The Great Barrier Reef

Biology, Environment and Management

Pat Hutchings, Michael Kingsford, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

488 Seiten

2019 | Second Edition
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0819-4 (ISBN)

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The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.

With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully updated second edition of The Great Barrier Reef describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. It contains new chapters on shelf slopes and fisheries and addresses pressing issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and disease, and invasive species.

The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a reference text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Foreword

Acronyms

Author biographies

1: Introduction to the Great Barrier Reef

Section 1: Nature of the reef

2: Geomorphology of Coral Reefs with Special Reference to the Great Barrier Reef

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

4: Oceanography

5: Coral Reef Habitats and Assemblages

6: Seabed Environments, Habitats and Biological Assemblages

7: The Great Barrier Reef outer-shelf

8: Primary Production, Nutrient Recycling and Energy Flow through Coral Reef Ecosystems

9: Calcification, Erosion and the Establishment of the Framework of Coral Reefs

Section 2: Factors affecting the reef

10: Fisheries of the Great Barrier Reef

11: Disturbances and pressures to coral reefs

12: The Future of Coral Reefs in a Rapidly Changing World

13: Terrestrial Runoff to the Great Barrier Reef and the Implications for Its Long Term Ecological Status

14: Planning and Managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Section 3: Overview of reef biodiversity and organisms

15: Biodiversity of organisms?

16: Plankton

17: Macroalgae

18: Mangroves and Seagrasses

19: Sponges

20: Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora

21: Hexacorals 1: Sea Anemones and Anemone-like Animals (Actiniaria, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, Ceriantharia and Antipatharia)

22: Hexacorals 2: Reef-building or Hard Corals (Scleractinia) including updates re concept of coral species

23: Octocorals

24: Worms

25: Arthropoda: Crustaceans and Pycnogonids

26: Mollusca

27: Bryozoa

28: Echinodermata

29: Tunicata

30: The Fish Assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef: Their Diversity and Origin

31: Marine Reptiles and Marine Mammals

32: Seabirds

Epilogue

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2019
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 270 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-4863-0819-8 / 1486308198
ISBN-13	978-1-4863-0819-4 / 9781486308194
Zustand	Neuware