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Category : Coral reef biology
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs
Author: Great Barrier Reef CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Anthozoa
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs
Author: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs : Conducted by the Great Barrier Reef Committee, on Board the M. V. Marco Polo, Cruising in the Water of the Great Barrier Reef Province, Australia, 22nd June to 2nd July 1973
Author: Oceanographic History
Author: Keith Rodney BensonPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295982397
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
From a study of knowledge of the sea among indigenous cultures in the South Seas to inquiries into the subject of sea monsters, from studies of Pacific currents to descriptions of ocean-going research vessels, the sixty-three essays presented here reflect the scientific complexity and richness of social relationships that characterize ocean-ographic history. Based on papers presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (the first ICHO meeting following the cessation of the Cold War), the volume features an unusual breadth of contributions. Oceanography itself involves the full spectrum of physical, biological, and earth sciences in their formal, empirical, and applied manifestations. The contributors to Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond undertake the interdisciplinary task of telling the story of oceanography’s past, drawing on diverse methodologies. Their essays explore the concepts, techniques, and technologies of oceanography, as well as the social, economic, and institutional determinants of oceanographic history. Although focused on the Pacific, the geographic range of subjects is global and includes Micronesia, East Africa, and Antarctica; the bathymetric range comprises inshore fisheries, coral reefs, and the "azoic zone." The seventy-one contributors represent every continent of the globe except Antarctica, bringing together material on the history of oceanography never before published.
Coexistence
Author: Jan SappPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190632445
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book is about tropical biology in action- how biologists grapple with the ecology and evolution of the great species diversity in tropical rainforests and coral reefs. Tropical rainforests are home to 50% of all the plant and animal species on earth, though they cover only about 2% of the planet. Coral reefs hold 25% of the world's marine diversity, though they represent only 0.1 % of the world's surface. The increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics has remained enigmatic to naturalists for more than 200 years. How have so many species evolved in the tropics? How can so many species coexist there? At a time when rainforests and coral reefs are shrinking, when the earth is facing what has been called the sixth mass extinction, understanding the evolutionary ecology of the tropics is everyone's business. Despite the fundamental importance of the tropics to all of life on earth, tropical biology has evolved relatively slowly and with difficulties - economic, political, and environmental. This book is also about tropical science in context, situated in the complex socio-political history, and the rich rainforests and coral reefs of Panama. There are no other books on the history of tropical ecology and evolution or on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Thus situated in historical context, Jan Sapp's aim is to understand how naturalists have studied and conceptualized the great biological diversity and entangled ecology of tropics. This book has potential to be used in tropical biology classes, ecology courses, evolutionary ecology and it could also be useful in classes on the history of biology.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement Prepared on the Proposed East and West Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary
Author: National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone ManagementPublisher:
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Trophic Interactions in Caribbean Coral Reefs
Author: Dr. Silvia OpitzPublisher: WorldFish
ISBN: 9718709606
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
East and West Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary
Author: Synopsis of Biological Data on the Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys Imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Author: W. N. WitzellPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251013564
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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