Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Birkeland, Charles (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.

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 wor...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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. .