Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

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 site...

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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
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505 0 # |a 1. An appraisal of the extent and geomorphological diversity of the coral reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories -- 2. Coral Reefs of Anguilla -- 3. Introduction to reefs and shorelines of the British Virgin Islands -- 4. Marine protected areas and management in the British Virgin Islands -- 5. Anegada:� An emergent Pleistocene reef island -- 6. Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 7. Biology and ecology of the coral reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 8. Coral Reefs of Montserrat -- 9. The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands -- 10. Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate -- 11. Biology and ecology of corals and fishes on the Bermuda Platform -- 12. Biogeography, biodiversity and connectivity of Bermuda s coral reefs -- 13. Threats to coral reefs of Bermuda -- 14. Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda s reefs and deep-water coral communities: a taxonomic perspective including new records -- 15. Total Economic Value of Bermuda s Coral Reefs: A summary -- 16. Ascension Island s hermatypic but non-reef building corals -- 17. British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): setting, connections and the Marine Protected Area -- 18. Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean -- 19. The status of coral reef fish assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with implications for protected area management and climate change -- 20. Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands.Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands. 
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