... for maintaining existing seagrass meadows or inshore
coral reefs in the GBR.
Quantifying the sediment-induced degradation of seagrass and inshore coral
reefs is also the focus of Fortes (Chapter ... other reef systems, seems invalid. Further,
non -reef (“inter -reef ) communities are shown to be important “load-bearing” ele-
ments in terms of the integrity and he...
... cropping and pastoral activities in the catchments
adjoining the GBR.
CATCHMENTS ADJOINING THE GBR
Continental drainage basins with an aggregate area of 425 ,000 km
2
drain into the
Great Barrier ... 1,344 423 0. 32 1.54
Endeavour River 2, 104 28 .0 1. 82 4. 92 0.44 1,939 865 0.45 1. 82
Daintree River 2, 1 92 39.1 1 .26 3. 52 0.11 2, 4 92 575 0 .23 1 .26
Mossm...
... Ecological indicators of large-scale eutrophication in the Great
Barrier Reef. Ambio 24 , 20 21 5.
Brodie, J. 1995 The problem of nutrients and eutrophication in the Australian marine environ-
ment. ... concepts and interactions and their
consequences, and to effectively portray them to a non-expert audience;
2. The increased rigour in understanding the con...
... Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is part of
the Indo-Pacific biogeographic region, and contains a subset of the Indo-Pacific taxa
found in the most species-rich ... Great Barrier
Reef. Coral Reefs 1, 22 9 23 6.
Done, T.J. 19 82 Patterns in the distribution of coral communities across the central Great
Barrie...
... REGION
The rainfall catchment area adjoining and impacting the GBR Marine Park totals
424 ,000 km
2
not including the influence from rivers intruding into the GBR from
Papua New Guinea and Irian ... 1974–1975 8,4 82, 719 41.53 2. 4
21 1997–1998 8,047,517 43.64 2. 3
22 1970–1971 6,136,544 45.76 2. 2
23 1958–1959 6,0 02, 436 47.88 2. 1
24 1983–1984 5 ,28 7,534 50.00 2. 0...