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

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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 Bermudas coral reefs
• 13. Threats to coral reefs of Bermuda
• 14. Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermudas reefs and deep-water coral communities: a taxonomic perspective including new records
• 15. Total Economic Value of Bermudas Coral Reefs: A summary
• 16. Ascension Islands 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.