Coral reefs of the southern Gulf of Mexico
By: edited by John W. Tunnell, Jr., Ernesto A. Chávez, and Kim Withers ; foreword by Sylvia Earle.
Contributors: Tunnell, John Wesley.; Chávez, Ernesto A., 1942-; Withers, Kim.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781585446179
Subjects: Coral reef ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of; Coral reefs and islands -- Mexico, Gulf of
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-177) and index.
Table of contents: title: Research History / John W. Tunnell Jr.; title: Reef distribution / John W. Tunnell Jr.; title: Origin and geology / W. David Liddell; title: Climate and oceanography / Laura Carrillo, Guillermo Horta-Puga, Juan Pablo Carricart-Ganivet; title: Reef zonation and ecology: Veracruz shelf and Campeche bank / Ernesto Chávez, John W. Tunnell Jr. , Kim Withers; title: Reef biodiversity / Kim Withers, John W. Tunnell Jr.; title: Reef algae / Roy L. Lehman; title: Reef corals / Guillermo Horta-Puga, Juan Manuel Vargas-Hernández, Juan Pablo Carricart-Ganivet; title: Reef fish / Ernesto A. Chávez, Carl R. Beaver; title: Reef fisheries / Carl R. Beaver, Ernesto A. Chávez; title: Island biota / John W. Tunnell Jr.; title: Environmental impacts / Guillermo Horta-Puga; title: Conservation and management / Ernesto A. Chávez, John W. Tunnell Jr.