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Sponges are celebrated heterotrophs but also key primary producers on changing coral reefs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Trophic interactions and nutrient cycling lay at the heart of ecosystem health and biodiversity. In recent years, our understanding of these drivers has been repeatedly challenged by rapid and unanticipated climatic effects, combined with an increasing awareness that ...
Michelle Achlatis, Rene M. van der Zande, Sam Arnold, Alphonsus C. Röttgering, Jeroen Schneider, Mathieu Pernice, Jasper M. de Goeij   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classifying the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for the classification phase of the representative areas program [PDF]

, 2010
This technical report outlines the methods that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority used to classify the biodiversity of the marine environs of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for the Representative Areas Program. Classification was
Breen, D., Day, J., De'ath, G., Dobbs, K., Fernandes, L., Kerrigan, B.A., Tobin, R.   +6 more
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Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How can defense alliances reap the efficiency gains of working together when coordination and opportunism costs are high? Although specializing as part of a collective comes with economic and functional benefits, states must bargain over the distribution of those gains and ensure the costs of collective action are minimized.
J. Andrés Gannon
wiley   +1 more source

A practical, adaptive compliance management framework for improving marine protected area effectiveness

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Noncompliance regularly undermines the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide. The reasons for and drivers of noncompliance depend on the context (e.g., insufficient funding, capacity, neocolonialism, historical conflict), but the prevalent solution offered to curtail noncompliance tends to be more or better enforcement.
B. Bergseth, C. Moltzen, A. Arias, J. Aumend, M. Guilbeaux, R. Oyanedel, R. Parsons, C. Pukini, A. Quintana, C. Wilcox, J. C. Day   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whitsundays plan of management: a guide to the Whitsundays plan of management (SUPERSEDED) [PDF]

, 2005
This guide provides a summary of the important rules for the Whitsunday Planning Area as described in the Whitsundays Plan of Management. Some of these apply to all users of the area, while others apply only to commercial tourism operators.

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Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam, Bart Shepherd, Kylie Lev, Rebecca Albright   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The first records of Stenobermuda Schultz, 1982 and Tenupedunculus Schultz, 1979 from Australia, with description of two new species from the Great Barrier Reef (Isopoda, Asellota, Stenetriidae)

ZooKeys, 2018
The genera Tenupedunculus Schultz, 1982 and Stenobermuda Schultz, 1979 are recorded for the first time from beyond the Southern Ocean, at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Tenupedunculus serrulatus sp. n. and Stenobermuda warooga sp. n.
Ji-Hun Song, Niel L. Bruce, Gi-Sik Min
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Broadcast spawning by Pocillopora species on the Great Barrier Reef. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The coral genus Pocillopora is one of the few to include some species that broadcast spawn gametes and some species that brood larvae, although reports of reproductive mode and timing vary within and among species across their range.
Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Karen J Miller, Erika Woolsey, Gabriele Gerlach, Andrew H Baird   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg's Smart State Premier's Fellowship 2009-2014 [PDF]

, 2010
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was granted a fellowship from 2009-2014 to conduct climate change research on the Great Barrier Reef. Professor Hoegh-Guldberg is a lead researcher at the University of Queensland and his current research aims to ensure 'a ...

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Preliminary investigation of alternative approaches for the Reef Plan Report Card Water Quality Metric report [PDF]

, 2017
The management of water quality remains an essential requirement to ensure the long-term protection of the coastal and inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) (Commonwealth of Australia, 2015).
da Silva, E., Tracey, D., Waterhouse, J.
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