TY - BOOK AU - Daley,Ben TI - The Great Barrier Reef: an environmental history SN - 9780203545928 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Coral reef ecology KW - Australia KW - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) KW - Coral reefs and islands N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203545928 ER -