The Great Barrier Reef : an environmental history /

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a m...

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Main Author: Daley, Ben
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Earthscan from Routledge, 2014.
Series:Earthscan oceans.
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