Coral Reef Studies of Japan

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Iguchi, Akira (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hongo, Chuki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Coral Reefs of the World, 13
• Θέματα: Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Aquatic ecology .; Ecosystems.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

This book comprehensively introduces recent important studies on coral reefs from various research fields including biology, ecology, chemistry, the earth sciences, and conservation studies. Coral reef is one of the important ecosystems characterized by high biodiversity and the beauty. Coral reefs...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction for this book -general aspects of coral reefs of Japan and related studies-
• 2. Dissolved organic matter in coral reefs: distribution, production, and bacterial consumption
• 3. Studies on stress responses of corals in Japan
• 4. Coral disease in Japan
• 5. Ocean acidification studies in coral reefs of Japan
• 6. Frontiers of coral-based sclerochronological studies in Japan
• 7. Coral reproduction in Japan
• 8. Population genetics of corals in Japan
• 9. Distribution expansion and historical population outbreak patterns of crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci sensu lato, in Japan from 1912 to 2015
• 10. Studies on mesophotic coral ecosystems in Japan
• 11. The hydrodynamic impacts of tropical cyclones to coral reefs in Japan: current status and future perspectives
• 12. Concluding remarks: Future perspectives on coral reef studies of Japan -from biology, earth science, and conservation and restoration.