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[edit] Houtman

~~I reverted this edit as it contradicts my understanding of the discovery of the Abrolhos and you've provided no source for your claim. Refer J.S Battye [1]. -- Moondyne 05:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)~~

Further reading reveals you're probably correct. Reverted back with copyedits. -- Moondyne 06:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I've reverted again back to the original version awaiting viable references before inclusion of Menezes encounter in 1527. -- Moondyne 13:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Connection to "Abre Los Ojos" irrelevant?

Why is it irrelevant that there is a film with the same name?

The Portuguese Abrolhos / Abra-os-olhos is equivalent to the Spanish "Abre Los Ojos" ("open your eyes"),
where it was the name of the popular movie thriller Abre Los Ojos,
later remade by Tom Cruise into Hollywood blockbuster Vanilla Sky.

Zuytdorp Survivor 06:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To do

To-do list for Houtman Abrolhos:	edit · history · watch · refresh
- Lead - Okay, needs improvement. - Geography - Okay, could be expanded Needs a good map. - History - Badly incomplete Needs "Other shipwrecks section" - Discovery and naming - pretty good Too many images Need to cite Trickett Need to figure out how handle Menezes story could be broken out into Theory of Portuguese discovery of the Houtman Abrolhos? - Wreck of the Batavia - is crap - Wreck of the Zeewijk - DONE - Later history - badly incomplete Needs to cover development of industry, visits by naturalists - Tenure, governance and management - dreadful stub - Geology - dreadful stub - Oceanography - pretty darn good IIRC one of my documents covers some material not covered here; maybe nutrient levels? - Bathymetry - DONE - Currents - DONE - Temperature and salinity - DONE Why are these unrelated issues merged? - Sea levels - DONE - Climate - DONE - Biogeography - DONE - Terrestrial flora - not done Need to figure out how to divide vegetation from floristics - Flora - needs a bit of polish - Vegetation - dreadful stub - Terrestrial fauna - DONE - Birds - DONE - Mammals - DONE - Reptiles - DONE - Amphibians - DONE - Marine flora - DONE - Algae - DONE - Seagrass - DONE - Marine fauna - nearly done - Fish - DONE - Marine mammals - DONE - Marine reptiles - DONE - Coral - DONE - Crustaceans - too short. surely there's a survey? - Molluscs - DONE - Echinoderms - DONE - Other invertebrates - A bit messy Need to get hold of Fromont's demosponges article. Worms is fine, hydroids is fine. - Human uses - rubbish - Fishing - needs work Lead needs work - Western rock lobster - rubbish - Saucer scallops - DONE - Finfish - rubbish - Aquaculture - DONE - Mineral exploration - rubbish - Recreation - needs work - Cultural references - not too bad - References - fine - Further reading - according to [[Wikipedia:Citing sources, this section can (should?) be used to "make it easier for users to identify all the major recommended resources on a topic".

To-do list for Houtman Abrolhos:

edit · history · watch · refresh

- Lead - Okay, needs improvement.

- Geography - Okay, could be expanded

Needs a good map.

- History - Badly incomplete

Needs "Other shipwrecks section"

- Discovery and naming - pretty good

Too many images
Need to cite Trickett
Need to figure out how handle Menezes story
could be broken out into Theory of Portuguese discovery of the Houtman Abrolhos?

- Wreck of the Batavia - is crap

- Wreck of the Zeewijk - DONE

- Later history - badly incomplete

Needs to cover development of industry, visits by naturalists

- Tenure, governance and management - dreadful stub

- Geology - dreadful stub

- Oceanography - pretty darn good

IIRC one of my documents covers some material not covered here; maybe nutrient levels?

- Bathymetry - DONE

- Currents - DONE

- Temperature and salinity - DONE

Why are these unrelated issues merged?

- Sea levels - DONE

- Climate - DONE

- Biogeography - DONE

- Terrestrial flora - not done

Need to figure out how to divide vegetation from floristics

- Flora - needs a bit of polish

- Vegetation - dreadful stub

- Terrestrial fauna - DONE

- Birds - DONE

- Mammals - DONE

- Reptiles - DONE

- Amphibians - DONE

- Marine flora - DONE

- Algae - DONE

- Seagrass - DONE

- Marine fauna - nearly done

- Fish - DONE

- Marine mammals - DONE

- Marine reptiles - DONE

- Coral - DONE

- Crustaceans - too short. surely there's a survey?

- Molluscs - DONE

- Echinoderms - DONE

- Other invertebrates - A bit messy

Need to get hold of Fromont's demosponges article.
Worms is fine, hydroids is fine.

- Human uses - rubbish

- Fishing - needs work

Lead needs work

- Western rock lobster - rubbish

- Saucer scallops - DONE

- Finfish - rubbish

- Aquaculture - DONE

- Mineral exploration - rubbish

- Recreation - needs work

- Cultural references - not too bad

- References - fine

- Further reading - according to [[Wikipedia:Citing sources, this section can (should?) be used to "make it easier for users to identify all the major recommended resources on a topic".