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| Title: | The effect of sediment run-off on the coral populations of fringing reefs at Cape Tribulation |
| Authors: | Ayling, A.M. Ayling, A.L. |
| Keywords: | Coral reef and islands;Effect of sediments on;Cape Tribulation;Corals;Sedimentation and deposition |
| ASFA Subjects: | Coral reefs Sedimentation Sediment deposition Islands Stratification |
| APAIS Subject: | Queensland Environmental impact Environmental management |
| Location: | Cairns/Cooktown Management Area |
| Category: | Coastal development Water quality |
| Issue Date: | 1991 |
| Publisher: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Series/Report no.: | Research publication series no. 26 Research publication |
| Abstract: | The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of sediment run-off caused by the construction in late 1984 of a coastal road through rainforest catchments on the coral communities of the Cape Tribulation fringing reefs. In the absence of any pre-construction baseline we relied on surveys of two similar control locations north and south of the potential impact location adjacent to the new road catchment to determine the significance of any changes that occurred. The southern control was adjacent to the long-established portion of the road south of Cape Tribulation and the northern control adjacent to a small undisturbed catchment. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/233 |
| ISBN: | 9780642174024 |
| Type of document: | Report |
| Appears in Collections: | Management |
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| Effect-of-sediment-run-off-coral-populations-Cape-Tribulation.pdf | PDF version | 4.88 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
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