Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef

by Wolanski,Eric; Wolanski,Eric

• ISBN13: 9780849308338
• ISBN10: 084930833X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-20
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Demonstrating the relevance and need of science in planning the future of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide, Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef emphasizes multi-disciplinary processes - physical and biological links - that have emerged as the dominant forces shaping and controlling the ecosystem. The book draws heavily on data from coral reefs in Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef covers:o Climate and global changeo Coastal oceanographyo Wetlands ecologyo Estuarieso Marine biologyo Land use management in the tropicso Fisheries managemento Coral Reef ecological modelingo Biodiversity and the human impactExplore how the ecosystem responds to both physical and biological stimuli, and how they interactUnderstand processes imperative to create sustainable design strategiesComprehend the connectivity of biotopes - land, mangroves, seagrass, and coralsDiscover the relationship between managing marine resources and managing adjoining land useLearn how fish behavior and migration patterns control fisheries

Table of Contents

Foreword
Honourable Malcolm Fraser
Introduction Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs
David Suzuki
The Place of Science and Technology in the Wise Management of the Great Barrier Reef	1	(6)
Joe Baker
Physics-Biology Links in the Great Barrier Reef	7	(12)
Eric Wolanski
Landcover and Water Quality in River Catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	19	(18)
Andrew K.L. Johnson
Robert G.V. Bramley
Christian H. Roth
Runoff of Terrestrial Sediment and Nutrients into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area	37	(16)
Miles Furnas
Alan Mitchell
Water Circulation in Mangroves, and Its Implications for Biodiversity	53	(24)
Eric Wolanski
Yoshihiro Mazda
Keita Furukawa
Peter Ridd
Johnson Kitheka
Simon Spagnol
Thomas Stieglitz
Muddy Coastal Waters and Depleted Mangrove Coastlines---Depleted Seagrass and Coral Reefs	77	(16)
Norman C. Duke
Eric Wolanski
The Effects of Siltation on Tropical Coastal Ecosystems	93	(20)
Miguel Fortes
Modelling and Visualising Interactions between Natural Disturbances and Eutrophication as Causes of Coral Reef Degradation	113	(14)
Laurence J. McCook
Eric Wolanski
Simon Spagnol
Biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef: Large-Scale Patterns and Turbidity-Related Local Loss of Soft Coral Taxa	127	(18)
Katharina Fabricius
Glenn De'ath
River Plume Dynamics in the Central Great Barrier Reef	145	(16)
Brian King
Felicity McAllister
Eric Wolanski
Terry Done
Simon Spagnol
Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area---An Overview of Pathways and Processes	161	(28)
Mike Cappo
Russell Kelley
A Model of the Ecosystem, and Associated Penaeid Prawn Community, in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef	189	(20)
Neil A. Gribble
The Effects of Water Flow around Coral Reefs on the Distribution of Pre-Settlement fish (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)	209	(22)
John H. Carleton
Richard Brinkman
Peter J. Doherty
Topographic Steering by Coral Reef Assemblages	231	(6)
Simon Spagnol
Eric Wolanski
Eric Deleersnjider
Environmental Factors Influencing the Activity of Black Marlin	237	(18)
Peter Speare
Craig R. Steinberg
Ocean Nutrients to Sediment Banks via Tidal Jets and Halimeda Meadows	255	(14)
Edward A. Drew
Climate Variability and Change on the Great Barrier Reef	269	(32)
Janice M. Lough
The Sea Surface Temperature Story on the Great Barrier Reef during the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998	301	(14)
William Skirving
John Guinotte
The Challenges of Coral Reef Management in Indonesia	315	(16)
Ian M. Dutton
Dietrich G. Bengen
J. Johnnes Tulungen
Will the Great Barrier Reef Survive Human Impact?	331	(18)
Frank H. Talbot
Index	349