Veron, J. E. N. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> All age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674026799 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674026797 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007011253 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Climatic changes--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).<br/>Coral reef conservation--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).<br/>Environmental responsibility--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).<br/>Environmental protection--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>578.778909943 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label> / V R