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THE GREAT BARRIER REEF:
BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Pat A. Hutchings, Michael J. Kingsford and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (eds)


Currently at the Copy-Editors. Date of Publication: 1st November 2008


CONTENTS Clink on highlighted chapter names for additional reading that augments the references listed in the book

Preface

Hon. Virginia Chadwick AO

Chapter 1 – An Introduction to the Great Barrier Reef

P. A. Hutchings, M. J. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg

Section 1 – Nature of the Reef

Chapter 2 – Geomorphology of Coral Reefs, with Special Reference to the Great Barrier Reef

D. Hopley

Chapter 3 The Great Barrier Reef in Time and Space: Geology and Palaeobiology

J. M. Pandolfi & R. Kelley

Chapter 4 – Oceanography

M. J. Kingsford & E. Wolanski

Chapter 5 Reefal Environments, Habitats, and Assemblages

C. Syms & M. J. Kingsford            

Chapter 6 Seabed environments, Habitats and Biological Assemblages

C. R. Pitcher, P. J. Doherty & T. J. Anderson

Chapter 7 Primary Production, Nutrient Recycling and Energy Flow through Coral Reef Ecosystems

O. Hoegh-Guldberg & S. Dove

Chapter 8 Calcification, Erosion and the Establishment of the Framework of Coral Reefs

P. A. Hutchings & O. Hoegh-Guldberg

Section 2 – Factors Affecting the Great Barrier Reef

Chapter 9 Impacts on Coral Reefs

T. Hughes

Chapter 10 – Climate Change and Coral Reefs

O. Hoegh-Guldberg

Chapter 11 Terrestrial runoff to the Great Barrier Reef and the Implications for its Long-term Ecological Status

J. Brodie & K. Fabricius

Chapter 12 Planning and Managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

J. Day

Chapter 13 – Biodiversity

P. Hutchings & M. J. Kingsford

Section 3 – Taxonomic Overview of Reef Organisms

Chapter 14 – Plankton

M. J. Kingsford, K. Heinmann, C. G. Alexander & D. McKinnon

Chapter 15 – Macroalgae

G. Diaz-Pulido

Chapter 16 – Mangroves and Seagrasses

A. W. D. Larkum & N. Duke

Chapter 17 – Sponges

J. N. A. Hooper

Chapter 18 Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora

L. –A. Gershwin & M. J. Kingsford

Chapter 19 – Hexacorals 1: Sea Anemones and Anemone-like Animals

C. C. Wallace

Chapter 20 – Hexacorals 2: Reef-building or Hard Corals

C. C. Wallace

Chapter 21 – Octocorals

P. Alderslade & K. Fabricius

Chapter 22 – Worms

P. A. Hutchings

Chapter 23 – Arthropoda: Crustaceans and Pycnogonids

S. Ahyong

Chapter 24 – Mollusca

R. C. Willan

Chapter 25 – Bryozoa

D. P. Gordon & Phillip E. Bock

Chapter 26 – Echinodermata

M. Bryne

Chapter 27 – The Tunicata

P. Mather

Chapter 28 – The Fish Assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef: their Diversity and Origin

J. H. Choat & B. Russell

Chapter 29 – Reptiles

H. Heatwole & V. Lukoschek

Chapter 30 – Marine Mammals

H. Marsh

Chapter 31 – Seabirds

B. Congdon

Epilogue

P. A. Hutchings, M. J. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg


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