chapter 1 The Place of Science and Technology in the Wise Management of the Great Barrier Reef -- chapter 2 Physics–Biology Links in the Great Barrier Reef / chapter 3 Landcover and Water Quality in River Catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park / chapter 4 Runoff of Terrestrial Sediment and Nutrients into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area / chapter 5 Water Circulation in Mangroves, and Its Implications for Biodiversity / chapter 6 Muddy Coastal Waters and Depleted Mangrove Coastlines— Depleted Seagrass and Coral Reefs / chapter 7 The Effects of Siltation on Tropical Coastal Ecosystems / chapter 8 Modelling and Visualising Interactions between Natural Disturbances and Eutrophication as Causes of Coral Reef Degradation / chapter 9 Biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef: Large-Scale Patterns and Turbidity-Related Local Loss of Soft Coral Taxa / chapter 10 River Plume Dynamics in the Central Great Barrier Reef / chapter 11 Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area— An Overview of Pathways and Processes / chapter 12 A Model of the Ecosystem, and Associated Penaeid Prawn Community, in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef / chapter 13 The Effects of Water Flow around Coral Reefs on the Distribution of Pre-Settlement Fish (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) / chapter 14 Topographic Steering by Coral Reef Assemblages / chapter 15 Environmental Factors Influencing the Activity of Black Marlin / chapter 16 Ocean Nutrients to Sediment Banks via Tidal Jets and Halimeda Meadows / chapter 17 Climate Variability and Change on the Great Barrier Reef / chapter 18 The Sea Surface Temperature Story on the Great Barrier Reef during the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998 / chapter 19 The Challenges of Coral Reef Management in Indonesia / chapter 20 Will the Great Barrier Reef Survive Human Impact?