The enchanted braid : coming to terms with nature on the coral reef /
There is a word for what Darwin and the rest of us have felt when in the presence of the reef: 'awe.' Confronted with the reef, awe is the most appropriate response. It is probably in our nature. It is also, apparently, in our nature to destroy that which we hold in awe."--The Enchant...
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New York :
Wiley,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Soul of the sea
- Who has known the ocean?, animal, mineral, vegetable
- Darwin in paradise
- Rise of corals
- Heart of lightness
- Outer strands
- Song of love and death
- Fish stories: Neither brethren nor underlings
- Hunan/nature
- Jakarta scenario
- Either we go deep or we starve
- Apo scenario
- Return to oceanus
- Disasters, catastrophes, and tragedies
- Unweaving the outer braids
- Once more to the keys
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.