What is natural? : coral reef crisis /

During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp both examines this ecological catastrophe and c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sapp, Jan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Temas:
Crown-of-thorns starfish.
Coral reef ecology.
Coral reef ecology > Research.
Acanthaster planci.
Écologie des récifs coralliens.
Écologie des récifs coralliens > Recherche.
NATURE > Animals > Marine Life.
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef ecology > Research
Crown-of-thorns starfish
Koraalriffen.
Zeesterren.
Ecologie.
Onderzoek.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Green Island
  • 2. Guam, 1968-1969
  • 3. The War of the Worlds
  • 4. Under Capricorn
  • 5. Crown-of-thorns Inquisition
  • 6. A Tree Fell in the Forest ...
  • 7. Knowledge and Action
  • 8. Oceans Apart
  • 9. Remote Control
  • 10. Complexity and Stability
  • 11. Cyclical Outcries
  • 12. Crossroads
  • 13. Coral Bleaching and Global Warming
  • 14. Cassandra and the Seastar.

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