Kingsford, Michael J., and Wolanski, Eric (2024) The Emergence of Biophysical Sciences for the Great Barrier Reef. In: Wolanski, Eric, and Kingsford, Michael J., (eds.) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, pp. 3-8.

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Abstract

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR; Figure 1), together with its 424,000 km2 catchment comprising 35 rivers, is enormous. It is nearly 2,000 km long, it has about 2,500 reefs of various sizes and shapes, and these reefs are scattered in diverse ways in different regions of the continental shelf. The shelf width and depth vary with latitude between 30 and 200 km, and its mean depth also varies with latitude between 30 and 100 m. It borders the Coral Sea with depths of 2,000–4,000 m.

Item ID:	82754
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Scholarly Work)
ISBN:	978-1-003-32042-5
Copyright Information:	© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Eric Wolanski and Michael Kingsford; individual chapters, the contributors.
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2024 01:09
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