Daley, Ben. <br/><br/>
The Great Barrier Reef  an environmental history /  [electronic resource] : 
Ben Daley. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 253 p.) :  ill., maps. 
 - Earthscan oceans .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction -- 2. Reconstructing changes in the Great Barrier Reef -- 3. The natural context of changes in the Great Barrier Reef -- 4. The spread of European settlement in coastal Queensland -- 5. The beche-de-mer, pearl-shell and trochus fisheries -- 6. Impacts on marine turtles -- 7. Impacts on dugongs -- 8. Impact on whales, sharks and fish -- 9. The impacts of guano and rock phosphate mining -- 11. The impacts of coral mining -- 12. Other impacts on coral reefs -- 13. Changes in island biota -- 14. Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203545928 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coral reef ecology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)<br/>Coral reefs and islands--Australia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)