Title Coral reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories / Charles R.C. Sheppard, editor

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource : maps Series Coral reefs of the world, 2213-719X ; v. 4 Coral reefs of the world (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 4. Contents An Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories / S. Hamylton, S. Andréfouët -- Coral Reefs of Anguilla / Stuart P. Wynne -- Introduction to Reefs and Shorelines of the British Virgin Islands / Shannon Gore -- Marine Protected Areas and Management in the British Virgin Islands / Nancy Woodfield Pascoe, Joseph Smith-Abbott -- Anegada: An Emergent Pleistocene Reef Island / Shannon Gore -- Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands / Alan Logan -- Biology and Ecology of the Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands / John R. Turner, Croy McCoy, Matt Cottam -- Coral Reefs of Montserrat / Andrew Myers -- The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands / Alan Logan, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey -- Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate / Kathryn A. Coates, James W. Fourqurean -- Biology and Ecology of Corals and Fishes on the Bermuda Platform / Struan R. Smith, Samantha de Putron -- Biogeography, Biodiversity and Connectivity of Bermuda's Coral Reefs / Jan M. Locke, Kathryn A. Coates -- Threats to Coral Reefs of Bermuda / Struan R. Smith, Samia Sarkis -- Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda's Reefs and Deep-Water Coral Communities: A Taxonomic Perspective Including New Records / Jan M. Locke, Jaret P. Bilewitch -- Total Economic Value of Bermuda's Coral Reefs: A Summary / Samia Sarkis, Pieter J.H. van Beukering -- Ascension Island's Hermatypic but Non-Reef Building Corals / Robert Irving -- British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting, Connections and the Marine Protected Area / Charles R.C. Sheppard, Brian W. Bowen -- Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean / Charles R.C. Sheppard, Mebs Ateweberhan -- The Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with Implications for Protected Area Management and Climate Change / Nicholas A.J. Graham, Morgan S. Pratchett -- Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) / Peter Carr, Jesse C. Hillman -- Contaminants, Pollution and Potential Anthropogenic Impacts in Chagos/BIOT / James W. Readman, Francis DeLuna -- Coral Reefs of the Pitcairn Islands / Robert Irving, Terry Dawson Summary The 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 Analysis Environmental sciences Animal ecology Biodiversity Endangered ecosystems Aquatic biology Marine Sciences Environment Marine & Freshwater Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology Ecosystems Conservation Biology/Ecology Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Coral reefs and islands -- Great Britain -- Territories and possessions Coral reef ecology -- Great Britain -- Territories and possessions NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity. Form Electronic book Author Sheppard, Charles (Charles R. C.) ISBN 9789400759657 9400759657

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