Full title: Life and death of coral reefs / Charles Birkeland, editor.

Author/creator: Birkeland, Charles.

Call Numbers: T0386748

Record Identifier: 74VvpKlD7lOg

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xviii, 536 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm., Ch. 1. Introduction / Charles Birkeland -- Ch. 2. Reefs and Reef Limestones in Earth History / Pamela Hallock -- Ch. 3. Reefs as Dynamic Systems / Dennis K. Hubbard -- Ch. 4. Bioerosion and Coral-Reef Growth: A Dynamic Balance / Peter W. Glynn -- Ch. 5. Interactions Between Corals and Their Symbiotic Algae / Gisele Muller-Parker and Christopher F. D'Elia -- Ch. 6. Diseases of Coral-Reef Organisms / Esther C. Peters -- Ch. 7. Organic Production and Decomposition / Bruce G. Hatcher -- Ch. 8. Reproduction and Recruitment in Corals: Critical Links in the Persistence of Reefs / Robert H. Richmond -- Ch. 9. Invertebrate Predators and Grazers / Robert C. Carpenter -- Ch. 10. Effects of Reef Fishes on Corals and Algae / Mark A. Hixon -- Ch. 11. Indirect Interactions on Coral Reefs / Steven C. Pennings -- Ch. 12. Geographic Differences in Ecological Processes on Coral Reefs / Charles Birkeland -- Ch. 13. Ecosystem Interactions in the Tropical Coastal Seascape / John C. Ogden., Ch. 14. Diversity and Distribution of Reef Organisms / Gustav Paulay -- Ch. 15. Disturbances to Reefs in Recent Times / Barbara E. Brown -- Ch. 16. Traditional Coral-Reef Fisheries Management / Robert E. Johannes -- Ch. 17. Resource Use: Conflicts and Management Solutions / Gregor Hodgson -- Ch. 18. Implications for Resource Management / Charles Birkeland.

Publishers: New York : Chapman & Hall, c1997.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-526) and index. Transferred from N577.789/1.

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DDC: 574.526367

MMS ID: 991005210319702626