TY - CHAP
T1 - Great Barrier Reef Islands, Biology
AU - Heatwole, Harold
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The biota of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia varies enormously from island to island owing to the great diversity of geological origins and history of the islands, their differences in isolation from each other and from the mainland, their great latitudinal extent, the extent of disturbance by humans, their diversity of soil, and the variety of weather and patterns of sea currents that impinge upon them. The islands and their resident life are in a continual state of flux.
AB - The biota of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia varies enormously from island to island owing to the great diversity of geological origins and history of the islands, their differences in isolation from each other and from the mainland, their great latitudinal extent, the extent of disturbance by humans, their diversity of soil, and the variety of weather and patterns of sea currents that impinge upon them. The islands and their resident life are in a continual state of flux.
KW - Vertebrate Biology
UR - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=g9ZogGs_fz8C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA382
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25116415
UR - http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520256491
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780520256491
SN - 9780520943728
T3 - Encyclopedias of the Natural World
SP - 382
EP - 386
BT - Encyclopedia of Islands
A2 - G Gillespie, Rosemary
A2 - A Clague, David
PB - University of California Press
CY - Oakland, United States of America
ER -