The Great Barrier Reef
Subtitle: history, science, heritage
By: James Bowen and Margarita Bowen
Contributors: Bowen, Margarita
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Natural history -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.); Coral reef conservation -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.); Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- History
Description: "One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. This book unfolds the fascinating story behind its mystique, providing for the first time a comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to the most recent developments in Reef science and management."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-445) and index