Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Veron, J. E. N. (John Edward Norwood) Title: A reef in time : the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / J.E.N. Veron. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. Description: ix, 289 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm Summary: Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. Then he saw for himself the devastation that elevated sea temperatures can inflict on corals. Subjects: Climatic changes -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Coral reef conservation -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Environmental responsibility -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Environmental protection -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index. Contents: The big picture -- The Great Barrier Reef : an overview -- Corals and reefs : controls and processes -- The state of the Great Barrier Reef -- Mass extinctions and reef gaps -- Messages from deep time -- The Cenozoic roller-coaster -- Australia adrift -- The ice ages -- The last glacial cycle -- Many origins -- Stone age utopia -- An enhanced greenhouse world -- Temperature and mass bleaching -- Ocean acidity and coralline osteoporosis -- The ocean's canary. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2007011253 ISBN: 9780674034976 067403497X 9780674026797 0674026799 Other Number: 86090507 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 208758 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 578.7789 Veron Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
