Coral reefs an ecosystem in transition /

This book covers in one volume materials scattered in hundreds of research articles, in most cases focusing on specialized aspects of coral biology. In addition to the latest developments in coral evolution and physiology, it presents chapters devoted to novel frontiers in coral reef research. These...

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Other Authors: Dubinsky, Z., Stambler, Noga., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2011.
Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York : [2011]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 552 pages) : illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Note continued:
  • Impact of Climate Change on Coral Reef Ecosystems /
  • Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
  • Coral Bleaching: Causes and Mechanisms /
  • Michael P. Lesser
  • Potential for Temperature Acclimatisation of Reef Corals in the Face of Climate Change /
  • Andrew R. Cossins
  • Reef Bioerosion: Agents and Processes /
  • Stjepko Golubic
  • Microbial Diseases of Corals: Pathology and Ecology /
  • Ariel Kushmaro
  • Coral Reef Diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean /
  • Caroline S. Rogers
  • Factors Determining the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Eutrophication: A Review and Conceptual Model /
  • Katharina E. Fabricius
  • pt. VI
  • Conservation and Management
  • Resilience of Coral Reefs and Its Implications for Reef Management /
  • Robert S. Steneck.