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| Title: | Chapter 20: Vulnerability of island flora and fauna in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change |
| Authors: | Turner, M. Batianoff, G.N. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| ASFA Subjects: | Climatic changes Ecosystem resilience Coral reefs Islands Flora Fauna |
| APAIS Subject: | Animals Plants |
| Location: | Reef-wide |
| Category: | Animals Plants Ecosystems Processes Economic values Social values Climate change Coastal communities |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Series/Report no.: | Book: Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment |
| Abstract: | The emphasis of this chapter is on terrestrial and freshwater flora and fauna, and key nesting habitats on the islands of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). This chapter should be read in conjunction with other chapters of this volume detailing the specific effects of climate change on different components of island habitats: mangrove and tidal wetlands are discussed in chapter 9, seabirds in chapter 14, marine turtles in chapter 15 and geomorphology in chapter 21. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11017/552 |
| ISBN: | 9781876945619 |
| Type of document: | Book section or chapter |
| Appears in Collections: | Effects |
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