The Great Barrier Reef -

The Great Barrier Reef

Biology, Environment and Management, Second Edition
Buch | Softcover
488 Seiten
2019 | 2nd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-17428-6 (ISBN)
95,95 inkl. MwSt
This timely and fully updated second edition describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. With new chapters on shelf slopes and fisheries, pressing issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and disease, and invasive species.
The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully updated second edition of The Great Barrier Reef describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. It contains new chapters on shelf slopes and fisheries and addresses pressing issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and disease, and invasive species.
The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a reference text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Key Features:



Exciting and contemporary account of the issues that face the world’s most complex marine ecosystem.
Examines the diversity, physiology, ecology and conservation of coral reefs in one volume.
Written by leading authorities on the biodiversity of the GBR as well as its position as an icon for monitoring global warming.
Beautifully illustrated.

Pat Hutchings is a Senior Fellow at the Australian Museum Research Institute, having retired in 2016 as a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. She has spent her research career working on the systematics and ecology of polychaetes, especially on coral reefs. As well as publishing extensively, she is an active member of the Australian Coral Reef Society, which recognised her contributions through honorary life membership. Michael Kingsford is a Distinguished Professor in the Marine Biology and Aquaculture group of the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University. He has over 30 years’ research experience on the Great Barrier Reef and has published extensively on the ecology of reef fishes, jellyfishes, biological oceanography and climate change. He is also a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovative Coral Reef Studies. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Professor of Marine Science and Director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland. An internationally recognised expert in his field, he has published extensively on the ecology of coral reefs and has contributed to reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has received numerous prizes including a Eureka Prize, Thomson Reuters Citation Award, an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship and the Climate Change Prize from HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

1 Nature of the reef
2 Factors affecting the reef
3 Overview of reef biodiversity and organisms

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 280 mm
Gewicht 1620 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 0-367-17428-6 / 0367174286
ISBN-13 978-0-367-17428-6 / 9780367174286
Zustand Neuware
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