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100 1 _aGoldberg, Walter M.
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245 1 0 _aA Global Atlas of Atolls
260 _aBoca Raton
_bTaylor & Francis
_bCRC Press [Imprint]
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aScattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world's tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
540 _aOpen licence
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546 _aeng
650 7 _aBiology, life sciences
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650 7 _aClimate change
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650 7 _aConservation of the environment
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650 7 _aEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
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650 7 _aEarth sciences
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650 7 _aEcological science, the Biosphere
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650 7 _aEnvironmental science, engineering and technology
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650 7 _aHydrobiology
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650 7 _aHydrology and the hydrosphere
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650 7 _aLife sciences: general issues
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650 7 _aLifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
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650 7 _aMarine biology
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650 7 _aMathematics and Science
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650 7 _aNature and the natural world: general interest
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650 7 _aOceanography (seas and oceans)
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650 7 _aPollution and threats to the environment
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650 7 _aRocks, minerals and fossils: general interest
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650 7 _aSea life and the seashore: general interest
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650 7 _aTechnology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
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650 7 _aThe Earth: natural history: general interest
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650 7 _aThe environment
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650 7 _aWildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest
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650 7 _aWildlife: general interest
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653 _aAllen Coral Atlas
653 _aAtoll
653 _aBenthic habitats
653 _aCoral islands
653 _aCoralline Algae
653 _aDeep Lagoon
653 _aGeomorphology
653 _aIndonesian Throughflow
653 _aITCZ
653 _aLagoon
653 _aLagoon Area
653 _aMarine ecology
653 _aNEC
653 _aOJP
653 _aOuter Reef
653 _aPatch Reefs
653 _aPlanet Labs
653 _aPlatform Area
653 _aQueensland Plateau
653 _aReef Crest
653 _aReef Flat
653 _aReef Growth
653 _aReef Ribbons
653 _aReef zonation
653 _aRemote sensing
653 _aSailing Directions
653 _aSand Cay
653 _aShallow Lagoon
653 _aShallow Reefs
653 _aSolomon Islands
653 _aSouth Equatorial Current
653 _aStony Corals
653 _aTrade Wind Belt
653 _aTuamotu Archipelago
700 1 _aGoldberg, Walter M.
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700 1 _aRankey, Eugene C.
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