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Coral reefs : a very short introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sheppard, Charles Charles R. C
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Very short introductions ; 391
Subjects:
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.