Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems

Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 1242
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ISBN-10 : 9783540276739
ISBN-13 : 3540276734
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Book Synopsis Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems by : André Freiwald

Download or read book Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems written by André Freiwald and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-17 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold-water coral ecosystems figure the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds; they represent unexplored paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. For this volume, key institutions in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles on topics from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation, with some impressive underwater images.


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