LEADER 05176nam 22008295 450 001 9910437933403321 005 20200701155816.0 010 $a1-299-40814-1 010 $a94-007-5965-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-5965-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018209 035 $a(EBL)1083695 035 $a(OCoLC)830536607 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000878678 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11543418 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000878678 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10836852 035 $a(PQKB)11635856 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-5965-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1083695 035 $a(PPN)169142043 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018209 100 $a20130305d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCoral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories /$fedited by Charles Sheppard 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 1 $aCoral Reefs of the World,$x2213-719X 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a94-007-5964-9 327 $a1. An appraisal of the extent and geomorphological diversity of the coral reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories -- 2. Coral Reefs of Anguilla -- 3. Introduction to reefs and shorelines of the British Virgin Islands -- 4. Marine protected areas and management in the British Virgin Islands -- 5. Anegada:  An emergent Pleistocene reef island -- 6. Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 7. Biology and ecology of the coral reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 8. Coral Reefs of Montserrat -- 9. The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands -- 10. Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate -- 11. Biology and ecology of corals and fishes on the Bermuda Platform -- 12. Biogeography, biodiversity and connectivity of Bermuda?s coral reefs -- 13. Threats to coral reefs of Bermuda -- 14. Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda?s reefs and deep-water coral communities: a taxonomic perspective including new records -- 15. Total Economic Value of Bermuda?s Coral Reefs: A summary -- 16. Ascension Island?s hermatypic but non-reef building corals -- 17. British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): setting, connections and the Marine Protected Area -- 18. Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean -- 19. The status of coral reef fish assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with implications for protected area management and climate change -- 20. Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands.Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands. 330 $aThe tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs.  Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse.  Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected.  Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity in a fast-degrading world.  This book reviews all of the UK reefs, from those scarcely known to those where substantial research has already been performed. 410 0$aCoral Reefs of the World,$x2213-719X 606 $aMarine sciences 606 $aFreshwater 606 $aAquatic ecology  606 $aAnimal ecology 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aEcosystems 606 $aConservation biology 606 $aEcology  606 $aMarine & Freshwater Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U36000 606 $aFreshwater & Marine Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19066 606 $aAnimal Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19015 606 $aBiodiversity$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19031 606 $aEcosystems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L1904X 606 $aConservation Biology/Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19150 615 0$aMarine sciences. 615 0$aFreshwater. 615 0$aAquatic ecology . 615 0$aAnimal ecology. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aEcosystems. 615 0$aConservation biology. 615 0$aEcology . 615 14$aMarine & Freshwater Sciences. 615 24$aFreshwater & Marine Ecology. 615 24$aAnimal Ecology. 615 24$aBiodiversity. 615 24$aEcosystems. 615 24$aConservation Biology/Ecology. 676 $a578.7789 702 $aSheppard$b Charles$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437933403321 996 $aCoral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories$92532861 997 $aUNINA