Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic/Caribbean
Book Title
Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)
ORCID ID
F-8807-2011
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9789048126392
Publication Date
2011
Editors
Guy Cabioch, David Hopley, Peter Davies, Terry Done, Eberhard Gischler, I.G. Macintyre, Rachel Wood, Colin Woodroffe
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
City
Dordrecht
Disciplines
Marine Biology | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
NSUWorks Citation
Riegl, Bernhard. (2011). Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic/Caribbean. In Guy Cabioch, David Hopley, Peter Davies, Terry Done, Eberhard Gischler, I.G. Macintyre, Rachel Wood, Colin Woodroffe (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) .