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Author: Carden Wallace Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING ISBN: 0643102817 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
Staghorn corals (genus Acropora) are the most obvious and important corals on coral reefs throughout the world, providing much of the beauty and variety seen on the reefs. This invaluable reference tool is the first major review of Acropora in over 100 years. It assesses all the known species worldwide, describing each in detail and illustrating the range of variability of form with habitat and geographic location. The classification, evolution and worldwide distribution of all species are reviewed and illustrated with colour plates, full page black and white plates and distribution maps. Details of the general biology of staghorn corals are discussed and illustrated.
Author: Carden Wallace Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING ISBN: 0643102817 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
Staghorn corals (genus Acropora) are the most obvious and important corals on coral reefs throughout the world, providing much of the beauty and variety seen on the reefs. This invaluable reference tool is the first major review of Acropora in over 100 years. It assesses all the known species worldwide, describing each in detail and illustrating the range of variability of form with habitat and geographic location. The classification, evolution and worldwide distribution of all species are reviewed and illustrated with colour plates, full page black and white plates and distribution maps. Details of the general biology of staghorn corals are discussed and illustrated.
Author: Walter M. Goldberg Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000902870 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 784
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Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
Author: Max Wisshak Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3540775978 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 501
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It has become apparent from the literature that bioerosional processes affect a wide range of biological and geological systems that cross many disciplines among the sciences. This book is dedicated to crossing those traditional disciplinary boundaries to present a united and current perspective on the pattern and process of bioerosion. The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion. It concludes with a primer on the bioerosion bibliography website.
Author: T. R. McClanahan Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195125967 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 550
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Coral reefs are among Earth's most diverse, productive, and beautiful ecosystems, but until recently, their ecology and the means to manage them have been poorly understood and documented. In response to the inadequate information base for coral reefs, this book reviews the ecological and conservation status of coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean, bringing together presentations of the region's leading scientists and managers working on coral reefs.Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation starts with a general overview of the biogeography of the region and a historical account of attempts to conserve this ecosystem. It goes on to describe the state of the reefs in each of the countries with coral reefs, and it concludes with a series of management case studies.The book also summarizes most of the existing ecological information on reefs in this region and efforts at management, making it useful for students, teachers, and investigators interested in tropical or marine ecology, conservation biology and management, and environmental sciences.
Author: Коллектив авторов Publisher: Litres ISBN: 5041096090 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 330
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Книга посвящена исследованию удивительно богатой и разнообразной морской прибрежной фауны Южного Вьетнама. Большинство исследований выполнено на акватории залива Нячанг. В книгу вошло 8 глав, посвященных разным группам морских беспозвоночных животных: склерактиниевым кораллам, сипункулидам, усоногим ракам, стоматоподам, креветкам понтониинам, крабам семейств Domeciidae, Trapeziidae, Tetraliidae, Xanthidae (Cymoinae), Calappidae и губкам. В результате обработки коллекций, собранных в период с 1985 по 2006 гг., выявлен 441 вид донных беспозвоночных. Из них 1 вид – новый для науки, 82 вида – впервые отмечены для побережья Вьетнама и 128 видов – для акватории залива Нячанг. Для каждого вида приводятся данные о местонахождении, распространении, синонимия, а для многих видов – диагнозы или описания. Книга иллюстрирована 250 оригинальными цветными фотографиями живых объектов, выполненных в естественных условиях, в аквариуме или сразу после сбора материала.
Author: Carden Wallace
Author: Carden Wallace
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Author: Oceanographic Research Institute (South Africa)
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