Great Barrier Reef region
Structural and psycho social limits to climate change adaptation in the great barrier reef region
... There is, we argue, unresolved ambiguity in the science and policy of limits about what con- stitutes a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ social limit and, by extension, what comprises unavoidable and unac- ceptable losses that ...
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Structural and psycho-social limits to climate change adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef region
... There is, we argue, unresolved ambiguity in the science and policy of limits about what con- stitutes a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ social limit and, by extension, what comprises unavoidable and unac- ceptable losses that ...
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The diversity of Coolia spp. (Dinophyceae Ostreopsidaceae) in the central Great Barrier Reef region
... plants and animals. In our study we used the entire ITS region (including the more conserved ITS1, the very highly conserved 5.8S gene and the ITS2), and determined that the strain NQAIF103 is separated from its ...
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The ecology of shark-like batoids: implications for management in the Great Barrier Reef region
... The giant shovelnose ray Glaucostegus typus, whitespotted guitarfish Rhynchobatus spp., shark ray Rhina ancylostoma, narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata, and green sawfish Pristis zijsron are shark-like batoids that ...
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Ecological risk assessment of the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Data report
... • The commercial fishing industry is supportive and being proactive. Positive steps have been, and are being, taken by trawl fishers to reduce the risks from trawling to the species, seabed communities and habitats of ...
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Integrating social and biophysical data to develop and evaluate marine protected area planning at a local scale: the 1998 Cairns Area Plan of Management as a case study
... The Great Barrier Reef Region (GBRR) is a significant economic region with direct and indirect economic activity estimated at over ...the region (GBRMPA 1997, Access Economics ...
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Connectivity and systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef
... coral reef resilience has focused on reducing the exposure of reefs to stressful conditions, be they physical pollutants or the impacts of eco- system exploitation ...promoting region- wide recovery after ...
Coal, cumulative impacts, and the Great Barrier Reef
... the Great Barrier Reef on the List of World Heritage in ...the Great Barrier Reef depends on transformational change in the cumulative assessment of Australian coal ...
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The exposure of the Great Barrier Reef to ocean acidification
... This study was undertaken with the support of CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, and through resources made available through the eReefs project, the CSIRO Marine and Coastal Carbon Biogeochemistry Cluster, and the Australian ...
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The biology and biochemistry of terpenes in Alcyoniidaen corals from the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
... Isolated zooxanthellae and symbiotic individuals of the scleractinian corals Madxacis miI'abilis take up ammonium ions from seawater whereas aposymbiotic individuals do not lewis & Smith[r] ...
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Keeping the 'Great' in the Great Barrier Reef: large-scale governance of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
... the Great Barrier Reef: The GBRMP Act is an over-arching piece of legislation that has endured for over 38 years, which sets up the governance system for the marine ...fishers). Reef managers ...
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The Great Barrier Reef: an environmental history
... operations, reef-walking and infrastructure development (in Chapter 12), and through the modification of island vegetation and fauna (in Chapter 13 ...the Great Barrier Reef (Chapter ...
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Great news for the Great Barrier Reef: Tully river water quality
... Similarly, no evidence exists either for an increasing nutrient trend in GBR marine waters generally (Fig. 7). Importantly, the enhanced dry season nutrient levels reported in the Tully since 1993-94 lie within the range ...
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Disturbance effects on tropical reef fish assemblages at large spatial and temporal scales
... many reef fish species are long-lived (Choat & Axe 1996; Meekan et ...Bunkers region (southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia) between November 1987 and October 1989 provided an ...
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Tactile landscape: visitors at the Great Barrier Reef
... with Reef creatures in a way that encouraged similar interaction by others (Film Australia ...that Reef creatures – or nature more broadly – is benign and ...the Reef is in danger from our tactile ...
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Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef
... fishes; reef fish species often undergo ontogenetic shifts in habitat use, and many species that are not obviously associated with corals in later life rely on corals for successful set- tlement at the end of ...
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Compilation of information on the interaction of reef sharks with the reef line fishery in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: final report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
... of reef sharks in zones closed to fishing (MNP) were on average above (by approximately 50%) but not significantly different from numbers in open zones (GU), while those in no-entry zones were much higher than ...
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The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs
... This thesis would not have been possible without the generous support of many funding bodies. I would like to make a special mention of the Ian Potter Foundation and Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation who ...
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The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management
... he has been actively i.nvolved in the Australian Coral Reef Societ}' ACR for many years and oornmemling on managemem t and .z oning plans for Au stra.lian coral re..fs.. H OOr[R John Ho[r] ...
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A Review on the Great Barrier Reef: Australia
... The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is considered as one among the Seven Natural Wonders of the ...coral reef stretching 2,300 kilometers along the Queensland coastline and covering an area of ...
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