Coral Reefs at the Crossroads

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hubbard, Dennis K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rogers, Caroline S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lipps, Jere H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Stanley, Jr., George D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Coral Reefs of the World, 6
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Systems biology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Systems Biology.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Environmental Management.

In this book, contributors from diverse backgrounds take a first step toward an integrated view of reefs and the significance of their recent decline. More than any other earth system, coral reefs sit at a disciplinary crossroads. Most recently, they have reached another crossroads - fundamental cha...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Coral reefs at the Crossroads
• 2. Coral Calcification and Ocean Acidification
• 3. Photosymbiosis in Past and Present Reefs
• 4. Bioerosion on Modern Reefs: Impacts and Responses Under Changing Ecological and Environmental Conditions
• 5. Sponge Contributions to the Geology and Biology of Reefs: Past, Present, and Future
• 6. The Changing Face of Reef Building
• 7. Stability of Reef-Coral Assemblages in the Quaternary
• 8. Reefs Through Time: An Evolutionary View
• 9. Climate Change, Ocean Chemistry, and the Evolution of Reefs through Time
• 10. Living and Mineral Reefs: Are They Comparable and What Ecological Information is Preserved?
• 11. Physical and Biological Drivers of Coral-Reef Dynamics
• 12. Measuring, Interpreting, and Responding To Changes in Coral Reefs: A Challenge for Biologists, Geologists and Managers.