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Dynamics of Coral Communities
Ronald H. Karlson
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Description for Dynamics of Coral Communities
Hardback. Focuses on the dynamical processes influencing the structure of coral communities. This book highlights various biological and physical processes operating across different spatiotemporal scales (niche partitioning, biological interactions, disturbance phenomena, large-scale tectonic, eustatic, climatic, and oceanographic processes). Series: Population and Community Biology Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Coral communities are among the most fascinating of all biotic assemblages on earth. It is their rich diversity and the strong biological interactions which characterize these communities that provides the focus for this book. Here I describe patterns of diversity, species interactions, and community organization as well as the processes which influence these structural attributes. Although this treatment of the subject will to some degree blend evolutionary and ecological phenomena, I am primarily interested in the dynamic properties of living coral communities. Hence, such processes as succession, competition, predation, herbivory, and disturbances will be emphasized in ecological terms, but not ... Read more
Coral communities are among the most fascinating of all biotic assemblages on earth. It is their rich diversity and the strong biological interactions which characterize these communities that provides the focus for this book. Here I describe patterns of diversity, species interactions, and community organization as well as the processes which influence these structural attributes. Although this treatment of the subject will to some degree blend evolutionary and ecological phenomena, I am primarily interested in the dynamic properties of living coral communities. Hence, such processes as succession, competition, predation, herbivory, and disturbances will be emphasized in ecological terms, but not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Population and Community Biology Series
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412795503
SKU
V9780412795503
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Dynamics of Coral Communities
"The book provides a focus on the rich diversity and strong biological interactions that characterise the most fascinating coral communities. Defining community, guild, assemblage and web, the theme of the book is introduced with descriptions of the dynamics of coral community, especially of the constituent species, the interactions among them, the local environments, oceanographic transport processes, climatic fluctuations and a ... Read more