Coral Reef Ecology

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. Yuri I. Sorokin (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 475
Series: Ecological Studies 102
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Coral reef communities are among the most complex, mature and productive ecosystems on earth. Their activity resulted in the creation of vast lime constructions. Being extremely productive and having the function of a powerful biofilter, coral reefs play an important role in global biogeochemical processes and in the reproduction of food resources in tropical marine regions. All aspects of coral reef science are covered systematically and on the basis of a holistic ecosystem approach. The geological history of coral reefs, their geomorphology as well as biology including community structure of reef biota, their functional characteristics, physiological aspects, biogeochemical metabolism, energy balance, environmental problems and management of resources are treated in detail.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Reef Lime Constructions....Pages 4-33
Reef Environments....Pages 34-72
Plankton in Coral-Reef Waters....Pages 73-126
Benthic Microflora, Periphyton and Plant Associations....Pages 127-160
Reef Zoobenthos....Pages 161-214
Coral Reef Fish....Pages 215-249
Communities of Corals in Reef Ecosystems....Pages 250-295
Morphology and Ecological Physiology of Corals....Pages 296-325
Nutrition of Corals....Pages 326-368
Biogeochemical Metabolism and Energy Flows in Reef Ecosystems....Pages 369-390
Destruction and Recovery of Reef Systems, Reef and Man....Pages 391-426
Back Matter....Pages 427-468

✦ Subjects

Geoecology/Natural Processes; Nature Conservation; Ecology; Mineralogy; Geography (general); Oceanography

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