Chapter 13 - Biodiversity

Biodiversity measures

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• Krebs, C. J. (1989). Ecological Methodology. New York, Harper & Row.

Biodiversity and Ecosystem management

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• Folke, C., S. Carpenter, S. Walker, B., Scheffer, M., Elmqvist, T., Gunderson, L., Holling, C.S. (2004). Regime shifts, resilience, biodiversity in ecosystem management. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 35, 557-581.
• Singh, J. S. (2002). The biodiversity crisis : a multifaceted review. Current Science 82(6): 638-647.

Effects of climate change

• Hutchings , PA. , Ahyong, S., Byrne, M., Przeslawski, R., Wörheide, G (2007). Benthic invertebrates (excluding corals).GBR Ecological Vulnerability Assessment. Johnson J and Marshall P Eds. (2007) Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority pp. 309-356 .
• Distribution of corals across the Indo Pacific
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• Wallace, C C. 1999. Staghorn corals of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. 422 pp.

Origin of biodiversity in the region

• Wilson , M.E.J. and Rosen, B.R (1998). Implications of paucity of corals in the Paleogene of SE Asia: plate tectonics or Centre of Origin? Pp. 165-195. Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia eds. Robert Hall and Jeremy D Holloway. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands

Functional groups and indicator species

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• *Bustos-Baez, S. and C. L. J. Frid (2003). Using indicator species to assess the state of macrobenthic communities. Hydrobiologia 496(1-3): 299-309.
• Regional patterns of fish distributions and functional groups
• Williams, D. M. (1991). Patterns and processes in the distribution of coral reef fishes. The ecology of fishes on coral reefs. P. F. Sale. San Diego, Academic press: 437-474.
• Bellwood , D. R., T. P. Hughes, et al. (2004). Confronting the coral crisis. Nature 429: 827-833.
• *Coleman, F. C. and S. L. Willliams (2002). Overexploitating marine ecosystem engineers: potential consequences for biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17(1): 40 - 44