Role of plankton in the turnover of organic matter on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. I. Sorokin
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef

scholarly journals The role of clouds in coral bleaching events over the Great Barrier Reef

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhui ZHAO ◽  
Yi HUANG ◽  
Steven T Siems ◽  
Michael J Manton
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Bleaching ◽  
Barrier Reef

scholarly journals The Great Bacterial Reef: Communication and development in human oral bacterial biofilms

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Paul E Kolenbrander ◽  
Patricia I Diaz ◽  
Nicholas S Jakubovics ◽  
Alexander H Rickard ◽  
Natalia I Chalmers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Dental Plaque ◽  
Oral Bacteria ◽  
Bacterial Biofilms ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Barrier Reef

Consider that The Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of species of plants and animals with spatiotemporally predictable fish communities on coral reefs, and compare this with the fact that human oral bacteria develop spatiotemporally predictable dental plaque communities on enamel after each oral hygiene procedure. This reassembling of oral bacterial communities over a time interval of only a few hours offers an opportunity to investigate the role of communication in community architecture and composition.

scholarly journals The contribution of coral reef-derived dimethyl sulfide to aerosol burden over the Great Barrier Reef: a modelling study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Fiddes ◽  
Matthew Woodhouse ◽  
Steve Utembe ◽  
Robyn Schofield ◽  
Joel Alroe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Dimethyl Sulfide ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Cloud Formation ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Anthropogenic Aerosol ◽  
Daily Time

Abstract. Coral reefs have been found to produce the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a climatically relevant aerosol precursor predominantly associated with phytoplankton. Until recently, the role of coral reef-derived DMS within the climate system had not been quantified. A study preceding the present work found that DMS produced by corals had negligible long-term climatic forcing at the global-regional scale. However, at sub-daily time scales more typically associated with aerosol and cloud formation, the influence of coral reef-derived DMS on local aerosol radiative effects remains unquantified. The Weather Research and Forecasting – chemistry model (WRF-Chem) has been used in this work to study the role of coral reef-derived DMS at sub-daily time scales for the first time. WRF-Chem was run to coincide with an October 2016 field campaign over the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, against which the model was evaluated. After updating the DMS surface water climatology, the model reproduced DMS and sulfur concentrations well. The inclusion of coral reef-derived DMS resulted in no significant change in sulfate aerosol mass or total aerosol number. Subsequently, no direct or indirect aerosol effects were detected. The results suggest that the co-location of the Great Barrier Reef with significant anthropogenic aerosol sources along the Queensland coast prevents coral reef derived-aerosol from having a modulating influence on local aerosol burdens in the current climate.

Water Quality and Management in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Reasonable Use

Use of the Great Barrier Reef Region for tourism, the economic value of Reef tourism to Queensland, and the value placed by society on natural settings has been increasing rapidly during the 1980's. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has the role of providing for reasonable use of this valuable resource. The concern for reefal water quality is discussed in terms of enhanced nutrient levels in the inshore GBR and the low tolerance of corals to nutrients. Findings of a recent Workshop on Nutrients in the Great Barrier Reef Region are described. This paper summarises the Authority's role in ensuring information exchange, appropriate research, and management in the area of water quality management and tourism.

The role of clouds in coral bleaching events over the Great Barrier Reef

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhui ZHAO ◽  
Yi Huang ◽  
Steven Siems ◽  
Michael Manton
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Bleaching ◽  
Barrier Reef

scholarly journals Organic matter bioavailability in tropical coastal waters: The Great Barrier Reef

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 1015-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lønborg ◽  
Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado ◽  
Samantha Duggan ◽  
Cátia Carreira
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Barrier Reef

Cross-shelf variation in the role of parrotfishes on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Hoey ◽  
D. R. Bellwood
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef
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