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BL
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| Record Number
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583229
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b412448
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| Main Entry
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Daley, Ben
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| Title & Author
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The Great Barrier Reef : : an environmental history /\ Ben Daley
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| Series Statement
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Earthscan oceans
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| Page. NO
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xv, 253 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780415824392 (hbk : alk. paper)
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: 0415824397 (hbk : alk. paper)
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9780203545928 (ebk)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Reconstructing changes in the Great Barrier Reef -- The natural context of changes in the Great Barrier Reef -- The historical context of changes in the great barrier reef -- The bêche-de-mer, pearl-shell and trochus fisheries -- Impacts on marine turtles -- Impacts on dugongs -- Impacts on whales, sharks and fish -- The impacts of coral and shell collecting -- The impacts of guano and rock phosphate mining -- The impacts of coral mining -- Other impacts on coral reefs -- Changes in island biota -- Conclusion
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| Subject
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Coral reef ecology-- Australia-- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
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Coral reefs and islands-- Australia
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Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
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| Dewey Classification
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578.77/89476
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| LC Classification
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QE566.G7D35 2014
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