The Great Barrier Reef : history, science, heritage / James Bowen and Margarita Bowen.

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9780511062216

9780521824309

9780511121340

9780511481680

9780511070679

9781280162640

Title:

The Great Barrier Reef : history, science, heritage / James Bowen and Margarita Bowen.

Author:

Bowen, James.

Personal Author:

Bowen, James.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : color illustrations, maps

General Note:

Errata slip inserted.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1 QUEST FOR THE GREAT SOUTH LAND; CHAPTER 2 VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR: COOK AND THE 'LABYRINTH'; CHAPTER 3 ENDEAVOUR NATURALISTS: 'A SEPARATE CREATION'; CHAPTER 4 MATTHEW FLINDERS: VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR; CHAPTER 5 THE REEF EXPLORED: EARLY SURVEYS, 18211844; CHAPTER 6 EARLY REEF CHARTS COMPLETED: 18461862; CHAPTER 7 THE REEF AS A MARITIME HIGHWAY: COLONY OF QUEENSLAND, 18591900.

CHAPTER 8 FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO SCIENCE, 18501900: VOYAGES OF THE CHALLENGER AND THE CHEVERTCHAPTER 9 EXPLOITATION AND RESOURCE RAIDING: 18601890; CHAPTER 10 FOR MAXIMUM YIELD: REEF BIOLOGY; PART TWO A NEW ERA IN REEF AWARENESS: FROM EARLY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION TO CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE; CHAPTER 11 ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF CORAL REEFS: FROM FORSTER TO DARWIN; CHAPTER 12 DARWIN'S LEGACY: CORAL REEF CONTROVERSY 18631923; CHAPTER 13 EXPLOITATION CHALLENGED: RISE OF ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 14 REEF RESEARCH AND CONTROVERSY: 19201930.

CHAPTER 15 THE LOW ISLES EXPEDITION, 19281929: PLANNING AND PREPARATIONCHAPTER 16 BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE LOW ISLES EXPEDITION; CHAPTER 17 FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: TOURISM, CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE, 19291939; CHAPTER 18 THE PACIFIC WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH; CHAPTER 19 A NEW PROBLEM: THE CONSERVATION CONTROVERSY, 19581972; CHAPTER 20 CRISIS RESOLUTION: FORMATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY; CHAPTER 21 A NEW ERA: RESEARCH BASED MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 22 THE REEF UNDER PRESSURE: RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 23 THE REEF AS HERITAGE: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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Subject Term:

Natural history -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Coral reef conservation -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)

Geographic Term:

Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- History.

Added Author:

Bowen, Margarita.

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Publication Date:

2002

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. Now unfolding the fascinating story behind its mystique this book provides for the first time a comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to the most recent developments in Reef science and management. Incisive and a delight to read in its thorough account of the scientific, social and environmental consequences of European impact on the world's greatest coral reef system, this extraordinary book is sure to become a classic.

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This is the second major work on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) to appear within the past year. Although the first (The Great Barrier Reef: Finding the Right Balance, by David Lawrence, Richard Kenchington, and Simon Woodley, 2002) was devoted to the establishment of the GBR Marine Park and its conservation problems, this one is primarily a historic treatise. It begins with the discoveries made by the early Portuguese and Spanish navigators, continues with the voyage of Captain Cook and subsequent expeditions, and then examines recent scientific work. The coverage is broad enough to provide readers with an authoritative history of the exploration of the general South Pacific area. The final two chapters are devoted to the current status of the GBR and its multiple management problems. There are 16 pages of good photographic illustrations. The book reflects competent scholarship and will be useful as supplemental reading for courses on conservation in the marine environment. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. J. C. Briggs emeritus, University of Georgia

Part I Navigators and Naturalists in the Age of Sail

1 Quest for the great south land

2 Voyage of the 'Endeavour': Cook and the Labyrinth

3 Endeavour naturalists: 'a separate creation'

4 Matthew Flinders: voyage of The Investigator

5 The reef explored: early surveys 1821âÇô1844

6 Reef charts completed 1846âÇô1862

7 The reef as a maritime highway: colony of Queensland 1859âÇô1900

8 From natural history to science, 1850âÇô1900: voyages of the Challenger and Chevert

9 Exploitation and resource raiding 1860âÇô1890

10 For maximum yield: reef biology

Part II A New Era in Reef Awareness from Scientific Investigation to Conservation and Heritage

11 Origin and structure of coral reefs: from Forster to Darwin

12 Darwin's legacy: coral reef controversy 1863âÇô1923

13 Exploitation challenged rise of ecology: the subversive science

14 Reef research and controversy 1920âÇô1930

15 The Low Isles expedition 1928âÇô1929: Planning and preparation

16 Biological research of the Low Isles expedition

17 From depression to war: tourism, conservation and science 1929âÇô1939

18 The Pacific War and its aftermath

19 A new problem: the conservation controversy 1958âÇô1972

20 Crisis resolution: formation of an environmental management authority

21 A new era: research-based management

22 The reef under pressure: problems of management

23 The reef as heritage: a challenge for the future

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