Atoll research bulletin golden issue 1951-2001
By: edited by Ian G. Macintyre and Cameron B. Kepler.
Contributors: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Series: Atoll research bulletin -- no. 494.
Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Coral reefs and islands.
Other titles: Golden issue.
Notes: "December 2001."

"This Special Golden Issue of the Atoll Research Bulletin commemorates the fiftieth year of the publication of this journal ... It seems fitting on this historic occasion of the fiftieth anniversary ... to publish some personal overviews of various fields of research centered on tropical islands and coral reefs"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Pacific island mapping program of the U.S. geological survey / Frank C. Whitmore; value: Working in the Pacific / Joshua I. Tracey; value: Reminiscing / John E. Randall; value: Autobiographical notes or fun with field work / Roger B. Clapp; value: Octocoral research - past, present, and future / Frederick M. Bayer; value: Reflections / Charlie (J.E.N.) Veron; value: Eastern Pacific coral reefs / Peter W. Glynn; value: Geobiological coral reef studies / Ian G. Macintyre; value: Exploring Neptune's gardens / Klaus Rützler; value: Marine botanical studies / Mark M. Littler and Diane S. Littler; value: Scientific diving on coral reefs / Michael L. Lang; value: Be of good cheer, my weary readers, for I have espied land / David R. Stoddart.