Coral reefs : a very short introduction /
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Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2014. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: |
Very short introductions ;
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Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199682775 (paperback) : 0199682771 (paperback) |
Index Number: | QH541 |
CLC: | Q959.133 |
Call Number: | Q959.133/S549 |
Contents: | 1. Geology or biology? -- 2. Ancient reefs and islands -- 3. The architects of a reef -- 4. The resulting structure--a reef -- 5. Microbial and planktonic engines of the reef -- 6. Reef fish and other major predators -- 7. Pressures on reef ecosystems -- 8. Climate change and reefs -- 9. Doing something about it. |