Subject Index

Beaches
Archer Point (Cooktown), amphipods in beach
Archer Point (Cooktown), rafts of pumice
boulder beach near Cairns
Cardwell foreshore, popeye mullet
Cardwell foreshore, post Cyclone Yasi
Clairview
Clifton Beach, river surfing
Cowley Beach, post Cyclone Yasi
Edmund Kennedy National Park, post Cyclone Yasi
Emmagen Creek
Giangurra, near Yarrabah
Grasstree Beach - Sarina
Halliday Bay
Holloways Beach South - erosion by Barr Creek
Holloways, fish with shark bites
Holloways, vegetation change over decades
Karumba, sunset and Beach rock at Karumba
Lamberts - Mackay
Machans Beach, sand flats and springtails
Machans Beach, seawall reconstruction
Meunga Creek Mouth, Cyclone Yasi impact
Mission Beach, Cyclone Yasi impact
Nudgee Beach, mangrove boardwalk
Pormpuraaw, wild beach in Gulf of Carpentaria
Wangetti Beach, endangered littoral rainforest, endangered littoral rainforest
Yarrabah, native foredune vegetation
Yorkeys Knob Beach, fauna of swash zone
Yorkeys Knob, recovery after erosion
Birds
Ardea sumartrana (Great-billed heron)
Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris)
Beach Stone-curlew preying on crabs
Black swans, Western Port Bay, Victoria
Cyclopsitta diophthalma (double-eyed fig-parrot)
Double-eyed fig parrot, nesting preferences
Double-eyed fig parrot, chick leaving nest hollow
Double-eyed fig parrot, chick-butcher bird predation
Double-eyed fig parrot, race Coxeni-possible old nest hollows
Double-eyed fig-parrot, incubating eggs/feeding
Double-eyed fig-parrot, race Macleayana as model for Coxeni
Esacus magnirostris (Beach Stone-curles), preying on crab
Frugivorous birds in a forest mangrove tree
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Great White Egret and sandflies
Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumartrana)
Jabiru-hunting near crab pot
Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Mangrove Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Mangrove Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) making nest hollow
Migratory bird habitat, Yule Point (Port Douglas)
Orange-footed Scrub Fowl (Megapodius reinwardt)
Orange-footed scrub fowl in mangroves
Oystercatcher, Pied
Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
Pelican trapped by fishing line
Pelicans
Pelicans flying at dusk
Pelicans roosting on sandbars
Swamp-oak (Casuarina glauca (Swamp oak)) forest as habitat
Swan flying with pelicans at dusks
Todiramphus chloris (Mangrove Kingfisher)
Wader habitat, Cairns Esplanade
waterbirds in coastal wetlands, Wunjunga
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Coastal processes
Barr Creek mouth and tidal sand movements (Cairns)
Beach Erosion and Accretion, Ellie Point (Cairns)
Beach in very high rainfall area
Erosion and recovery of Yorkeys Knob Beach (Cairns)
Floods and creek mouths
Landslide, largest in Australian history
Longshore drift and creek mouths
Coastal Protection
Hauling sand with trucks, Holloways Beach (Cairns)
Machans Beach seawall mid-construction (Cairns)
Machans Beach, seawall reconstruction late-construction
Coastline
Gove NT
Island Point (Port Douglas)
Marine plains near Weipa
Southern Gulf of Carpentaria
Coral
Fossil reefs, Yule Point (Port Douglas)
Living inshore corals, Pretty Beach (Port Douglas)
Corals
Uplifted Emmagen Reef
Crabs
Albunea symmysta (Mole Crab)
Black finger crab (Ozius truncatus)
Cardisoma carnifex (Lairo crab)
Cleaning Sonneratia pneumatophores
Common hairy crab (Pilumnus vespertilio)
Common Moon Crab (Matuta victor)
Conobita variabilis (terrestrial hermit crab)
Effect of a major cyclone on populations
Fiddler Crab feeding patterns
Fiddler crab, caching mud balls (video)
Fiddler crab, lifespan
Fiddler crab, potential predators
Fiddler crab, predators
Fiddler crab, sealing burrows (video)
Fiddler crabs, unbaking behaviour
Freshwater crabs at Clairview
Giant land crab (Lairo)
Guide to Queensland Fiddler Crabs
Heloecius cordiformis
Hermit crab, eating sand dollar
Hermit crab, mud crab predation
Hermit crab, terrestrial pet trade
Hippa pacifica (Mole Crab)
how to key out to species
Lairo crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
Leaf-carrying
Matuta victor (Common Moon Crab)
Mole Crab (Albunea symmysta)
Mud Crab (Sylla serrata), habitat and prey
Portunis armatus (~pelagicus) disperal by rafting
predation by fish
Predation by Rakali
Sand crabs, juvenile
Sentinel Crab (Macrophthalmus spp.)
Soldier Crab (Myctis longicarpus), predatation
Terrestrial Hermit Crab (Coenobita variablis) habitat
Uca coarctata
Uca crassipes
Uca dussumieri, caching mud balls
Uca dussumieri, colour changes with size
Uca dussumieri, large individual
Uca dussumieri, predated
Uca elegans
Uca longidigitata
Uca polita
Uca seismella
Uca signata
Uca signata
Uca triangularis
Uca vomeris
Uca vomeris, geographical variation S.E. Qld to NT
Yellow Stripe Hermit Crabs
Creeks
Barr Creek-Cairns, natural estuarine pH
Blind Barron-Cairns, acidic waters
Blind Barron-Cairns, mangrove encroachment
Bulimba Creek-Brisbane
Creek clogged with rafts of Pumice
Meunga Creek-Cardwell, cyclone damage
Palm Cove-Cairns, elvers
Richters Creek- Cairns, mud crab prey
Richters Creek-Cairns, fiddler crab predators
Crocodiles
Crocs and people at creek mouths, Cairns area
On beach and riverbanks in Pormpuraaw (Gulf of Carpentaria)
Cyclones
Cyclone Dylan, effects of a small calm storm surge
Cyclone Larry
Cyclone Yasi vs. Tully Heads seawall
Cyclone Yasi, damage to coastal areas
Cyclone Yasi, Meunga Creek Mouth
Dead mangrove swamps 3 years after Category 5 cyclone
Effects on tidal flats
Impact on turtle and dugong habitat
Mangrove destruction
Dredging
Cairns shipping channel
Holloways Beach, sand replenishment
Echinoderms
Diadema sea urchin
Sand dollar
Starfish
Ecological Change
Cairns mud flats changing into sand flats
Ecology
Snapping shrimps and gobies in the mangroves
Environmental Monitoring
see also Technology
Coastal processes using aerial imagery
Geotagged photos
Fauna
Barnacles in trees
Cairns Marina
Cattle
Crocodile slide
Dugong feeding trails
Floating mangrove flotsam
Inside mangrove logs
Interstitial
Intertidal rock pools, Island Point (Port Douglas)
Jellyfish, Box
Large amphipods in beach, Archer Point (Cooktown)
Mangrove Flatworms
Native Water Rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Nocturnal predators, mangrove forest floor
On floating debris
Pantinonemertes sp. (a mangrove ribbon worm) [video]
Pumice rafts
Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Sand flat, hidden fauna
Sea slug (Elysia bangtawaensis) with chloroplasts
Striped Possum sign
Swash Zone
Fish
Anguilla reinhardtii (longfin eel)
Archerfish, Sevenspot
Barramundi
Batfish (Platax spp)
Blue mudhopper/Bearded goby (Scartelaos histophorus)
Bluespotted Mangrove Goby (Amoya gracilis)
Cutlass Fish (Lepturacanthus salva)
Dusky Frill Goby (Bathygobius fuscus)
Eel, longfin (Anguilla reinhardtii)
Entering stormwater drains after a flood
Extinct Megalodon Shark
Grunter, Largescale (Terapon theraps)
Hairtail (Lepturacanthus salva )
Island Mangrove Goby (Mugilogobius platystomus)
Leatherjacket, mimicking bark
Lepturacanthus salva (Hairtail)
Longtom
Longtom (Tylosurus)
Mangrove Dart fish (Parioglossus interruptus)
Mudskipper catching a shrimp
Mudskipper parasites
Mudskipper, Barred (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
Mullet Diamond-scale, juvenile
Mullet popeye (Rhinomugil nasutus)
Parioglossus interruptus (Mangrove Dart fish)
Peppered moray eel
Pilot Fish
Pipefish
Platax spp
Pop-eye mullet (Squalomugil nasutus)
Rhinomugil nasutus (Popeye mullet)
Shark bites on other fish
Snakehead gudgeons (Giurus margaritacea) spawing
Sphaeroides pleurostictus (banded toad fish)
Stonefish, Estuarine - feeding at surface
Foredune vegetation
Pormpuraaw, wild beach in Gulf of Carpentaria
Geology
Bauxite cliffs in Gove NT
Beach rock at Karumba
Beach rock in Gove NT
Cracking clays
Granite slopes and landslides
indurated hardpan in Central Queensland
Iso-static rebound north of Cairns
Laterite in beach in Gove NT
Metamorphics (Barron River) Hills near Cairns
Pumice rafts from NZ region
Rocky shore near Sarina
Volcanic history of Mackay Coast
Volcanic lava reefs near Mission Beach
Insects
biting midge (sandfly) life cycle
Cave Crickets in uplifted coral reef
Insects vs Crustaceans in the mangroves
Locusts in mangroves
Mangrove Ant (Polyrhachis sokolova)
Polyrhachis sokolova (Mangrove ant)
Sandflies, what they bite besides people
Springtails and other miniature insects in large numbers
Springtails living in intertidal sand flats
Tiger beetles
Wasps hunting wolf spiders
Islands
Garden Island (Cardwell)
Nearshore Islands - Mackay Coast
Issues
Acid drainage from mangrove soils
Acid sulfate soil formation
Bird strike at Brisbane Airport
Carbon sequestration by mangroves
Irukandji Jellyfish
Ozone depletion and plant pigmentation
Vehicle traffic impacts on beach biodiversity
Mammals
Brushtailed possums
fox
Striped Possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
Water mouse (Xeromys myoides)
Mangrove Species
Aegialitis annulata
Avicennia eucalyptifolia
Avicennia marina
Ceriops tagal forest
Forest Mangrove (Carallia brachiata)
Guide to Ceriops spp.
Heritiera littoralis
Lumnitzera racemosa
Mangrove moss (Taxithelium merrillii)
Sonneratia caseolaris
Tecticornia arbuscula
Mangrove walks
Cairns airport boardwalk at night
Tabbil-ban (Nudgee Beach, Brisbane)
Warringine Walk, Western Port Bay, Victoria
Mangroves
Adaptation to toxic anoxic soils
Avicennia eucalyptifolia, Karumba
Cyclone damage
Difference from beach vegetation
Encroaching on abandoned river mouth
Evolution across landward zone
Evolution due techtonic uplift
Evolution from beach vegetation
Evolution via brackish back-swamps
Freshwater tidal
Landward transition zone
Mangrove associates
Propagule being eaten by hermit crabs
Root systems, sub-surface structure
Tannins, leather staining
Wounds caused by floating objects
Zonation, Port Musgrave
Marina
Encrusting organisms on walkways, Cairns
Mimicry
Batfish - mangrove leaves
Molluscs
Onchidim on corale reef
Bailer shell
Beach made of cockle shells
Donax cuneatus (Cuneate Wedgeshell)
Elysia bangtawaensis (Mangrove-leaf slug)
Hermit crab shells
Mud creepers (includes Telescopium)
Nerita costata
Ophicardelus
Oyster Reefs, Far North Queensland
Oysters on peg roots, Karumba
Salinator
Sea hare
Squid in mangrove flotsam
Sub-fossils in uplifted mud in PNG
Telescopium telescopium (mud whelk)
Teredo (Shipworm)
Trochus
Tropical Pipi (Donax cuneatus)
Nothern Territory
Hermit crab, terrestrial pet trade
Papua New Guinea
Kerema and Bluff
Recently uplifted seabed
Photography
Sunset, Machans Beach
Plants
Batis argillicola
Baumea sp.
Calophyllum inophyllum root system
Carallia brachiata (forest mangrove)
Casuarina glauca (Swamp oak)
Ficus racemosa (Cluster fig)
Halosarcia sp
Milletia (Pongamia) pinnata
Myrmecodia becarri (Spiny ant plant)
Panicum trachyrhachis
Saltwater Couch (Sporobolus virginicus)
Sargassum on inshore reefs
Swamp-oak (Casuarina glauca)
Syzygium forte (a White Apple)
Tecticornia australasica
Terminalia catappa root system
Xerochloa imberbis (Northern rice grass)
Reefs
Coral bleaching
Inshore coral
Yule, Wentworth - near Port Douglas
Reptiles
Acrochordus granulatus (Little file snake)
Candioa asper (boa)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle)
Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtles on Yule Reef
River mouth
Barr Creek, abandoned Barron River mouth
Barron River, hidden fauna
Barron River, intertidal insects
Barron River, professional sunset photography
Chapman River, Pormpuraaw (Gulf of Carpentaria)
Johnstone
Moon River (Yorkeys Knob)
Norman
Rivers
Barron River, formation of new mouth
Barron River, sediment supply
Daintree River Mangroves
North Endeavour River (Cooktown), tidal freshwater reaches
St Lawrence
Surfing
Salt pans
Endeavour River, Cooktown
Pormpuraaw, wild beach in Gulf of Carpentaria
Port Douglas area
Saltwater Couch (Sporobolus virginicus) grassland-Yorkeys Knob (Cairns)
Wunjunga
Sand flats
Coquette Point, Innisfail
Hidden fauna
Insect fauna
Lota (Brisbane)
Machans Beach, sand flats and springtails
Machans Beach, sunset photography
Yule Point (Port Douglas)
Seagrass
Disappearing (Cairns)
Sea-level
Evidence from fossil corals and barnacles
History, North Queensland
Uplifted reefs in PNG
Shrimps
Asian Paste Shrimp (Acetes sibogae)
Jelly Prawn (Acetes sibogae)
Leaf-cutting snapping shrimps (Alpheus strenuus)
Snapping shrimp grazing on algae
Technology
see also Environmental Monitoring
Back-of-book Indexing
Tides
Barr Creek mouth geomorphology
Prediction
Vegetation
Changes to beach vegetation
Colonisation of landslide debris
Colonisation of new beach at Ellie Point (Cairns)
Effect of salinity from storm surge on beach vegetation
Grasslands of Weipa and Port Musgrave
Littoral rainforest, Wangetti Beach
Samphire and saltwater couch grasslands, Bulimba Creek (Brisbane)
Samphire, Port Douglas
Succulents (Cooktown)
Temperate saltmarsh, Western Port Bay, Victoria
Water quality
Acidic waters
Acidic waters and tannin staining
Hydrogen sulfide
Weeds
Singapore daisy
Yorkeys Knob Beach
Wetlands
Brackish pools, Pormpuraaw
Hemmant Recreation Reserve