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Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene
ISBN-13:
9789401772495
Veröffentl:
2015
Seiten:
271
Autor:
Charles Birkeland
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This volume investigates the effects of human activities on coral reefs, which provide important life-supporting systems to surrounding natural and human communities. It examines the self-reinforcing ecological, economic, and technological mechanisms that degrade coral reef ecosystems around the world.
1. Coral reefs in the Anthropocene.- 2 Reefs and limestones in Earth history.- 3. Reef biology and geology - not just a matter of scale.- 4. Bio erosion and coral reef growth: a dynamic balance.- 5. Interactions between corals and their symbiotic algae.- 6. Exploring coral reefs using the tools of molecular genetics.- 7. Genomic potential for coral survival of climate change.- 8. Diseases of coral reef organisms.- 9. Geographic Differences in Ecological Processes on Coral Reefs.- 10. Reef fishes, seaweeds and corals: a complex triangle.- 11. Coral disturbance and recovery in a changing world.- 12. Biology trumps management: feedbacks and constraints of life-history traits.
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