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Coral reefs : a very short introduction /
By: Sheppard, Charles (Charles R. C.) [author.].
Series: Very short introductions: 391.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: Second edition.Description: xvi, 136 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 18 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198869825.Subject(s): Coral reefs and islands | Coral reef ecology | Coral reef biologyDDC classification: 577.7789
Contents:
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.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 577.7789 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0083373 |
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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.