Marine environments of Palau
By: Patrick L. Colin
Contributors: Coral Reef Research Foundation
Publisher: Coral Reef Research Foundation; Indo-Pacific Press; Mutual Publishing, LLC
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Koror, Palau; [San Diego, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780615274843
Subjects: Marine ecology; Coral reefs and islands; Pictorial works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-406) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory materials; title: Barrier reefs and outer fringing reefs; title: Reef passages and channels on the outer reefs; title: Atolls, banks and oceanic islands of Palau; title: Offshore environments; title: Shallow lagoon fringing flats and nearshore patch reefs; title: Lagoon path reefs; title: Seagrass areas; title: The rock islands; title: Marine lakes; title: Lagoon sediment bottoms; title: Deep lagoon bottoms; title: The lagoon pelagic environment; title: Basalt islands: shores, mangroves and estuaries; title: disturbed and human mediated environments of Palau; title: Dangers to the marine environments of Palau; title: Marine protected areas and conservation; title: Taxonomic and biogeographic considerations for conservation; title: Status and change in marine environments.