From the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia, to Mabul Island off Borneo, from East African coral reefs stretching from the Red Sea down to Madagascar to the Amazon Reef off Brazil, from the Mesoamerican Reef off Belize to Vancouver Island, this book explores how life on each reef is interdependent. Arranged geographically by reef and illustrated with more than 200 color photographs, each entry is completed with a caption explaining the magnificent natural world on display.
Reefs is a pictorial celebration of the hugely varied marine life on coral, rock, and sand reefs all around the world.
From the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia, to Mabul Island off Borneo, from East African coral reefs stretching from the Red Sea down to Madagascar to the Amazon Reef off Brazil, from the Mesoamerican Reef off Belize to Vancouver Island, this book explores how life on each reef is interdependent. The book also includes examples of how coral bleaching has killed off reefs. Arranged geographically by reef and illustrated with more than 200 color photographs, each entry is completed with a caption explaining the magnificent natural world on display. From the gender-swapping clownfish to single-cell zooxanthellae, from coral polyps to purple starfish to harlequin shrimp and octopuses, the book is a feast of marine life.
Papildus informācija
Beautiful photographic guide to the undersea world of coral reefs
Contents to include:
Introduction
AFRICA
African coral reefs Red Sea to Madagascar
THE AMERICAS
Amazon Reef Off Brazil and French Guiana. The Amazon Reef (also referred to
as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system. It is
one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists
estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico part of the Mesoamerican
Barrier Reef System
Belize Barrier Reef part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Bullenbaai, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean
Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada Purple Starfish and green anemone
PACIFIC
Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia School of Sweet Lips, Lionfish
Cape Tribulation, Daintree region, Queensland, Australia
Lansdowne Bank, Coral Sea between Australia and New Caledonia
Apo Reef Philippines. The worlds second-largest contiguous coral reef
system.
Tubbataha Reef Philippines
North Sulawesi, Indonesia Pseudanthias
Bunaken Marine National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia Blue Seastar
Mabul Island, Borneo, Malaysia maroon clownfish and bubbletip anemone,
jellyfish, sea slug
Bohey Dulang Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia including Soft Coral,
western clownfish
Minami-Tori-shima Japans most easterly island
French Frigate Shoals Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Peter Mavrikis has written and edited books for over 25 years. He enjoys writing about history, science, and nature. He was also the Editorial Director for Barrons Educational Series and Kaplan, where he ran the foreign language and study guide divisions.
