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Coral Reefs: A Very Short Introduction

Coral reefs have been long regarded with awe by the millions of people who have encountered them over the centuries. Early seafarers were wary of them, naturalists were confused by them, yet many coastal people benefited greatly from these mysterious rocky structures that grew up to the surface of the sea. They have been rich in their supply of food, and they provided a breakwater from storms and high waves to countless coastal communities that developed from their protection. Their scale is enormous and their value high. Found in countless locations around the world, from the Indo-Pacific coral reef province to the Caribbean and Australia, they support both marine and human life. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Sheppard provides an account of what coral reefs are, how they are formed, how they have evolved, and the biological lessons we can learn from them. Today, the vibrancy and diversity of these fascinating ecosystems are under threat from over exploitation and could face future extinction, unless our conservation efforts are stepped up in order to save them. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

feather star 57, 61 filter feeder 12, 43, 56–8, 60–1, 89 fire coral 36 see also
Millepora fish 2, 21, 23, 55, 64, 65–77 fishing 2, 18, 55, 65, 71–2, 74, 78–84, 93–
7, 104–5, 108–11 fish farm 88, 111 population 94–6 reproduction 80–1, 96
Florida 83 ...

Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

This volume investigates the effects of human activities on coral reefs, which provide important life-supporting systems to surrounding natural and human communities. It examines the self-reinforcing ecological, economic and technological mechanisms that degrade coral reef ecosystems around the world. Topics include reefs and limestones in Earth history; the interactions between corals and their symbiotic algae; diseases of coral reef organisms; the complex triangle between reef fishes, seaweeds and corals; coral disturbance and recovery in a changing world. In addition, the authors take key recent advances in DNA studies into account which provides new insights into the population biology, patterns of species distributions, recent evolution and vulnerabilities to environmental stresses. These DNA analyses also provide new understandings of the limitations of coral responses and scales of management necessary to sustain coral reefs in their present states. Coral reefs have been essential sources of food, income and resources to humans for millennia. This book details the delicate balance that exists within these ecosystems at all scales, from geologic time to cellular interactions and explores how recent global and local changes influence this relationship. It will serve as an indispensable resource for all those interested in learning how human activities have affected this vital ecosystem around the world.

Great Barrier Reef (GBR), 4, 6, 12, 19, 43,47, 50, 51, 71–74, 76, 78, 81, 89, 121,
122, 136, 140, 141, 152, 154, 155, 159, 160, 167, 200, 202, 203, 205–207, 209,
220, 221, 225, 232, 235, 244 Great Oxygenation Event, 32 Green fluorescent ...

Coral Reefs

Go facts series 3: oceans 4 book set and teacher's guide (oceans, sea life, people and the sea, coral reefs)

algae 4,6, 12,20 anemone 16 atoll 4,22 barrier reef 4 camouflage 14, 18 colonies
6 community 4 crustacean 4, 12 diversity 1 2 fish 4, 12, 14, 16, 18 fringing reef 4
gobi 14 Great Barrier Reef 20 jellyfish 18 larva 8 mollusc 4, 12 plankton 6, ...

Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs V2

Biology 1

Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Volume II: Biology 1 discusses the major advances made in the biological aspects of coral reef problems. This book is organized into 12 chapters that cover the microbial aspects of coral reefs, the nutrition in corals, and diversity in coral reefs. The opening chapters describe the distribution and role of coral reef microorganisms, as well as the significance of bacterioplankton as a food source for the marine fauna of coral reefs. The following chapter discusses the occurrence of algae in coral reef, their competition with corals for space, and their role in reef construction. Other chapters deal with food and feeding mechanisms of corals, the role of marine antibiotics in coral reef ecology, and some chemical compounds isolated from coral reef organisms, providing evidence for marine pharmacologic activity in coral reef areas. The book also discusses some basic problems relating to the distribution and abundance of hermatypic corals on reefs. It then examines species diversity on coral reefs, variety of reef structure, and the important role of toxic materials produced by holothurians on the general ecology and physiology of coral reefs. The last chapters describe the development, feeding, and behavior of the larval stages of several coral reef asteroids. Particular emphasis is given to the larval and post-larval stages of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. The starfish population explosions, the devastating effects on the hard coral cover of coral reefs, and causes and control of population explosions are also covered. This volume will acquaint readers with some of the exciting developments in coral reef biology and will provide information that will enable them to assess the status of research in different fields.

6—2. 7 +0.70 Acropora palmata Golding Gay 2 5 3.4—7.8 4.4—16. 5 +0. 60
Mayor (1924): Samoa (period in years) Acropora hyacinthus Samoa (Table 2) 1 5
3.7—9. 3 5. 1-19. 6 +0. 70 Pocillopora damicornis Samoa (Table 2) 1 4 5.4—8.

The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the ecology of coral reef fishes presented by top researchers from North America and Australia. Immense strides have been made over the past twenty years in our understanding of ecological systems in general and of reef fish ecology in particular. Many of the methodologies that reef fish ecologists use in their studies will be useful to a wider audience of ecologists for the design of their ecological studies. Significant among the impacts of the research on reef fish ecology are the development of nonequilibrium models of community organization, more emphasis on the role of recruitment variability in structuring local assemblages, the development and testing of evolutionary models of social organization and reproductive biology, and new insights into predator-prey and plant-herbivore interactions.

S. V. Smith (1978) estimated the fisheries potential of coral reef areas worldwide
at 6 million metric tons per year, which represents about 7% of current world
marine capture fisheries. The actual yield in 1983 [0.48 million metric tons ...

Trophic Interactions in Caribbean Coral Reefs

3 6 Xanthidae Platypodia spectabilis 1 1 Porcellanidae Porcellana sayana 1 1
Portunidae Portunus anaps Portunus bahamensis Portunus ordwayi Portunus
sebae 1 1 2 5 Portunus sp. 6 15 Raninidae Ranilia muricata 1 1 Grapsidae
Sesarma ...

Latin American Coral Reefs

Most of the coral reefs of the American continent: the Brazilian waters, the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean are in Latin American countries, the subject of this book. For the first time, information on coral reefs of such a vast region is mined from reports, obscure journals, university thesis and scientific journals, summarized and presented in a way both accessible and informative for the interested reader as well as for the coral reef expert. The chapters of the book, divided by country and ocean, were written by either scientists from the countries or by those that know the area well. Reefs not documented in the past are described in detail here, including location maps. The natural and anthropogenic impacts affecting the reefs are presented, as well as sections on management, conservation and legislation in each country. Nineteen chapters, plus an introduction, present information of coral reefs from Brazil to Mexico, and from Chile to Cuba.

unconfirmed record. Numbers in parentheses indicate information sources as
follows: 1 = Birkeland et al. (1975), 2 = Glynn et al. (1982), 3 = Cantera (1983), 4
= Prahl and Mejia (1985), 5 = Prahl and Erhardt (1985), 6 = Prahl (1986b), 7 =
Prahl ...

A Field Guide to Coral Reefs

Caribbean and Florida

With more than 500 species described and more than 400 illustrations, this guide provides quick and easy visual identification of fishes, mollusks, sponges, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and much more of the fauna found on the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Florida.

Robert Barker: 26 (8), 32 (6); Fig. 69 Anthony Battaglia: 22 (1l, 30 (6) Larry
Battaglia: 22 (3), 24 (7) Les Bayer: 72 (5,8,9l, 18 (bottom), 19 (1,2l, 22 (7), 24 (4),
26 (i), 30 (8) Ed Betts: 12 (3) C.H. Bigger: 14 (6) William G. Bird: 75 (4), 20 (7), 30
(7) ...

International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs

The book critically analyses the environmental treaty regimes which are designed to conserve coral reef ecosystems. The book looks at the subject from a number of coral reef perspectives such as coverage of these ecosystems, internal promotion of conservation, national implementation, and discusses the wider implications for international environmental law.

impacts 15–26; interaction between coral species 11; Law ofthe Sea Convention
63–5; management 24–6; Man and the Biosphere Reserves 39– 40; predation
and grazing 11; Ramsar listing 160–2, 161f, 194, 195; World Heritage listing ...

The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys

An Ecosystem Sourcebook

Providing a synthesis of basic and applied research, The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook takes an encyclopedic look at how to study and manage ecosystems connected by surface and subsurface water movements. The book examines the South Florida hydroscape, a series of ecosystems linked by hydrology in a region of intense human development and profound modifications to the natural environment. The book presents scientific studies in the South Florida Hydroscape, discusses policy and management by government and nonprofit groups, and explores how the whole watershed approach must be used to successfully protect coral reefs. The contributions range from the traditional to the controversial, questioning current management schemes and summarizing the results of state-of-the-art research. Billions of dollars, countless man-hours, and innumerable resources have been spent studying the various South Florida ecosystems and how they are linked. The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook shows you how the principles learned in this region can be applied to other tropical and subtropical hydroscapes.

Sediment elevation 6, 37, 67 m Quarterly Quarterly 7. Long-term depositional
rates (Cs analysis) 6, 37, 67 m Once Once 8. Paleochronologic and
paleoecological analysis 6, 37, 67 m Once Once 9. Below-ground production —
minirhizotrons 6 ...