Green Island Information Review

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

October 1990

A Report To The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

1. COVER PAGE & VERSO [Adobe Acrobat Format 68.59KB]
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 86.45KB]
3. INTRODUCTION[Adobe Acrobat Format 175.91KB]
4. CHAPTER 1 THE CAY [Adobe Acrobat Format 1019.03KB]
   • Location and dimensions
   • Geomorphology
   • Vegetation
   • Fauna
   • Hydrology
   • Wind regime
   • Shoreline dynamics
   • Reserves and leases
   • Water supply and drainage
   • Sewerage
   • Waste disposal
5. CHAPTER 2 THE REEF [Adobe Acrobat Format 364.49KB]
   • Dimensions and morphology
   • Sediments
   • Resource protection
6. CHAPTER 3 CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH [Adobe Acrobat Format 742.50KB]
   • Early sightings
   • 1962 - 1967 infestation
   • Between infestations
   • 1979 - 1982 infestation
   • Post-infestation surveys
   • CHAPTER 4 CORAL [Adobe Acrobat Format 935.69KB]
   • Coral abundance
   • Hard coral transplants
   • Hard coral recruitment
   • Juvenile hard corals
   • Coral species
7. CHAPTER 5 FISH [Adobe Acrobat Format 153.01KB]
8. CHAPTER 6 OTHER FAUNA [Adobe Acrobat Format 200.53KB]
   • Turtles
   • Ascidians
   • Crustaceans
   • Echinoderms
   • Molluscs
   • Other invertebrates
9. CHAPTER 7 SEAGRASSES [Adobe Acrobat Format 120.11KB]
   • Seagrass productivity
10. CHAPTER 8 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY [Adobe Acrobat Format 306.23KB]
    • Tides
    • Water temperature
    • Water currents
    • Sewage dispersal
11. CHAPTER 9 WATER QUALITY [Adobe Acrobat Format 317.91KB]
    • Nutrients
    • Hydrocarbons
    • Chapter 10 Tourism
    • Chapter 11 History in brief
    • Chapter 12 Maps and photographs
12. APPENDICIES [Adobe Acrobat Format 240.90KB]

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