Author: PEARCE, A.F. & WALKER, D.I. eds.
Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. Volume 74, 1991. The Leeuwin Current: An Influence on the Coastal Climate and Marine Life of Western Australia.
Description: CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Department of Botany, The University of Western Australia, 1991. Paperback. 4to. Provides proceedings of a conference including: Homologous peri-oceanic west coast climates in the southern hemisphere; Eastern boundary currents of the southern hemisphere; The abrolhos carbonate platforms: geological evolution and Leeuwin Current Activity; Zoogeographic Provinces of the Humboldt, Benguela and Leeuwin Current Sysytems; The effect of sea temperature on seagrasses and algae on the Western Australian coastline; Dispersal of tropical fishes to temperate seas in the southern hemisphere; Mass spawning of corals on Western Australian reefs and comparisons with the Great Barrier Reef; The Leeuwin Current and larval recruitment to the rock (spiny) lobster fishery off Western Australia; The influence of the Leeuwin Current on coastal fisheries in Western Australia; Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current; Implications of long-term climate change for the Leeuwin Current etc. 140pp. ISBN 0646034855.

Keywords: leeuwin current oceanography western west australia australian coral corals spawning sea temperature temperatures coastal fish fisheries bird seabird ornithology biology