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Description:
Author(s):
Furnas, Miles J. (Miles Jonathan)
Title:
Catchments and corals : terrestrial runoff to the Great Barrier Reef / Miles Furnas.
Imprint:
Townsville, Qld. : Australian Institute of Marine Science ; CRC Reef Research Centre, c2003.
Physical Description:
xi, 334 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Formatted Contents Note:
Geographic and oceanographic features of the Great Barrier Reef -- Catchments draining into the Great Barrier Reef -- Hydrology of rivers in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment -- Vegetation communities, landscape processes and agricultural practices affecting runoff of sediment and nutrients -- Suspended sediments in rivers of the Great Barrier Reef catchment -- Nutrients in rivers of the Great Barrier Reef catchment -- Terrestrial sediment and nutrient inputs to the Great Barrier Reef -- River plumes in the Great Barrier Reef -- Ecosystem effects of increased sediment and nutrient runoff -- Catchments and corals: the land and the sea.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-327) and glossary.
Topical Term:
Coral reef ecology Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Corals Effect of water quality on Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Watersheds Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Runoff Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Sediment transport Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Geographic Name:
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Environmental conditions.
Local Term:
Nutrients Australia Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Corporate Name:
Australian Institute of Marine Science.
CRC Reef Research Centre.
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | STACKS | QH197 .F8 2003 | BOOK | 1
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