Coral Reefs

A Natural History of an Endangered Habitat

Charles Sheppard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2021
The Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-1-78240-959-5 (ISBN)

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Corals are a diverse lifeform that include mushroom corals, leather corals, button polyps, pulse corals, sea pens, sea fans, anemones and organpipe corals. Bridging the gap between plant and animal, corals host microscopic photosynthesising algae to digest their food. They have further symbiotic relationships with reef fish-any clownfish will have an anemone home for example. Accompanied by fascinating, lively commentary, Coral Reefs profiles the wide diversity of coral groups, key aspects of their natural history, how a coral reef works and why they are important to the oceans. A delicate lifeform that unfortunately prefers the taste of microplastics to food, these creatures are increasingly endangered because of global warming and ocean acidification-as well as human interference. Interspersed throughout are exquisite photographs featuring the diversity of coral species.

Charles Sheppard is Emeritus Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Warwick University, and has worked for a range of UN, Governmental and aid agencies in tropical marine and coastal development issues. He has advised several governments on marine and coastal management and science. Charles is the author of several books including Coral Reefs: a very short introduction (2014) and is the lead co-athor of The Biology of Coral Reefs (2017).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2021
Verlagsort	Lewes
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-78240-959-9 / 1782409599
ISBN-13	978-1-78240-959-5 / 9781782409595
Zustand	Neuware