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Title Coral reefs of the Indian Ocean : their ecology and conservation / edited by T.R. McClanahan, C.R.C. Sheppard, D.O. Obura.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 525 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Developed from a workshop Coral Reefs of Western Indian Ocean held in Mombasa, Kenya in March 1997.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Coral reefs of the western Indian Ocean: an overview / C.R.C. Sheppard -- Coral reef use and conservation / T.R. McClanahan -- South African coral communities / M.H. Schleyer -- Coral reefs of Mozambique / M.J. Rodrigues, H. Motta, M.W. Whittington, M. Schleyer -- Southern Tanzania / W.R.T. Darwall, M. Guard -- Northern Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba / J.C. Horrill, A.T. Kamukuru, Y.D. Mgaya, M. Risk -- Kenya / D.O. Obura, N.A. Muthiga, M. Watson -- The Red Sea / D. Medio, C.R.C. Sheppard, J. Gasgoine -- Reefs and coral communities of the Arabian Gulf and Arabian Sea / C.R.C. Sheppard, S.C. Wilson, R.V. Salm, D. Dixon -- India and Sri Lanka / G. Bakus, R. Arthur, S.U.K. Ekaratne, S.S. Jinendradasa -- The Maldives: a nation of atolls -- The Mascarene Islands / O. Naim, P. Cuet, V. Mangar -- The Seychelles / S. Jennings, S. Marshall, P. Cuet, O. Naim -- The coral reefs of Madagascar / C. GabriƩ, P. Vasseur, H. Randriamiarana, J. Maharavo, E. Mara -- The Chagos Archipelago / C.R.C. Sheppard -- Management: status and case studies / N. Muthiga, S. Riedmiller, R. van der Elst, J. Mann-Lang, C. Horrill, T.R. McClanahan.
Summary Accessible and complex, coral reefs are ideal natural laboratories for studying a wide range of ecological and biological questions. This collection focuses on the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, which contain some of the most spectacular reefs found anywhere and which are relatively little studied.
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Subject Coral reef ecology -- Indian Ocean.
Coral reef ecology.
Indian Ocean.
Coral reef conservation -- Indian Ocean.
Coral reef conservation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McClanahan, T. R.
Sheppard, Charles (Charles R. C.)
Obura, David O.
Other Form: Print version: Coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195125967 (DLC) 99040236 (OCoLC)42290219
ISBN 1429401672 (electronic book)
9781429401678 (electronic book)
0195352173
9780195352177