Screen LibraryThe biology of reefs and reef organisms /
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago ; London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 401 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226301679 0226301672 9780226301686 : 0226301680 |
| Index Number: | QH95 |
| CLC: | Q178.53 |
| Call Number: | Q178.53/G618 |
| Contents: | An introduction to the structure and formation of modern reefs -- Reef minerals and mineralization -- Reef cyanobacteria -- Reef algae and foraminiferans -- Reef sponges -- Reef corals and their allies -- Annelids and sipunculans -- Reef lophophoerate and protochordate phyla -- Reef crustacea -- Reef echinoderms -- The effect of feeding by reef fishes on corals and coral reefs -- A brief history of reefs and corals -- Ecology, diversity, and biogeography of coral reefs -- Reefs now and in the next 100 years -- Reef resilience, loss of biodiversity, and the role of conservation. |