What is natural? coral reef crisis

During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp both examines this ecological catastrophe and c...

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Autor principal: Sapp, Jan
Otros Autores: Jan Sapp
Lenguaje:Undetermined
English
Publicado: New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Sumario:During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest. In What is Natural?, Jan Sapp both examines this ecological catastrophe and captures the intense debate among scientists about what caused the crisis, and how it should be handled
Descripción Física:275 p.
ill.
25 cm
ISBN:195161785