Coral reef newsletter
Title | Coral reef newsletter PDF eBook |
Author | Pacific Science Association |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1984 |
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Coral Reef Newsletter
Title | Coral Reef Newsletter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Coral reef biology |
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PSA Coral Reef Newsletter
Title | PSA Coral Reef Newsletter PDF eBook |
Author | Pacific Science Association. Scientific Committee on Coral Reefs |
Publisher | |
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Release | 1972 |
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NOAA Coral Reef News
Title | NOAA Coral Reef News PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Coral reef conservation |
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Summarizes very recent activities of various U.S. government entities pertaining to coral reef conservation, with links to fuller reports. Also provides subscription information for the NOAA Coral Reef Newsletter, " ... a monthly e-newsletter to provide current information of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and other relevant NOAA programs," and a news archive.
Texas Coral Reefs
Title | Texas Coral Reefs PDF eBook |
Author | Jesse Cancelmo |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2008-04-02 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781585446339 |
Just one hundred and ten miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border, beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, lie two coral reefs, together called the Flower Garden Banks. This coral community, the northernmost reef system in the United States and a national marine sanctuary, is home to hundreds of kinds of fish and other tropical sea life. Manta rays and turtles visit regularly, as do whale sharks and schools of hammerhead sharks. Other wonders include the annual mass coral spawns and a briny depression called Gollum Lake. Nearby are two other reefs. Stetson Bank, its top spotted with hard corals, mollusks, and sponges, is known for its diversity—from black sea hares to golden smooth trunkfish. At Geyer Bank, thousands of butterfly fish dominate a huge population of tropical fish whose density rivals that of the coral reefs in the South Pacific. Protruding from the flat, muddy continental shelf, these and thirty other natural reefs support an exceptional amount and variety of sea life in Texas waters. They sit amid hundreds of oil and gas platforms, which create their own special reef ecosystems. These reefs, equal in their profusion of life and color to the storied reefs of Florida and Hawaii, have not been widely known to Texans outside of a small group of scientists and divers. With extraordinary photographs and a knowledgeable first-person narrative, author Jesse Cancelmo instills an appreciation for the beauty and fragility of one of the state’s least-known natural environments. Texas Coral Reefs will inspire adventurers—both the underwater and armchair varieties—to enjoy these spectacular but little-known sites that lie so close to home.
Coral Reefs
Title | Coral Reefs PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Chin |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2011-10-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1596435631 |
A young girl gets quite a surprise when the text of a library book she is reading transforms her surroundings into those of a teeming-with-life coral reef!
A Home in the Coral Reef
Title | A Home in the Coral Reef PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Taylor-Butler |
Publisher | Children's Press(CT) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780516253442 |
Easy-to-read narratives introduce a coral reef. Everything students need for reports is depicted with scenic full-color photographs of the land, the plants, and the animals that live there.