| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Part I. The Essential Reef -- 1. How to Build a Barrier Reef -- 2. Who Knew, and When? Discovering the Caribbean's Greatest Barrier Reef -- 3. Uneasy Symbiosis: The Relationship between the Mainland and the Reef -- Part II. Nature's Aquarium -- 4. Masters of the Aquatic Commute: Sea Turtles -- 5. The Life Translucent: Jellyfishes and Their Kin -- 6. Hanging on for Dear Life: Creatures Anchored to the Reef -- 7. The Underwater Kaleidoscope: From Tiny Blennies to Giant Eagle Rays -- 8. Big, Bold, and Vanishing: Groupers and Parrotfishes -- 9. Where Have All the Sea Urchins Gone? -- 10. Starring Roles: Starfishes and Their Kin -- 11. Hiding Out: Creatures at Home inside the Reef -- 12. Armed for Survival: Octopuses and Squids -- 13. Aquatic Intellectuals: Dolphins -- 14. Misunderstood "Bad Boys of the Reef": Sharks -- Part III. What Works: Joining Forces to Save the Reef -- 15. Invasion of the Lionfish -- 16. The View from Carrie Bow Cay: The Importance of Monitoring -- 17. The Lobstermen's Dilemma: A Model Solution -- 18. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally--and Collaboratively -- 19. And Individually: What Each of Us Can Do Right Now to Save the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef |
| Summary |
This book brings alive the richly diverse world of an underwater paradise, the second largest coral structure on the planet: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
Coral reef ecology -- Caribbean Sea
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Corals -- Caribbean Sea
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Coral reef ecology
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Corals
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Caribbean Sea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781683403029 |
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1683403029 |
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