LEADER 04902nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910784779403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-25070-8 010 $a9786611250706 010 $a1-4020-6847-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400471 035 $a(EBL)371615 035 $a(OCoLC)261325378 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142537 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097994 035 $a(PQKB)11737764 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-6847-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC371615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL371615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10223642 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL125070 035 $a(PPN)123744709 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400471 100 $a20080122d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCoral reefs of the USA$b[electronic resource] /$fBernhard M. Riegl and Richard E. Dodge, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $a[Dordrecht ;$aNew York] $cSpringer$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (823 p.) 225 1 $aCoral reefs of the world ;$vv. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4020-6846-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: A Diversity of Oceans, Reefs, People, and Ideas: A Perspective of US Coral Reef Research -- Controls on Late Quaternary Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys -- A Perspective on the Biology of Florida Keys Coral Reefs -- Coral Reefs, Present and Past, on the West Florida Shelf and Platform Margin -- The Reef Tract of Continental Southeast Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, USA) -- Biology and Ecology of Coral Reefs and Coral Communities in the Flower Garden Banks Region, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico -- Coral-reef Geology: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands -- Ecology of Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands -- Biology and Ecology of Puerto Rican Coral Reefs -- Reef Geology and Biology of Navassa Island -- Geology of Hawaii Reefs -- Biology and Ecological Functioning of Coral Reefs in the Main Hawaiian Islands -- Geology and Geomorphology of Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- Biology of Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- US Coral Reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: History, Geology, Oceanography, and Biology -- US Coral Reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: Status, Threats and Significance -- Aspects of the Biology and Geomorphology of Johnston and Wake Atolls, Pacific Ocean -- Geologic Setting and Geomorphology of Coral Reefs in the Mariana Islands (Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) -- Aspects of Biology and Ecological Functioning of Coral Reefs in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Geologic Setting and Ecological Functioning of Coral Reefs in American Samoa -- Deep-Water Coral Reefs of the United States. 330 $aCoral Reefs of the USA provides a complete overview of the present status of knowledge regarding all coral reef areas within the USA and its territories. It is written by the most experienced authorities in their fields and geographic areas. Stretching from the Caribbean to the western Pacific, the coral reefs of the USA span extensive geographic and biotic diversity, occur in a wide variety of geomorphological settings, and provide a representative cross-section of Holocene reef-building. This book will therefore be of broad general interest. For the first time, complete scholarly reviews are given for the geology, geomorphology and the biology of reefs encompassing a vast area stretching from the Mariana Islands in the west, Samoa in the south, Hawaii in the north and the Virgin Islands in the east. This book is not a status report, but will provide up-to-date information about stressors and the biotic responses of the reefs, as well as the geological explanations why these reefs exist in the first place. It will be an invaluable baseline-reference for all those who are engaged in research or management of these coral reefs or to those who simply enjoy being well-informed about one of the most iconic ecosystems of the USA. 410 0$aCoral reefs of the world (Springer (Firm)) ;$vv. 1. 606 $aCoral reefs and islands$zUnited States 606 $aCoral reef biology$zUnited States 615 0$aCoral reefs and islands 615 0$aCoral reef biology 676 $a578.7789 701 $aRiegl$b Bernhard M$01576429 701 $aDodge$b Richard Eugene$01576430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784779403321 996 $aCoral reefs of the USA$93854214 997 $aUNINA