01451nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000072936 StDuBDS 20150804193935.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 080603s2009 enkabf fo 001 0 eng|d 9780191713934 (ebook) : No price 0191713937 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS QH541.5.C7 578.7'789 22 Sheppard, Charles (Charles R. C.) The biology of coral reefs [electronic resource] / Charles R.C. Sheppard, Simon K. Davy and Graham M. Pilling. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (x, 339 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps. A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coral reefs, providing an overview of the ecology of coral reefs and their functioning, and the biology of their major species groups. The responses to modern environmental pressures, climate change, and use of their resources is also described. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Coral reef biology. Davy, Simon K. Pilling, Graham M. Print version 9780198566359 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198566359.001.0001 37634 37634