The biology of coral reefs /
A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coral reefs, providing an overview of the ecology of coral reefs and their functioning, and the biology of their major species groups. The responses to modern environmental pressures, climate change, and use of their resources is also descri...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Biology of habitats.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sheppard, Charles |q (Charles R. C.) | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The biology of coral reefs / |c Charles R.C. Sheppard, Simon K. Davy, and Graham M. Pilling. |
| 260 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 339 p., [8] p. of plates : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a The biology of habitats series | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coral reefs, providing an overview of the ecology of coral reefs and their functioning, and the biology of their major species groups. The responses to modern environmental pressures, climate change, and use of their resources is also described. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Coral reefs: biodiverse and productive tropical ecosystems -- Areas and distributions of reefs -- Biodiversity on coral reefs -- Coral communities and reef growth -- Types of reefs -- Profiles and zones of reefs -- Biodiversity on reef slopes -- Values of reefs to people. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 2. The main reef builders and space occupiers -- Corals -- Soft corals and sea fans -- Sponges -- Other animal species -- Macroalgae -- Seagrasses and mangroves -- Rates of coral growth, rates of reef growth -- Soft substrates. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 3. The abiotic environment -- Controls on coral distribution -- Salinity -- Temperature -- Light -- Nutrients -- Exposure and other hydrodynamic factors -- Sediment -- Seawater carbonate chemistry. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 4. Symbiotic interactions -- What is symbiosis? -- algal-invertebrate symbioses in corals and soft corals -- Diversity of zooxanthellae -- Physiology of coral calcification -- Photosynthesis and carbon fluxes -- Phosphorus -- Symbiosis establishment and stability -- Coral-microbial associations -- Sponge symbioses with non-photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria, and algae -- 'Macro' or iconic symbioses e.g. fish and sea anemones, shrimps, and fish. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 5. Microbial, microalgal, and planktonic reef life -- Microbial reef life -- Trophic links -- Zooplankton behaviour and ecology. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 6. Reef fishes: diversity, feeding, and food chains -- Geographical influences on diversity -- Reef fish : colourful for a reason -- Trophic ecology of coral reef fish -- The coral reef food chain -- Impacts on the food chain. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 7. Reef fisheries and reef aquaculture -- Fisheries resources on reefs -- Practical issues with reef fishes -- Live reef fish trade -- Aquaculture on reefs -- Impacts of fishing -- Approaches to managing coral reef fisheries -- Future for reef fisheries. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 8. Coral reefs in the modern world -- Damaging impacts on reefs -- Other physical impacts -- Coral diseases -- Diseases of other reef organisms -- Climate change -- Acidification -- Sea level rise -- Cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons -- Synergies, stasis, and feedbacks. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 9. Consequences to reefs of changing environmental stress -- Ecological consequences of environmental impacts -- Changes to the main architectural species -- Changes on Indo-Pacific reefs -- Sizes of the coral 'reservoir' -- Changing food chains and trophic balances. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 10. The future, human population, and management -- The time scale available -- The elephant in the room -- Protected areas and coral reefs Environmental assessments -- Cost, prices, and values -- the 'slippery slope to slime' -- The future for reefs. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Coral reef biology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Coral reef ecology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Coral reef conservation. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Davy, Simon K. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Pilling, Graham M. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Sheppard, Charles (Charles R.C.). |t Biology of coral reefs. |d Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 |w (OCoLC)624671883 |
| 730 | 0 | |a University press scholarship online. |5 net | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Biology of habitats. | |
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