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Introduction
1. The Ningaloo Coast
The
Emergence of Cape Range
The Current Climate
The Terrestrial Environment
The Coastal Waters
2. Ningaloo Origins
The
Beginning
The Leeuwin Current
The Colonisation of Ningaloo Reef
Ningaloo Reef Today
3. Life On The Reef
The
Diversity of Ningaloo Reef
Communication
Symbiosis: Mutualism
Symbiosis: Commensalism
Symbiosis: Parasitism
Competition
Predator vs. Prey
Mimicry and Camouflage
4. Ningaloo's Megafauna
Pelagics
and Migrants
Ningaloo's Seasonal Events
Manta Rays
Whale Sharks
Tiger Sharks and Great Whites
Green and Loggerhead Turtles
Dugongs
Humpback and Rorqual Whales
5. The Future
Estimating
the Value of Coral Reefs
The Status of Coral Reefs
Understanding the Threats - Anthropogenic Stress
Understanding the Threats - Global Climate Change
Managing Ningaloo
What's next?
Author's Note
References
Topic Box List
1. The Cape Range Mammals
2. The Cape Range Karst System
3. The Reef Builders
4. El Nino, La Nina & the Terrible ENSO cycle
5. The Ningaloo Current
6. The Ningaloo Connection
7. The Biogeography of Coral Reefs
8. The Diversity Riddle
9. Primary Production
10. Estimating Biodiversity
11. Coral Bleaching
12. Death of a Coalmine Canary
13. Aboriginal History on the Ningaloo Coast
14. The Early Explorers and Their Wrecks
15. Population Explosions, Mass Mortalities and Monitoring Programs
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