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1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
In search of paradise / Gregory S. Stone -- History through a watery lens / Christopher Pala -- Parade of the bumpheads: Orona / Gerald R. Allen and Steven L. Bailey -- Birds and invaders: Rawaki / Raymond J. Pierce -- Beautiful aliens: the invertebrates / Mary Jane Adams, M.D. -- Coral reefs and climate change / David Obura and Randi D. Rotjan -- Ecotourism in paradise: Kanton / Robert Barrel -- Protecting paradise / Eduard Niesten and Peter Shelley -- The future of the Phoenix Islands / Gregory S. Stone, David Obura, Sue Miller-Taei, and Tukabu Teroroko -- Living blue: making choices with the ocean in mind / Heather Tausig -- Phoenix Islands timeline -- Appendix: New England aquarium research -- Expeditions to the Phoenix Islands -- Species tally |
| Summary |
"It was the first time I'd seen what the ocean may have looked like thousands of years ago." That's conservation scientist Gregory S. Stone talking about his initial dive among the corals and sea life surrounding the Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific. Worldwide, the oceans are suffering. Corals are dying off at an alarming rate, victims of ocean warming and acidification-and their loss threatens more than 25 percent of all fish species, who depend on the food and shelter found in coral habitats. Yet in the waters off the Phoenix Islands, the corals were healthy, the fish populatio |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 24, 2012) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Coral reef conservation -- Kiribati -- Phoenix Islands
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Coral reefs and islands -- Kiribati -- Phoenix Islands
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Coral reef conservation
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Coral reefs and islands
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Ecology
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Korallenriff
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Naturschutz
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| SUBJECT |
Phoenix Islands (Kiribati) -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Kiribati -- Phoenix Islands
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Phoenixinseln
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stone, Gregory S.
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Obura, David O.
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| ISBN |
9780226922676 |
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0226922677 |
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9781283622752 |
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1283622750 |
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