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551.351.5 --- 593.6 --- Coral reefs and islands --- Atolls --- Coral atolls --- Coral islands --- Reefs, Coral --- Islands --- Coral reefs, as deposits --- Anthozoa. Corals --- Coral reef ecology --- Coral reefs and islands. --- 593.6 Anthozoa. Corals --- 551.351.5 Coral reefs, as deposits
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There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology. Beginning with a history of research in the field, the authors describe the approaches needed to study corals in the deep sea. They consider coral habitats created by stony scleractinian as well as octocoral species. The importance of corals as long-lived geological structures and palaeoclimate archives is discussed, in addition to ways in which they can be conserved. Topic boxes explain unfamiliar concepts, and case studies summarise significant studies, coral habitats or particular conservation measures. Written for professionals and students of marine science, this text is enhanced by an extensive glossary, online resources, and a unique collection of colour photographs and illustrations of corals and the habitats they form.
Deep sea corals. --- Coral reefs and islands. --- Atolls --- Coral atolls --- Coral islands --- Reefs, Coral --- Islands --- Cold-water corals --- Deep corals --- Deep-water corals --- Structure-forming deep corals --- Anthozoa --- Deep-sea animals --- Hydrozoa
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There is a growing crisis in our oceans as rates of infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise. Marine epidemics have the potential to cause a mass die-off of wildlife from the bottom to the top of the food chain, impacting the health of ocean ecosystems as well as lives on land. Fueled by sewage dumping, unregulated aquaculture, and drifting plastic in warming seas, ocean outbreaks are sentinels of impending global environmental disaster.Ocean Outbreak follows renowned scientist Drew Harvell and her colleagues as they investigate how four iconic marine animals-corals, abalone, salmon, and starfish-have been devastated by disease. Based on over twenty years of research, this firsthand account of the sometimes creeping, sometimes exploding impact of disease on our ocean's biodiversity ends with a hopeful message. Through policy changes and the implementation of innovative solutions from nature, we can reduce major outbreaks, save some ocean ecosystems, and protect our fragile environment.
Marine ecosystem health. --- Corals --- Abalones --- Salmon --- Starfishes --- Écologie marine. --- Coraux --- Saumons --- Ormeaux (mollusques) --- Astérides --- Diseases. --- Maladies. --- Asteroidea --- Asteroideans --- Asteroids (Echinodermata) --- Fish, Star --- Fishes, Star --- Sea stars --- Seastars --- Star fish --- Star fishes --- Starfish --- Stars, Sea --- Echinodermata --- Salmons --- Salmonidae --- Lithophytes --- Anthozoa --- Ear-shells --- Haliotidae --- Haliotis --- Ormers --- Sea-ears --- Archaeogastropoda --- Health, Marine ecosystem --- Marine environmental health --- Ocean health --- Ecosystem health --- biodiversity. --- climate change. --- coral bleaching. --- global warming. --- marine biology. --- ocean health. --- plastics. --- pollution. --- sea level rise. --- Marine invertebrates --- Écologie marine. --- Astérides
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