Veron, J. E. N.
A reef in time the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / [[Book] :] J.E.N. Veron. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - ix, 289 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
The big picture -- The Great Barrier Reef : an overview -- Corals and reefs : controls and processes -- The state of the Great Barrier Reef -- Mass extinctions and reef gaps -- Messages from deep time -- The Cenozoic roller-coaster -- Australia adrift -- The ice ages -- The last glacial cycle -- Many origins -- Stone age utopia -- An enhanced greenhouse world -- Temperature and mass bleaching -- Ocean acidity and coralline osteoporosis -- The ocean's canary.
All age.
0674026799 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674026797 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007011253
Climatic changes--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Coral reef conservation--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Environmental responsibility--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Environmental protection--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
578.778909943
/ V R
A reef in time the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / [[Book] :] J.E.N. Veron. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - ix, 289 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
The big picture -- The Great Barrier Reef : an overview -- Corals and reefs : controls and processes -- The state of the Great Barrier Reef -- Mass extinctions and reef gaps -- Messages from deep time -- The Cenozoic roller-coaster -- Australia adrift -- The ice ages -- The last glacial cycle -- Many origins -- Stone age utopia -- An enhanced greenhouse world -- Temperature and mass bleaching -- Ocean acidity and coralline osteoporosis -- The ocean's canary.
All age.
0674026799 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674026797 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007011253
Climatic changes--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Coral reef conservation--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Environmental responsibility--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Environmental protection--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
578.778909943
/ V R