QCE Marine Science Units 3&4 Notes

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1. Where reefs grow: global and Australian distribution, latitudinal and cross-shelf patterns, and the abiotic limits on coralsUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Coral reef distribution

2. How the Great Barrier Reef formed: geological history, sea-level change since 20 000 BP, reef types and reef zonationUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Coral reef distribution

3. Coral classification and anatomy: soft and hard corals, hermatypic and ahermatypic corals, genus keys and building the limestone skeletonUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Coral reef development

4. Coral feeding, symbiosis and life cycles: nematocysts, zooxanthellae, reproduction, larval recruitment and reef accretionUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Coral reef development

5. Habitat complexity and connectivity: corals as ecosystem engineers, rugosity, mangroves, seagrass, estuaries and herbivorous fishUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Reef, habitats and connectivity

6. Reading reef health data: diversity indices, Whittaker plots, coral cover trends, water quality, tipping points and hysteresisUnit 3 Topic 1 · The reef and beyond

   Reef, habitats and connectivity

7. Human pressures on coral reefs and modelled reef futures: run-off, crown-of-thorns, overfishing, dredging, shipping and climate changeUnit 3 Topic 2 · Changes on the reef

   Anthropogenic change

8. Coral bleaching: Shelford's law of tolerance, sea surface temperature, degree heating weeks, ecological effects and recoveryUnit 3 Topic 2 · Changes on the reef

   Anthropogenic change

9. Coral cores as environmental archives: growth bands, luminescence, run-off proxies and the climate recordUnit 3 Topic 2 · Changes on the reef

   Anthropogenic change

10. The ocean carbonate system: buffering, acidification chemistry, CO2 sources, the biological pump and the carbonate compensation depthUnit 3 Topic 2 · Changes on the reef

    Ocean equilibria

11. Aragonite, calcifiers and acidification evidence: saturation state calculations, laboratory versus field experiments and reef resilienceUnit 3 Topic 2 · Changes on the reef

    Implications for marine systems

12. Why and how we protect marine areas: ecological, economic, ethical and aesthetic values and the criteria for designing MPAsUnit 4 Topic 1 · Oceans of the future

    Management and conservation

13. Managing marine ecosystems: zoning, permits, monitoring, judging MPA success, and government versus non-government rolesUnit 4 Topic 1 · Oceans of the future

    Management and conservation

14. Oceans of the future: atmosphere–ocean interactions, warming, indirect effects of acidification and interpreting climate scenario dataUnit 4 Topic 1 · Oceans of the future

    Future scenarios

15. What a fishery is and why fisheries decline: fishery types, protein security, overfishing, fishing down the food web and shifting baselinesUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Fisheries and population dynamics

16. What controls where fish live: temperature, productivity, upwelling, thermal regime shifts, rugosity, and bioaccumulation in seafoodUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Fisheries and population dynamics

17. Estimating fish populations: the BIDE model, the Lincoln index and the reliability of fisheries dataUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Fisheries and population dynamics

18. Managing for sustainability: MSY versus MEY, ecosystem-based management, MPAs for fisheries, migratory species agreements and decline versus recovery case studiesUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Fisheries and population dynamics

19. Australia's fisheries: the AFZ, governance, trade and value, TAC and quotas, dynamic spatial zoning and the precautionary principleUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Australia's fisheries management

20. Aquaculture: food security, ABARES trends, choosing a species, carrying capacity, farming systems and environmental issuesUnit 4 Topic 2 · Managing fisheries

    Aquaculture