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THE OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY OF NINGALOO, A WORLD HERITAGE AREA | |
Vanderklift, Mathew A.; Babcock, Russell C.; Barnes, Peter B.; Cresswell, Anna K.; Feng, Ming; Haywood, Michael D. E.; Holmes, Thomas H.; Lavery, Paul S.; Pillans, Richard D.; Smallwood, Claire B.; Thomson, Damian P.; Tucker, Anton D.; Waples, Kelly; Wilson, Shaun K. | |
通讯作者 | Vanderklift, MA (corresponding author), Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. |
来源期刊 | OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY: AN ANNUAL REVIEW, VOL 58
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ISSN | 0078-3218 |
出版年 | 2021 |
卷号 | 58页码:143-+ |
英文摘要 | The Ningaloo coast of north-western Australia (eastern Indian Ocean) hosts one of the world's longest and most extensive fringing coral reef systems, along with globally significant abundances of large marine fauna such as whale sharks. These characteristics - which have contributed to its inscription on the World Heritage list - exist because of the unique climatic, geomorphologic and oceanographic conditions. The region is hot and arid, so runoff of water from land is low, facilitating clear water that allows corals to grow close to the shore. The poleward-flowing Leeuwin Current is an important influence, bringing warm water and generally suppressing coastal upwelling. During the austral summer, strong southerly winds generate the equatorward-flowing Ningaloo Current on the inner shelf - this current facilitates sporadic upwelling events that enhance concentrations of nutrients, which in turn enhance pelagic primary productivity that supports the reef's biota. The coast has experienced several marine heatwaves since 2011 that have caused mortality of corals and probably seagrass, albeit relatively less than elsewhere along the coast. Wind-generated surface waves break over the fringing reef crest, causing cooling currents that tend to dampen warming - although this mechanism seems not to have prevented some areas from experiencing damaging heat, and corals in places that do not receive the wave-generated currents have experienced substantial mortality. Herbivores, from fish to green turtles, are abundant, and in the lagoon, extensive stands of large brown algae provide an important habitat for newly recruited fish. There has been a decline in abundance of some fish. Predictions of future pressures include a weaker but more variable Leeuwin Current and increased human use. The ability of Ningaloo's ecosystems to withstand growing pressures will depend partly on the rate and magnitude of global warming but also on actions that manage local pressures from increasing human use. These actions will rely on continued science to provide the evidence needed to identify the pressures, the changes they create and the ways that we can mitigate them. |
类型 | Article ; Book Chapter |
语种 | 英语 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000671812700005 |
WOS关键词 | SHARKS RHINCODON-TYPUS ; FRINGING CORAL-REEF ; CORALLIVOROUS GASTROPOD DRUPELLA ; WHALE SHARKS ; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA ; EXMOUTH GULF ; FISH COMMUNITIES ; SPATIAL-PATTERNS ; RESTRICTED MOVEMENTS ; TOURISM INTERACTIONS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
来源机构 | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ; University of Western Australia |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367832 |
作者单位 | [Vanderklift, Mathew A.; Cresswell, Anna K.; Feng, Ming; Thomson, Damian P.] Indian Ocean Marine Res Ctr, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; [Babcock, Russell C.; Haywood, Michael D. E.; Pillans, Richard D.] CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Queensland Biosci Precinct, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia; [Cresswell, Anna K.] Univ Western Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; [Barnes, Peter B.] Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, Exmouth, WA 6707, Australia; [Cresswell, Anna K.] Univ Western Australia, Oceans Inst, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; [Holmes, Thomas H.; Tucker, Anton D.; Waples, Kelly; Wilson, Shaun K.] Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, Marine Sci Program, Kensington, NSW 6151, Australia; [Lavery, Paul S.] Edith Cowan Univ, Sch Sci, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; [Lavery, Paul S.] Edith Cowan Univ, Ctr Marine Ecosyst Res, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; [Smallwood, Claire B.] Dept Primary Ind & Reg Dev, Exmouth, WA 6707, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vanderklift, Mathew A.,Babcock, Russell C.,Barnes, Peter B.,et al. THE OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY OF NINGALOO, A WORLD HERITAGE AREA[J]. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Western Australia,2021,58:143-+. |
APA | Vanderklift, Mathew A..,Babcock, Russell C..,Barnes, Peter B..,Cresswell, Anna K..,Feng, Ming.,...&Wilson, Shaun K..(2021).THE OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY OF NINGALOO, A WORLD HERITAGE AREA.OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY: AN ANNUAL REVIEW, VOL 58,58,143-+. |
MLA | Vanderklift, Mathew A.,et al."THE OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE ECOLOGY OF NINGALOO, A WORLD HERITAGE AREA".OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY: AN ANNUAL REVIEW, VOL 58 58(2021):143-+. |
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