Author: Rosemarie C. Baron-Szabo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783000095757
Category : Corals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Author: Filkorn
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 107

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Author: John Edward Norwood Veron
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801482632
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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As concerns about the change in global climate and the loss of biodiversity have mounted, attention has focused on the depletion of the ozone layer and the destruction of tropical rainforests. But recently scientists have identified another seriously endangered ecosystem: coral reefs. In Corals in Space and Time, J.E.N. Veron provides a richly detailed study of corals that will inform investigations of these fragile ecosystems. Drawing on twenty-five years of research, Veron brings together extensive field observations about the taxonomy, biogeography, paleontology, and biology of corals. After introducing coral taxonomy and biogeography, as well as relevant aspects of coral biology for the non-specialist, he provides an interpretation of the fossil record and paleoclimates, an analysis of modern coral distribution, and a discussion of the evolutionary nature and origins of coral species. Revealing a sharp conflict between empirical observations about the geographical variation within species, Veron introduces a non-Darwinian theory of coral evolution. He proposes that the evolution of coral species is driven not primarily by natural selection, but by constantly shifting patterns of ocean circulation, which produce changing variations of genetic connectivity. This mechanism of speciation and hybridization has far-reaching consequences for the study of all types of corals and potentially many other groups of organisms as well.

Author: T. Wayland Vaughan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Author: Thomas Wayland Vaughan
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813720443
Category : Scleractinia
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Author: T. Wayland Vaughan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332550503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Excerpt from The Eocene and Lower Oligocene Coral Faunas of the United States: With Descriptions of a Few Doubtfully Cretaceous Species In the winter of 1892, while a student at Harvard University, I began a study of the Eocene corals of the United States, and have continued it, with considerable interruption, during six years. The study Of corals presents peculiar difficulties. The classification depends to a large extent upon minute and Obscure structures that are fre quently destroyed in fossil specimens; and the system of classification, as so many Of the later students of these organisms have pointed out, is thor oughly unsatisfactory, but as yet no good system which can replace the old one has been proposed, although recent investigators have accumulated much valuable data that will probably serve as the foundation fora better and more natural system in the near future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: T Wayland Vaughan
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781011889891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: George D. Stanley Jr.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461512190
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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From the Preface: The chapters of this book contain contributions from an international group of specialists. They address some important themes in both modern and ancient reef systems. Some chapters contain `snapshots' of reefs of particular intervals, while others touch on relevant themes of both modern and ancient reefs - themes that weave their way through reefs of all ages. This book opens and sets the stage with an introduction to both modern and ancient reefs and reef ecosystems. This chapter is also intended as a basic introduction for students, general geologists, and professionals or others who may be unfamiliar with reefs and reef ecosystems. The chapter addresses the living coral reef ecosystem, stressing among other relevant factors, the importance of ecological and physical interactions between the organisms and their environment. The chapter also addresses mass extinction and provides a general overview of the history of reefs.

Author: Søren Floris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Rosemarie C. Baron-Szabo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781776703135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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