| Main Title |
Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Freiwald, André.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, |
| Year Published |
2005 |
| Call Number |
GC1-1581 |
| ISBN |
9783540276739 |
| Subjects |
Life sciences ;
Oceanography ;
Paleontology ;
Sedimentology ;
Endangered ecosystems
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| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XXXII, 1243 p. 361 illus., 116 in color. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
The paleoenvironmental context -- Distribution -- Mapping -- Exogenic and endogenic controls -- Coral Biology -- Diversity -- Environmental archive -- Conservation. Following the exciting exploration of hot vent and cold seep ecosystems, the rediscovery of cold-water coral ecosystems with high-technology instrumentation is currently another hot topic in multidisciplinary marine research. Conventionally, coral reefs are regarded as restricted to warm and well-illuminated tropical seas, not associated with cold and dark waters of higher latitudes. However, ongoing scientific missions have shed light on the global significance of this overlooked ecosystem. Cold-water coral ecosystems are involved in the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds, and they represent unexploited paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. Despite the great water depths, commercial interests overlap more and more with the coral occurrences. Human activities already impinge directly on cold-water coral reefs causing severe damage to this vulnerable ecosystem. In this volume, the current key institutions involved in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation. |
| Place Published |
Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Erlangen Earth Conference Series |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2005 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Erlangen Earth Conference Series |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20131218115549 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03022nam a22005175i 45 |
