By John W. Tunnell Jr.,Ernesto A. Chávez,Kim Withers,Sylvia Earle
ISBN-10: 1585446173
ISBN-13: 9781585446179
starting with a historical past of the learn performed during this sector, Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico covers the geography, geology, oceanography, ecology, and biodiversity of the thirty-eight emergent” or platform-type coral reefs within the southern Gulf. The editors comprise chapters at the biotafrom algae to fishfollowed by way of a glance at environmental affects, either common (such as hurricanes and pink tides) and human (such as send groundings and dredging). The e-book closes with a dialogue of conservation matters, that's either descriptive and prescriptive in its evaluate of what has been performed and what can be performed to guard and deal with those important ecosystems.
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Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico (Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies) by John W. Tunnell Jr.,Ernesto A. Chávez,Kim Withers,Sylvia Earle
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