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ISBN:
Category : Coral reef biology
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
French Polynesian Coral Reefs: Symposia and seminars (B)
Author: French Polynesian Coral Reefs: Symposia and seminars (B)
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9782905630032
Category : Coral reef biology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Author: Mark SpaldingPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520232556
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
An up-to-date, detailed, and fully-illustrated account of the biodiversity and status of coral reefs.
Diseases of Coral
Author: Cheryl M. WoodleyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0813824117
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
Coral disease is quickly becoming a crisis to the health and management of the world’s coral reefs. There is a great interest from many in preserving coral reefs. Unfortunately, the field of epizootiology is disorganized and lacks a standard vocabulary, methods, and diagnostic techniques, and tropical marine scientists are poorly trained in wildlife pathology, veterinary medicine, and epidemiology. Diseases of Coral will help to rectify this situation.
Oceanography and Marine Biology
Author: R. N. GibsonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420065750
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Increasing interest in marine biology and its relevance to environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology has addressed this demand for nearly 40 years. This annual review considers basics of marine research, special topics, and emerging new areas. Regarding the marine sciences as a unified field, the text features contributors who are actively engaged in biological, chemical, geological, and physical aspects of marine science. This edition includes a full color insert and covers such topics as the ecological status of the Great Barrier Reef, the effects of coral bleaching on fisheries, and the biology of octopus larvae.
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
Author: Yossi LoyaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319927353
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
This book summarizes what is known about mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) geographically and by major taxa. MCEs are characterized by light-dependent corals and associated communities typically found at depths ranging from 30-40 m. and extending to over 150 m. in tropical and subtropical ecosystems. They are populated with organisms typically associated with shallow coral reefs, such as macroalgae, corals, sponges, and fishes, as well as specialist species unique to mesophotic depths. During the past decade, there has been an increasing scientific and management interest in MCEs expressed by the exponential increase in the number of publications studying this unique environment. Despite their close proximity to well-studied shallow reefs, and the growing evidence of their importance, our scientific knowledge of MCEs is still in its early stages. The topics covered in the book include: regional variation in MCEs; similarities and differences between mesophotic and shallow reef taxa, biotic and abiotic conditions, biodiversity, ecology, geomorphology, and geology; potential connectivity between MCEs and shallow reefs; MCE disturbances, conservation, and management challenges; and new technologies, key research questions/knowledge gaps, priorities, and future directions in MCE research.
Corals and Reefs
Author: Bertrand Martin-GarinPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031168879
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The health status and future of tropical coral reefs, as tourist destinations, are regularly subjected to media coverage. Many documentaries recognize the natural beauty and biological richness of the Australian Great Barrier Reef and French Polynesian lagoons, but point to the equally significant risk that would result from current global warming and human-made hazards. The future of coral reefs is usually a matter of death foretold, real or purely imaginary. In this context, it has become necessary to differentiate between what is falling within reality of scientific facts or fantasy. To this end, the present general review, in the expert translation of Charlotte Fontan aims at: (1) defining the conditions and life requirements of reefbuilding corals; (2) the history of corals along with that of a number of associated, skeletal organisms involved in reef building since the very beginning, i.e. the last 540 million years, including the ups and downs they have experienced; (3) giving special reference to the development patterns of recent and modern reefs; (4) projecting corals and reefs into a still unknown future. Understanding how corals and reefs have originated, how they have been able to face the major biological crises which have punctuated the Earth’s history, how they have survived is a prerequisite to better gain a significant picture of their future.
Coral Reef Conservation
Author: Isabelle M. CôtéPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316583090
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Coral reefs are the 'rain forests' of the ocean, containing the highest diversity of marine organisms and facing the greatest threats from humans. As shallow-water coastal habitats, they support a wide range of economically and culturally important activities, from fishing to tourism. Their accessibility makes reefs vulnerable to local threats that include over-fishing, pollution and physical damage. Reefs also face global problems, such as climate change, which may be responsible for recent widespread coral mortality and increased frequency of hurricane damage. This book, first published in 2006, summarises the state of knowledge about the status of reefs, the problems they face, and potential solutions. The topics considered range from concerns about extinction of coral reef species to economic and social issues affecting the well-being of people who depend on reefs. The result is a multi-disciplinary perspective on problems and solutions to the coral reef crisis.
Publications
Author: Hawaii Institute of GeophysicsPublisher:
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Category : Geophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Author: Peter W. GlynnPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401774994
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
This book documents and examines the state of health of coral reefs in the eastern tropical Pacific region. It touches on the occurrence of coral reefs in the waters of surrounding countries, and it explores their biogeography, biodiversity and condition relative to the El Niño southern oscillation and human impacts. Additionally contained within is a field that presents information on many of the species presented in the preceding chapters.