01226nam a2200277 i 450099100006094970753620020506121413.0001103s1984 it ||| | ita b10646747-39ule_instEXGIL138719ExLBiblioteca Interfacoltàita361Italia :Direzione generale dei servizi civili :Ufficio studi, ricerche, documentazione, legislazione423419I servizi di assistenza domiciliare :indagine conoscitiva in 88 enti locali /a cura dell'Ufficio studi della Direzione generale dei servizi civili del Ministero dell'internoRoma :[s.n.],1984207 p. ;24 cm.Contributi e documentazioni socialiIn testa al front.: Ministero dell'interno, Direzione generale dei servizi civiliEd. f. cAssistenza domiciliare.b1064674723-02-1728-06-02991000060949707536LE002 Dir. VI C 712002000480606le002-E0.00-l- 00000.i1073609828-06-02Servizi di assistenza domiciliare914925UNISALENTOle00201-01-00ma -itait 2109767nam 2200661Ia 450 991096342260332120251116221050.01-61209-076-1(CKB)2560000000068113(SSID)ssj0000414946(PQKBManifestationID)11263166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414946(PQKBWorkID)10410885(PQKB)10690918(MiAaPQ)EBC3019061(Au-PeEL)EBL3019061(CaPaEBR)ebr10662868(OCoLC)670429675(PPN)183862066(BIP)26798299(EXLCZ)99256000000006811320090305d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCoral reefs biology, threats and restoration /Thomas B. Davin and Anna P. Brannet, editors1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc2009xii, 269 p. ill. (some col.), mapsOceanography and ocean engineering seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-60692-104-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- CORAL REEFS: BIOLOGY, THREATS AND RESTORATION -- CORAL REEFS: BIOLOGY, THREATS AND RESTORATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ADVANCES IN MARINE ORNAMENTAL AQUACULTURE: BREEDING AND REARING STUDIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. OVERVIEW OF THE MARINE ORNAMENTAL TRADE -- 2. CAPTIVE BRED ORGANISMS -- 2.1. DEMERSAL SPAWNERS -- 2.1.1. Breeding and Rearing Damselfishes -- A) Clownfishes (Anemonefishes) -- B) Yellow-Tailed Damselfish -- 2.1.2. Breeding and Rearing Gobies -- A) Cleaner Goby -- 2.2. EGG BALL LAYERS -- 2.2.1. Breeding and Rearing Dottybacks -- A) Sunrise Dottyback and Orchid Dottyback -- 2.2.2. Breeding and Rearing the Comet -- 2.3. PELAGIC SPAWNERS -- 2.3.1. Breeding and Rearing Pigmy Angelfishes -- 2.3.2. Breeding and Rearing Wrasses -- CUBAN HOGFISH -- 2.3.3. Breeding and Rearing Sciaenidae -- A) Jackknife Fish -- B) Cubbyu -- 2.4. MOUTH BREEDERS -- 2.4.1. Breeding and Rearing Cardinal Fish -- A) Banggai Cardinal -- 2.5. DECAPOD SHRIMP -- 2.5.1. Breeding and Rearing Cleaner Shrimp Hippolytidae -- A) The Peppermint Shrimp -- B) The Fire Shrimp -- 3. DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FREE-LIVING ZOOXANTHELLAE: BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGY AND IMPORTANCE ON THE CORAL REEF -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE USE STRATEGIES AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES FOR CORALS AND CORAL REEFS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MORE CORAL ATTRIBUTES -- THE CORAL (GOLDEN) TRIANGLE -- 2.1. More about the Tropical Coral Marine Environment -- 2.2. The Coral Triangle -- 2.3. Coral Habitat Provision -- Coral Biodiversity -- 3. FISHERIES AND CORALS -- 3.1. Tropical Reefs -- 3.2. Fisheries and Deep Sea Corals -- 3.3. Coral Triangle Fisheries -- 4. THREATS TO CORALS AND REEF FISHERIES -- 4.1. Threat Overview -- 4.2. Marine Predators--the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish -- 5. MORE ON ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS.5.1. Temperature and Sea Level Rise Impacts -- 5.2. Loss of Marine Carbonite Material from Increased Atmospheric CO2 -- 5.3. Tourism -- 6. PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION MEASURES -- 6.1. Reserves -- 6.2. The Nwhi Monument -- 6.3. The PIPA of the Kiribati Republic -- 6.4. Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) -- 6.5. Marine Park Areas -- 7. RESTORATION -- 8. SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUES -- 8.1. Social Cost versus Private Returns to Destructive Activities -- 8.2. MPA Benefits -- 8.3. Non-Market Valuation -- the Contingent Valuation Method -- 8.4. Unintended Consequences of Land Use Regulation -- 9. SOME CLOSING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ANTHROPOGENIC SURFACE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION WITH INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE AND ITS IMPACT ON CORAL CALCIFICATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CORAL CULTURE EXPERIMENTS -- CORAL CALCIFICATION -- PREDICTED CORAL CALCIFICATION IN FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL THREATS TO CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS*,1 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Overall Approach -- Coral Reef Functions, Goods and Services -- Economic Benefits of Coral Reefs -- Valuation Techniques -- Data Collection to Quantify Costs and Benefits -- Tourist and Resident Survey -- Benefits Transfer -- Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews -- THE MODEL -- Ecological Module -- Tourist Module -- Amenity Module -- Fisheries Module -- Biodiversity Module -- CASE STUDY NEGRIL - JAMAICA -- Introduction -- Background -- The Survey -- Model Results -- CASE STUDY HOL CHAN - BELIZE -- Introduction -- Background -- The Survey -- Model Results -- CASE STUDY GRAND ANSE - GRENADA -- Introduction -- Background -- Threats -- The Survey -- Model Results -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PRECIOUS CORAL EXPLOITATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION.2. ECOLOGY OF PRECIOUS CORALS -- 2.1. Taxonomic and Functional Classification and Definition -- 2.2. General Biological Traits and Ecological Role of Precious Corals -- 2.3. Tropical Pink and Red Corals (Corallium sp.) -- 2.4. Mediterranean Red Coral (Corallium rubrum) -- 2.5. Black Coral (Antipatharia spp.) -- 2.6. Gold Corals (mainly Gerardia spp.) -- 2.7. Other Precious Corals -- 3. CULTURE AND HISTORY OF PRECIOUS CORAL EXPLOITATION -- 3.1. Cultural Importance and Use of Precious Corals -- 3.2. History of Coral Exploitation -- 4. MANAGEMENT AND SOCIOECONOMY -- 4.1. Modern Exploitation Methods -- 4.1.1. Harvesting Methodology Using SCUBA -- 4.1.2. Modern SCUBA technology -- 4.1.3. ROVs and Manned Submersibles -- 4.2. Use of Precious Corals -- 4.3. Economy and Trade -- 4.4. Recent Yield Data -- 4.5. Conservation and Management -- 4.5.1. Hawaiian Black Coral -- 4.5.2. Mediterranean Red Coral -- 4.5.3. Habitat Conservation Considerations -- 4.6. Active Restoration -- 4.7. Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ASSESSMENT OF MARINE POLLUTION IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL REGION USING TRACE ELEMENTS IN CORAL SKELETONS* -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CARBONATE REFERENCE MATERIALS -- 2-1. Necessity of Reference Material for Studies Using a Coral Skeleton -- 2-2. Preparation of Carbonate Reference Material JCp-1 and JCt-1 -- 2-3. Analytical Methods -- 2-4. Analytical Results -- 3. CORAL SAMPLES AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE -- 3-1. Coral Samples -- 3-2. Sub-sampling Procedure for Bulk Samples -- 3-3. Sub-sampling Procedure for Time Series Samples -- 3-4. Analytical Method -- 3-5. Stepwise Pretreatment Experiments -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4-1. Evaluation of the Data -- 4-1-1. Reliability of the Analytical Method -- 4-1-2. Comparison with Previous Values.4-2. Results of the Pretreatment Experiments on Copper and Tin in a Coral Skeleton and its Possibility as Proxies for Marine Pollution by Antifouling Paints -- 4-2-1. Lattice-bound Copper and Tin in Coral Aragonite -- 4-2-2. Copper and Tin Outside Aragonite Lattice -- 4-2-3. Possible Proxies for Marine Pollution by Antifouling Paints -- 4-2-4. Copper and Tin in Coral Bulk Samples -- 4-3. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Anthropogenic Lead in the Western Pacific -- 4-3-1. Previous Studies on Environmental Pollution by Anthropogenic Lead -- 4-3-2. Spatial Variation of Lead in the Western Pacific and the Java Sea -- 4-3-3. Historical Variations of Lead -- 4-4. Manganese and Barium in Coral Skeletons as a Proxy for Terrestrial Inputs -- 4-5. Variation of Vanadium Contents in Coral Bulk Samples -- 4-6. Uranium in Coral Bulk Samples as an Indicator of Regional Sea Surface Temperature -- 5. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EL -NIÑO AND CORAL REEFS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EL- NINO -- CORALS AND CORAL BLEACHING -- CORAL BLEACHING AND EL-NINO -- EASTERLY WAVES, HURRICANES AND EL-NINO -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- REVIEW: CAPACITY BUILDING IN SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CORAL REEFS. AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF. -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MARINE RESERVES IN SOUTHERN BELIZE AND THEIR MANAGEMENT -- Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve (Scmr) -- Port Honduras Marine Reserve (PHMR) -- METHODS -- Field Research Capacity Building -- Management Planning Capacity Building -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHANGES OF CASPASES IN THE BRAINS OF HYPOXIC FISH - A COMPARISON BETWEEN A CORAL REEF AND A FRESHWATER TELEOST -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.A SIMPLE NUMERICAL MODEL FOR THE DAMAGE OF CORALS BY TSUNAMI -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. IMPLICATIONS FOR CORAL DAMAGE -- 5. MODEL IMPROVEMENTS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.Coral reefs are ancient and extremely complex communities functioning as a single unit. They are the 'rain forests of the sea, ' containing the richest biodiversity of all marine ecosystems. This book examines the biological aspects of coral reefs and the importance of their existenceOceanography and ocean engineering series.Coral reef biologyEndangered ecosystemsCoral reef restorationCoral reef biology.Endangered ecosystems.Coral reef restoration.578.77/89Davin Thomas B1861086Brannet Anna P1861087MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963422603321Coral reefs4467125UNINA