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This book provides a comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact on the Great Barrier Reef, from the early voyages of discovery to the most recent developments in Reef science and management. It accounts for the scientific, social and environmental consequences of European impact on the Reef

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Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1 QUEST FOR THE GREAT SOUTH LAND; CHAPTER 2 VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR: COOK AND THE 'LABYRINTH'; CHAPTER 3 ENDEAVOUR NATURALISTS: 'A SEPARATE CREATION'; CHAPTER 4 MATTHEW FLINDERS: VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR; CHAPTER 5 THE REEF EXPLORED: EARLY SURVEYS, 18211844; CHAPTER 6 EARLY REEF CHARTS COMPLETED: 18461862; CHAPTER 7 THE REEF AS A MARITIME HIGHWAY: COLONY OF QUEENSLAND, 18591900

CHAPTER 8 FROM NATURAL HISTORY TO SCIENCE, 18501900: VOYAGES OF THE CHALLENGER AND THE CHEVERTCHAPTER 9 EXPLOITATION AND RESOURCE RAIDING: 18601890; CHAPTER 10 FOR MAXIMUM YIELD: REEF BIOLOGY; PART TWO A NEW ERA IN REEF AWARENESS: FROM EARLY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION TO CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE; CHAPTER 11 ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF CORAL REEFS: FROM FORSTER TO DARWIN; CHAPTER 12 DARWIN'S LEGACY: CORAL REEF CONTROVERSY 18631923; CHAPTER 13 EXPLOITATION CHALLENGED: RISE OF ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 14 REEF RESEARCH AND CONTROVERSY: 19201930

CHAPTER 15 THE LOW ISLES EXPEDITION, 19281929: PLANNING AND PREPARATIONCHAPTER 16 BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE LOW ISLES EXPEDITION; CHAPTER 17 FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: TOURISM, CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE, 19291939; CHAPTER 18 THE PACIFIC WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH; CHAPTER 19 A NEW PROBLEM: THE CONSERVATION CONTROVERSY, 19581972; CHAPTER 20 CRISIS RESOLUTION: FORMATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY; CHAPTER 21 A NEW ERA: RESEARCH BASED MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 22 THE REEF UNDER PRESSURE: RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 23 THE REEF AS HERITAGE: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; INDEX

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