Caribbean Coral Reef - A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: William K. Sacco, William K. (Retd. Sacco, William K. (Yale University) Sacco
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032414508
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241450-8
• No. of pages: 201
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