A review of recreational activities undertaken in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park recreation review stage 1

It is estimated that over 4.9 million recreational visits are made to the Great Barrier Reef each year. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s goal is to provide for the protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef in perpetuity through the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (the ‘Marine Park’). To assist in achieving this goal it is important to gain a better understanding of recreational users of the Marine Park. While there is a broad body of knowledge about managed, or tourist visits, little has been done to identify who independent recreational visitors are, where they go, what they do and why

Reef recollections: an oral history of the Great Barrier Reef

As part of the social research program at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a need was identified to gather information about the state of the Great Barrier Reef in the past 50 years. While scientific data has been collected since the inception of the Authority in the 1970s and by the Australian Institute of Marine Science at around the same time, scientific data is less available for earlier decades. Social information about how communities interacted and engaged with the Great Barrier Reef over time is rare. Of particular interest is how the environment and community have changed over time. While scientific knowledge provides valuable insights into the present condition and causes of environmental change and the processes by which it occurs, it often lacks a historical dimension

Profiles of recreational use of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

This report presents findings from two independent reports on recreational activity in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Although not all results are directly comparable due to slightly differing methodologies this report provides an insight into recreational activity in the Marine Park. The line of questioning in the 2008 report will be used as a benchmark for future research into recreational activity

The 125th anniversary of the first postulation of the soil origin of endophytic bacteria – a tribute to M.L.V. Galippe

In both managed and natural ecosystems, a wide range of various non-nodulating bacteria can thrive as endophytes in the plant interior, and some can be beneficial to their hosts (Hallmann and Berg 2007; Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2011). Colonizationmechanisms, the ecology and functioning of these endophytic bacteria as well as their interactions with plants have been investigated (Hardoim et al. 2008; Compant et al. 2010). Although the source of colonization can also be the spermosphere, anthosphere, caulosphere, and the phyllosphere,most endophytic bacteria are derived from the soil environment (Hallmann and Berg 2007; Compant et al. 2010)

State of ions copper(II) and cobalt(II) in phase carboxyl cation resin according to the methods ESDR and EPR

The properties of the Tokheim-250 carboxylic cation exchange resin and its selectivity to Co2 + and Ni2+ ions are studied. The values of the sorption capacity for the Co2+ and Ni2+ ions, the effective ionization constant of the functional groups (pKa = 6,59), and the values of the ion distribution coefficients (~ 103) are calculated. Founded that the selectivity of the sorption of Co2+ increased to Ni2 +. In this regard, carboxylic cation exchanger Tokem-250 samples with nickel ion was used to create spherical catalysts. The developed spherical materials have catalytic activity in the reactions of deep and partial oxidation of n-heptane