Author: Bruce M. Richmond
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Category : Kiribati
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Reconnaissance Geology of the Gilbert Group, Western Kiribati
Author: Bruce M. Richmond
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Category : Kiribati
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : Kiribati
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Coastal Erosion Problems in the Gilbert Islands Group, Republic of Kiribati
Author: Richard D. Gillie
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Reconnaissance Survey of Coastal Erosion Sites in the Gilbert Islands Group, Republic of Kiribati, 10-19 August 1992
Author: Richard D. Gillie
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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A Global Atlas of Atolls
Author: Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000902870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000902870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
Atoll Research Bulletin
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Coral reefs and islands
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs
Author: David Hopley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 904812638X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
Book Description
Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short periods of interglacial growth. The entries in this encyclopedia condense the large amount of work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted to understand reef evolution. Leading authorities from many countries have contributed to the entries covering areas of geology, geography and ecology, providing comprehensive access to the most up-to-date research on the structure, form and processes operating on Quaternary coral reefs.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 904812638X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
Book Description
Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short periods of interglacial growth. The entries in this encyclopedia condense the large amount of work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted to understand reef evolution. Leading authorities from many countries have contributed to the entries covering areas of geology, geography and ecology, providing comprehensive access to the most up-to-date research on the structure, form and processes operating on Quaternary coral reefs.
Atoll Research Bulletin, Nos. 497-508, August 2003
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Shore-zone Sand and Gravel of South Tarawa, Kiribati
Author: Donald Lawrence Forbes
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Category : Erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Erosion
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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List of Publications and Reports
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Coastal Protection in the South Pacific
Author: G. Byrne
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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