Coral Reefs of Australia

Features

• A unique interdisciplinary collection celebrating our evolving relationship with Australia’s coral reefs, for coastal livelihoods, scientific study and environmental protection.
• Brings together perspectives from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, coral reef scientists, managers and politicians.
• Covers the full geographical scope of Australia’s reefs from the Indian Ocean’s Cocos (Keeling) atoll in the West to the Pacific Ocean’s Lord Howe Island in the East.
• Illustrated throughout with diagrams, maps and photographs of coral reef environments and people interacting with them.
• Details the development of coral reef science in Australia and how scientists have interacted with reef managers and policy makers to guide effective stewardship of reefs.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Author affiliations
Abbreviations
Cultural sensitivity warning
Chapter 1: Australia’s coral reefs
Chapter 2: Living with Australia’s coral reefs
Chapter 3: The evolution of science on the Great Barrier Reef
Chapter 4: Understanding the fundamentals of coral reefs
Chapter 5: Managing Australia’s coral reefs
Chapter 6: Scientists as advocates for Australia’s coral reefs
Chapter 7: Conservation and protection of Australia’s coral reefs
Chapter 8: A changing climate for Australian reefs
Epilogue: The eye of the beholder
Index

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Authors

Sarah M. Hamylton is President of the Australian Coral Reef Society. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, where she is Director of the Spatial Analysis Laboratories.

Pat Hutchings is a Senior Fellow of the Australian Museum. She has worked on coral reefs since the early 1970s and has had a long involvement with the Australian Coral Reef Society. Pat was also an editor of The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management.

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg FAA is Professor of Marine Studies at the School of Biological Sciences and ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Queensland, where he has studied the physiological ecology of corals, particularly relating to their response to climate change, for more than 30 years. Ove was also an editor of The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management.

Contributors:
Maria Fernanda Adame, Robin Beaman, Giglia A. Beretta, David J. Booth, John Bradley, Barbara Brown, Nicola Browne, Maria Byrne, Emma Camp, Mel Cowlishaw, Graeme Cumming, Matthew I. Curnock, Jon C. Day, Christopher Doropoulos, Sophie Dove, Michelle Dyer, Michael J. Emslie, Gal Eyal, Ann Elias, Leanne Fernandes, Maoz Fine, Catheline Froehlich, James Gilmour, Howard Gray, Jack Greenwood, Valerie Hagger, Sarah M. Hamylton, Melanie Hava, Harold Heatwole, Andrew Heyward, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Andrew S. Hoey, Thomas H. Holmes, David Hopley, Terry Hughes, Pat Hutchings, Alan Kendrick, Emma Kennedy, Michael J. Kingsford, Richard Leck, Brett Lewis, Michelle Linklater, Rohan Lloyd, Jennifer Loder, Catherine E. Lovelock, Leah Lui-Chivizhe, Damien Maher, Jennie Mallela, Helene Marsh, Iain McCalman, Eva McClure, Anthony McKnight, Roger McLean, Efrat Meroz-Fine, Tiffany H. Morrison, Nurjannah Nurdin, John M. Pandolfi, Marji Puotinen, John Quiggin, Kate Quigley, Russell Reichelt, Zoe Richards, David Ritter, Chris Roelfsema, Barbara Robson, Claire L. Ross, Peter Sale, Verena Schoepf, Colin Simpfendorfer, Gavin Singleton, Carrie Sims, Scott Smithers, Brigitte Sommer, Tom Spencer, David Suggett, Frank Talbot, Gergely Torda, Tali Treibitz, Vinay Udyawer, Madeleine Van Oppen, Charlie Veron, Nathan Waltham, Selina Ward, Gregory Webb, Jody Webster, Shaun Wilson, Tim Winton, Kennedy Wolfe, Colin Woodroffe, Matan Yuval, and Imogen Zethoven.