Management of Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Woodley
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Management Issue ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Coral Reef System

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becoming an increasingly important management issue requiring better knowledge and possibly new standards of treatment and discharge.

Great Barrier Reef

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Kingsford ◽  
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Disease ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
International Experts

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, 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 baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.

Torres Strait and the Inner Route

1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
J. H. S. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Outer Limit ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Alternative Routes ◽  
Coral Reef System

The north-east coast of Australia is fronted by the world's longest coral reef system, which stretches in a north/south direction between latitudes 9° and 24° South. Although its outer limit is at distances of between 20 and 120 miles from the coast the enclosed waters are relatively shallow and contain many islands, detached reefs and shoals. The shipping lane between the coast and the Great Barrier Reef is known as the Inner Route. Torres Strait, its northern entrance, although extensive is shallow throughout and encumbered by reefs and islands to such an extent that only one route through it has been lit. The alternative routes are shallow or tortuous.

Water Quality and Management in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Reasonable Use

Use of the Great Barrier Reef Region for tourism, the economic value of Reef tourism to Queensland, and the value placed by society on natural settings has been increasing rapidly during the 1980's. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has the role of providing for reasonable use of this valuable resource. The concern for reefal water quality is discussed in terms of enhanced nutrient levels in the inshore GBR and the low tolerance of corals to nutrients. Findings of a recent Workshop on Nutrients in the Great Barrier Reef Region are described. This paper summarises the Authority's role in ensuring information exchange, appropriate research, and management in the area of water quality management and tourism.

scholarly journals Saving the Great Barrier Reef from disaster, media then and now

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 568-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerrie Foxwell-Norton ◽  
Libby Lester
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Media Activism ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

The Great Barrier Reef is the most recognizable of the Australian properties on United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. At the time of its inscription in 1981, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature noted that ‘… if only one coral reef site in the world were to be chosen for the World Heritage List, the Great Barrier Reef is the site to be chosen’. The listing followed the ‘Save the Reef’ campaign, which ran through the 1960s and 1970s and highlighted threats from rapid industrialization and a nation riding a resources boom. Nevertheless, in recent years, the Reef has teetered on being named a ‘World Heritage Site in Danger’, with similar economic conditions driving its deterioration. This article juxtaposes recent media activism to protect the Reef against the earlier campaign in order to compare and better understand how these campaigns engaged publics and policy makers by representing and communicating threats, and concludes by considering their capacity to influence long-term conservation policy.

scholarly journals Large‐scale, multidirectional larval connectivity among coral reef fish populations in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (24) ◽  
pp. 6039-6054 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Williamson ◽  
Hugo B. Harrison ◽  
Glenn R. Almany ◽  
Michael L. Berumen ◽  
Michael Bode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fish Populations ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Larval Connectivity

scholarly journals Great Barrier Reef

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Invasive Species ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Bleaching ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
The World ◽  
International Experts

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.

scholarly journals Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef Are Understudied and Underexplored

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gal Eyal ◽  
Jack H. Laverick ◽  
Pim Bongaerts ◽  
Oren Levy ◽  
John M. Pandolfi
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Fishery Management ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems ◽  
Deep Reef ◽  
The World ◽  
Coral Reef Ecosystems

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are characterized by the presence of photosynthetically active organisms such as corals and algae, and associated communities at depths ranging from 30 to 150 m in tropical and subtropical regions. Due to the increased awareness of the potential importance of these reefs as an integral part of coral reef ecosystems (i.e., deep reef refuge, specialized biodiversity, transition zone between shallow and deep-sea environments, and recreational and intrinsic values), interest from the scientific community has grown around the world over the last two decades. Several nations have already made management declarations and started to extend marine protected areas and fishery management to MCEs. The estimated area of Australian MCEs is likely equivalent to that of shallow reef ecosystems down to 30 m; however, Australian MCEs attract limited research effort compared to other major coral reef regions around the world. In this perspective, we briefly explore the reasons for this scarcity of research on mesophotic ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) of Australia (e.g., strict diving regulations, new researchers’ involvement, and logistics and cost). At present, research efforts on the mesophotic ecosystems of the GBR are in decline and if this trajectory is maintained, the global disparity in knowledge between MCEs near Australia and those from the other main coral reef regions worldwide will sharpen deeply. We call for action from the research community, grant agencies, and decision-makers toward a wider understanding of these important ecosystems in Australia.

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