Coral health and disease

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Coral reefs are the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems in the marine environment. Over the last decades, however, dramatic declines of coral reef communities have been observed. Corals are endangered due to natural and anthropogenic detrimental factors, such as global warming and environmental pollution. Based onan international meeting on Coral Health and Diseasein Eilat, Israelin April 2003, the bookstarts with case studies of reefs, e.g. the Red Sea, Caribbean, Japan, Indian Ocean and the Great Barrier Reef. The second part on microbial ecology and physiology describes the symbiotic relations of corals and microbes, and the microbial role in nutrition or bleaching resistance of corals. Particular coral diseases such as aspergillosis, white pox, black and white band diseases are treated in the third part. Finally, various hypotheses of the mechanisms of coral bleaching, including a projection of the future of coral reefs, are discussed. TOC: Part I Regional aspects of coral reef health and disease Part II Microbial ecology and physiology of corals Part III Coral diseases Part IV Coral bleaching

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783540207726 ; 3540207724
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: XXI, 488 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. ; Literaturangaben

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Biowissenschaften, Biologie
• Keyword: Korallenriff ; Umweltbelastung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Paris, Tokyo
• (who): Springer
• (when): 2004
• Contributor: Rosenberg, Eugene

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• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/969735111/04
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• Last update: 11.03.2025, 12:10 PM CET