An ecosystem is healthy if it is active, maintains its organization and autonomy over time,
and is resilient to stress. Healthy ecosystems provide human well‐being via ecosystem …

Any attempt to describe the spatial ecology of sharks and rays should consider the drivers
responsible for movement. Research has shown fluctuations in the environment (abiotic …

Although their ecological and socioeconomic importance has received recent attention,
mangrove ecosystems are one of the most threatened tropical environments. Besides direct …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World Heritage Area and contains extensive areas of
coral reef, seagrass meadows and fisheries resources. From adjacent catchments …

The scientific literature for fate and effects of non-nutrient contaminant concentrations is
skewed for reports describing sediment contamination and bioaccumulation for trace metals …

8.1 Background Resilience, in the broadest sense, is the capacity of a system to absorb
disturbance and reorganise so as to retain essentially the same structure, function, identity …

Mangrove forests have witnessed significant changes resulted from both anthropogenic and
natural disturbances in the last four decades. Although a few attempts have been reported …

Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, is threatened by declining water quality
largely derived from agricultural run-off. Water quality planning aims to mitigate pollutant run …

Recent estimates put average coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) at about 20–
30%. This is estimated to be a large reduction since the 1960s. The Great Barrier Reef …

Background Declining water quality coupled with the effects of climate change are rapidly
increasing coral diseases on reefs worldwide, although links between coral diseases and …