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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451248903321

Titolo

Coral reefs of the Indian Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : their ecology and conservation / / edited by T.R. McClanahan, C.R.C. Sheppard, D.O. Obura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-53031-6

9786610530311

0-19-535217-3

1-4294-0167-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (550 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McClanahanT. R

SheppardCharles (Charles R. C.)

OburaDavid O

Disciplina

577.7/895

Soggetti

Coral reef ecology - Indian Ocean

Coral reef conservation - Indian Ocean

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Developed from a workshop Coral Reefs of Western Indian Ocean held in Mombasa, Kenya in March 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Section I: Coral Reefs and Conservation in the Western Indian Ocean: An Overview; Chapter 1. Coral Reefs of the Western Indian Ocean: An Overview; Chapter 2. Coral Reef Use and Conservation; Section II: Country Profiles; Chapter 3. South African Coral Communities; Chapter 4. Coral Reefs of Mozambique; Chapter 5. Southern Tanzania; Chapter 6. Northern Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba; Chapter 7. Kenya; Chapter 8. The Red Sea; Chapter 9. Reefs and Coral Communities of the Arabian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Chapter 10. India and Sri Lanka; Chapter 11. The Maldives: A Nation of Atolls

Chapter 12. The Mascarene IslandsChapter 13. The Seychelles; Chapter 14. The Coral Reefs of Madagascar; Chapter 15. The Chagos Archipelago; Section III: Management; Chapter 16. Management: Status and Case Studies; Concluding Remarks; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

Accessible and complex, coral reefs are ideal natural laboratories for studying a wide range of ecological and biological questions. This collection focuses on the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, which contain some of the most spectacular reefs found anywhere and which are relatively little studied.