The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Dimensions and Regional Patterns
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Geographical Studies
- Vol. 27 (1) , 47-66
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8470.1989.tb00591.x
Abstract
A mapping programme of all reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area and compilation of a computer‐based gazetteer containing locational and morphological data have permitted the first comprehensive spatial and morphometric analysis of the Great Barrier Reef. As previously suspected the analysis shows that a degree of organisation exists in the complexity of the Reef and clear regional and latitudinal patterns are recognised Reasons for this, particularly in relation to regional structure and the influence of the pre‐Holocene foundations of the modem reef, are discussed The usefulness of a morphometric approach is suggested and an example related to Acanthaster planci outbreaks presentedKeywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier ReefCoral Reefs, 1988
- Studies on HalimedaCoral Reefs, 1988
- Fringing reef growth on a terrigenous mud foundation, Fantome Island, central Great Barrier reef, AustraliaSedimentology, 1987
- Holocene reef sequences and geochemistry, Britomart Reef, central Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaSedimentology, 1984
- Growth, maturation and effects of diet in Acanthasterplanci (L.) (Asteroidea) and hybrids reared in the laboratoryJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1984
- Patterns in the distribution of soft corals across the central Great Barrier ReefCoral Reefs, 1983
- Nearshore fringing reefs in north QueenslandCoral Reefs, 1983
- Patterns in the distribution of coral communities across the central Great Barrier ReefCoral Reefs, 1982
- Hydro-isostasy and the sea-level isobase of 5500 B.P. in north Queensland, AustraliaMarine Geology, 1982
- Internal structure and Holocene evolution of One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier ReefCoral Reefs, 1982