Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.The Geographic Scope of This Study -- 1.2.The Intent and Utility of Biogeography -- 1.3.Biogeographic Classification of the Northern Australian Coast -- 2.The Contemporary Physical Environment -- 2.1.Geology, Origins, and History of the Northwest Continental Margin -- 2.2.The Oceanography of the North West Shelf -- 3.Intertidal Rocky Shores -- 3.1.Rock Types -- 3.2.Rock Platforms -- 3.3.The Intertidal Biota of Rocky Shores -- 4.Coral Reefs of the North West Shelf -- 4.1.History of Discovery and Description -- 4.2.Conditions for Coral Reef Growth -- 4.3.Categories of Coral Reef on the North West Shelf -- 4.4.Coral Reef Bioregions on the North West Shelf -- 4.5.Intertidal Assemblages Coral Reef Plants and Invertebrates -- 4.6.Section Summary -- 5.Mangrove Habitat and Associated Fauna -- 5.1.The Mangrove Species -- 5.2.Mangrove Biogeographic Regions in Western Australia -- 5.3.Ecological Associations and Distribution --
Contents note continued: 5.4.Primary and Secondary Production -- 5.5.Associated Mangal Invertebrate Fauna -- 5.6.Molluscs -- 5.7.Crustaceans -- 6.Habitats and Biotic Assemblages of Intertidal Sandy and Muddy Shores -- 6.1.History of Research -- 6.2.Sandy Shores -- 6.3.Mudflats -- 7.Benthic Shelf and Slope Habitats -- 7.1.The Continental Shelf -- 7.2.Continental Slope (Bathyal) -- 8.Patterns of Life and the Processes That Produce Them -- 8.1.Biogeographic Affinities -- 8.2.Biodiversity -- 8.3.Latitudinal Gradients in Biodiversity -- 8.4.Connectivity -- 8.5.Speciation -- 8.6.Typical Distribution Patterns of North West Shelf Benthic Invertebrates -- 8.7.Endemism -- 9.An Overview of the Historical Biogeography of the North West Shelf -- 9.1.Breakup of the Sea of Tethys and Its Biogeographic Consequences -- 9.2.The Contact Period and the Exchange of Species Between Two Continents -- 9.3.Two Sides of the Story -- 9.4.The Marine Fauna of the Modern North West Shelf --
Contents note continued: 9.5.Biogeographic Classification of the Northern Australian Region -- 9.6.Subdivisions of the Dampierian Province -- 9.7.Last Words
