Coral whisperers : scientists on the brink /

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"In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today's coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral-reef ecosystems from the imminent threats of rapidly warming, acidifyi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braverman, Irus, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Critical environments (Oakland, Calif.) ; 3.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Marine scientists > Interviews.
Coral reef management.
Coral bleaching > 21st century.
Spécialistes des sciences de la mer > Entretiens.
Récifs et îles de coraux > Gestion.
Blanchissement des coraux > 21e siècle.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Coral bleaching
Coral reef management
Marine scientists
Interviews
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : coral whisperers
  • Corals in the Anthropocene : an interview with Peter Sale
  • Coral scientists between hope and despair
  • Prophet of doom : an interview with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
  • Bleached! placing death on record
  • The pristine is gone : coral reefs present and past : an interview with Jeremy Jackson
  • Nursing corals back to life : fragments of hope
  • Building bridges and trees in Florida's coral nurseries : an interview with Ken Nedimyer
  • Coral law under threat
  • Into the deep : the Cinderella of corals : an interview with J. Murray Roberts
  • The coral holobiont : hope and the genomic turn
  • A super coral scientist : an interview with Ruth Gates
  • Conclusion : coral scientists : an emotional race against time
  • List of interviews.

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