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Islands of the Great Barrier Reef
2007Introduction Two distinctive types of islands occur on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the continental or high islands (hereafter referred to as high islands), and the low or reef islands (hereafter referred to as reef islands). Earlier workers defined high islands as those composed of elevated reef limestones or of non-limestone lithologies (Stoddart ...
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The mid-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
2007Introduction The evolutionary classification for coral reefs of Hopley (1982), although applied elsewhere, was initially devised specifically for the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The classification (Figs. 5.6 and 5.7, Table 5.3) shows antecedent platforms being recolonized, with reef growth during initial juvenile stages being largely ...
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
2019Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (the GBR) is an iconic natural ecosystem, globally renowned for its majesty and grandeur. The GBR encompasses a vast array of unique and important marine and terrestrial habitats, from deepwater reefs to archetypal barrier reefs, as well as vast seagrass and algal meadows, intertidal mud flats, sand cays, and continental ...
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Great Barrier Reef recovery through multiple interventions
Conservation Biology, 2018The decline of coral cover on Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has largely been attributed to the cumulative pressures of tropical cyclones, temperature‐induced coral bleaching, and predation by crown‐of‐thorns starfish (CoTS).
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Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
Science, 2016Coral Reefs![Figure][1] Coral resilience to high temperatures is limited. PHOTO: PETER MUMBY The Australian Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is one of Earth's most extraordinary natural wonders, but it is vulnerable to climate change. Ainsworth et al.
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Monitoring pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2010Pesticide runoff from agriculture poses a threat to water quality in the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and sensitive monitoring tools are needed to detect these pollutants. This study investigated the utility of passive samplers in this role through deployment during a wet and dry season at river mouths, two near-shore regions and an ...
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Archaeology and the Great Barrier Reef
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, 1978The Great Barrier Reef and its associated islands form one of Australia’s most neglected archaeological provinces. Only now can some of the most obvious parameters be described. Islands which evolved in Holocene times have been incorporated into local coastal Aboriginal economy yet also show evidence of having been visited by Torres Strait peoples ...
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Studies on the Great Barrier Reef
BioScience, 1985Proposals to drill for oil on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have led to the appointment of a royal commission to study the environmental impact of such activities. The Australian Institute of Marine Science has developed a 5-part research plant which covers the Australian mangrove environment; nearshore habitat; processes and interactions, energy ...
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Science, 2001
GEOLOGY Coral reefs are important as marine ecosystems, and their growth has been linked to the carbon dioxide content in Earth's atmosphere. However, the timing of major reef growth has been uncertain for many reefs, including Earth's largest, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
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GEOLOGY Coral reefs are important as marine ecosystems, and their growth has been linked to the carbon dioxide content in Earth's atmosphere. However, the timing of major reef growth has been uncertain for many reefs, including Earth's largest, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
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Sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef
Maritime Studies, 2001Of all the properties declared under the World Heritage Convention, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest single area given World Heritage status. Its management comes under scrutiny from around the world, most commonly as a model of good practice but not without its faults.The GBR has a number of natural advantages in its favour.
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