Fauna and Flora of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Contents

• VERSO
• INTRODUCTION
  • Purpose
• OBLIGATIONS TO RARE AND THREATENED SPECIES
  • International
  • National
  • Queensland
• TERMINOLOGY: ADVERSE IMPACTS, EFFECTS & HUMAN RELATED THREATS
• SPECIES IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA
• DISCUSSION
• ELEMENTS FOR PRIORITISING WORK PROGRAM
• THE SPECIES CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF THE GBRMPA
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX 1  IUCN listing of major categories of threat
• APPENDIX 2  Listed marine species
  • Sea snakes
  • Seals
  • Crocodile
  • Dugongs
  • Marine turtles
  • Seahorses, Sea-dragons, Pipefish
  • Birds
• APPENDIX 3  Species of special interest
  • Whales and Dolphins
• APPENDIX 4  Other species of conservation concern
  • Sharks, Rays and Skates
  • Other Marine Fishes
  • Marine Invertebrates
  • Marine Plants
• APPENDIX 5  Island Flora and Fauna
• FIGURE 1. Map of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Great Barrier Reef World    Heritage Area Boundaries
• TABLE 1. Threatened species known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed under the Bonn Convention or CITES agreement (includes explanatory notes)
• TABLE 2. Birds known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed under the JAMBA and CAMBA agreements
• TABLE 3. Threatened species known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed by the IUCN Red Data Books or under Queensland or Commonwealth legislation
• TABLE 4. Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for syngnathids found in the Great Barrier Reef
• TABLE 5. Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for sharks and rays found in the Great Barrier Reef
• TABLE 6. Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for bony fish found in the Great Barrier Reef
• TABLE 7. ‘Vulnerable’ marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Cheshire et al. (2000)
• TABLE 8. ‘Vulnerable with a narrow range’ marine macroalgae in the Great Barrier Reef as derived from a national assessment by Chesire et al. (2000)

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