Oceanographic processes of coral reefs : physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef /

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Imprint:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2001.
Description:	356 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disk (4 3/4 in.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Coral reef ecology -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Oceanography -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Coral reef ecology. Oceanography. Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Queensland -- Great Barrier Reef.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4437549

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Other authors / contributors:	Wolanski, Eric.
ISBN:	084930833X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0; minimun 640 x 480 256 color display, recommended 800 x 600 16-bit or higher color display; 12 MB of free disk space; minimun 16 MB of RAM, recommended 32 MB of RAM.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction: Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs
Chapter 1. The Place of Science and Technology in the Wise Management of the Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 2. Physics-Biology Links in the Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 3. Landcover and Water Quality in River Catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Chapter 4. Runoff of Terrestrial Sediment and Nutrients into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Chapter 5. Water Circulation in Managroves, and Its Implications for Biodiversity
Chapter 6. Muddy Coastal Waters and Depleted Mangrove Coastlines--Depleted Seagrass and Coral Reefs
Chapter 7. The Effects of Siltation on Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
Chapter 8. Modelling and Visualising Interactions between Natural Disturbances and Eutrophication as Causes of Coral Reef Degradation
Chapter 9. Biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef: Large-Scale Patterns and Turbidity-Related Local Loss of Soft Coral Taxa
Chapter 10. River Plume Dynamics in the Central Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 11. Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area--An Overview of Pathways and Processes
Chapter 12. A Model of the Ecosystem, and Associated Penaeid Prawn Community, in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 13. The Effects of Water Flow around Coral Reefs on the Distribution of Pre-Settlement fish (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)
Chapter 14. Topographic Steering by Coral Reef Assemblages
Chapter 15. Environmental Factors Influencing the Activity of Black Marlin
Chapter 16. Ocean Nutrients to Sediment Banks via Tidal Jets and Halimeda Meadows
Chapter 17. Climate Variability and Change on the Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 18. The Sea Surface Temperature Story on the Great Barrier Reef during the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998
Chapter 19. The Challenges of Coral Reef Management in Indonesia
Chapter 20. Will the Great Barrier Reef Survive Human Impact?
Index

Oceanographic processes of coral reefs : physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef /

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