Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sheppard, Charles R.C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Coral Reefs of the World, 4
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Endangered ecosystems.; Aquatic biology.; Conservation biology.; Marine Sciences.; Environment.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5965-7
• Physical Description: XVI, 323 p. 235 illus., 168 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400759657
• ISSN: 2213-719X

The tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs.� Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse.� Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected.� Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity in a fast-degrading world.� This book reviews all of the UK reefs, from those scarcely known to those where substantial research has already been performed.