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The Evolution of Reef Communities

J.A. Fagerstrom (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

618 Seiten

1987
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-81528-0 (ISBN)

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An interdisciplinary approach for geologists and biologists to the composition, structure, occurrence and changes in reefs during the past 2 billion years is provided in this book. This is the only fully integrated treatment of these factors and processes with the evolutionary history of the organisms that have built reefs. Emphasis is placed on the functional roles of major groups (guilds) of reef-building, reef- destroying and reef-dwelling organisms in the most complex of all marine communities. A structural model, based on modern reef guilds, is developed. Then the functional roles of each major reef-building higher biologic taxon (algae, sponges, coral, etc) is determined and on this basis each such taxon is assigned to a reef community guild. Next, the author traces the geologic history and guild assignment of each major taxon through geologic time. He then describes the composition and guild structure of entire reef communities through geologic time. The final chapter establishes a succession of ten major reef community types, and considers their extinction and recovery in the light of modern theories of cosmic and earthly events.
In additon the book is also profusely illustrated throughout.

THE REEF PHENOMENON: What is a Reef? Cenozoic Reef Models: Occurrence; Cenozoic Reef Models II: Cenozoic Reef Models III; Cenozoic Reef Models IV: Communities; Ancient Reefs; Autecology and History of Major Reef; Algal Autecology and History; Poriferan Autecology and History; Coelenterate Autecology and History of Bryozoa; SYNECOLOGY AND HISTORY OF PRE- CENOZOIC REEF COMMUNITIES: Early Paleozoic Reef Communities Cambrian and Early Orodovician; Middle Paleozoic Reef Communities Middle Ordovician - Late Devonian; Late Paleozoic Reef Communities; Mesozoic Reef Communities; Overview and Conclusions; Glossary; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.1987
Zusatzinfo	Ill.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	765 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
ISBN-10	0-471-81528-4 / 0471815284
ISBN-13	978-0-471-81528-0 / 9780471815280
Zustand	Neuware