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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.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  578.7789099 V599r 2008    ---  Available
Description ix, 289 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Subject Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
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.)
ISBN 0674026799 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674026797 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 306656140
AU@ 000041381838
NZ1 11291813

 
    
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