The Caribbean Coral Reef: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat

ISBN-13: 9781032414508 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 216 str.

Yale University) Sacco William K. (Retd.

Opis

With its stunning photography and precise, accurate scientific information, this book offers students of Caribbean coral reefs a wealth of information about this rich, fragile ecosystem.

Spis treści

Foreword by James W. Porter. Introduction. 1. The Structure of a Reef. 2. The Shallow Reef. 3. Corals. 4. Invertebrates. 5. Fishes. 6. The Back-Reef. 7. The Hidden Reef. 8. The Reef at Night. Afterword/Acknowledgements. Appendix: Locality List, Common Names, Notes. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

William K. Sacco was a professional photographer at Yale University for 46 years, 30 of them spent at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. He was a student of Life magazine science photographer Fritz Goro and a geology major. Bill is a photographer with a scientist’s perspective.