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Écologie des récifs coralliens. --- Coraux --- Moeurs et comportement. --- Coral reef ecology

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The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully updated second edition describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. It contains new chapters on shelf slopes and fisheries and addresses pressing issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and disease and invasive species. This is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a reference text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Coral reef ecology --- Marine biodiversity --- Diversity, Marine biological --- Marine biological diversity --- Aquatic biodiversity --- Coral reefs and islands --- Reef ecology --- Ecology --- Coral reef ecology. --- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) --- Environmental conditions. --- Management. --- Environmental conditions --- Management --- Coral reef ecology - Australia - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) --- Marine biodiversity - Australia - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) --- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) - Environmental conditions --- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) - Management

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Coral reef biology. --- Coral reef ecology. --- Corals. --- Coral reef ecology --- Coral reef biology --- Corals --- CORAL REEF --- CORAL --- ECOLOGY --- FORMATION --- NUTRIENTS --- AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT --- PLANKTON --- BENTHOS --- MICROBIAL FLORA --- PLANT COMMUNITIES --- FAUNA --- FISHES --- ECOSYSTEMS --- ENERGY BALANCE --- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT --- RESOURCE MANAGEMENT --- GEOMORPHOLOGY --- COMMUNITIES --- MORPHOLOGY --- PHYSIOLOGY --- NUTRITION

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Coral reefs are among the most beautiful, and most diverse, of ecosystems. 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.But today coral reefs are in trouble, with many dying or suffering from over-exploitation, pollution, and the warming and acidification of the oceans. Understanding reefs, their conservation and management, is vital, and so is conveying this to authority if we are to preserve these remarkable ecosystems. In this Very Short Introduction Charles Sheppard describes the complex structure and interdependencies of a reef, how reefs have evolved, the diversity of marine life that they support, and their importance to the human population who live beside them. This new edition describes the latest research on the complex symbioses of coral animals with microorganisms. It also highlights the scale of the challenge facing our reefs today, following recent ocean heatwaves - part of wider climate disruption - that killed half the world's reefs, and considers what can be done to preserve these essential and vibrant ecosystems.

Coral reefs and islands. --- Coral reef ecology. --- Coral reef biology. --- Récifs coralliens --- Écologie des récifs coralliens. --- Biologie des récifs coralliens. --- Récifs coralliens --- Écologie des récifs coralliens. --- Biologie des récifs coralliens.

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Coral reef ecology. --- Coral reefs and islands --- Environmental monitoring. --- Marine pollution --- Marine environment pollution --- Marine water pollution --- Ocean pollution --- Offshore water pollution --- Sea pollution --- Seawater --- Coastal zone management --- Oceanography --- Pollution --- Water --- Marine resources conservation --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Coral reef monitoring --- Monitoring of coral reefs --- Environmental monitoring --- Reef ecology --- Monitoring. --- Environmental aspects. --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Ecology --- Coral reef ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Coral reefs and islands - Monitoring --- Marine pollution - Environmental aspects