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Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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This volume investigates the effects of human activities on coral
reefs, which provide important life-supporting systems to
surrounding natural and human communities. It examines the
self-reinforcing ecological, economic and technological mechanisms
that degrade coral reef ecosystems around the world. Topics include
reefs and limestones in Earth history; the interactions between
corals and their symbiotic algae; diseases of coral reef organisms;
the complex triangle between reef fishes, seaweeds and corals;
coral disturbance and recovery in a changing world. In addition,
the authors take key recent advances in DNA studies into account
which provides new insights into the population biology, patterns
of species distributions, recent evolution and vulnerabilities to
environmental stresses. These DNA analyses also provide new
understandings of the limitations of coral responses and scales of
management necessary to sustain coral reefs in their present
states. Coral reefs have been essential sources of food, income and
resources to humans for millennia. This book details the delicate
balance that exists within these ecosystems at all scales, from
geologic time to cellular interactions and explores how recent
global and local changes influence this relationship. It will serve
as an indispensable resource for all those interested in learning
how human activities have affected this vital ecosystem around the
world.
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