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| Introduction |
 Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
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Physical environment
Edward Pinceratto
This section deals
with the physical nature of the region, including the geological
history, geomorphological features, climate and oceanography
of the area. |
Preface
Geomorphology and
palaeogeography
Climate
Oceanography
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Biological environment
Luke Smith, Craig Humphrey,
Richard Hortle, Andrew Heyward and Darren
Wilson
This section deals
with the biological communities of the Shoals.
Video cameras were used to survey the animals
that live upon the sea floor, while grab samples
were taken to look at the communities that live
within the sea floor sediments. Fine meshed nets
were used to sample the plankton assemblages
found in the waters surrounding the banks. |
Epi-benthic
communities
Preface
Surveying
methodology
Evolution
of the ROV video methods
Methodology
Sampled
area and sampling region
Classification
of banks using video data
Halimeda
ecosystems
Coral
ecosystems
Filter-feeding
ecosystems
Continental
shelf epi-benthic ecosystems
Infauna
of the continental shelf
Preface
Methods
van
Veen grab
Regional infauna
Polychaetes
Crustaceans
Other infauna organisms
Plankton
Preface
Plankton of the Big Bank Shoals
Associated
fauna
Preface
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Chordata
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Social environment
Richard Hortle, Craig Humphrey,
Edward Pinceratto and Luke Smith
This
section deals with social activities in the Timor Sea
focusing particularly on the area surrounding the Big
Bank Shoals. It includes geopolitical aspects of the
sea boundary between Australia and Indonesia,
fisheries and aquaculture. |
Geopolitical
setting
Geopolitical setting
Fisheries
of the Timor Sea
Preface
Indonesian fishing
Australian
fisheries
Aquaculture
Aquaculture
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Conclusion
Conclusion
Recommended
reading
Recommended reading
References
References
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