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The Capricorn and Bunker Group contains 73–75 percent of all seabird biomass in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. [19] All the cays, except Broomfield Cay, have been identified as significant seabird breeding islands. [19] In recent years, a colony of lesser crested tern Sterna bengalensis has used Broomfield Cay for breeding.
It describes the organisms and ecosystems of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Issues discussed include climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and coral reef fishing. The book includes a field guide to help people identify the common animals and plants on the reef.
These threatened species occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area [1] and are listed as threatened under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention), CITES (CITES) Agreement, China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA), Japan–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List ...
According to the 2014 report of the Government of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), climate change is the most significant environmental threat to the Great Barrier Reef. [118] As of 2018, 50% of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef has been lost. [119]
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority considers the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef to be climate change, causing ocean warming which increases coral bleaching. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Mass coral bleaching events due to marine heatwaves occurred in the summers of 1998, 2002, 2006, 2016, 2017 and 2020, [ 66 ] [ 13 ] [ 67 ] and coral ...
The classification of corals has been discussed for millennia, owing to having similarities to both plants and animals. Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus described the red coral, korallion, in his book on stones, implying it was a mineral, but he described it as a deep-sea plant in his Enquiries on Plants, where he also mentions large stony plants that reveal bright flowers when under water in ...
During the International Year of the Reef in 2018 the Turnbull government announced a AUD$443 million grant to the foundation. The purpose of the grant [5] is to achieve significant, measurable improvement in the health of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in accordance with the Reef 2050 [6] framework and underpinned by innovation, science and community engagement:
They include the Great Barrier Reef, which extends about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) along the northeast coast of Australia and includes approximately 2,900 individual reefs [11] and 1000 islands. [12] The Chesterfield Islands and Lihou Reef are the largest atolls of the Coral Sea.