coral reef ecology Oceanography SUBJECT Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056600 Subject Queensland -- Great Barrier Reef Form Electronic book Author Wolanski, Eric. ISBN 9781420041675 1420041673 9781466519084 1466519088 084930833X 9780849308338

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