Coral Reefs of the Gulf Adaptation to Climatic Extremes /
Coral Reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to Climatic Extremes is a complete review and reference for scientists, engineers and students concerned with the geology, biology or engineering aspects of coral reefs in the Middle East. It provides for the first time a complete review of both the geology and bi...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Series: | Coral Reefs of the World,
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3 Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Coral reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to climatic extremes in the world's hottest sea Bernhard Riegl, Sam Purkis
- 2. Environmental constraints for reef building in the Gulf Bernhard Riegl and Sam Purkis
- 3. Geomorphology and Reef Building in the SE Gulf Sam Purkis and Bernhard Riegl
- 4.Environmental Setting and Temporal Trends in Southeastern Gulf Coral Communities Kristi Foster, Greg Foster, Ashraf S. Al Cibahy, Suaad Al Harthi, Sam Purkis, Bernhard Riegl
- 5.Dynamics of Gulf coral communities: observations and models from the world's hottest coral sea Bernhard Riegl and Sam Purkis
- 6.Coral bleaching and mortality thresholds in the SE Gulf: highest in the world Bernhard Riegl, Sam Purkis, Ashraf Al-Cibahy, Suaad Al-Harthi, Edwin Grandcourt, Khalifa Al-Sulaiti, James Baldwin, Alaa Abdel-Moati
- 7.Diseases, harmful algae blooms (HABs) and their effects on Gulf coral populations and communities Bernhard Riegl, Andy W. Bruckner, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Sam Purkis
- 8. Reef Fish and Fisheries in the Gulf Edwin Grandcourt
- 9.Extreme physical factors and the structure of Gulf fish and reef communities David A. Feary, John A. Burt, Georgenes H. Cavalcante, Andrew G. Bauman
- 10.Man-made structures as artificial reefs in the Gulf John A. Burt, Aaron Bartholomew, David A. Feary
- 11.The hermatypic scleractinian (hard) coral fauna of the Gulf Bernhard Riegl, Francesca Benzoni, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Charles Sheppard
- 12.The octocoral fauna of the Gulf Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Leen van Ofwegen
- 13.Reef-associated macroinvertebrates of the SE Gulf J. David George
- 14.Marine algae (Seaweeds) associated with coral reefs in the Gulf David M. John
- 15.Conservation of Marine Ecosystems with a Special View to Coral Reefs in the Gulf Ashraf Al-Cibahy A., Khlaifa Al-Khalifa, and Benno Böer
- 16.Environmental concerns for the future of Gulf coral reefs Charles Sheppard, Mohsen Al-Husiani, F. Al-Jamali, Faiza Al-Yamani, Rob Baldwin, James Bishop, Francesca Benzoni, Eric Dutrieux, Nicholas K Dulvy, Subba Rao V Durvasula, David A. Jones, Ron Loughland, David Medio, M. Nithyanandan , Graham M. Pilling, Igor Polikarpov, Andrew R.G. Price, Sam Purkis, Bernhard Riegl, Maria Saburova, Kaveh Samimi Namin, Oliver Taylor, Simon Wilson, Khadija Zainal.-.