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Contents
Preface
vii
Hon Virginia Chadwick AO
Acronyms
viii
Author Biographies
ix
1 Introduction to the Great Barrier Reef
1
P. A. Hutchings, M. J. Kingsford &
O. Hoegh-Guldberg
Section 1 Nature of the Reef
2 Geomorphology of Coral Reefs with Special
Reference to the Great Barrier Reef
5
D. Hopley
3 The Great Barrier Reef in Time and
Space: Geology and Palaeobiology
17
J. M. Pandolfi & R. Kelley
4 Oceanography
28
M. J. Kingsford & E. Wolanski
5 Coral Reef Habitats and Assemblages
40
C. Syms & M. J. Kingsford
6 Seabed Environments, Habitats
and Biological Assemblages
51
C. R. Pitcher, P. J. Doherty & T. J. Anderson
7 Primary Production, Nutrient
Recycling and Energy Flow through
Coral Reef Ecosystems
59
O. Hoegh-Guldberg & S. Dove
8 Calcification, Erosion and the Establishment
of the Framework of Coral Reefs
74
P. A. Hutchings & O. Hoegh-Guldberg
Section 2 Factors Affecting the Great
Barrier Reef
9 Human Impact on Coral Reefs
85
T. P. Hughes
10 The Future of Coral Reefs in a
Rapidly Changing World
95
O. Hoegh-Guldberg
11 Terrestrial Runoff to the Great Barrier
Reef and the Implications for Its
Long Term Ecological Status
108
J. Brodie & K. Fabricius
12 Planning and Managing the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park
114
J. Day
13 Biodiversity
122
P. A. Hutchings & M. J. Kingsford
Section 3 Taxonomic Overview of Reef
Organisms
14 Plankton
129
M. J. Kingsford, K. Heimann,
C. G. Alexander & A. D. McKinnon
15 Macroalgae
145
G. Diaz-Pulido
16 Mangroves and Seagrasses
156
N. C. Duke & A. W. D. Larkum
17 Sponges
171
J. N. A. Hooper