COVER PAGE & VERSO [Adobe Acrobat Format 235.35KB]

PREFACE [Adobe Acrobat Format 105.79KB]

TABLE OF CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 259.40KB]

SECTION I: CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• Land use influence and nearshore processes and pressures [Adobe Acrobat Format 159.87KB]
  • The distribution of sediments and nutrients throughout the Whitsunday Islands inner shelf region, Great Barrier Reef Steve G Blake
  • Spatial variation in stream water quality in a humid tropical catchment: long profile and tributary stream patterns DT Neil
  • Water quality monitoring in Australia David Tait and Charles Lewis*
  • The protean nature of 'wet tropical coast' flood plumes in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon - distribution and composition Jeremy Taylor* and Michelle Devlin
  • Detection of anthropogenic and natural mercury in sediments from the Great Barrier Reef lagoon G Stewart Walker* and Gregg J Brunskill*
• Pressures and effects on the Great Barrier Reef lagoon [Adobe Acrobat Format 2231.66KB]
  • Macroalgal distributions on the Great Barrier Reef: a review of patterns and causes Laurence McCook* and Ian R Price
• Pressures on reefs, islands and cays [Adobe Acrobat Format 810.66KB]
  • Reef top hydrodynamics at Heron Island MR Gourlay* and Jennifer LF Hacker*
  • Harbour bund wall construction at Heron Island: coral response Jennifer LF Hacker* and MR Gourlay*
  • Quantifying organic content of material from coral reefs SW Purcell
  • Coral skeletal destruction - boring sponges on the Great Barrier Reef CHL Schonberg*, CR Wilkinson* and KN Hoppe
  • The effect of depth and wave exposure on the density and porosity of  Pocillopora damicornis in the Solitary Islands Marine Reserve, New South Wales KA Spinaze*, SDA Smith and RD Simpson
• Large-scale phenomena and organism response [Adobe Acrobat Format 1821.20KB]
  • Cost-effective small-scale crown-of-thorns starfish eradication procedures using acid injections David Fisk*, Lyle Vail* and Anne Hoggett
  • An alternative approach to the hydrodynamic design of infrastructure on the Great Barrier Reef: Norman Reef pontoon case study SR Massel*, IR Kapitzke* and PR Gleeson
  • Investigating future threats from tropical cyclones, storm surges and sea level rise A Barrie Pittock*, Kathy Mclnnes and Kevin Walsh
  • Tropical cyclone impacts on the coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef region Marietta L Puotinen
• Management-science links [Adobe Acrobat Format 2656.81KB]
  • Pontoon dynamics in a coral reef lagoon: numerical modelling and field studies MF Britton* and AJ Johnston
  • Philosophy of marine park management Denise Russell
  • Investigation of load capacities of mooring anchor systems K van Donderen, B Greensill, B Way and A J Johnston*
  • Integrating R&D into decision-making for natural resource management in coastal northern Australia Daniel H Walker* Andrew KL Johnson* and Jennifer A Bellamy
  • Towards a scientifically-based implementation plan for ecologically sustainable use and biodiversity conservation in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Leon Zann and Jon Brodie*
• People and the Reef [Adobe Acrobat Format 3793.65KB]
  • Using geographic information systems for integrating socio-economic and cultural information into reef planning and management D Benzaken* and M Gilbert*
  • Heron Island reef fiat: 15 years of change Vic M J Harriott
  • Recreational fishers in Shoalwater Bay and adjacent waters: motivations and attitudes GR Jenning
  • Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef: an environmental history in outline DT Neil
• Reef connectedness [Adobe Acrobat Format 1489.93KB]
  • Habitat optima of soft corals on the central Great Barrier Reef: niche characterisation using regression tree analysis Katharina E Fabricius* and Glenn De'ath
• Managing the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area[Adobe Acrobat Format 2090.80KB]
  • The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network: building on Australian research and development CR Wilkinson

SECTION II: ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS NOT PRODUCED AS A PAPER [Adobe Acrobat Format 1764.93KB]

• Effects of anthropogenic eutrophication on micro-organisms and nutrients in coral reef waters GJ Gast, WJ Steinhoff and RPM Bak
• Suspended particulate matter: an important energy source for corals on nearshore reefs? KRN Anthony and BL Willis
• Growth of Sargassum baccularia, a macroalga dominant on Great Barrier Reef nearshore reefs, is promoted by short-term nutrient pulses B Schaffelke and DW Klumpp
• Diver-minke whale interactions on the northern Great Barrier Reef PW Arnold and RA Birtles
• Environmental and ecological controls on the in situ population growth rates and distribution of small phytoplankton inhabiting shelf waters of the Great Barrier Reef N Crosbie
• Detritus and the Great Barrier Reef: quality and quantity over time and space M Dommisse and M Furnas
• Relationships between the distribution and abundance of sessile epibenthos in inter-reefal areas of Torres Strait and seabed current stress and bedload partings BG Long, CR Pitcher, L Bode and LB Mason
• Terrigenous and suspended sediments influences the distribution and abundance of seagrass and corals on coral reefs in Torres Strait BG Long, TD Skewes and DM Dennis
• Interactions between dugongs and gill-netting in Shoalwater Bay T Preen
• Appropriate spatial scales for marine fishery reserves for management of coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef CR Davies
• Design of experimental manipulations of line fishing and area closures on the Great Barrier Reef BD Mapstone, RA Campbell, ADM Smith and CR Davies
• The effect of re-opening Bramble Reef to bottom fishing on fishing behaviour and catch rates of commercial and recreational line fishers BD Mapstone, CR Davies, JB Higgs and DJ Welch
• Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell on Pisonia grandis at Tryon Island JA Olds, RJ Elder, RM Charles, JR Platten and KL Bell
• A strategic approach to ensuring that fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is ecologically sustainable J Robertson and M Russell
• Spawning periodicity of coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae), on the northern Great Barrier Reef MA Samoilys
• Response of the coral-associated crustacean fauna of scleractinian corals to increased sedimentation: a prospective study TM Sin
• The role of benthic mega-invertebrates in nutrient cycles on coral reefs: echinoderm density, population size and estimated population excretion rates on Rib Reef S Uthicke and DW Klumpp
• Oceanic forcing of currents in the Great Barrier Reef: initial model studies L Bode, LB Mason, and DM Burrage
• Managing recreation and tourism in the Whitsundays BM Barnett1 and CC Thomas
• Managing the effects of tourism use in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Z Dinesen
• A coastal resource atlas for the Great Barrier Reef: report on a pilot study S J Gardiner, JG Blackmal and J Day
• 'No anchoring areas' - a management strategy being applied in the Whitsundays A joint poster by the Queensland Department of  Environment, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Order o f Underwater Coral Heroes (OUCH)
• The primary goal of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority is to protect the natural values of the Marine Park J Phillips
• Marine harvest refugia as a tool for inshore fish population enhancement - some examples from Australia and elsewhere DA Pollard
• Recognising Indigenous interests in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area D Sailor, L Sommer and G Smith
• Do scraping, tissue and breakage injuries have the same impact? A case study for two scleractinian corals, Acropora hyacinthus and Montipora tuberculosa V Hall
• Developing a reliable coral reef monitoring program for use by community groups, tourist operators and visitors on the Great Barrier Reef BM Musso and G lnglis
• Impacts of tourist pontoons on the Great Barrier Reef V Nelson and B Mapstone
• The Cod Hole: potato cod numbers decreasing LL Vail and AK Hoggett
• Patterns of skeleton formation in coral recruits: can species be identified? AH Baird
• Ecology of Drupella at Heron and Wistari reefs I Fellegara
• Corallivory by chaetodontids MS Pratchett
• InterspecifiC variation in dispersal of the pelagic stages of reef fishes: will general models of reef connectivity be unrealistic? IC Stobutzki
• Annual changes in coral cover over a broad geographic scale on the Great Barrier Reef HPA Sweatman and R Ninio
• Recruitment in reef fishes of commercial significance: implications for reef connectivity and population management on the Great Barrier Reef GG Wilson
• Movements of the common coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae), in relation to spawning aggregations DC Zeller
• Education or enforcement - the better deal? J Alder
• Aboriginal marine ranger training program I Kerr
• Too much planning and research: not enough action? The role of community groups in coastal conservation in north Queensland A Reynolds

   

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