| Description |
xxi, 803 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Coral reefs of the world ; v. 1
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Coral reefs of the world (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a diversity of oceans, reefs, people, and ideas: a perspective of U.S. coral reef research -- Controls on late quaternary coral reefs of the Florida Keys -- A perspective on the biology of Florida Keys coral reefs -- Coral reefs, present and past, on the west Florida shelf and platform margin -- The reef tract of continental southeast Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, USA) -- Biology and ecology of coral reefs and coral communities in the Flower Garden Banks Region, northwestern Gulf of Mexico -- Coral-reef geology: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands -- Ecology of coral reefs in the US Virgin islands -- Biology and ecology of Puerto Rican coral reefs -- Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island -- Geology of Hawaii reefs -- Biology and ecological functioning of coral reefs in the main Hawaiian islands -- Geology and geomorphology of coral reefs in the northwestern Hawaiian islands -- Biology of coral reefs in the northwestern Hawaiian islands -- US coral reefs in the Line and Phoenix islands, central Pacific Ocean : history, geology, oceanography, and biology -- US coral reefs in the Line and Phoenix islands, central Pacific Ocean: status, threats and significance -- Aspects of the biology and geomorphology of Johnston and Wake Atolls, Pacific Ocean -- Geologic setting and geomorphology of coral reefs in the Mariana Islands (Guam and Commonwealth of the northern Mariana Islands) -- Aspects of biology and ecological functioning of coral reefs in Guam and the Commonwealth of northern Mariana islands -- Geologic setting and ecological functioning of coral reefs in American Samoa -- Deep-water coral reefs of the United States. |
| Subject |
Coral reefs and islands -- United States.
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Coral reefs and islands. |
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United States. |
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Coral reef biology -- United States.
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Coral reef biology. |
| Added Author |
Riegl, Bernhard M.
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Dodge, Richard Eugene.
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| Added Title |
Coral reefs of the United States of America |
| ISBN |
9781402068461 cased |
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1402068468 cased |
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1402068476 e-book |
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9781402068478 e-ISBN |
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