A reef in time : the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / J.E.N. Veron.

Author/creator Veron, J. E. N.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
Descriptionix, 289 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
LCCN 2007011253
ISBN0674026799 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780674026797 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QE 566.G7 V47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold