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Part I History and Perspective.. Coral Research: Past Efforts and Future Horizons.. Part II Geology and Evolution.. The Paleoecology of Coral Reefs.. Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Processes.. Coral Taxonomy and Evolution.. The Coral Triangle.. Part III Coral Biology: Symbiosis, Photosynthesis and Calcification.. Sexual Reproduction of Scleractinian Corals.. Zooxanthellae: The Yellow Symbionts Inside Animals.. Light as a Source of Information and Energy in Zooxanthellate Corals.. Coral Calcification, Cells to Reefs.. Coral Calcification Under Ocean Acidification and Global Change.. Simulating and Quantifying the Environmental Influence on Coral Colony Growth and Form.. Physiological Adaptation to Symbiosis in Cnidarians.. Part IV The Coral Reef Ecosystem: Bacteria, Zooplankton, Algae, Invertebrates, Fishes and Model.. Biogeochemistry of Nutrients.. The Role of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (DON in Coral Biology and Reef Ecology.. The Role of Plankton in Coral Trophodynamics.. Fish or Germs? Microbial Dynamics Associated with Changing Trophic Structures on Coral Reefs.. Coral Reef Algae.. Invertebrates and Their Roles in Coral Reef Ecosystems.. Coral Reef Fishes: Opportunities, Challenges and Concerns.. Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs.. Scaling Up Models of the Dynamics of Coral Reef Ecosystems: An Approach for Science-Based Management of Global Change.. Part V Disturbances.. The Impact of Climate Change on Coral Reef Ecosystems.. Coral Bleaching: Causes and Mechanisms.. The Potential for Temperature Acclimatisation of Reef Corals in the Face of Climate Change.. Reef Bioerosion: Agents and Processes.. Microbial Diseases of Corals: Pathology and Ecology

Coral Reef Diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean.. Factors Determining the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Eutrophication: A Review and Conceptual Model.. Part VI Conservation and Management.. The Resilience of Coral Reefs and Its Implications for Reef Management.. Index

This book covers in one volume materials scattered in hundreds of research articles, in most cases focusing on specialized aspects of coral biology. In addition to the latest developments in coral evolution and physiology, it presents chapters devoted to novel frontiers in coral reef research. These include the molecular biology of corals and their symbiotic algae, remote sensing of reef systems, ecology of coral disease spread, effects of various scenarios of global climate change, ocean acidification effects of increasing CO2 levels on coral calcification, and damaged coral reef remediation. Beyond extensive coverage of the above aspects, key issues regarding the coral organism and the reef ecosystem such as calcification, reproduction, modeling, algae, reef invertebrates, competition and fish are re-evaluated in the light of new research and emerging insights. In all chapters novel theories as well as challenges to established paradigms are introduced, evaluated and discussed. Inglés