The Great Barrier Reef: Biology,
Environment and Management
Pat A. Hutchings, Mike Kingsford and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (eds)
Winner of the Whitley Commendation for the best Zoological Text for 2008-2009. Awarded Sept 2009
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CONTENTS
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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
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
P. Hutchings & M. J. Kingsford
Section 3 – Taxonomic Overview of Reef Organisms
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
P. Kott
Chapter 28 – The Fish Assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef: their Diversity and Origin
J. H. Choat & B. Russell
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