Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process

摘要: Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently under high stress, most prominently climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern have evolved through massive environmental Quaternary long periods exposure during glacially lowered short interglacial growth. The entries in this condense large amount work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted understand reef evolution. Leading authorities many countries contributed covering areas geology, geography ecology, providing comprehensive access up-to-date research structure, form processes operating