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Coral reefs : a very short introduction /

Sheppard, Charles

Coral reefs : a very short introduction / - Second edition. - xvi, 136 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 391 . - Very short introductions ; 391. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index.

Geology or biology? -- Ancient reefs and islands -- The architects of a reef -- The resulting structure - a reef -- Microbial engines of the coral reef -- Reef fish and other major predators -- Regional scale pressures on reefs -- Global scale pressures on reefs - climate change -- Doing something about it.

9780198869825

2020947755

GBC131987 bnb

020119481 Uk


Coral reefs and islands.
Coral reef ecology.
Coral reef biology.

577.7789 / SHE