[Coral-List] educational resources
Russell Kelley
russellkelley at mac.com
Fri Feb 2 23:21:05 EST 2007
Dear Listers,
Further to the recent request for reef education resources. Anyone
interested in communicating a "whole of system" approach to
understanding coral reefs might consider three educational products
from the Great Barrier Reef experience:
The Blue Highway is a A3 poster highlighting the importance of
ecosystem connectivity and the role non-reefal habitats can play in
overall reef function. This product visualizes the life cycle of the
Red Emperor from its spawning behavior on offshore reefs, through the
larval journey in the plankton to inshore nursery environments and
offshore again via a series of inter-reefal habitats that are
described in more detail on the reverse of the poster.
The Catchment to Reef poster and booklet further expands the whole-of-
system understanding of the GBR by highlighting connections,
ecological and physical, between land, sea and reef. In outlines the
key freshwater connections / processes and describes the impacts of
human activities on the freshwater environments of GBR catchments and
the consequences for the marine environment. A list of resources is
provided.
Finally, and just off the press, Nutrients, Catchments and Reefs is
an account of nutrient processes and pathways in the Great Barrier
Reef catchment. It highlights the ways in which land use can impact
on natural nutrient cycles and water quality in freshwater and
inshore marine environments.
Printed copies of the Blue Highway can be requested from the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
Printed copies of the other publications can be requested from the
Catchment to Reef website:
http://www.catchmenttoreef.com.au/
Anyone interested in a fairly plain language account of ecological
connectivity within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park that also
sites the key scientific literature might be interested in:
CAPPO, M. & KELLEY, R. 2001 Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef
World Heritage Area-an overview of pathways and processes. In
Wolanski, E. Oceanographic processes of coral reefs: physical and
biological links in the Great Barrier Reef: 161-187. CRC Press, New
York.
Regards
Russell
Russell Kelley
russellkelley at mac.com
Writer, project manager, science communication consultant.
P.O. Box 1859, Townsville, 4810, AUSTRALIA
ABN 66208215206
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http://homepage.mac.com/russellkelley
http://www.catchmenttoreef.com.au
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