What is natural? : coral reef crisis / Jan Sapp.
What is natural? : coral reef crisis / Jan Sapp.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0386749
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Green Island -- 2. Guam, 1968-1969 -- 3. The War of the Worlds -- 4. Under Capricorn -- 5. Crown-of-thorns Inquisition -- 6. A Tree Fell in the Forest... -- 7. Knowledge and Action -- 8. Oceans Apart -- 9. Remote Control -- 10. Complexity and Stability -- 11. Cyclical Outcries -- 12. Crossroads -...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Since the 1960s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish have infested many coral reefs around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp examines this ecological catastrophe and captures the intense debates about the cause of the crisis, and how it should be handled....
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What is natural? : coral reef crisis / Jan Sapp.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-265) and index.
Transferred from N577.789/2.
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T0386749
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74VvELJvMBZg
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ISBN
0195123646 :
9780195123647 (alk. paper)
0195123646 (alk. paper)
9780195123647 :
DDC
577.789
MMS ID
991011656429702626
