The Coral Reef Era: From Discovery to Decline : A history of scientific investigation from 1600 to the Anthropocene Epoch / / by James Bowen |
Autore | Bowen James |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.955309 |
Collana | Humanity and the Sea |
Soggetto topico |
Marine sciences
Freshwater Aquatic ecology Ecosystems Marine & Freshwater Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology |
ISBN | 3-319-07479-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Part I""; ""The Natural History Quest, 1600-1900""; ""Chapter 1""; ""The Coral Reef Enigma""; ""The Classical Tradition""; ""A Transitional Hybrid?""; ""Faith and Reason: The Theocratic Context""; ""The Rise of Geological Speculation""; ""Chapter 2""; ""The Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century""; ""New Directions: Earth Processes and Natural Causes""; ""A Flowering of the Intellect: The European Enlightenment""; ""Rational Science and Earthly Operations: Neptunists and Plutonists""
""Beginnings of Dissent: The Influence of Volcanoes""""A Radical Theory: Inner Pressure and Geological Processes""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Discovery of the Polyp""; ""Early Microscopy: Hooke, Leeuwenhoek and Marsilius""; ""Turning Point: Peyssonnel, Trembley and Direct Experiment""; ""A Platonic Legacy: The Great Chain of Being""; ""The Pattern of Nature: Linnaeus and Systematic Classification""; ""The Foundation of Animal Taxonomy: The Systema Naturae""; ""Corals as Animals: John Ellis and a New Taxonomy""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Origin and Structure of Coral Reefs""; ""Hypotheses on Reef Formation"" ""James Dana: Structure and Classification of Zoophytes""""The Polyp Defined: Cnidarian Phylum ""Coelenterate""""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Embryos, Archetypes and Evolution""; ""Thomas Henry Huxley: Microscopy and the Polyp""; ""Anatomy and Affinities of the Family of the Medusae""; ""Defence of Nature�s Chain""; ""Problem of the “Archetype�: Platonic Form or Taxonomic Term?""; ""Increasing Speculation: Persistent Types and Incremental Change""; ""The Most Dangerous Man in England""; ""Science and the “Origin of Species�""; ""Immovable Objects or Irresistible Forces?""; ""Chapter 7"" ""Darwinism: The New Driving Force in Biology""""Das Urbild: The Ultimate Ancestor""; ""Embryology and the Origin: The Coelenterate Foundation of Life""; ""Ecology: Haeckel�s Enduring Contribution""; ""The Marine Research Station: Concept and Gestation, 1859�1871""; ""La Stazione Zoologica di Napoli: Foundation and Influence""; ""French Chauvinism: Resistance to European Cooperation""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Reef Construction and Symbionts""; ""A Radical Taxonomy of Invertebrates""; ""Coral Reefs and Madrepores: The Search for Definition""; ""The Recognition of “Reef� Identity"" ""Animal Life in the Marine Environment"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299435403321 |
Bowen James | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Great Barrier Reef : history, science, heritage / / James Bowen and Margarita Bowen |
Autore | Bowen James |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 578.7789476 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BowenMargarita |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Australia - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Coral reef conservation - Australia - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) |
ISBN |
1-107-13728-4
1-280-16264-3 9786610162642 1-139-14902-4 0-511-12134-2 0-511-06221-4 0-511-05588-9 0-511-30817-5 0-511-48168-3 0-511-07067-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Navigators and Naturalists in the Age of Sail -- Quest for the Great South Land -- Navigators in the New World -- Portugal and Spain: first navigators of Terra Australis? -- New explorers: Dutch, English, French -- South Pacific navigation and the Transit of Venus, 1769 -- Voyage of the Endeavour: Cook and the 'Labyrinth' -- The expedition to Tahiti -- Encounter with the Reef: through the 'Labyrinth', 1770 -- An error of judgment? Endeavour holed on a reef -- The Endeavour voyage published: the Reef mystique develops -- A bizarre controversy: did Cook discover the Reef? -- Endeavour Naturalists: 'A Separate Creation' -- Eighteenth century natural science: a ferment of ideas -- Endeavour voyage: first scientific study of the Reef -- Banks' Florilegium: the great compendium -- Fate of the Endeavour zoological specimens -- Matthew Flinders: Voyage of the Investigator -- British settlement of New South Wales -- Bligh and Flinders: early Reef surveys -- Flinders' surveys 1795-1799 -- The urgent issue: survey of the colony -- New Holland: missing links in nature's chain? -- Robert Brown: plant taxonomy in a new world -- Science assessed: Brown and Bauer in England 1805-1814 -- A Voyage to Terra Australis: the journal published, 1814 -- The Reef Explored: Early Surveys, 1821-1844 -- Expansion of the colony: first decades -- Australian coastline charts completed: Jeffreys and King 1815-1822 -- Geological observations: rise of controversy -- Accurate reef charts: Beagle survey 1837-1844 -- Jukes and MacGillivray: naturalists on the Fly 1843-1845. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812318003321 |
Bowen James | ||
Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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