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The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management/
editors, Pat Hutchings, Mike Kingsford, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg.
Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2008.
9780643095571 (pbk.)
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Coral reef ecology – Queensland – Great Barrier Reef.
Marine biodiversity – Queensland – Great Barrier Reef.
Coral reefs and islands – Indo-Pacific Region.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) – Environmental aspects.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) – Management.
Hutchings, Patricia
Kingsford, Michael John
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove.
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management/
editors, Pat Hutchings, Mike Kingsford, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg.
Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2008.
9780643095571 (pbk.)
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Coral reef ecology – Queensland – Great Barrier Reef.
Marine biodiversity – Queensland – Great Barrier Reef.
Coral reefs and islands – Indo-Pacific Region.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) – Environmental aspects.
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) – Management.
Hutchings, Patricia
Kingsford, Michael John
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove.
577.78909943
Published exclusively in Australia and New Zealand by
CSIRO PUBLISHING
150 Oxford Street (PO Box 1139)
Collingwood VIC 3066
Australia
Tel:
+61 3 9662 7666
Local call: 1300 788 000 (Australia only)
Fax:
+61 3 9662 7555
Email:
publishing.sales@csiro.au
Web site:
www.publish.csiro.au
Published exclusively throughout the world (excluding Australia and New Zealand),
by Springer, with ISBN 978 1 4020 89497.
Springer
Van Godewijckstraat 30
3311 GX Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 78 657 60 00
Fax: +31 78 657 65 55
Web site: www.springer.com
Front cover photo by D. Wachenfeld
Back cover photos (clockwise from top left) by R. Steene,
R. Steene, R. Steene, O.Hoegh-Guldberg, K. Fabricius.
Set in 10/14, Palatino
Cover design by James Kelly
Edited by Amanda Reid
Index by Russell Brooks
Printed in Malaysia for Imago